Holden, S., 2025.
Sheffield Music Factory: The Legacy of Red Tape Studios
| Output Type: | Journal article |
| Publication: | Metropolitics |
| Publisher: | Metropolitics |
| URL: | metropolitics.org/Sheffield-Music-Factory-The-Legacy-of-Red-Tape-Studios.html |
Opening in 1986, in defiance of government cuts, Red Tape Studios was the first municipal recording studio in the UK. Sam Holden demonstrates how the studio brought together the city council, third sector, and community in a time of ideological individualism, drawing lessons for the renewed, contemporary interest of municipal socialism in the UK.