A Film About Studio Electrophonique is a  euphoric record of  legendary Sheffield based Studio Electrophonique, which nurtured a generation of superstars such as ABC, The Human League, Heaven 17, Clock DVA and Pulp. 

Ken Patten was a panel beater who sported a rakish moustache and had a passion for music. He built his own creative universe in the downstairs extension of his Handsworth council house. It was here that he set about recording the sounds of Sheffield, nurturing  a generation of nascent superstars who would go on to form some of the most iconic British bands of the 1980s and 1990s.  Jamie Taylor’s film, the little-known story of Studio Electrophonique, celebrates a vision unconstrained by means and a name that almost  died unheralded, but now survives on the outer ring road of art.  

Organised by Showroom Cinema in association with Off the Shelf Festival of Words.

Director Jamie Taylor
Year 2022
Duration 59m
Language English