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Andy Jones

“He ended up with a fully-fledged, pro studio - it just happened to have an engine and some wheels underneath”: David Gilmour, The Rolling Stones, Timbaland, Depeche Mode and more in nine of the weirdest recording studios ever built

Ronnie Lane.

RECORDING WEEK 2024: Recording studios tend to be acoustically perfect, atmospherically or sonically sealed, and quiet environments for getting the best recorded take. They also tend to be non-moving and building-based. So why would you consider sticking one on a bus, another in a Nando's restaurant, or yet another on a 100-year old boat on the river Thames? Madness this way surely lies!

From wheels to fried chicken, here are some of the wackiest places that people have built the perfect imperfect places to record music.

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