What has happened to the legendary Rockfield Studios? A Feng Shui Analysis.

Rockfield Studios are the brainchild of 2 brothers – Kingsley and Charles Ward, on their farm in the countryside of Wales.

In 1965, they became the first residential recording studio with an eight-track tape deck. It was ideally suited for musicians to come and stay in the quiet and peaceful Welsh countryside to record.

Their first big recording hit was Dave Edmunds “I heard you knocking” in 1970. Since there have been the, who’s who of musicians working in the studios, they have included Rush, Oasis, Iggy Pop, Nigel Kennedy, Simple Minds, Coldplay, Black Sabbath, Robert Plant and in 1975, Queen with their signature recording ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.

About the Studios, Kingsley was interviewed by Sean Fletcher in the programme “Wonders of the Border” he said;

“I think today, Rockfield is possibly, the one with the greatest heritage that is still working. I think a lot of things happened at the right time for us. We had a lot of luck as well.”

Feng Shui Analysis:

The studios are located in the Quadrangle building. It has one entrance and the buildings cover four sides. It does not have any other entrance.

In feng shui, this is known as Castle Gate configuration. The energy comes in from the Northwest direction.

The 180-year cycle consists of nine 20 year cycles. Each cycle is known as a Period. Each Period has predominant energy coming from a particular direction.

When the studios opened in 1970. This is during Period 6, which is between 1964 and 1984. The predominant energy comes from the Northwest, and this was the busiest time of the recording studios.

The trend of the 1970 and 80s rock music moved to electronic music in the 1990s. There was less demand as studio-like quality recordings could be made in the bedroom.

The studios faced financial difficulties, but it had a bumper year in 1996/7 with albums recreated by Oasis, Black Grape, The Charlatans and Boo Radleys.