Blackwing Studios

However, this may soon not be the case as Southwark Council have been submitting plans since 2005 to redevelop the site with a four-storey development of private flats.

[7] When Eric Radcliffe opened Blackwing, he initially used an eight-track TEAC for recording artists; this was later replaced by a 16-track machine.

All the equipment at Blackwing and Splendid Studios was designed to be patchable through patch bays; none of the effects units were hardwired.

[5] Clarke installed a Fairlight CMI into Blackwing, which he had bought before the Yazoo tour, and used it on tracks such as "Never Never" by The Assembly.

The Fairlight was used to sample sounds of Clarke smashing all sorts of wood, china and glass that were found when demolishing the lower part of the church to build Splendid Studios.

[5] Blackwing used a range of quality reverberation, including an AMS RMX, Lexicon 224 and 224X and a Quantec Room Simulator.

Recordings at Blackwing also used natural reverb from a long corridor that still retained the stonework from the original war-damaged church.

Later in the afternoon, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher would arrive from their day jobs to record melody parts.