About Hive Creative Labs

ABOUT

The Hive has been involved in the Pacific Northwest music scene since January '96. We began small and humble, and now we're not so small, but still pretty humble.

Our working and personal lives are dedicated to music. Our roots are in underground music and our community-minded philosophy comes from those roots.

Press

Finding that Right Touch

Andrew Candela - BeatRoute
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THE HIVE CREATIVE LABS finding that right touch By Andrew Candela People who are serious about music are hunters by vocation. They stalk and follow melodic origins, map the genealogies of genre and document where music has come from and where it might be going. Non-professionals document with emotional memory. Recording engineers, however, make a business of cataloguing sounds to help represent the scope and quality of a band. It’s a process that not only takes a certain amount of tec... more...»View Original

Where I Play: The Hive

Brock Thiessen - Exclaim!
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WHERE I PLAY The Hive By Brock Thiessen With a term like “musical institution” comes a lot of weight —authority, importance and even a bit of egotism. In the case of the Hive, it’s a label that’s more than warranted. And in many ways, the Vancouver studio’s client list says it all. Black Mountain, Destroyer, Ladyhawk, Frog Eyes, Hot Hot Heat and P:ano, along with virtually every other significant West coast indie act, have all put down sound at the Hive during the studio’s 1... more...»View Original