History - In the beginning..

Running for our first eight years on little more than commitment, we provided basic recording and rehearsal facilities for local bands, organised gigs for many social causes and actively campaigned for public investment into music at the grass roots level. Our argument has always been that, although some of the most outstanding cultural achievements in post war Britain have come from rock and pop musicians in working class regions, they lack the basic facilities and receive the least support in their struggle to establish themselves.

Over the years, our ideas gained support and, in 1988, we had a breakthrough when we secured backing from Durham County Council and the Department of Education and Science to run the pioneering Making Music Work programme. We set up Northern Recording as a company and raised the necessary finance to install industry standard recording, rehearsal and performance studios.

Since then, we have been swamped by demand, providing recording facilities, rehearsal space, coaching and advice to schools, young musicians and working bands. In the process, the studios have become a natural focus for some of the most interesting and exciting bands in the North East today.

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