At which Honolulu studio was My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy recorded?

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was recorded at Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu.

Kanye West developed much of the album during a self-imposed retreat to Oahu, Hawaii, after the intense public backlash surrounding his 2009 MTV Video Music Awards interruption. Avex became the creative base for the project, where West worked with a large rotating group of producers, writers and performers in an unusually communal recording environment.

The sessions were famously demanding. West reportedly booked multiple rooms at Avex around the clock, moved between songs when he hit a creative block, and enforced strict confidentiality rules such as “No Tweeting” and “No Pictures.” Contributors included Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Rick Ross, RZA, Elton John and Justin Vernon.

Honolulu was not the album’s only recording location. Additional work took place at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank and at Electric Lady and Platinum Sound in New York. That wider list explains why Electric Lady Studios can seem plausible, but Avex is the canonical answer to the Honolulu-specific question.