Real World Studios

Real World Studios is the high- tech recording studio of the record label Real World Records Ltd. , Founded by musician Peter Gabriel. It is located in an old mill building in the village of Box in Wiltshire (England). His claim is the proliferation of world music. It is intended to serve musicians from around the world as a springboard to bring their music to areas and cultures that they themselves can not open up, especially in the United States, where music from Africa, Asia and Latin America is rarely spread through the major channels.

The Real World label has made ​​musicians such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour and Papa Wemba known in Western culture. Peter Gabriel released since 1989 all of his own albums under this label, and his influence helps in selling world music of other artists. Especially his album Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ has helped the world to collect music into pop music. In addition to Peter Gabriel, the studio is commercially most successful merges with the band Afro Celt Sound System, the African and Celtic rhythms and melodies.