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Rafa Sardina on producing, mixing and engineering for the stars
By Daniel Griffiths published
“At the end of the day, people need to record an album," says the multi-Grammy winning legend. "And they'd rather call you than call somebody else"

“I had a fantasy of being this hired-gun-style producer who could do any genre”: Danny L Harle on success and self-discovery
By Matt Mullen published
One of pop's most visionary producers, Harle has worked with Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek. Now he's passing on his wisdom to six aspiring music-makers as part of the Amex Unsigned initiative

Lorde says that she needed to find “just the right amount of dirt” to finish her new single
By Ben Rogerson published
She was working on it with producer Jim-E Stack for almost a year

Charli XCX's Brat mastering engineer Idania Valencia on her go-to plugins and the threat of AI
By Si Truss published
The Mexican mastering engineer on working on Charli XCX's Grammy-winning behemoth and why she works entirely with software

How Flemming Rasmussen produced Metallica's Master Of Puppets
By Paul Elliott published
“I rate James as the best rhythm guitar player on the planet," the producer said

"You'll make so much bad music, and that's great": Tourist's advice for aspiring producers
By Matt Mullen published
We visited the electronic artist in the studio ahead of the release of his fifth album to learn his hard-won lessons for artists starting out

Thomas Dolby tells us about pushing himself in the studio - and inspiring the next generation
By Daniel Griffiths published
After 40 years at the cutting edge, Dolby is now prepping his students to take on the future

6 of the quirkiest producers who pushed recorded music further than ever before
By Jon Musgrave published
They might have operated in idiosyncratic ways, but the particular approaches of these producers have left a footprint on the music landscape
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