BANDSPACE
DESCRIPTION
A three-story creative hub offering recording, rehearsal and event production services. It acts as a community-driven facility with acoustically treated rooms for local bands, podcasters and artists. Operating out of a tranquil, acoustically optimised complex it caters for performers of all genres. It has grown from a lockdown passion project into a premier community facility embedded in the Essex music scene. With spacious rooms for live bands, beyond a traditional music facility it runs participatory choir, music producer and well-being initiatives. It offers free parking onsite.
Musicians note that the tight acoustic treatment minimizes harsh reflections, making it easy for band members to hear themselves clearly over live drums. Users frequently highlight its clean layout and comfortable, inspiring aesthetic during long practice sessions where the studio team has actively expanded and redecorated the rehearsal rooms. Musicians enjoy the community atmosphere, noting that practicing here often leads to casual networking with other local artists, live sound technicians and producers.
HISTORY & CLIENTS
Its client list includes The Meffs, Gurn Victim, East Town Pirates, Hubble Bubble, Elephant Jane, Butterfly Handshake, Syncopate, The Enquiries, Slugworth, SURGE and Jones.Superglu / Dingus Khan.
LOCATIONS SERVED
Strategically located off the A12 artery, it attracts clients from across several nearby towns and counties including Colchester and Tendring District, Great Bromley, Wivenhoe, Clacton-on-Sea, Harwich, Frinton-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Braintree and Ipswich.
ROOMS:
4
OPENED:
2020
