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La Fabrique

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

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  1. La Fabrique — Private location; no pin

Music happened here

A Moon Shaped Pool at La Fabrique

Thorpe observes Greenwood’s percussion experiment

During the sessions reported in May 2016; exact session date not established

Adam Thorpe observed Jonny Greenwood experimenting with a homemade sound machine, yoghurt cartons, tubs, bells and a miniature tambourine at La Fabrique outside Saint-Rémy-de-Provence during the sessions reported for A Moon Shaped Pool.

Donwood paints with a live audio connection to the studio

During the A Moon Shaped Pool sessions

Stanley Donwood recalled painting for A Moon Shaped Pool in a Provençal barn across a courtyard from the recording studio, with a wire feeding studio audio to speakers; Thorpe identified the connected painting barn at La Fabrique.

Reading the place today

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La Fabrique is a private recording property. The connection is described at studio-property scale, with no public route to the painting barn or recording rooms.

This place remains listed without a map pin.

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