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5 production tips we learned from watching house producer Hammer create a track from scratch
Watch the Bicep collaborator build a raw, analogue house track in the studio
"Record everything all the time – and keep it all": 8 pro techno producers explain how they create their tracks
We delve into our In The Studio archive to compile the techno secrets behind releases on esteemed labels including Drumcode, Cocoon, Dekmantel, Second State and more
"This guy pops out of a trash can – it was Ginger Baker!": Jimmy Douglass on his early days working for Atlantic Records
Having shaped rock, R&B and hip-hop across five decades, Grammy-winning engineer and producer Jimmy "The Senator" Douglass reflects on his extraordinary career
James Blake asks to have his name removed from Kanye West's album credits
"My original version is a completely different production in spirit"
"When he tried turning it off, he literally couldn’t”: 5 things Peep Show taught us about music production
The trick is to use multiple musical ideas simultaneously and give your tracks a powerful sense of dread
Kevin O’Toole recalls the Bee Gees’ reaction to N-Trance’s ‘90s cover of Stayin’ Alive
The group also had a huge hit with rave anthem Set You Free
"It was literally plugged into Logitech computer speakers”: Jim-E Stack on the lo-fi production behind Bon Iver's Walk Home
Stack opened up the Pro Tools session for SABLE, fABLE highlight Walk Home for Mix with the Masters
How a happy accident helped George Michael have a hit with a song he thought sounded too much like Prince
After releasing three different versions, Michael would later say that he didn't like the one that reached the Top 5 in the US and the UK
