Coach House Studios
Date
1972
Notes
Coach House Studios was a music studio set up by Eddy Grant in 1972, at his home in Stamford Hill, London.
History
Eddy Grant is a musician, and former member of The Equals, a genre-blending band from the 1960s. After injuries sustained in a car accident, Eddy Grant stepped away from performance as a musician to focus on production and began Coach House Studios as well as his record label Ice Records. Grant bought a property, on Osbaldeston Road in Stamford Hill as an investment - when he left The Equals, his income decreased significantly and he had four children to support. Grant renovated the run-down Victorian property alone to safe costs since called this process his 'baptism of fire'. For Grant, Coach House Studio was "the magic space. It really was a place of tremendous inspiration. Every day was a party".
Coach House Studios produced music for many Black British artists including 90 Degrees Inclusive, The Equals, and Eddy Grant himself. "Every Black musician in England, I reckon, passed through there" wrote Grant in a 2021 article published by the Financial Times. Grant moved to Barbados in 1982 and has since opened a new recording studios at Bayley's Plantation, his property on the island.
Coach House Studios produced music for many Black British artists including 90 Degrees Inclusive, The Equals, and Eddy Grant himself. "Every Black musician in England, I reckon, passed through there" wrote Grant in a 2021 article published by the Financial Times. Grant moved to Barbados in 1982 and has since opened a new recording studios at Bayley's Plantation, his property on the island.
