Mixing / Production

Doves have overcome writers block, the perils of democracy and a silly studio name to produce an early contender for album of the year.

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.

We didnt have to fight through competing walls of sound in this months Mix Rescue, but a sparse arrangement offers challenges of its own...

This page provides links to MP3 and WAV files that accompany July 2009's Mix Rescue article.

We continue our insiders guide to remixing with some practical tips on the creative decisions that will underpin your remix.

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.