SOUND ON SOUND
William Stokes is a writer and musician in three-piece avant-psych band Voka Gentle. He has written on music and music technology for The Guardian, MOJO, The Financial Times and more.
With Voka Gentle he has made records with producers from Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Grizzly Bear, Nick Cave) to Sam Petts-Davies (Radiohead, Frank Ocean, Roger Waters).
As well as being a guitarist and pianist, he is a synthesis enthusiast with a particular interest in sampling and sound manipulation.
The producer behind an array of South African stars such as Nasty C, Sho Madjozi and Cassper Nyovest answers our quick-fire questions.
Described by its creator as a “weirding module”, the Atreides doesn’t do things by halves!
Analogue Solutions have taken a perfectly good synth... and made it better.
Now a globetrotting producer and DJ, Badsista's work with artists like Lei Di Dai Linn da Quebrada and the Multishow Brazilian Music Award winner Jup do Bairro has seen her grow into one of Brazil’s most eminent electronic music producers.
Picnic Basket contains a sequencer, Pluck physical modelling unit, a CEM3340 VCO, multimode filter, kick, reverb, ADSR envelope and random voltage generator in its 42hp-capacity Lunchbox casing.
Integrated circuits are fundamental to today’s studio hardware. And when the semiconductor industry sneezes, the music business catches a cold...
The music of Priya Ragu is, on the surface, a solo project. However, a closer look at the Sri Lankan Tamil‑Swiss artist’s work reveals a close songwriting and production partnership with her brother, Japhna Gold.
A renowned producer straddling the worlds of hip‑hop and alternative music, Nick Hook speaks to me from thespacepit, his...
Now resident in Melbourne, Australia, this former Miloco Studios producer/engineer takes our 9-question challenge.
This multi-disciplinary musician and producer takes our 10-question challenge.