Temple
of the Trees
We built this place by hand. From the Big Leaf Maples that grew on this land, milled and dried and planed ourselves. Around an 18th-century English cathedral door we'd been saving for years without knowing why. With friends who believed in what it could become.
The result is Temple of the Trees — a recording, mixing, and mastering studio in Seattle that doesn't look like a studio, doesn't feel like a studio, and doesn't sound like anything you've heard come out of a studio.
"I love the gothy vibes." — Lady Gaga
"One of the coolest recording spaces I've ever been in." — Tape Op
"The spookiest studio in the world." — American Songwriter
We just call it home.
Step inside.
We're Joe and Karyn. Musicians. Recordists. Lovers of art in all its forms. The two people who built this place.
Not as a business decision — as a calling. We'd spent decades in recording studios making records for artists of all walks. We wanted to build something that felt like us, for ourselves and for every artist who walks through the door.
We've been running Orbit Audio in Pioneer Square for over two decades. We play music together in Society of the Silver Cross. We know what it feels like to walk into a room and immediately be inspired to make something.
Some of the artists who've trusted us with their music over the years.
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