R10 Electronic Media Studio
www.r10.uk
New website coming in early 2025
About R10
R10 is an electronic media studio based in Leicester, UK. We collect and preserve important artefacts and stories from electronic music and computer art history and use them to inspire current and future artists and musicians. We do this by undertaking and sharing research, running workshops, organising live events, and creating new music, art and multimedia projects.
R10 was established in 2015 and we are now relocating to a new space in the LCB Depot in Leicester’s Cultural Quarter. The new R10 studio will open on January 1st, 2025. In our first year in this new space we’re focusing on four key projects: 1) restoring our EMS Synthi 100 synthesiser; 2) creating a multimedia studio using 1990s audiovisual equipment; 3) preserving and showcasing Jack Tait’s electromechanical drawing machines; and 4) undertaking research into British cybernetic art and music from the late-1960s and early-1970s.
How Can You Help?
We are applying for funding and planning a Crowdfunder campaign in 2025 to support the Leicester Synthi 100 restoration. However, R10 is ultimately a community project, and the studio will only succeed if we can maintain a commitment from people like you to support it. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube for the latest information, Get in touch by email if you can help us with our projects, and if you would like to make a financial donation to R10 we'd love to hear from you!
This new phase of R10 is a collaboration between Krafthaus Arts CIC and the Computer Arts Archive CIC with support from Interact Digital Arts Ltd and New Media Art Club CIC.
This new phase of R10 is a collaboration between Krafthaus Arts CIC and the Computer Arts Archive CIC with support from Interact Digital Arts Ltd and New Media Art Club CIC.
The History of R10
Mark Towers running a workshop atthe original R10 studio.
Over the past 9 years, R10 has built a reputation as a space for sound art, electroacoustic composition, live performance, and as a recording facility. Drawing a diverse audience of artists, musicians, and enthusiasts. Our events have featured performances from both local and international artists, and have reached out into the myriad realms of sound art and experimental music. As we develop our new studio in collaboration with the Computer Arts Archive at the LCB Depot we look forward to building on these achievements further.
The Leicester Synthi 100
Our Synthi 100. Purchased with support from the Heritage Lottery
Jack Tait's Drawing Machines
The Computer Art Archive includes a unique collection of Jack Tait drawing machines.
