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{{Infobox company
| name = Tileyard
| logo = Tileyard design.jpg
| image = Tileyard London main reception and mural August 2024.png
| image_caption = Tileyard London - August 2024
| industry = Music & entertainment
| founded = {{Start date and age|2011|06|01}}
| founders = Paul Kempe & [[Nick Keynes]]
| hq_location = [[King's Cross, London|Kings Cross]], [[London]]
| website = {{URL|tileyard.co.uk}}
}}
'''Tileyard''' is the world’s largest professional music community, housing over 100 recording studios, 250 music businesses and creative spaces for industry professionals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Karen Emanuel and the Tileyard Bursary |url=https://www.keyproduction.co.uk/about/playback/karen-emanuel-and-the-tileyard-bursary/ |access-date=26 July 2024 |website=Key Production}}</ref> Tileyard is built on a 140,000 sq ft site, north of the Regents Canal at [[Kings Cross, London]], United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Henry |date=4 September 2019 |title=This article is more than 4 years old Fears zoning dispute may leave London music training project 'homeless' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/04/the-business-version-of-sofa-surfing-a-music-business-training-tileyard-london-islington-council |access-date=26 July 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
== History ==
Tileyard was founded in 2011 with ten studios by Paul Kempe and [[Nick Keynes]]. The community has expanded to include creative spaces, tech startups, publishing companies, management teams, distributors, AI entrepreneurs, digital agencies, record labels, and more.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Music Week |first1=Staff |title=Ten years of Tileyard London |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/ten-years-of-tileyard-london/083544 |access-date=29 July 2024 |issue=23 June 2021 |publisher=Music Week}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Paine |first1=Andre |title=Confetti London signs strategic partnership with Tileyard Education to expand student opportunities |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/confetti-london-signs-strategic-partnership-with-tileyard-education-to-expand-student-opportunities/088599 |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=Music Week |issue=15 January 2024}}</ref> Tileyard does not advertise space and securing a place relies on personal referrals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luckhurst |first1=Phoebe |date=10 July 2017 |title=How Tileyard Studios became London's new creative co-working hub |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/how-tileyard-studios-became-londons-new-creative-coworking-hub-a3581236.html |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=Evening Standard}}</ref>
== The Tileyard Group ==
The Tileyard group comprises Tileyard London, which includes Tileyard Music, Tileyard Education and TYX studios. In 2022, the group expanded to include Tileyard North in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
===London===
Tileyard Music is a record label, publishing company, and artist management team overseeing the careers of [[Sigala]], [[Ella Eyre]], [[Joel Corry]] and more.<ref>{{cite news |last1=STASSEN |first1=MURRAY |title=FORMER RCA UK MD NEIL HUGHES JOINS TILEYARD MUSIC AS MANAGING DIRECTOR |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/former-rca-uk-md-neil-hughes-joins-tileyard-music-as-managing-director/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |publisher=Music Business Worldwide |date=21 August 2019}}</ref> Tileyard Education provides music industry education, postgraduate and undergraduate courses, songwriting camps and short courses across songwriting, production, performance and the music business, managed by Tileyard's team of industry professionals and educators.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rothman |first1=Laura |title=Martin Ware named principal of Tileyard Education in London |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/martyn-ware-named-principal-of-tileyard-education-in-london/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |publisher=Music Business Worldwide |date=27 February 2017}}</ref> TYX Studios provides publicly accessible facilities tailored for music studio production, podcasting, photography and content creation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Paine |title=Tileyard announces "purpose-built creative facility" for musicians, Tileyard X |url=https://musictech.com/news/industry/tileyard-x-north-leeds-studio-complex/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |publisher=Music Tech |date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
===North===
Tileyard North is located in the historic Rutland Mills area of Wakefield. It replicates and expands the success of its London counterpart by creating a dynamic hub for creative industries in the North of England.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paine |first1=Andre |title=Levelling Up: Cabinet Office Minister Nigel Adams backs Tileyard North plans & export opportunities |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/levelling-up-cabinet-office-minister-nigel-adams-backs-tileyard-north-plans-export-opportunities/085149 |access-date=5 August 2024 |publisher=Music Week |date=7 February 2022}}</ref>
== Notable people who have recorded at Tileyard London ==
*[[Lady Gaga]]
*[[Kanye West]]
*[[Mick Jagger]]
*[[Sigala]]
*[[Dua Lipa]]
*[[Mark Ronson]]
*[[Lewis Capaldi]]
*[[Lily Allen]]
*[[Lindsay Lohan]]
*[[Noel Gallagher]]
*[[The Prodigy]]
*[[Martyn Ware]]
== Notable companies based at Tileyard London ==
*[[Apple Music 1]]
*[[Soundcloud]]
*[[Hipgnosis]]
*[[Spitfire Audio]]
*[[Focusrite]]
*[[CD Baby]]
<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luckhurst |first1=Phoebe |title=How Tileyard Studios became London's new creative co-working hub |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/how-tileyard-studios-became-londons-new-creative-coworking-hub-a3581236.html |access-date=29 July 2024 |issue=10 July 2017 |publisher=Evening Standard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunworth |first1=Liberty |title=Take a tour of Tileyard, the UK's hottest new studio spaces |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/take-a-tour-of-tileyard-the-uks-hottest-new-studio-spaces-3441300 |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=NME |date=15 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Callum |title=Studios that recorded Lily Allen and Mark Ronson 'destroyed' by council planners |url=https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/studios-that-recorded-lily-allen-and-mark-ronson-destroyed-by-council-planners |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=Islington Tribune |date=12 July 2019}}</ref>
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