Soundscape Studios

CTL-PL-0159 · Place

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-02621 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0159. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Closed Sessions label's Chicago studio

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• City: Chicago

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• Chicago — located in
  STRONG EVIDENCE

Sources

• https://blogs.colum.edu/business/files/2016/04/Chicagos-Closed-Sessions-opens-hip-hop-doors-Chicago-Tribune.pdf (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Establishes: Soundscape Studios is a recording studio in Chicago, owned by longtime recording engineer Mike Kolar; Kolar co-founded the Chicago hip-hop label Closed Sessions with Alex Fruchter (the two joined forces in 2008), and the label's office-cum-studio was in a Humboldt Park house; Closed Sessions artists worked at the studio, and the label's roster/work included Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa. This establishes the entity as the Closed Sessions label's Chicago studio as stored. NOT covered: Soundscape's founding year or street address. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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