A recording studio in Gloucestershire has launched with a commitment to contribute all of its booking proceeds towards carbon capture projects in efforts to tackle climate change.
Migration Studios in the Cotswold village of Brockhampton claims to be the first studio in the world that is dedicated to carbon capture.
The facility will be donating funds to environmental arts charity Platform Earth, which produces exhibitions and projects that promote the reduction of the 海角视频 arts industry’s carbon footprint.
Based at Cotehay Farm, the main studio comprises a large control room and live room with a 5.5m gabled cathedral ceiling. An additional production room can be rented in conjunction with the main studio for writing camps and larger groups.
With the exception of the patch bay and studio monitors, all of the musical equipment and furniture in the studio has been sourced second-hand.
As part of its launch the studio’s first session saw 20 musicians, producers and instrumentalists record a track under the name The Migration Orchestra for a documentary about the creative process directed by Italian filmmaker Carlotta Bianchi.
The session was sponsored by Gloucestershire cider brand Dunkertons Organic Cider, while additional production spaces for the event were supplied and sponsored by music and audio products group Focusrite.
Head of production and Migration Studios co-founder Richard Jahn said: “Migration Orchestra seeks to connect musicians back to collaborative music making, which due to the pandemic and other factors has splintered music creation, more often than not, into largely solitary endeavours.”
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The first environmental project the studios will help fund is Sussex Kelp Restoration Project, a restoration and rewilding partnership working to conserve more than 300 sq km of Sussex coastline.
Ruth Ganesh, Platform Earth trustee and co-founder of Migration Studios, said: “We are passionate about this project as the native kelp locks 20 times more carbon than land-based forests, grows 20 times faster and will have seismic repercussions for carbon capture and biodiversity.
“Successful restoration of the area has the potential to lock away as much carbon as London’s music industry emits every single year.”
The studio is inspired by a series of life-sized elephant sculptures at Cotehay Farm that were exhibited across the country as part of the 'CoExistence' campaign, an environmental art initiative to raise awareness about the impact of humans on the natural world.
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