The APRS issued the following on the passing of Adrian Kerridge, a former APRS Chairman who sat on its board for many years.

Kerridge had been part of the British recording industry for the past 50 years. His revolutionary and often forthright approach within the music industry put him at the centre of the recording world. He began his career at IBC Studios in Portland Place with Joe Meek and moved on to become owner of Lansdowne Studios where he worked with The Dave Clark Five. During the Lansdowne Jazz series in the 1980s Adrian worked with artists such as Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson Acker Bilk and Monty Sunshine.

He opened CTS Studios in Wembley in 1987. They subsequently became an internationally recognised film scoring stage recording the music for several James Bond films, The Avengers, All Creatures Great and Small, Morse the series, the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love and many others. He was also known for his work with Roger Whitaker, Johnny Pearson and Laurie Johnson. Kerridge later opened a studio at Watford Colosseum, which recorded the film music for Lord of the Rings. In 1968, with partner Clive Green, he established the Cadac console company, which operates today and is widely used in the theatre industry.

‘Adrian was a larger than life person and will be sorely missed,’ says Malcom Atkin, current Chairman of the APRS Fellows Academy. ‘He was a major influence in positioning the UK on the international stage for film score. He was known for painting a picture in sound’.

David Harries, another former APRS Chairman said adds, ‘Adrian was one of the best engineers there’s ever been’.