Producers & Engineers

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter on his reaction to the huge scale and success of Random Access Memories

By Ben Rogerson Published 29 July 26

He also explains how the direction for the album was set by Daft Punk's work on the Tron: Legacy soundtrack

inMusic donates extensive collection of over 4,400 items to Bob Moog Foundation Archives

By Fred Garratt-Stanley Published 28 July 26

The donation includes vintage synths and prototypes as well as rare letters and schematics

Rogét Chahayed on how a quirky '90s Casio toy keyboard made the intro to Travis Scott's Sicko Mode

By Danny Turner Published 27 July 26

From the eerie opening of Scott's biggest hit to Bruno Mars and Rosé's record-breaking APT., Rogét Chahayed breaks down the stories behind some of the most successful songs he's worked on

"We go back a long way": U2 join forces with DJ and producer Martin Garrix for new track Fireflies

By Fred Garratt-Stanley Published 24 July 26

The song comes as the band gears up for a first new studio record in almost a decade

“We’ll be in a room with multi-million-dollar speakers and he'll be sitting on the floor with the worst quality headphones and his laptop doing his thing”: Rogét Chahayed on the genius behind Skrillex's production

By Danny Turner Published 22 July 26

“He's one of the most enormous talents in the world – and one of the only people who treats the computer like an instrument”

"If I was going away on a trip and could only bring one keyboard, I’d bring that one": Rogét Chahayed on the stage keyboard he can't live without

By Danny Turner Published 19 July 26

“I have two walls of keyboards with about 30 or 40 synths, a Steinway and a Fender Rhodes - but this is my number one"

Rogét Chahayed: “We signed away our rights to get some cash, then a year and a half later, the album came out and two of our songs were on there”

By Danny Turner Published 17 July 26

Having worked on Kendrick Lamar's 2015 magnum opus, only to go uncredited, Chahayed reflects on the lessons the experience taught him about the industry

Producer Ian Kirkpatrick on how AutoTune enabled him to use a Dua Lipa demo vocal on a finished track

By Ben Rogerson Published 15 July 26

“The vocal on it is the vocal we recorded on the day on an SM7, realtime AutoTune, on the couch. I just left it on the track and that was it”

“He’s the Quincy Jones of the rap world”: Hip-hop hitmaker Rogét Chahayed on learning his craft from Dr Dre

By Danny Turner Published 14 July 26

The Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter behind songs from Drake, Travis Scott and Bruno Mars opens up about being mentored by one of hip-hop's living legends