Padawan Studio
Step into the sci-fi-inspired world of Padawan Studio, a unique hub for music and multimedia creativity located in the peaceful countryside of Lier, Belgium. Carefully crafted by Carl Bedford and Philippe Van Beeumen over years of passion and precision, our studio blends cutting-edge electronic hardware and software in a space designed to ignite your imagination.
At Padawan Studio, we invite you to dive into the exciting realm of electronic music and multimedia. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned artist ready to experiment, this is your chance to learn, create, and explore like never before.
Discover the thrill of hands-on music-making with state-of-the-art synthesizers, gear, and digital tools. Unlock new skills, have fun, and unleash your creativity in a welcoming environment open to all ages, abilities, and genders.
Your journey into sound and visuals begins here—let’s create something extraordinary together!
Learn
- DJing with Vinly mixing on a rotary mixer.
- DJing with CDJs and Digital music.
- Work with various DAWs (Abelton, Bitwig and Logic X)
- Various VST and Plugins.
- Synthesis with Flagship hardware Synthesizers.
- EQ, Mixing, and Mastering.
The music Industry is a difficult business with more and more focus on being a online content creator and personality then the music these days.
The studio blends a mastering grade analogue & digital recording environment with a loft style living space. The sustainable and contemporary build sits privately within a secluded spot; overlooking the rolling green hills of Exmoor. The space has been developed to allow artists to lose themselves within a project be it writing, recording, rehearsing, production or mixing. You will be able to live and breathe your project, escaping the distractions of daily life whilst here to stay.
The studios’ hybrid installation blends the best of mastering grade analogue/digital technology, vintage instruments and our SSL BiGSiX console resulting in an effortless workflow, which matched with our HEDD monitoring systems create an amazing sounding workspace and vibe.
Who are we?
Carl Bedford
Carl is a part time Engineer in various disciplines and was a touring DJ and part time producer promently through the 90s and 2000s. But due to financial Issues in the music industry sadly had to leave the Music Industry and returned to his second trained Discipline of engineering.
Philippe Van Beeumen
Philippe works for the Belgian National Broadcast VRT and has lots of trained experience in Video and Audio. He recently also completed a sound design course.
Our contact and clients include:
Rubuens Van Smith, Atlar Fritz, Sidartha Sillico, Ania Sosinka, Ben Breslin, Tom Moon, Iain French, Dave Beer, Bonny Lester, Robbie Puricelli, Fernanda Ulibarri, Ralph Lawson, Simon Sheldon, Dom VK, Oscar, Tom Thorpe, Cyria, Mat Playford, Sebastian Spring Anias.
We hope to be fully functional 2025 and hear from you soon.
Carl & Phil.