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Production

Initiative

We provide a space for music communities to grow through exposure and strive to build confidence in the writing, recording and performance of music. We encourage artist development through mentorship, recording sessions, production, songwriting and tuition. We invite local and international artists to our showcase events and encourage them to release the recordings through our record label.
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We are committed to artists defining their unique sound through experimentation by playing in a safe, relaxed and inclusive environment. Our studio is designed to be interchangeable, creating a space in which you can design your ideal creative world. We believe the more a space aligns with your values and aesthetics, the more ideal an environment is for creativity to happen (experimentation and risk-taking encouraged!).
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Our core value is making music production performative, collaborative and accessible. With our collaborations within the creative industries, higher education and the arts world, we are committed to inclusive music practices and spaces. Working with organisations, groups and individual artists we support and advise on project funding applications which can include budget for recording and performances. We can provide consultancy for creative strategies and positive changes within the music, arts and media industry. These can be developed by us through workshops, mentorships, events, exhibitions, performances, and forward-thinking and dynamic courses.
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We are an artist community, production company, and consultancy helping individual artists and creative companies to explore their full potential through instinctive-led communal music production.

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Community

Ais L

Ais L is a Dublin-based, Meath-reared musician with a dream folk sound heavily influenced by Irish and international folk music and experimental rock and electronic music.

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Anne Schrödl

Anne Schrödl is sculpting between Berlin and Brussels primarily in clay, but also working with porcelain, metal, wood and plaster. She explores sculptural, kinetic and feminine forms in which she plays with energetic colour and glazing techniques of melting, dripping and dynamic splashes.

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Arus

Arus is an alternative folk singer songwriter, music producer and educator. Her music explores unique sounds through combination of acoustic guitar and live vocal effects processing along with intimate, dreamy lyrical content. Her influences range from Ane Brun, Maro, Nico, Vashti Bunyan, and JFDR.

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Ciara

Ciara is an Irish singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Based in Berlin, her soft indie-folk sound stems from a desire to share stories about personal and shared experiences. Her music is characterised by poetic lyrics, dreamy melodies, and gentle electric guitar and piano. Ciara is currently working on new music which will be released in 2024. She takes influence from alternative indie female artists like Julia Jacklin, Angie McMahon, but also bands like Palace.

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Enid

Enid is a collective of artists, musicians and sound engineers led by academic and multi-instrumentalist Dr Laura Lee (Parachute for Gordo).

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huske monde.

The weight and vulnerability of huske monde.'s first EP 'TANG' was loosed to audiences in Apr 2024. They showcase driven, industrial, harsh emo/electronic sounds to audiences in the UK/Europe invoking themes of violation, abandonment, insecurity, and self-awareness.

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K3a

k3a is an occasional singer/songwriter from berlin

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Karina Fraser

Karina Fraser is an abstract artist and cross-arts curator based in. Hampshire, UK. Using her music-colour synaesthesia as a grounding, Fraser connects and disconnects physical and psychological boundaries, abstracted. into hundreds of veil like layers of pigment.

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Laura the Great

Laura the Great is an artist, who expresses herself through the mediums of fine art, textiles and craft. Her vivid use of colours with the abstract female form, and surreal landscapes defines her aesthetic and desire for human vulnerably and connection to her natural environments

MELF

MELF is a collaborative project between musicians Laura Lee, Arus Nanyan and Ruth Mac which sits neatly in a genre they have coined themselves - mom folk. Think minimal arrangements, percussive grooves, textural vocals and the abstract.

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Merge

Merge is a Berlin based post-punk 3-piece band with pop sensibility. With their influences from the Pixies, Cranberries, Ideal and. La Roux,the band sonic. landscape is built through delayed guitars,dark wave synths and electroclash drums.

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Not Clean

Not Clean is a UK-based artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer within the community label Not Clean Records. Their raw and fragile sound is reflected in EP Mizzly (2024) & Baneful (2025) which combine electronica, folk, lo-fi, grunge and hip-hop.

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Oberheimer

Oberheimer is an electronic liveact project based in Berlin that plays with a mixture of analog synthesizers and music instruments such as clarinet and guitar. The music focuses on electronic downtempo with world sounds to create an euphoric journey with many variations.

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Parachute for Gordo

Parachute for Gordo are an instrumental Post Rock band based in the cultural capital of Aldershot, UK. Since 2012 they have been known for their playful, intimate live shows with an ambitious DIY approach to creating their musical projects. Parachute for Gordo is Dr Laura Lee (guitar, keys), John Harvey (bass) and Mark Glaister (drums).

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Ruth Mac

Ruth Mac is a slacker rock artist from Galway, Ireland now based in Berlin. Her debut EP Living Room was released in 2021 on Beth Shalom Records. With a sound described as “idiosyncratic soul-infused indie”, Mac’s music ties an engaging simplicity with thoughtful, off-kilter lyricism. Drawing influence in equal measure from folk singers of the seventies and contemporary rock, Mac’s distinctly raw vocals bring an intimacy to her effervescent indie tunes.

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Sea of Cables

Sea of Cables is a collaborative musical outfit that explores the realms of improvised music composition and experimentation through technology and performance. It functions as a sonic playground for musicians to fuse together in spontaneous improvisation. This is music at its most naked; it is a collaboration based on trust, with each set being a collective act of risk-taking with little-to-no preparation prior to performance.

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spake

scottish born and london living, instrument playing and music producing. spake blends indie grooves with catchy pop hooks and easy-to-singalong-with vocals.

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sportswear

Berlin based musician Conall O Maolain spent a number of years as the drummer of various projects including Bad Sea, Rachel Lavelle and Glasshouse. Since moving to Germany he has been involved with artists such as Black Pope and Ruth Mac, as well as releasing singles, SUN and Hmm under the sportswear moniker.

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Tamara van Esch

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tamara van Esch composes and plays eclectic baroque indie folk/rock reminiscent of This is the Kit and Mitski. Tamara's three previous albums under the moniker 'Mevrouw Tamara' were well received. She has played shows on Dutch national TV and radio, at prominent venues in the Netherlands and has toured in Italy, Belgium, Germany, Cyprus and Japan. With her record ‘Tussen Lagen’ she relays stories that are hopeful, inspired by interviews with psychologically vulnerable people, who participated in creating the lyrics and artwork. She's currently working on a new record as her 200-year-old persona Gracie who lives in 2045, describing her past and future life experiences. Next to writing, playing and managing her own music, Tamara plays keys, guitar, percussion and sings in the live band of Blaudzun and is part of Render Ghosts (UK)

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Creative expression is the main focus

“laura encouraged me to write songs in the first place, then to record them as a way of capturing them at a specific moment in time. it was my first time recording anything! i had an amazing recording day with laura and mark where they guided me through the process and helped me navigate blockers too. i felt like they allowed my music to sound just like it should while probably resolving a ton of technical questions in the background that i wasn't even aware of.”

- k3a

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Fun, educational and motivating

“I attended their studio as the only non musician in our group. But that didn’t matter. Somehow they managed to tap into a creative side I didn’t know I had. It was fun, educational and motivating. Laura and Mark have something unique and I had the most amazing time. Thank you so much, I can’t wait to return”

- Ange

Mastering, release and showcase for Sports Day vol. 1

With the guidance and support I got from Not Clean I was able to realize the first live performance of my musical project which had previously spent years hidden on a hard drive

- sportswear

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Mastering, release and showcase for Sports Day vol. 1

The result is always something magical

“Mark and Laura combine technical precision and artistic facilitation in their sessions. Nothing is expected, nothing is forced, nothing is off the table. Conversations are about developing your ideas, not meeting standards. Studio time is flexible and changes with the progression of the idea. They make it clear from the start, you don't need to be anywhere in particular, they meet you wherever you are. They give you the paint and brushes and canvas and space. The result is always something magical.”

- huske monde.

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Growth and development are at the core of everything we did

“Not Clean share all of their incredible expertise during the experience but also ensure that you remain autonomous and maintain creative control over your music. Growth and development are at the core of everything we did during the recording process which was a highlight for me. Would highly recommend working with Not Clean on any project, the personal care and concentration they apply to each project is unrivalled and makes the experience so immersive and enjoyable”

- Ais L

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Growth and development are at the core of everything we did

Drum recording & mixing for 'Someone Else'

“They're super easy going, open minded, creative and supportive. It's always a blast to collaborate with Not Clean!”

- ARUS

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Drum recording & mixing for 'Someone Else'

The musicians felt comfortable and genuinely looked after

“Recording my string quartet at Not Clean Records was an absolute pleasure. From the moment we arrived, the musicians felt comfortable and genuinely looked after – which made all the difference to the session.

The studio itself is beautifully light-filled, which is such a refreshing change from the typical dark recording environment. We spent the afternoon freely experimenting with different approaches, and Mark was consistently on the ball, getting the tech ready and adapting seamlessly whenever our plans changed.

I love this place. It’s quiet, easy to get to, and has this remarkable quality of feeling relaxed and at home while effortlessly capturing super high-quality recordings at the same time. That combination is rare.

I’m confident that some amazing music is going to be made here for sure.”

- Harry Whalley

The musicians felt comfortable and genuinely looked after

Providing a creative haven to do the thing

“Recording at Not Clean felt like stepping into a space where recording, relaxing and creativity blended seamlessly. Beyond the technical side, there was a deep sense of being looked after - whether it was the atmosphere of the house, the ease of the daily rhythm, or the thoughtfulness that went into every corner.

It created an environment where ideas could flow freely and the process felt natural, unrushed, and inspiring.“

- Ruth Mac

Providing a creative haven to do the thing

Beautiful, relaxing and friendly atmosphere

“We felt so well looked after. You’ve created a lovely space for working and thinking, and you gave us everything we needed to get on with it as well as being lovely open and creative people to work with.“

- Anna Menzies, Gildas Quartet

Beautiful, relaxing and friendly atmosphere

Relaxed, friendly, professional

“I‘m normally nervous in performance - especially studio work - but Laura and Mark were fun and welcoming and I began to relax and find the fun in my work. I recommend the studio to anyone wanting to capture their music in a playful, encouraging, beautiful environment.”

- Ruth Torr

Not Clean Records

We release music within our community in digital and physical formats. If you have some music you’d like to send us, get in touch.

To foster new emerging talent, we run a series of small gigs in which each artist exposes their latest work in front of a safe and inclusive audience. The showcases are filmed and recorded, and we encourage these to be released and promoted — capturing these important moments in the artist’s journey.

If you’re trying out new material and are interested in playing at one of our showcases , get in touch!

Production

 Studios & Services  We provide a variety of services including production, mixing, band recording, instrument sessions both remotely and onsite. Full packages also available. DIY aesthetic with professional results in an inclusive, playful, community focused environment. 

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