Levitating by Dua Lipa: studio, gear and credits

Levitating by Dua Lipa: produced by Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk, Stuart Price. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Levitating
Artist: Dua Lipa
Genre / Style: Nu-Disco / Dance-Pop / Funk-Pop
Date(s) Recorded: August 2018 (Initial writing & tracking at Sarm), with additional production through 2019
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Warner Records
Release Date: March 27, 2020 (Album Release), October 1, 2020 (Single Release)
YouTube Search: Listen on YouTube

Personnel and session credits

Producer(s): Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk, Stuart Price
Assistant Engineer(s) / Tape Operator(s): Cameron Gower Poole (Vocal Engineer)
Mixing Engineer(s): Josh Gudwin (Mix Assistant: Elijah Marrett-Hitch)
Mastering Engineer(s): Chris Gehringer (Assistant: Will Quinnell)
Musicians & Session Performers:

Dua Lipa - Lead Vocals
Stephen Kozmeniuk - Bass, Synthesizer, Drum Programming
Stuart Price - Bass, Keyboards, Drum Programming
Sarah Hudson - Backing Vocals
Clarence Coffee Jr. - Backing Vocals
Lorna Blackwood - Vocal Production & Programming

Studio and recording technology

Studio details for this recording are still being verified.

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Sarm Music Village, London, UK (Initial Writing/Tracking); Koz's Studio, Toronto, Canada; Stuart Price's Studio, London, UK (Documented studio per MusicBrainz: Modulator Music)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Gudwin's Mix Room)
Mixing Console / Desk: Avid S6 Control Surface / Pro Tools HDX (In-The-Box with analog summing)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Digital Audio Workstation: Avid Pro Tools and Ableton Live (No analog multitrack tape used)
Studio Monitors: ATC SCM45A Pro, Yamaha NS-10M (Josh Gudwin mix monitors)
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

Neve 1073 Mic Preamps, Tube-Tech CL 1B Optical Compressor (Vocal Tracking), UAD DSP Emulations (Mixdown)

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Lead Vocals (Dua Lipa), Synth & Live Bass (Stephen Kozmeniuk / Stuart Price), Drum Programming (Stephen Kozmeniuk / Stuart Price), Talkbox (Bosko Kante), Synthesizers & Keyboards (Stephen Kozmeniuk / Stuart Price).

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