
Aarhus has a small number of studios and engineers that alternative bands actually use, and most of them are connected: Aarhus Lydstudie, run by Asger Christensen and Iris Marie Jakobsen since 2007; Tallman Studio and MACH Mastering, both with public per-song prices; Everloud Studios for metal and hard rock; and the Lydhavnen community, home to ET Mastering and Gyraf Audio. Tapetown, which started at the old Feedback studio in 2011 and co-founded Lydhavnen in 2012, still mixes in Aarhus: our mix studio in the city is open, we record at our recording studio on Djursland, about 30 minutes out, and we mix and master online. This guide lists what each does, with a link to their own page, and what to ask before you book anyone.
How we built the list
Everything here comes from the studios' own pages, Tape Op and MusicTech interviews, and marketplace listings, each linked. We include ourselves where our history places us. Prices appear only where a studio publishes them. Checked 31 October 2026.
Studios and engineers in Aarhus
Studio or engineer | What they do | Known for | Source |
Aarhus Lydstudie | Recording and mixing with four engineers; also a rehearsal space; started 2007 in a city-owned building | Local bands with drums; Asger Christensen's layered, arrangement-heavy recordings | |
Tallman Studio | Mixing at about 300 dollars a song, mastering at about 70, writing | EDM, electronic, pop, indie pop, heavy rock; Manley, Pultec, Neve and API hardware | |
MACH Mastering | Stereo and stem mastering at about 90 dollars a song, unlimited revisions, 3 to 5 day delivery | Analogue mastering with Gyraf compressors and EQs and ATC monitors; indie, soft pop and rock | |
Everloud Studios (Kristian Øgir) | Mixing and mastering | Metal and hard rock | |
ET Mastering (Emil Thomsen) | Mastering, based at Lydhavnen | Mastered most Tapetown live sessions | |
Gyraf Audio (Jakob Erland) | Studio hardware maker with a workshop at Lydhavnen | Compressors and EQs in use at MACH Mastering and Tapetown | |
Tapetown Studio | Mix studio in Aarhus, band-in-a-room recording studio on Djursland, online mixing and mastering, live sessions | Sessions with Iceage, The Murder Capital, Elias Rønnenfelt, Pale Honey, Les Big Byrd and Mikal Cronin; more than 150 artists |
The Aarhus scene in brief
Feedback was the city's historic studio until it closed in 2011; its engineers started their own companies, Tapetown among them. Lydhavnen, the Sound Harbour, opened in 2012 in a former meatpacking district with local-authority support and houses twelve businesses in recording, mastering and music technology. SPOT Festival brings the Nordic music industry to Aarhus every spring; we recorded live sessions at SPOT in 2019, 2024 and 2025, including Elias Rønnenfelt in Musikhuset's Great Hall, all listed in our session credits. Drowned in Sound once called Tapetown the Sound of Aarhus, a line we still get asked about.
Where Tapetown fits now
We started in 2011 at Feedback in Viby and co-founded Lydhavnen in 2012. Our Lydhavnen recording studio, above a 300-capacity venue, has closed; the Tapetown mix studio in Aarhus is open and operating. Recording happens at our recording studio on Djursland while we build our new home at Friland, The Reserve, a 400 square metre complex with around 200 square metres of studios plus art space and accommodation, about 30 minutes outside Aarhus in a nature reserve, opening in 2027. Mixing and mastering are online for artists anywhere, and Rasmus Bredvig still records and mixes the Tapetown Sessions. If you want a recording room inside the city limits, the studios above are the ones to call; if you want a mix in Aarhus, a band-in-a-room recording 30 minutes out on Djursland, or a mix from Denmark wherever you are, that is us.
What to ask a studio before booking
Who will engineer the session, by name, and what have they recorded in your genre?
Can the whole band play in one room, and how many channels can they track at once?
What is included in the day: setup time, backline, an assistant, mix time?
Who mixes and who masters, and are they the same people?
How do revisions work, and what exactly do you deliver?
Can you take the multitracks with you afterwards, and in what format?
What it costs
Aarhus studios rarely publish day rates; the two that publish per-song prices are in the table. Professional mixing in Europe is commonly quoted between roughly 400 and 1,200 euro per song, with mastering separate. We quote each project after hearing a rough mix or talking through the days needed, because scope, song count and studio time change the price; the contact page is the way to ask.
FAQ
Which recording studios are in Aarhus?
Aarhus Lydstudie, Tallman Studio, MACH Mastering, Everloud Studios, ET Mastering and Gyraf Audio at Lydhavnen, plus a longer list of individual engineers on SoundBetter's Aarhus page. Tapetown started in Aarhus, still mixes in the city, and records about 30 minutes away on Djursland.
Does Tapetown still have a studio in Aarhus?
Yes. The Tapetown mix studio in Aarhus is open and operating. The former Lydhavnen recording studio has closed; recording happens at our recording studio on Djursland, and The Reserve at Friland opens in 2027. Mixing and mastering are also done online.
Can a band from abroad record in or near Aarhus?
Yes. Aarhus Airport is on Djursland about 41 kilometres from the city, Grenaa has a ferry to Sweden and Ebeltoft a ferry to Zealand. We have recorded and mixed sessions for bands from the US, Mexico, Sweden, the UK and Ireland, including Mikal Cronin, Mint Field, Pale Honey, Ulrika Spacek and The Murder Capital.
Is online mixing from Aarhus different from mixing in person?
The work is the same; the difference is how you take part. We run attended remote sessions across time zones so you hear the first pass with us, and we deliver stereo WAV files with stems or other formats on request.
Read on
If you are searching in Danish, our page on lydstudier i Danmark covers the country. For how a remote mix from Denmark works, start with the online mixing page.







