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“It’s the moment that all producers wait for but I’m just really happy it happened with her”: Oscar Scheller on PinkPantheress
By Jim Ottewill Published
From North London’s indie circuit to global success with PinkPantheress, Lily Allen and Kelela, man of the moment Oscar Scheller takes us inside his creative process

“She’s the best engineer I’ve ever worked with”: Jack Antonoff on the “genius” engineer behind Taylor Swift's biggest albums
By Matt Mullen Published
Antonoff has consistently drawn on the talents of longtime collaborator Laura Sisk in his work with Swift, Lorde, Lana del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter and many more

“It’s boring to know what you’re doing in the studio – once you know what you’re doing, the magic leaves”: Jack Antonoff on why music production "expertise" is overrated
By Matt Mullen Published
The three-time Producer of the Year winner argues that the less you know, the better

Taylor Swift reunites with Jack Antonoff for Toy Story 5 song, I Knew It, I Knew You
By Ben Rogerson Published
Can it compete with Randy Newman and Sarah McLachlan's gut-wrenching effort from Toy Story 2, though?

“I bought one in 1984 – I'm looking at it now": Vince Clarke reveals his favourite synth of all time
By Andy Jones Published
Plus, why he disagrees with former Depeche Mode bandmate Martin Gore about Eurorack

Meet the teenage producer who’s ended up with production credits on two new Drake songs
By Ben Rogerson Published
“Everyone’s all like, ‘How did you do this?’ The whole school is just hyped"

“I lost six months of scheduled work”: Linda Perry calls Billie Joe Armstrong a “pussy” for backtracking on collab
By Beth Simpson Published
They got backlash from fans for working with Perry

“Inclusion is not charity”: Blind producer takes action against firm he co-founded
By Beth Simpson Published
Robin Millar says he was denied support after cancer surgery

Mike Stock: “Put Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter in the '80s and they couldn’t have got arrested"
By Ben Rogerson Published
"They don’t have to worry about the song," he argues

"No-one in a band hears drums like a drummer does": Carlos de la Garza on why drummers make the best producers
By Danny Turner Published
From punk drummer to multi-talented studio supremo, Carlos de la Garza has worked with everyone from Paramore to Ziggy Marley. We sit down with the in-demand producer/songwriter to talk about his varied career
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