The Location is a recording studio

Recording studio

A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...

 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. It was a follow-on to Cheiron Studios

Cheiron Studios

Cheiron Studios was a recording studio located at Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden founded in 1992 by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa. Cheiron Studios was apart from being a recording studio, also a label Cheiron Records in affiliation with BMG for a while, and the music publishing service Cheiron Songs...

, which despite its success, was closed down in 2000. Following this, Max Martin

Max Martin

Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...

 and Tom Talomaa started a new production company together named Maratone

Maratone

Maratone is a music production company, started by two music producers and songwriters, Max Martin and Tom Talomaa. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, it was started in January 2001 after the closing of the Cheiron studios...

 in January 2001. David Kreuger

David Kreuger

David Kreuger is a Swedish songwriter.David Kreuger began at Cheiron Studios in the spring of 1993. During the period 1993-1997, he worked with Per Magnusson on several projects....

 and Per Magnusson

Per Magnusson

Per Magnusson is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. His musical career took off in 1994 as one of the original team members of the now-legendary Cheiron Productions, meeting great international success working with Boyzone, Britney Spears, Westlife and the Backstreet Boys.Shortly after...

 founded A Side Productions

A Side Productions

A Side Productions is a music production company established by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger in early 2001. Located in the center of Stockholm, A Side Productions writes and produces...

 and Kristian Lundin

Kristian Lundin

Kristian Carl Marcus Lundin is a Swedish composer, music producer and songwriter.-Biography:Beginning his career as a member of the Swedish duo Amadin , Kristian's writing and production talents were quickly recognized by music industry icon Denniz PoP, who invited him to join the Cheiron Studios...

 started a third studio, The Location, together with Jake Schulze

Jake Schulze

Jacob "Jake" Schulze is a songwriter/producer from Sweden. He was a member of the songwriting/production crew of Cheiron Studios. Together with other songwriters and producers, he has worked with acts such as 5ive, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Jessica Folcker, N'Sync, Westlife and E-Type. In...

 in the same location as that previously occupied by Cheiron Studios. Also, the publishing-company Location Songs

Location Songs

Location Songs is a music publisher in Sweden. It was a follow-on to Cheiron Studios, which despite its success, was closed down in 2000. Following this, Max Martin and Tom Talomaa started a new production company together named Maratone in January 2001...

 was launched, acting as a platform for developing and nurturing new talents.

Producer/Songwriter

• Andreas Carlsson
  Andreas Carlsson
  Andreas Carlsson is a Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.-Biography:Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2001....
  
  
• Kristian Lundin
  Kristian Lundin
  Kristian Carl Marcus Lundin is a Swedish composer, music producer and songwriter.-Biography:Beginning his career as a member of the Swedish duo Amadin , Kristian's writing and production talents were quickly recognized by music industry icon Denniz PoP, who invited him to join the Cheiron Studios...
  
  
• Jake Schulze
  Jake Schulze
  Jacob "Jake" Schulze is a songwriter/producer from Sweden. He was a member of the songwriting/production crew of Cheiron Studios. Together with other songwriters and producers, he has worked with acts such as 5ive, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Jessica Folcker, N'Sync, Westlife and E-Type. In...
  
  
• Carl Bjösell
• Karl Engström
• Carl Falk
  Carl Falk
  Carl Falk is a Swedish composer, producer, song writer and musician.Falk began playing violin at the young age of five, moving on to playing drums and piano before settling on the guitar as his instrument of choice...
  
  
• Savan Kotecha
  Savan Kotecha
  Savan Kotecha is an American songwriter and vocal producer from Austin, Texas of Indian descent. Kotecha has sold over 60 million records with artists such as Usher, Enrique Iglesias, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, One Direction and Celine Dion...
  
  
• Didrik Thott
• Sebastian Thott