Locations
Bristol-based.
Working UK-wide.
Our studio is in Bristol, but the artists, filmmakers and brands we work with are all over the UK. Here's where our regulars come from.
Bristol
0 minutes — home turf
Bristol is our home city and the reason the studio exists. From the trip-hop DNA of Massive Attack and Portishead through Bristol drum & bass, dubstep, jazz revival at Strange Brew and the folk-rock circuit around the Louisiana and Rough Trade, the city rewards records that mean something.
Read BristolClifton
10 minutes
Clifton and Clifton Village sit above the Avon Gorge and pull in a mix of students, session players and songwriters looking for a room that isn't a bedroom. We're a short drive from Whiteladies Road and Park Street, so drop-in sessions after uni are easy.
Read BristolBedminster
8 minutes
North Street and East Street have quietly become one of the best songwriter corridors in the city, with the Tobacco Factory, Windmill Hill City Farm sessions and a pile of open-mic nights along the strip. If you rehearse in Bedminster, we're a short walk away.
Read BristolSouthville
6 minutes
Southville, North Street and the Tobacco Factory triangle is home to a huge chunk of Bristol's working songwriter and producer community. If you're anywhere between the Cut and Ashton Gate, we're the closest full studio to you.
Read BristolStokes Croft
5 minutes
Stokes Croft is where Bristol's DIY culture lives — from Strange Brew and Cosies to the murals and the labels operating out of studios around Jamaica Street. It's also the walking-distance neighbourhood for a lot of the artists we cut records with.
Read BristolRedland
10 minutes
Redland, Cotham and Bishopston form the student-and-songwriter belt of North Bristol — closer to the Gloucester Road music scene than most people realise. Plenty of our Academy students come from BS6/BS7 sixth forms and Bristol Uni.
Read SomersetBath
20 minutes by car / 12 minutes by train
Bath's music scene is bigger than the tourist crowd suggests — Komedia, Chapel Arts, the Bath Festival, plus the tight singer-songwriter circuit around the Bell Inn and Moles' legacy. Recording in Bristol is often quicker than trying to find a Bath studio.
Read SomersetWeston-super-Mare
30 minutes
Weston's music scene runs from the seafront pubs and the Playhouse Theatre out to the growing artist community around the Old Town and the Tropicana events. Loads of North Somerset bands come up the M5 to record with us.
Read South GlamorganCardiff
45 minutes across the Severn
Cardiff is a short hop across the Severn and one of the most active grassroots scenes in the UK — Clwb Ifor Bach, Tramshed, the BBC Horizons pipeline and a huge Welsh-language songwriting community. Plenty of Cardiff artists find Bristol quicker than tying up Cardiff's busier rooms.
Read GloucestershireGloucester
45 minutes up the M5
Gloucester and the wider GL postcode — Stroud, Cheltenham, the Forest of Dean — send us a steady stream of songwriters and producers looking for a proper room within an hour's drive. Two Barns and the growing Forest folk scene are a big part of that.
Read GloucestershireCheltenham
50 minutes up the M5
Cheltenham's music week, jazz festival and the year-round pipeline coming out of the town's schools and colleges means there's always more artists than there is studio space. That's why so many Cheltenham acts book Bristol days rather than fight for local time.
Read SomersetFrome
45 minutes
Frome is a tiny town with a huge songwriter density — the Cheese & Grain, Frome Independent, the Merlin and the folk-adjacent labels around town keep pushing out records that punch above their weight. We work with a lot of BA11 artists and producers.
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