SOUND ON SOUND
Will Purton is a London-based recording engineer, mixer and producer nominated in the Rising Star category for the 2023 Music Producers Guild Awards.
As part of Japan, Richard Barbieri soon became the thinking person’s synthesist, famous for his rich and textural electronic backings that beautifully complemented the work of other band members to forge what is still a unique sound to this day.
Musician, sound designer, educator and all‑round electronic sound sorceress, Lisa Bella Donna has built a reputation for herself as one of the most eminent synthesists anywhere.
Not all hardware loopers are created equal. This is quickly discovered when you dive deeper into creating sonic architectures...
As their new album reveals, there’s a lot more to the minimalist, abrasive sound of Sleaford Mods than meets the ear.
An MPG poll has found that studios are paying between 250 and 400 percent more for their electricity now than they were in 2021. This has been a heavy blow, and it’s about to get a lot worse.
Mikado Koko is an off‑the‑wall thinker, with music to match...
Graham Massey talks about his early days with the formation of 808 State and improvising with electronic instruments, through to current collaborations and favourite creative tools.
As the man behind the phenomenally successful British developer ALM/Busy Circuits, Matthew Allum speaks all things modular.
Multitrack recording at home, a decade before the Portastudio...
What impact will machine learning and AI have on the arts?
Deep in rural Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, engineer and producer Owain Fleetwood Jenkins has built a paradisal residential studio in an abandoned chapel...
Best known as the keyboardist and co-vocalist for Brit-Funk legends, Level 42, we caught up with Mike Lindup ahead of his new solo release, Changes 2.
Back in November 2020 Don Lewis discussed his time programming the Yamaha DX7’s factory sounds. In the wake of Don’s passing, we decided to publish this excerpt and put on record his important contribution to this iconic synth.
Based in The Hague, Netherlands, Jan Willem Hagenbeek is best known in the modular world as Ginkosynthese...
Over time, accurate observations about specific things have a tendency to dissolve into dubious generalisations...
Macau‑born Jessica Wong began her production career at Boston’s prestigious Berklee School Of Music before relocating to Atlanta, where she can often be found working in the Madison Records studio in nearby Chamblee, Georgia.
Songwriting today is about collaboration, capturing moments of inspiration and polishing them ’til they shine. Blake Slatkin is a master of the art.
While ambient music can be stereotyped as meditative or calming, it bridges the gaps between noise and silence, helping us find solace.
For Spike Edney, touring with one of the biggest bands in the world has meant keeping up with the very latest in stage keyboard technology.