Ikhaya Studios

Full service digital/analog recording & music production facility. "Anthro-sonic audio and a big world vibe! www.ikhayastudios.com

IKHAYA STUDIOS

Ikhaya Studios is a unique, full service audio recording & music production facility with top shelf digital / analog equipment, smartly designed tracking spaces, and a great big enthusiatic, creative *world* vibe. Ikhaya means home in the Zulu language and it is the studio's primary mission to make you feel that you've found a *home* in which to fully realize your project g

oals. The studio began as the personal project studio of world-rock guitarist, producer, singer/songwriter Ema. As his project collaborations expanded in the US and South Africa so did the requests for and subsequent expansion needs of the studio. Today Ikhaya Studios stands as a fully equipped boutique music facility capable of meeting a vast range of project needs for a diverse 21st century musical community. As owner, engineer and producer, Ema (a.k.a Mthakathi - the "magic man") brings his combined musical, technical and anthropological backgrounds to the table, enabling him to offer a unique environment that is sympathetic to the creative needs of all cultures, styles, genres and ventures. The control room, tracking room and iso booth are cleverly designed to accommodate most modest configurations for live tracking. All these elements coupled with a great *world* vibe, allow you an immense freedom to create, perform, record and mix your music. Whether it's full band tracking for your demos or albums, song development, pre/post production, DAW editing, mixing, overdubs, voice-overs, sound design, film scoring..., Ikhaya Studios is equally suited for them all. We are available to assist with any stage of your project - from concept to mastering, from basic engineering to full hands on producing. And once you're project's "in the can," we can also help you with the next steps - CD/Vinyl pressing, digital distribution, crowd funding and web/viral marketing as well. Even if you're a DIY-er, we're still happy to make recommendations. And of course we can also stay out of your way (within reason).

09/20/2025

Can’t stop laughing at this …

09/07/2025

Professor Herb Smith, the man responsible for setting the coordinates of my career arc as a muso, always insisted that the four pillars upon which to build my musical foundation were: “Brother Bach, Brother Beethoven, ‘Train’ “ and this man - “Sonny”

Happy 95th

09/06/2025

Farewell Flo 😢

09/04/2025

Cody oversees our first official mastering session!

09/01/2025

OK singers! The Lawson is back from the “hospital” in Nashville, lovingly restored with a brand new capsule (including bright new blue LED), new resistor and wiring mods, and psu upgrade, by “Dr” Gene Lawson himself. Book now for some creamy, airy vocal goodness!

08/27/2025

Cody’s always eager to help shlepp gear down to the studio! Even Sprocket’s double bass!!! Happy International Dog Day!

08/20/2025

A little fixing’ a little mixin’!!! Yep it’s finally time to get the running and integrated into the recording workflow! And of course no one better to make it happen than my friend and Ampex wizard Joel Katz!

07/23/2025

Fairwell godfather. Good night sweet prince.

07/01/2025

Took a break from the studio last weekend and got to hang backstage with Living Color and the P-Funk fam (thanks to my keyboardist/tech accomplice SharlaFunk). It was a great hang (which is an understatement considering I actually got to meet and chat with one of my guitar heroes Vernon Reid), an inspirational day and since we’re only five blocks from the Pony, we *almost* got a couple of visits from a few notable folks (next time Will Calhoun and Benzel Baltimore 😉! ). And Trey Lewd, I still got that set of strings for you! Lol!

06/26/2025

For those who couldn’t attend the open house…come see for yourself!
Ikhaya Studios 4.0 Asbury Park. Now booking.

03/07/2025

01/17/2025

F**k

Address

PO Box 617
Asbury Park, NJ
07451

Telephone

+12018701644

Website

http://www.ikhayastudios.com/

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IKHAYA STUDIOS

Ikhaya Studios is a unique, full service audio recording & music production facility with top shelf digital / analog equipment, smartly designed tracking spaces, and a great big enthusiatic, creative *world* vibe.

Ikhaya means home in the Zulu language and it is the studio's primary mission to make you feel that you've found a *home* in which to fully realize your project goals.

The studio began as the personal project studio of world-rock guitarist, producer, singer/songwriter Ema. As his project collaborations expanded in the US and South Africa so did the requests for and subsequent expansion needs of the studio. Today Ikhaya Studios stands as a fully equipped boutique music facility capable of meeting a vast range of project needs for a diverse 21st century musical community.