Musical Brick Studio began as one fan’s LEGO® desk, and it still is one. Every figure and stage set that leaves here is built the same way the music itself was made: by hand, with care, in a space dedicated to getting the details right.
Musical Brick started with a question: could a LEGO minifigure capture Peter Gabriel’s bat wings costume?
In September 2014, the answer turned out to be yes. The figure was built, posted on Instagram, and spotted by Real World Studios. They got in touch. That email changed everything.
Since then, Musical Brick has grown into a recognised name among music and LEGO enthusiasts: custom minifigures and stage recreations spanning Genesis, Queen, The Beatles, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd and beyond. The work has earned the endorsement of Peter Gabriel and recognition from artists across the prog rock world.
“As someone who has spent a lot of time making Lego with all my four kids, though not as much as my wife, it was a treat to see some of the characters I portrayed immortalised into Lego figures.”
Peter Gabriel, Uncut, September 2020
June 2016: A visit to Peter Gabriel’s Realworld studios
September 2017: Lego Mellotron featured on the album cover of Mellotron Phase
May 2021: Musical Brick Founder
Daniel Kerson
I have been a music fan and a LEGO builder for as long as I can remember. Musical Brick is what happens when those two things are taken seriously at the same time.
The inspiration has always been the artists who used performance as a visual language, Peter Gabriel above all, whose costumes from the Genesis years remain some of the most extraordinary things anyone has put on a stage. Recreating them in brick is partly a technical challenge and partly an act of appreciation.
One of the unexpected pleasures of this project has been the people it has connected me with. My particular thanks to:
My wife Bevlyn. Peter Gabriel. Phil Collins. Steve Hackett. Bill Bruford. Jerry Marotta (The Security Project). Steve Hogarth (Marillion). Fish. Craig Blundell. Pat Mastelotto. Adam Holzman. Nick Beggs. Bryan Beller (The Aristocrats). Dave Kerzner. The Book of Genesis. Brian O’Sullivan (The Rock Orchestra). Gabriel Foux (Genesis App). Andrew Stanton (Pixar). Ian Button (Papernut Cambridge, Death in Vegas). Taylor Rae Hillestad (Taylor Rae Art and Design). Riccardo Maini of the Genesis 50th anniversary group. The admin of In the Beginning. Gane Galad of the Steve Hackett Appreciation Society. Robert Mead. Alan Green. Alessandro Mengoni.
Musical Brick (The Beatles) Builder
Alan Green
When LEGO launched The Beatles Yellow Submarine in 2016 I realised just how far the humble brick had come since its introduction seventy years ago. As a fan of The Beatles since ‘Love Me Do’ first clambered up the pop charts, I was sufficiently impressed by my completed Yellow Submarine to explore other ideas and see what else could be created featuring The Fab Four. Discovering companies that specialised in mini-figures and offered individuals like me the unique opportunity to commission bespoke designs presented many possibilities, the only limitation being my own imagination.
I would like to thank Dan Kerson for his interest and for showcasing my projects, my wife Chris for her love and patience and last, but by no means least, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, without whom these projects would not have been possible.
