Blackwing Studios, Recording studio in Southwark, London, England
Blackwing Studios was a recording studio in Southwark, southeast London, set inside a former church building. The space had several recording rooms, including one with stone walls used mainly for drums.
Eric Radcliffe founded the studio in the early 1980s, turning it into a key recording space for electronic music. It operated until September 2001, when it closed for good.
The studio became known for hosting electronic and synthpop artists during the 1980s, with musicians returning because of how the space shaped their sound. The building itself became inseparable from the identity of the records made there.
The studio stood on Pepper Street in Southwark and is no longer open to visitors, as the building has been empty since it closed. Local authorities have been looking at possible plans for the site.
The studio started out with an eight-track recording system, which was modest even by the standards of the early 1980s. Despite this, it drew in artists who became central figures in electronic and synthpop music.
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