STUDIO HISTORY:

When Eddie Kramer (Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix) came to record Brownsville Station in the late 1970's he did something out of the ordinary. He took a look at the studio that was available & asked to see the rest of the building. Upon entering the basement he realized he'd found his room.

Formerly the coal room, from an age before space heaters and central air, he quickly mapped out what would become know as Subterranean. The studio continued to be used by Al Nalli & Rob Robinson into the early 90's, churning out a few platinum records along the way, until the Nalli operation took its roots to Florida.

That brings us up to present day when Brandon Wiard was hunting for a studio desk to put in his current lackluster digs. He ran into Alex Johnson (Ann Arbor Music Center) who mentioned that there was an unused studio in his building that needed some TLC , and that maybe the landlord might be willing to rent it. The next day Brandon met Al Nalli and took his first trip down into Subterranean. Only two light bulbs were working in the abyss but Brandon, like Eddie Kramer, immediately knew he'd found his room. Years of antique instrument & noise-box collecting finally had room to breathe.

Nearly two decades of dust and disuse were attacked by Brandon's friends and family and the old sparkle started to come back. Brandon's proud to say his 1,100 sq. ft museum of vintage audio gear is the only studio in downtown Ann Arbor & the only studio within walking distance of U of M's campus.

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