Brian Gaylor

Studio Engineer and musician. Born in 1952, deceased on 4th April, 2003.

Brian started out as a tape operator in Wardour Street. He then worked at Ridge Farm Studios as a technician, having spent time with Yes and Jon Anderson in both musical and technical capacities. Moving onwards, he became Technical Manager at the Roundhouse Studios and eventually an integral part, as designer and then manager, of Stanley House Studios, where his innovative approach to control room acoustics attracted great interest and acclaim.

As a musician, his main achievement was playing guitar in The Regents who had a hit with '17', which, in 1979, reached no.11 in the UK, as well as charting in parts of Europe.

However, he's normally been on the technical side of things, usually studio maintenance. In the late-'90s he designed a large, four storey complex in Acton, London, owned by Andy Morris (5). Gaylor was subsequently involved in the building of yet another recording studio in Oxfordshire, as well as designing a revolutionary new kind of light aircraft. Tragically, he was killed in a hang gliding accident in 2003.