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Manchester's legendary recording studio, based just outside the city centre, offers a unique recording experience for the up-and-coming artist to the seasoned recording musician. Our truly unique vintage mixing desk, selection of premium microphones, massive 32x24ft live room, dedicated vocal booth as well as our chill out area… make the ideal environment for our clients to get creative and productive. Whether you're a band, solo artist, rapper, choir, voice over artist or anyone else requiring high quality professional audio - We offer an affordable service with results we're confident you'll be pleased with.

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• Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Keys, Harmonies, Backing Vocals, Reverb, Delay, Effects etc

• Acoustic, Piano, Strings, Rhodes, Hammond, Vocals, Harmonies, 12-String etc

• Beats, Verses, Hooks, Chorus, Overs, Adlibs, Ghosting, Instrumentals, Type Beats etc

• Choirs, Voice Overs, Photoshoots, Casting, ADR, Rehearsals etc

Services We Offer

we can reply fairly quick via whatsapp

if you ring us, we might be busy in the studio

and aren’t always able to answer calls

Formerly owned by New Order (See The Perfect Kiss video directed by Jonathan Demme), VIBE has welcomed much of Manchester’s musical elite over the years; The Stone Roses, The Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, Doves, Badly Drawn Boy, James.

With a substantial claim to being Manchester’s oldest recording facility, dating back to when New Order purchased the building off British Gas in 1981 - even today, VIBE continues to be frequented by contemporary artists such as Aitch and Antony Szmierek

It has continued to be a popular and important facility for bands, artists and music minded people across the city and beyond.

Not to mention, many would-be-historians, with an interest in musical history from all over the world make their pilgramage to North Manchester to visit the studio... not to mention the notoriously popular YouTuber extraordinnaire, Martin Zero - who visited us in early 2025 and compiled the following video, covering the comprehensive, fascinating known history of VIBE, the building and surrounding areas

VIBE's Recording Heritage

Our unique, hand-wired MIDAS recording console with 18 channels of class A pre-amps, featuring a gorgeous British EQ. The 005 and 003 MIDAS channel strips that both feature on our console, are as sought after as the high-end vintage Neve and SSL channel strips. Together with our premium antelope analog to digital conversion - we offer truly high end, vintage class-A recording.

Watch former studio owner Martin, talking to MIDAS about our desk in more depth here 👇

Recording Studio Equipment

VIBE Recording Studio

65 St Germain Street

Farnworth, Bolton

• BL4 7BQ

VIBE Recording Studios

Sandy Bank Road

(just off Bury Old Road, A665)

Manchester

• M8 5BW

• ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Please don’t put the postcode into your satnav sometimes, it can take you to the big TESCO car park behind us - which is in the centre of a one way system, and requires a full loop round before getting back onto Bury Old Road (A665) again.

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Find Us

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There’s usually 2-3 car parking spaces right outside our front door - but we are also adjacent to a NatWest car park - if the gates are open and there’s space, it’s fine to park on there temporarily whilst you locate our front door

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PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE STUDIO ADDRESS

• DO NOT PUT THE ABOVE INTO YOUR SAT NAV!

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