Side A
Audio.
From the demo to the master. Recording, mixing, and sound design built for artists who care about the silence between the notes.
Open the booth
Audio · Visual · Studio
End with beginnings— sound & light
An independent audio & visual studio crafting cinematic identities for artists, brands, and the people who make things worth remembering.
Artist Roster · 01
In rotation, always on.
Audio + Visual · Black Rout
Hip-Hop · Yaounde / Cameroon
Mad Laganda
A voice cut from Yaoundé and pressed through our room. Every release — beats, mix, master, cover, video — has gone through Black Rout from first idea to final delivery.
Selected videos · Mad Laganda
Pressed through the room.
What we make
Services, à la carte.
Pick the parts you need or commission the whole record. We collaborate with labels, indie artists, agencies, and the brave brands who like working with people instead of teams.
01
Recording
Tracking sessions in-room and remote.
02
Mixing
Stem-aware mixes built for the room, the car, and the earbud.
03
Mastering
Loudness-aware masters, DSP-ready.
01
Direction
Music videos, brand films, documentaries.
02
Photography
Editorial, campaign, and cover art.
03
Motion
Title sequences, social cuts, looping idents.
01
Identity
Marks, type, and the rules that hold them.
02
Naming
Names for artists, projects, products.
03
Web Design
Shopify and headless builds.
"We don't decorate, we listen."
The studio
A small room with loud ideas.
Black Rout Studios is an independent collective working across audio and visual production. We move between the booth and the lens — translating raw ideas into work that holds up at full volume and full screen.
We believe in long-form collaboration, slow takes, and finishing the thought. End with beginnings.
Founded
2018, in a back room on Rue des Ombres.
Based
Yaounde & remote, wherever the signal travels.
Crew
Five humans and infinite cables.
Mood
Cinematic, considered, occasionally feral.
How we work
Four movements, one record.
01
Listen
Briefs, references, demos, hand-drawn moodboards.
02
Sketch
Rough mixes, loose frames, three directions.
03
Build
Production, post, mastering, retouch.
04
Release
Delivery for every channel — DSPs, print, web.
Digital products
Studio services, add to cart.
Services we can deliver entirely online — mixing, mastering, cover art, sample packs. Send the stems, get a download link.
Visualizer Edit
5 business days turnaround.
A motion-graphics visualizer for your single or EP — built to perform on YouTube, Instagram, and streaming platforms. Reactive to your track, styled to your visual identity.
- MP4 (1080p + 4K), 16:9 and 1:1 crops
- Revisions: 2 rounds included
- Process: Style brief → animatic → revisions → final export
Remote
Online Mixing
5–7 day turnaround
Stem-aware mixes built for the room, the car, and the earbud. One round of revisions included.
- Up to 32 stems, 24-bit/48k
- WAV + reference MP3
- 3 revision pass included
Remote
Online Mastering
3–5 days turnaround
Professional mastering for your finished mix. Loud, clear, and optimised for every streaming platform — Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and more. Priced per track.
- Mastered WAV + MP3 + streaming-optimised version
- WAV + reference MP3
- Revisions: 1 round included
- Formats: 16-bit/44.1kHz for streaming, 24-bit for sync/vinyl
Remote
Pro Consultation — 60 min
Video call (Google Meet or Zoom)
A focused 60-minute strategy session with a Black Rout senior engineer or creative director. Bring your project, your questions, or your brief — we'll help you map a clear path forward.
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Delivery: Session notes + action plan within 24 hours
- Best for: Release strategy, sonic direction, project scoping, etc,
Remote
Cover Art
7–10 business days turnaround
Original cover artwork designed by Black Rout's visual team. Built around your music, your aesthetic, and your release strategy. Delivered as a high-resolution digital file ready for DSPs.
- PNG + PSD source file (3000×3000px, 300dpi)
- Revisions: 2 rounds included
- Process: Visual brief → mood board approval → design → revisions → delivery
Remote
Sample Pack — Rout 01
Instant download
120 loops & one-shots pulled from our private library. Royalty-free for any release, including commercial.
- 120 files · 1.8 GB
- WAV 24-bit + Ableton rack
- Royalty-free — personal & commercial, lifetime updates included
A Black Rout label
Clothing for the
people in the booth.
& the ones outside.
Bledlard is our wearable arm — small-batch garments designed alongside the artists we record. Drops follow releases. Sizes run honest.
Kind words
Reviews from the other side.
"They treated our EP like it was the only record being made that year."
Mad Laganda
Artist, Offshoot EP
"Brief in, brand out. The crew at Black Rout understand visual rhythm like musicians."
Mehdi B.
Founder, Houma Café
"We came in for a teaser and left with a score."
Élise Marchand
Director, Cinqième Saison
Questions
Frequently whispered.
Not what you needed? Slide into the contact form — we read everything.
Yes. Drop your stems on the digital product page, pay, and we deliver via download link.
Bledlard is our in-house clothing label. Same crew, same standards.
By scope and time, not by the meter.
Yaounde & Yaoundé.
Let's begin
End with beginnings.
Tell us about the project — release date, references, the feeling you can't name. We'll come back within 48 hours with a path forward.