| Josh Homme eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
February 2010 |
Producing Arctic Monkeys As frontman with Queens Of The Stone Age, Josh Homme is arguably the biggest name in rock music. So how would he tackle a move into the producer’s chair with British indie superstars Arctic Monkeys?
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| Wayne Bennett & Speech Debelle eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
January 2010 |
| Recording Speech Therapy It took rapper Speech Debelle years to find a producer who could bring to life the sounds in her head. The answer, as Wayne Bennett discovered, was to record her music as if it were a folk album.
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| Imogen Heap eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
December 2009 |
| Recording Ellipse Imogen Heap travelled the world to write songs for her new album — and recorded it in her childhood playroom, with the help of some unusual toys!
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Young Guru eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
December 2009 |
| Inside Track: Jay Z's The Blueprint 3 Behind every rap megastar, there’s a very talented engineer. Young Guru was at the desk throughout the recording and mixing of Jay-Z’s latest smash-hit album, The Blueprint 3.
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| Bruce Swedien: Recording Michael Jackson eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
November 2009 |
| Legendary engineer on Thriller Bruce Swedien has been the engineer of choice for Michael Jackson and his producer Quincy Jones, among many others. In a rare interview, he lays bare the techniques behind some of the superstar’s biggest hits.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Fraser T Smith eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
November 2009 |
| Inside Track: Tinchy Stryder Producer and songwriter Fraser T Smith has made the unlikely journey from prog rock to grime. With Tinchy Stryder, his broad experience has paid off in the shape of three massive hit singles.
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| Freemasons eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
October 2009 |
| James Wiltshire: Producer & Remixer We cross-examine James Wiltshire of the Freemasons to uncover the secrets of their phenomenal success as a production and remix team.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Dot Da Genius eSub |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
October 2009 |
| Kid Cudi: ‘Day ’n Nite’ Recorded and mixed in a modest home studio, ‘Day ’n Nite’ has made stars of singer/rapper Kid Cudi and producer Dot Da Genius.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: John Fields & Paul David Hager |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
September 2009 |
| Jonas Brothers John Fields and Paul David Hager have a very modern working relationship — and with the Jonas Brothers, they’ve delivered a string of old-fashioned hits.
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| Armin Van Buuren |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
August 2009 |
| Producing Trance Not content with being one of the most celebrated DJs in the world, Armin Van Buuren has also had a string of club and chart hits. We asked him to talk us through the production of a top-notch trance anthem.
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| Classic Tracks | Aerosmith ‘Walk This Way’ |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
August 2009 |
| Producer: Jack Douglas • Engineer: Jay Messina In 1975, Aerosmith stormed into the mainstream with their Toys In The Attic album, and in doing so set the tone for a decade of West Coast heavy metal.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Peter Mokran |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
August 2009 |
| Track: Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) Take one Bollywood soundtrack, add a Pussycat Doll and a heap of new instruments, and you have a recipe for a big mix. Peter Mokran was the engineer who cooked up an international hit with ‘Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)’.
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| Doves: Producing Kingdom Of Rust |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
July 2009 |
| Dan Austin & Jez Williams Doves have overcome writer’s block, the perils of democracy and a silly studio name to produce an early contender for album of the year.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Dylan ‘3D’ Dresdow |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
July 2009 |
| Black Eyed Peas For their fifth album, The END, Black Eyed Peas main man will.i.am took the band — and their long-serving mixer Dylan Dresdow — in a new direction, with stunning success.
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| Simple Minds: Recording Graffiti Soul |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
July 2009 |
| Jez Coad & Simple Minds Thirty years after their debut, Simple Minds returned to their roots as a live band and relit the old fires to record their most impressive album in years.
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| Raphael Saadiq |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
June 2009 |
| Producing The Way I See It Artist and producer Raphael Saadiq has channelled his love of classic soul records to create something convincingly vintage, yet fresh-sounding and alive.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Declan Gaffney |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
June 2009 |
| U2 : 'No Line On The Horizon' The sessions for U2’s No Line On The Horizon took the idea of spontanaeity in the studio to new levels. Engineer Declan Gaffney was the man charged with creating order from apparent chaos...
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| Within Temptation: Producing Black Symphony |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
June 2009 |
| Ronald Prent, Darcy Proper & Wouter Strobbe: Blu-Ray Audio Few artists so far have taken advantage of the Blu-Ray format’s potential to deliver stunning audio quality. A concert film by Dutch metal act Within Temptation shows what’s possible.
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| Animal Collective: Recording Merriweather Post Pavilion |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
May 2009 |
| Recording electronica live in the studio Live performance and spontaneity are everything for Animal Collective, so capturing the magic of their unique electronic psychedelia on CD was a huge test for engineer and producer Ben Allen.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Greg Kurstin |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
May 2009 |
| Lily Allen: 'The Fear' — It’s Not Me, It’s You Looking for a follow-up to her smash-hit debut album, Lily Allen ditched her many other collaborators to work mostly with LA-based producer and musician Greg Kurstin on It’s Not Me, It’s You.
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| Kevin Burleigh & Glasvegas: Recording A Snowflake Fell |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
April 2009 |
| Christmas In Transylvania For most bands and most record labels, trekking to the wilds of Eastern Europe to record a Christmas album would be a project that would remain filed under ‘Nice idea, but...’ Glasvegas, however, are not your ordinary guitar band.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Jochem van der Saag |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
April 2009 |
| Seal: Soul 'A Change Is Gonna Come' When Seal decided to pay tribute to classic soul records on his album Soul, he turned to legendary producer David Foster — and his right-hand man, Jochem van der Saag, who was responsible for mixing and much more.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Robert Orton |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
March 2009 |
| Lady Gaga 'Just Dance' Transatlantic number one ‘Just Dance’ was not only a breakthrough for Lady Gaga, but also for her producer RedOne and mix engineer Robert Orton.
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| Youth: From Killing Joke to Paul McCartney |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
March 2009 |
| Record Producer A fearless maverick who swears by the need to generate tension in the studio, Youth has made a name as one of the most creative producers to emerge from Britain in the last two decades.
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| Graham Wrench: The Story Of Daphne Oram’s Optical Synthesizer |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
February 2009 |
| Oramics In the early ’60s, pioneering British composer Daphne Oram set out to create a synthesizer unlike any other. The engineer who turned her ideas into reality was Graham Wrench.
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| Mogwai - Recording The Hawk Is Howling |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
February 2009 |
| John Cummings & Gareth Jones Six albums into their career, Glaswegian instrumental band Mogwai decided to take the producer’s chair themselves.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Bob Clearmountain |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
February 2009 |
| Rolling Stones 'Shine A Light' DVD Bob Clearmountain has been the world’s premier mix engineer for three decades — but Martin Scorsese still managed to challenge him with his ideas about how the Rolling Stones in concert should be presented.
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| Chinese Crisis: Recording Hanggai's Folk Music |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
January 2009 |
| Matteo Scumaci & Robin Haller The task of bringing Hanggai's Chinese folk music to Western ears was challenging enough in itself. But then things started to go wrong...
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| Paul Epworth |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
January 2009 |
| Producing Almost Everyone With credits ranging from Kate Nash to Bloc Party, Primal Scream and the Rapture, Paul Epworth might just be Britain's busiest producer.
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| Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Mike Fraser |
People + Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers |
January 2009 |
| AC/DC Black Ice How do you capture the essence of pure rock & roll? For Mike Fraser and AC/DC, the answer was simple: get the sound right at source, track to analogue tape, and don't mess about with the results!
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