Matthew 13:23 · Est. Chicago

A lone figure stands at a microphone on a wide empty stage under one pink spotlight, seen from a warm, lamp-lit recording room in the foreground.

PinkRoom StudiosAudio + VisualsEst. Chicago

PinkRoom Studios: The New Age.

From an intimate room to the world stage. Industry-competitive sound and picture, made accessible to businesses and individuals at every level.

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Our values: Quality, Originality, Growth, Hard-work, Profit

Why we exist

We make industry-competitive sounds and visuals, and we make them accessible to businesses and individuals at all levels. Five words keep us honest on every session, every shoot, every delivery.

01Manifesto

Why we make noise and picture.

One

A song deserves a picture. A picture deserves a sound. We make both under one roof, so neither one is ever an afterthought.

Close-up of a hand pushing a fader on an analog mixing console, lit by warm lamp light and small pink indicator lights.
Pillar one
AudioRecord · Produce · Mix · Master
Two

Industry-level craft should not be reserved for the industry.

Starting out or scaling up, you get the same standard, the same care, the same crew.

A camera operator, seen from behind, films the city skyline from a rooftop at golden hour.
Pillar two
VisualsPortraits · Video · Film
Three

We started in a room. Small, pink, and honest. The work got bigger. The honesty stayed exactly the same size.

Matthew 13:23

Good ground.

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Our motto. It is how we think about every project: plant it well, tend it properly, and let it grow into more than it started as.

Real work · PinkRoom Studios

From an intimate room to the world stage.

Photography
PinkRoom Studios archive

02What we make

A living menu of what we make.

Hover, tap or tab through. Seven rooms, one crew. Every slice opens onto a still from the kind of work it covers.

  1. Records built to sit next to anything on a playlist. We track, produce, mix and master in-house, so the sound you hear in the room is the sound that ships.

    Book studio time
    Warm-lit mixing console with a hand on a fader.

  2. Your song already has a picture in it. We find it, light it, shoot it and cut it to the beat, with the same ears that mixed the record.

    Pitch us your track
    A figure in a hooded boxing robe walks toward a ring through smoke under a pink spotlight.

  3. Portraits and moving pictures with a cinematic grade. Golden hour when we can get it, studio light when we cannot.

    Plan a shoot
    Camera operator filming a skyline from a rooftop at sunset.

  4. Concerts, launches, cyphers and celebrations, covered from the front row and from the sky. Recap edits ready for the morning after.

    Cover your event
    Aerial view over Chicago and its river at golden hour.

  5. Steam, sizzle and the hands behind the plate. Short films that make people want a table before the video ends.

    Film your kitchen
    A chef plates a dish with tweezers in a dark kitchen, steam rising, pink petals as garnish.

  6. Stories with a beginning, a middle and an ending worth sharing. Profiles for artists, founders and anyone with something real to say.

    Tell us the story
    A figure in a long coat walks down a wet city street at night past a pink-lit storefront.

  7. The project that does not fit a category. Bring the idea, and we will build the crew, the sound and the shot list around it.

    Bring the idea
    A single bare bulb glows in a dark concrete room with a seated figure in shadow.
03The work reel

Covers from the catalog.

Real names, real titles. Music, film and everything that happens when the two share a room.

Golden-hour highway seen from a vintage car, a hand trailing out the open window.

Take You There

BimiNo. 01
Hooded figure in a satin robe walking into a smoky boxing arena under pink light.

BOMAYE

KING MUTENo. 04
Vintage ribbon microphone in front of a singer seen from behind, warm window light, pink drape.

Leni B

Artist · Audio + visualsNo. 07
Silhouette with open arms on a rooftop facing a pink and gold sunrise over the Chicago skyline.

Sunrise

NDNANo. 02
Figure in a long coat walking away down a rain-soaked street at night.

Aziz

Artist · VisualsNo. 05
Bare bulb in a dark concrete room, a seated figure in shadow.

Insight

KING MUTENo. 08
Hands striking glowing pink drum machine pads in a dark studio.

Locked & Loaded

NDNANo. 03
A dancer spins in soft pink light in a room hung with dried flowers.

Akira Rae

Artist · VisualsNo. 06
A crowd with raised hands faces performers on a small stage through pink and amber light beams.

The Movement

Live · EventsNo. 09
Also in the catalog Oluwanifemi · Chicago Cypher

Stills on this page are concept frames made for this preview. The finished films live with the artists.

04The record

Scroll the record.

A discography you can scroll and a player you can press. Every track in the playlist was mixed and mastered at PinkRoom Studios.

Side A · 01 to 08

  1. Concept still for Take You There: Golden-hour highway seen from a vintage car.
    Concept still · Bimi

  2. Concept still for All Night: A lone figure at a microphone on a dark stage under one pink spotlight.
    Concept still · NDNA

  3. Concept still for Sunrise: A silhouette with open arms facing a pink and gold sunrise over a skyline.
    Concept still · NDNA

  4. Concept still for Locked & Loaded: Hands striking glowing pink drum machine pads.
    Concept still · NDNA

  5. Concept still for Carry On: A dancer spinning in soft pink light.
    Concept still · Akira Rae

  6. Concept still for BOMAYE: A hooded figure in a boxing robe walking into a smoky arena.
    Concept still · KING MUTE

  7. Concept still for Insight: A bare bulb in a dark concrete room.
    Concept still · KING MUTE

  8. Concept still for Ebb n Flow: Aerial view over a city river at golden hour.
    Concept still · KING MUTE

Side B · 09 to 16

  1. Concept still for Still Come: A vintage ribbon microphone in warm window light.
    Concept still · Leni B

  2. Concept still for Misguided: A hand on a fader of a warm-lit mixing console.
    Concept still · Leni B

  3. Concept still for UnderDog: A camera operator filming a skyline from a rooftop.
    Concept still · Leni B

  4. Concept still for Flex: A figure in a long coat on a wet city street at night.
    Concept still · Aziz

  5. Concept still for Don't Have To Say Sorry: A crowd with raised hands facing a small stage in pink and amber light.
    Concept still · The Movement

  6. Concept still for Osuba: A dancer in soft pink light, hung with dried flowers.
    Concept still · Oluwanifemi

  7. Concept still for Birthday Praise: A plated dish finished with pink petals in a dark kitchen.
    Concept still · Oluwanifemi

  8. Concept still for F.E.A.R: A seated figure in shadow under a single bulb.
    Concept still · Chicago Cypher
05From the archive

The work, for real.

No concept frames in this room. Photography and aerial work from the PinkRoom Studios archive, shot by the crew and lightly graded for this page.

Low sun over still water at golden hour, a row of peaked rooftops and trees mirrored in the surface.
Archive
01Photography · Golden hourPinkRoom Studios archive
Aerial view of a round, ribbed civic building ringed by lawns under an overcast autumn sky.
02Aerial · Architecture
High aerial over sports fields, rail lines and autumn trees, with a distant city skyline on the horizon.
03Aerial · City
Drone shot at sunset of a waterfront park with angular rooftops, a curved path and calm water.
04Aerial · Golden hour
Wide aerial of a circular building, green fields and a running track on an autumn afternoon.
05Aerial · ArchitecturePinkRoom Studios archive

All photographs: PinkRoom Studios archiveLight warm grade applied for this preview

06Credibility

Esteemed Partners

  • Independent Artists
  • Labels
  • Kitchens & Hospitality
  • venues/promoters
  • BrandsBig & small
  • Community & Faith

Shown as partner categories in this concept. Real partner marks drop in here.

PinkRoom by the numbers

02 Pillars Audio and visuals, made under one roof by one crew.
08 Disciplines Videography, aerial, events, food films, music videos, profiles, short films, specialty.
09+ Names in the catalog From Bimi and NDNA to KING MUTE and the Chicago Cypher. Counting.
05 Values, every job Quality, originality, growth, hard-work and profit. Yours and ours.

Est. ChicagoAudio + visualsAll levels welcomeMatthew 13:23

07Start

Ready to begin your next project?

Tell us what you are making. We will tell you how we would record it, shoot it and deliver it, and what it takes at your level. No pressure, no jargon.

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Music · Film · Events · Food · Profiles · Every level welcome