Recording

The challenge of creating a glass-themed sound world for her third album led Agnes Obel to explore some little-used instruments and techniques.

Like their debut, Bastille’s Wild World was recorded in a South London basement — but this time around, the band were global superstars.

Singer, songwriter and producer Jack Garratt is only 24, yet his debut album Phase still draws on a decade’s experience in the music business.

Grammy-winning producer/engineer Vance Powell welcomes SOS to Sputnik Sound in Nashville to show us how he recorded a track for rock act Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown.

PJ Harvey’s long-term co-producer John Parish is uncompromising in his willingness to experiment — even with the world watching!

Fusing experimental electronic styles with hip-hop elements, the beat scene is where we find the subject of this month’s video feature...

How do you extract a complete album from a dysfunctional band with no finished songs? Drag them to a remote residential studio — in winter...

We sit down with Chambers and producer/engineer Richard Flack (Joe Strummer, Rudimental, Paloma Faith) in Guy’s beautifully equipped Sleeper Sounds studio in West London.

When cult funk band Cymande returned to the studio, they insisted on hiring the same production team — 41 years after their previous album...

This month, producer and engineer Nicolas Vernhes welcomes us into his Brooklyn studio, Rare Book Room.