Studio L'Essence

Studio L'Essence (also know as "Essence Studio" in English) was an audio recording studio located in downtown Montreal, Canada. The studio was opened in 1994/1995 by Wayne Dwyer, Gary Adams and Asher Hanif at 1180 Saint-Antoine Street West (former headquarter of Studio Six). Wayne initially served as the studio's in-house producer but left after two years to focus on his own songwriting career. Wayne, Gary and Asher also operated the record label Scratch 'N' Sniff Music out of the same building, before moving to the West Island. Some of the engineers and other producers that worked there include Stéphane Fania and Geoff Lissaman. After Studio L'Essence closed down, the building was transformed into band practice rooms, and remained as such until the building was demolished in 2014.