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BRING YOUR DREAMS. MAKE YOUR MUSIC

Our sonic oasis is built with intention, a love for music, and to serve artists and our community holistically

Set on 63 rural acre farm between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough North Carolina, Sonark is a sonic sanctuary – an inspiring haven for artists, producers and engineers to escape the distractions of daily life and immerse themselves in their best creative work. 

Sonark provides artists and creators a content oasis capable of delivering world-class quality content no matter how big the dream.

Audio, Video, Post Production, Dolby Atmos, Live Streaming, Web 3.0...bring your vision and we'll make it reality. 

The Sonark Collective is one of the most prestigious creative audio-video teams in the country. We have worked on a wide array of projects, big and small. See a sample below of our past shows.

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Recording, Engineering, Production, and Mixing projects

Quincy Jones, Prince, Erik Friedlander, Spoon, King Crimson, The Mountain Goats, Sarah Jaffe, Maps and Atlases, Becca Stevens, Pattern is Movement, Superchunk, The Folk Implosion, Okkervil River, St.Vincent, The Forms, Bombadil, John Vanderslice, Mipso, Centro-matic, Bela Fleck, Jimmy Herring, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Hindugrass, Roomful of Blues, Alex Machacek, Branford Marsalis, Gary Husband, Rhiannon Giddens, Zuill Bailey, Shana Tucker, Jason Moran, Frederic Chiu, Wayne Krantz, COC, the dB's, Archers of Loaf, Clay Aiken, Gnarls Barkley, The Beast, Lost in the Trees, Vienna Teng, Annuals, Anoop Desai, Slash, Joshua Bell, Joey Calderazzo, My Three Sons, Nile Rodgers, 9th Wonder, Chris Stamey, Jaquire King, John Custer, Shirley Ceasar, Donald Lawrence, Cedric Thompson, Vincent Herbert “Aaliyah”, Big Daddy Kane, NYBorn, Andreao “Fanatic” Heard, Anthony Hamilton, Raheem Devaughn, Patti LaBelle, Phil Lassiter, Mike Phillips, Morris Hayes (Prince Musical Director) and Ida Neilson (Prince bassist), Night demon, CBS Christmas Special in 2019, PBS New Years Special in 2020, featuring artists Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, JuanesGlen Ballard, The Deele (Babyface & LA Reid), Blessid Union of Souls, Nam June Paik, John Adams, Cincinnati Symphony & Pops, Dayton Symphony Orchestra, Papa Muntu, Jack Wall, Zuill Bailey, Frederic Chiu, Conundrum, Thomas Otten, Seiko Matsuda

...But Don't Take Our Word For It...

"When you're playing with the confidence that you're working with great engineers and great equipment, that removes a whole level of things you have to think about. It frees you to do a lot."

Graham Sharp - Steep Canyon Rangers

"The really cool thing is that Sonark already had pretty much everything laid out for us. I love situations that I can walk into and it's already a done deal. All I have to do is plug my guitar in and sing. That makes me happy. I love that.
They made it really easy. It's like doing any of the big shows. I've been on the CBS Morning Show before with my band. Sonark is comparable to that."

Rissi Palmer

"It's the combination of all that great gear and people who are so capable. It's also really clear that they are big-time, geeky music lovers. So that really helps. You know they are WAY into it."

Barrett Smith - Steep Canyon Rangers

"Highly recommended!!! Sonark provides beautiful facility in a serene location, packed with top-end gear from highly-sought vintage examples to the latest technology, all operated by a welcoming, professional staff that achieves sonic results far beyond expectations. We just completed mixing and mastering of a 10-pc live performance with Steve, and couldn't be happier with the result."

Joe Wilkie

"We mixed and mastered a live performance here. Steve was amazing and made us sound incredible! World class professionals at this studio. We will use them every opportunity we can.

Jeff Heinz

"One of the ABSOLUTE BEST studios that I have ever seen! The sound quality, the Instruments and the state of the art Equipment put this place over the top. This is a uniquely great place where music, video and the live experience are going to come together in an AMAZING experience! BOOK TODAY"

Joel Holloway

"I needed a studio to record a jingle that I was working on. Brandon, my music director, said we should try Sonark out.
It's very homey. This is a really comfortable studio. I love that it was out in the middle of the country. It's really pretty, it's quiet, and there's not a lot of traffic coming in or out. It's very warm. It's super comfortable.
So we recorded this jingle (at Sonark). They had a crew film us. It turned out really great, and I've been in love with Sonark ever since."

Rissi Palmer

"Really cool spot tucked just outside of town. Been to a couple of events and concerts here and the mix of indoor/outdoor is perfect for a variety of things."

Forrest Mason

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