Erem means hermitage. It is also a recording studio founded in 2006 by Staszek Koźlik and since 2013 run together with Marcin Kuśmierczyk.

The studio is located in Żoliborz, the district of Warsaw, near the Wilson Square metro station.

Over 100 m2 there are three working facilities (Live Room, Rec Room and Mix Room) and a social facility.

Sound engineers

Staszek Koźlik

staszek koźlik

Recording and mix engineer, producer, musician.

Founder of Erem Studio where he has recorded and mixed dozens of albums, many of which have been certified gold and platinum.

He cooperates with hip-hop artists such as Molesta, Eldo, Sokół, O.S.T.R., Parias, Hemp Gru, Hades, W.E.N.A., just to mention a few of them, as well as with musicians representing widely understood alternative and electronic music including Novika, Baasch, Aga Szewczyk, Lao Che, Kacper Bogacz, Lil Ironies, Divines, Plazmatikon…

A member of Sampler Orchestra producer duo.

Marcin Kuśmierczyk

Marcin Kuśmierczyk

Recording and mix engineer, producer.

Interested in making music since always thanks to his father, a sound engineer and his greatest teacher. For many years he was gaining skills at the side of Staszek Koźlik. A creator of dozens of remixes and beats. Hip-hop and trip-hop enthusiast. Till now associated with Melange Studio.

Currently, a co-owner of EREM Studio as well as a permanent co-worker and sound engineer in such TV channels as MTV Polska, VIVA POLSKA, COMEDY CENTRAL.

Equipment:

Microphones:

  • Hand-made replicas of iconic microphones:
  • AKG C12
  • Neuman U47
  • Hand-made CUSTOM versions:
  • Oktawa Mk 319
  • Rode NT1
  • GrooveTube MD1-b FET
  • Rode NT2000
  • Rode NT1000
  • Rode NT3
  • Rode NT4
  • Rode NT5
  • Rode S1
  • Avantone CR-14
  • Shure SM-57

Preamps / Compressors / Processors:

  • SSL XLogic VHD Pre - Four-channel Mic Preamp
  • Looptrotter Sa2rate
  • Looptrotter Emperor 500 x2
  • Lindell Audio PEX-500 Passive EQ
  • TLAudio 2 Ivory 5051 Mono Valve Processor
  • WSW Siemens 811-510 Channel Strip (preamp+EQ)
  • Audiokultura Kultkompressor (podwójna kopia UREI 1176)
  • Audiokultura PEQ (kopia EQ Pultec)
  • DBX 160A Compressor/Limiter
  • DBX 119
  • FMR Audio RNC1773
  • FMR Audio RNLA7239
  • Joemeek C2 Photo Optical Stereo Compressor
  • Joemeek VC3 Pro Channel
  • MXR no.136 Dual Limiter
  • Lexicon MPX110
  • Tech 21 Sansamp Bass Driver DI
  • Radial X-Amp Dual Mode Class-A Amp Driver
  • Proco DB-4A, Proco MS-43A

Console:

  • Pro Control, 32 faders

Monitoring:

  • APS Aeon
  • Focal Alpha 65
  • Alesis M1 Active MK2

AD / DA Converters:

  • SSL Alphalink MADI AX
  • DIGIDESIGN HD 2 ACCEL (192) + DIGIDESIGN 888
  • Motu Traveler

DAW / Software:

  • Pro Tools HD 10
  • Pro Tools 10 (Producer Pack)
  • Cubase 6.5
  • FL Studio 7 Producer Edition
  • PSP Audioware Plugins: VintageWarmer, Xenon, oldTimer, Neon, Neon HR, MixPack (MixBass, MixTreble, MixSaturator, MixPressor, MixGate) sQuad (ClassicQ, ConsoleQ, McQ, PreQursor, RetroQ), PSP42, PSP84, PianoVerb, 608 MultiDelay, Nitro.
  • Waves Plugins (Native Power Pack 8): TrueVerb, L1
  • Ultramaximizer, Q10 Paragraphic Equalizer, C1
  • Parametric Compander, IR-L Convolution Reverb, SuperTap, Doubler, DeEsser, S1 Stereo Imager, Renaissance Axx.
  • Waves CLA 76, Waves Puigtec, Waves API 550/560, Waves Scheps 73.
  • Izotope: OZONE 5 Advanced, NECTAR.