Global Alumni

Gabriëlle Stok now works as an assistant engineer at the West-London studio SARM, which was established by Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records. Since starting at SARM Gabrielle has been working on many sessions with both established and up and coming artists. Outside of her work there she also producing her own music to pitch to artists. Some of her highlights so far at SARM include working with American producer Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, Jay Z, Mark Ronson), engineering during his writing sessions. Engineering has been her main focus since graduation, and Gabrielle also plans to maintain both work in production and songwriting as part of her future career plans.

You can find out more about Gabrielle’s experience at SARM in her interview on our blog.

Following his graduation, Dominic Parry has been working as a full-time apprentice at leading audio equipment rental company Britannia Row Productions. Founded by Pink Floyd, Britannia Row has grown to become a global leader providing equipment for the London Olympics, Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons and The Cure‘s tour.  Dominic assisted in the 2019 Brit Awards as a stage technician for numerous performing acts including James Bay, Calvin Harris, Hugh Jackman, and P!NK. He has also worked on Andrea Bocelli’s world tour and the MTV European Music Awards.  Dominic’s apprenticeship scheme at Britannia Row Productions continued the training he started at Abbey Road Institute. He worked for several months in each of the companies departments (Maintenance, Speakers, Cables, Rigging, RF, Digital, Warehouse Manager Assistant & Prep) whilst taking part in two 15 week training courses; Live Sound fundamentals and Live Sound Intermediate. Alongside his day work, Dominic Parry has worked on gigs at The Roundhouse and the centennial WW1 memorial service.

You can find out more about Britannia Row on our blog.

Since graduating in 2018 Ramera Abraham was selected as one of 3 worldwide recipients of the EQL Studio Residency, a programme for female music producers and sound engineers (in partnership with Berklee College of Music). In this role Ramera worked as the sound engineer for the Spotify Secret Genius Studio that operates out of Metropolis Studios. In addition to producing and engineering, she is also an active drummer and songwriter and part of a songwriting and production duo with fellow alumnus, Antonio Esposito. While at Spotify, Ramera engineered sessions for various producers and songwriters like Sigma, 1Mind (French Montana, Wiz Khalifa), Linnea Södahl (Zara Larsson), Mr. Hudson, and JP Cooper.  Upon completion of her role at Spotify, Ramera is now freelance sound engineer and vocal producer and has run recording sessions with Greyson Chance, Gabriele Aplin, and Not3s, and AJ Tracey. She’s also been back at Abbey Road in 2019 assisting on sessions with CHIC artists Jerry Barnes and Ralph Rolle.

Phoenix Manson is an artist/music producer from Melbourne. He makes Hip Hop and R&B music that infuses an old school vibe with the modern new wave sound. Having graduated at the end of 2017, Phoenix has since released WAVELENGTH – EP, with toplining by Charlotte Adelle as a result. Phoenix was also an integral part of the Beat Collective Committee. Most noteworthy, he ran the fortnightly, live streaming show on TRNSMT. He also performed at festivals and venues including Electric Relaxation, Surf Coast Arts Festival, Beat Collective Sessions and High Bias. Having moved from Melbourne to Berlin to start building a network in Europe, Phoenix is now exploring the electronic music scene. As a result of this, he is working with rappers and producing beats for their projects.

Phoenix’s creativity in unstoppable, and consequently most of his time is spent in the studio. He is constantly making new music for his own project or for other singers/rappers. Furthermore, Ableton Live is his weapon of choice. Consequently, Phoenix has grown from a bedroom producer who made music as a hobby to an audio professional. You can find out more about Phoenix on his website. 

Léo Chupine trained at Abbey Road Institute Paris from January to December 2018. Following his graduation 
he first became an Assistant Engineer at the Studio de Meudon. This studio is particularly well known for 
providing two exceptional concert pianos for recording - a Steinway and a Fazioli. 
Léo Chupin then started work as a freelance sound engineer following his first sessions at the 
Studio de Meudon. He's had great recognition for his work and his innovative approach. In the second half 
of 2019, KR magazine selected him to be one of the "10 emeritus sound engineers" who have new ideas 
about the industry. The article was published in the special issue winter 2019-2020 edition.

HAKIM TAZI est diplômé en 2018 de Abbey Road Institute Paris.

Hakim Tazi a suivi la formation d’Abbey Road Institute Paris d’Octobre 2016 à Octobre 2018. Depuis qu’il est diplômé il multiplie les enregistrements mais aussi les mixages dans le 78 (Yvelines). Début 2020, il sort son premier projet en tant que producteur sous le nom de « Gamebreaker ». La mixtape de 12 titres (dont deux interludes) se nommé « Sombre Negro ». Un projet résolument urbain qui a pour objectif de montrer la face sombre de l’artiste. Notons que ce nouvel opus a été masterisé par un autre diplômé d’Abbey Road Institute Paris: Valentin Larbre qui a aussi développé sa structure.
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