Community

Arda Recorders is more than a world class recording studio.

When designing this space, our goal was to create a music hub that

could also house interesting projects and be the home of other talented people.

  • A wooden library room, with walls lined with shelves filled with vinyl records. A staircase with a glass railing leads to a second floor with more shelves filled with records. A large window on the right side allows natural light to enter.

    Fonoteca Municipal do Porto

    PORTO’S PUBLIC VINYL LIBRARY

    Fonoteca Municipal do Porto is a public space that holds the city’s vinyl collection.

    With more than 35.000 records that range from the 1950’s to the present day, everyone is invited to pop in and enjoy music in one of the listening stations.

  • Black and white portrait of a bald man with a serious expression, wearing a dark top, standing against a dark background.

    Ian Dean MBE

    COMPOSER/PRODUCER/ENGINEER

    Passionate about acoustic music, creative music technology and innovation in audio production, composer and music producer Ian Dean has worked in music and sound since the 1970’s.

    He is a renown conductor and orchestrator, producer, composer of film scores and sound installations, and a recording engineer with a background in ambisonics and classical music.

  • A close-up, black and white photograph of a person's face, showcasing a bald head, glasses, eyelid, and part of the nose, with a dark background.

    JACK WALL

    COMPOSER

    Jack Wall is an ASCAP award-winning and BAFTA nominated composer best known for his rich, cinematic scores found within popular video game franchises such as Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War, Black Ops II, III, & IV, Mass Effect I & II, the Myst series, Jade Empire , winning multiple awards for his work.

    Most recently Wall scored the supernatural drama television series Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments on Disney’s Freeform TV.

  • Black and white portrait of a woman with short dark hair, looking thoughtfully at the camera with one hand near her chin, wearing a ring and an earring.

    Cindy Shapiro

    COMPOSER/LIBRETTIST/TECHNOLOGIST

    Cindy Shapiro is a multi-faceted artist with a rich musical, technical and artistic history. she sings on film, television and video game soundtracks. Cindy was a lyricist for songs on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, 3, 4, & Cold War, and composed additional music for Black Ops 4. She is currently composing at Arda Recorders.

  • Close-up black and white portrait of a man with a beard, looking into the camera, with a hand resting near his chin.

    Andre Tentugal

    VIDEOGRAPHER/PRODUCER

    It’s hard to find a big artist in Portugal that hasn’t worked with Tentugal - from Ana Moura to Manel Cruz. Besides his career in music videos, he is also a musician, being the brains behind the band We Trust and collaborating with several renowned artists in the Portuguese scene.

  • Close-up of a man with dark wavy hair and a beard, resting his face on his hand, looking into the camera in a black and white photo.

    Pedro Marques

    COMPOSER

    Since 2004, Pedro has worked on countless feature films, TV series and commercials as a music composer. In 2016 he won the Portuguese Academy award for best soundtrack for “Capitão Falcão”.