- The idea for Karma Sound Studio came about 25 years ago, when I was working at an independent record label in England called NIMBUS. I just loved my time there, I loved the fact that they had their own studio, and that they could choose which artists they wanted to record, how long they’d spend with them, and created the special environment for their artists. And I held that thought in my mind ever since. So, during that time I started record labels we did various things but it was always in the back in my mind that I wanted to build the recording studio somewhere in the world. I particularly liked the idea that the studio would be away from the real world. Almost in a remote place, so not near city, but near enough to an airport, in beautiful surrounding where it was quiet and peaceful and that artists could relax and could be creative as impossible without distractions of restaurants, bars, offices, people contacting them. And during that last 15 years I’ve been coming to Thailand quite a lot, and was thinking about location would be suitable in Thailand, because I love it here. And my friend Richard Harvey knew about Bang-Sa-Re. He already had a house here, and he should be some land around this region and I chose this spot and that is why I decided to come here because it fitted all the criteria that I was wanting; Peaceful, beautiful surroundings, no distractions and quite near an airport. And the fact that there had no electricity or water was a problem, but we had to think that through and overcome that in the building process, but that was the idea for it and why we chose this place.