Mixing / Production

Lincoln Barrett’s musical journey started in the box, but 20 years on, he’s reinventing his trademark liquid funk sound with vintage hardware.

Swedish hard rock band Ghost have topped charts worldwide — with an album that was mixed twice!

South Korean dramas Parasite and Squid Game have been worldwide hits — and Jung Jae‑il’s scores have played a key role in their success.

Disiniblud are producers, composers and multi‑instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith, whose self‑titled debut LP is released this July on Domino imprint Smuggler’s Way.

We explore the key features and benefits of the exciting new SOS For Artists ecosystem for music creation and distribution, launched on 19 June 2025.

Grammy‑nominated producer and musician Hunter Lea currently produces and engineers out of Uptone Recorders in Tacoma, whose vintage equipment was used to produce his nominated favourite sound: the swelling oceanic tones on the 2024 track ‘Real Shoring’.

Having proved his worth on Tate McRae’s second album, producer and songwriter Grant Boutin played a pivotal role in the third.

Los Angeles‑based Aron Kobayashi Ritch first fell in love with production in a friend’s father’s garage studio, recording local bands while skipping school to assist at the legendary Sound City Studios with engineer David Boucher

Producer, mixer and engineer Cameron Craig talks about his traditional path into the music industry and also sheds light on the work of the Music Producers Guild and its positive impact on the industry.

The fearless sonic experimentation of composers Evgueni and Sacha Galperine is proving equally at home in mainstream and arthouse cinema — not to mention last year’s surprise hit TV series Baby Reindeer.

Led by vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Jürgen Engler, Die Krupps’ blending of electronica with heavy guitars went on to influence numerous other bands, including Depeche Mode and Rammstein.

Metalcore presents unique production challenges — and few are better placed to meet them than genre veteran Jordan Fish.

We invited five top mix engineers to share some of the key ‘aha’ moments in their mixing journey, and to offer advice for those who’ve recently embarked on their own.

Subtle issues with the frequency balance can stop mixes from translating well to different listening systems. We offer a couple of suggestions that can help.

Already movers and shakers in Melbourne/Naarm’s musical underground, producer Kuya Neil and rapper Teether began collaborating in late 2020.

Pascal Gabriel, aka Stubbleman, joins Kevin Paul for his latest MixBus Interview and gives an insight into his working methods, favourite studio equipment and shares some valuable advice to artists and producers.

Any reverb plug‑in can be used to create the perception of depth — and your mixes will be more engaging and three‑dimensional as a result.

Stefan Boman is the house mix engineer at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Asked to choose a favourite sound from a session he’s worked on, he nominates ‘No Song Unheard’ by the Hellacopters.

FKA Twigs has worked with many big‑name producers, but it was experimental electronic artist Koreless who guided the making of her new hit album Eusexua.

The new album by Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, features familiar collaborators pulling in a very different musical direction.