Danny Turner

Latest articles by Danny Turner

”I never expected anyone to listen to it”: Moby on producing the biggest-selling electronica album of all time

By Danny Turner Published 25 June 24

Moby tells Danny Turner how his 22nd album is inspired by the diversity of the late ’70s/early ’80s electronic dance scene

Artists

GiGi FM on creative expression with Ableton Live: "It's my emotional puke bag!“

By Danny Turner Published 12 June 24

Multi-disciplinary artist GiGi FM tells us about using movement and dance to produce synaesthetic bangers in Ableton Live

Producers & Engineers

"If you play any song to me that came out in 2024 I can tell you what DAW it was made on": How To Dress Well

By Danny Turner Published 14 May 24

Knocked sideways by commercial success, Tom Krell chats to Danny Turner about rediscovering his lost sound on sixth album, I Am Toward You

Producers & Engineers

“There’s no way I’m spending more on a Rhodes than a car - it’s ridiculous for a working-class musician”: Prefuse 73

By Danny Turner Published 10 May 24

Fascinated by news media’s sensationalism of crime, Guillermo Scott Herren created his own soundtrack to an imaginary film. Danny Turner finds out more

Producers & Engineers

Ride's Mark Gardener: "I’m definitely a gear nerd, but I had to stop otherwise I’d have gone bankrupt"

By Danny Turner Published 10 April 24

The Ride frontman chats to Danny Turner about the shoegaze tag and the driving force behind their seventh album, Interplay

Singles And Albums

"In the late ’90s and early ’00s equipment was so fetishised. I’ve been in fancy studios that have all these iconic machines which are like museum pieces now, but they’re constantly breaking": Naum Gabo on 20 years of progress

By Danny Turner Published 8 April 24

Two decades after first starting, Jonnie Wilkes and James Savage finally release their debut Naum Gabo LP, F. Lux. Danny Turner learns more

Tech

Ben Frost on working with Steve Albini: "As a recording engineer, he’s the equivalent of a war photographer – he’s not composing images and dictating proportions, he’s documenting what’s occurring in a space"

By Danny Turner Published 7 March 24

On Scope Neglect, Ben Frost extends his guitar obsession by re-engineering our perception of metal music

Artists

Carl Craig: "People said techno was always supposed to be about the 808, the 909 and the 303. When I use a live drummer, they say it’s not techno because there’s no 808"

By Danny Turner Published 6 March 24

Second generation techno pioneer Carl Craig on the genre’s cultural visibility and how he’s keeping the flame alive

Artists

Machine Woman: "Ableton changed my life, but I love using Reason 12, GarageBand and I’m exploring Fruity Loops. They all have their own personality - my sound evolves uniquely in each DAW"

By Danny Turner Published 29 February 24

Beyond her eccentric track titles and comical cover art, sound artist Anastasia Vtorova is on a mission to inspire. Danny Turner finds out more

Artists

MGMT on their humble beginnings and return to form: "We demoed Oracular on a Radio Shack mic and a really bad interface with signal bleed. We thought we'd have to redo it, but our producer said there's a character about it we'll never be able to recreate"

By Danny Turner Published 24 February 24

15 years after their early success, MGMT explain how they’ve got their mojo back on new album Loss of Life

Artists

Maya Shenfeld: "The imperfections, how you process sounds and the fact that you’re working with friends is really what makes the music yours"

By Danny Turner Published 22 February 24

An existential ode to climate change, Berlin-based composer Maya Shenfeld on her evocative second album, Under the Sun

Artists

Airhead on working with Brian Eno and James Blake: "The main takeaway from those sessions was that the idea should always take precedence over the technology"

By Danny Turner Published 14 February 24

Rob McAndrews’ latest IDM-inflected Airhead album Lightness adapts techniques from the jazz guitar greats

Artists

Matmos on sampling dolphins, satellites, electromagnetic disturbances and the mud-dauber wasp for their latest album: "We don't sit at the guitar and sing 'my pain is real', or whatever real musicians do..."

By Danny Turner Published 13 February 24

The sample-centric duo on Return to Archive, their latest project to cull sounds from the legendary Smithsonian Folkways back catalogue

Artists

Danny Daze: "If I want a low-end analogue sound, I’ll turn to my Moog Voyager, and if I want some high-end crispy stuff I’ll reach for an FM synth like the Ensoniq Fizmo"

By Danny Turner Published 9 January 24

After canning two albums, Miami-based DJ/producer Danny Daze delivers a 92-minute concept LP, truncated for VR headsets. Danny Turner finds out more…

Synths

LCD Soundsystem's Tyler Pope: "James said I should make an EP only using one drum machine and a synth – so I got hold of an old-school Roland CR-78 and an ARP Odyssey"

By Danny Turner Published 26 December 23

Best of 2023: The LCD Soundsystem bassist goes solo with a sizzlingly funky electro-punk blend. Danny Turner finds a man on an analogue mission

Singles And Albums

Evian Christ: "I still use Cubase 6 from 2011 and a £50 Casiotone CT-S100 that I got from Argos. You can get good results without using much gear"

By Danny Turner Published 19 December 23

After a decade of silence, Joshua Leary finally returns with his long-awaited debut album, Revanchist. Danny Turner asks, why now?

Singles And Albums

Fantastic Twins on creating imaginary characters with vocal effects and the Eventide H3500: "The machine is basically endless, especially when it comes to working with vocals"

By Danny Turner Published 15 December 23

Based on her schizoid Fantastic Twins persona, Danny Turner delves deep into Julienne Dessagne’s eerie debut album, Two Is Not a Number

Tech

Marta Salogni: "Seeing a mixing desk for the first time lit up something inside of me - it's the meeting point of music, art, science and engineering"

By Danny Turner Published 6 December 23

Grammy-nominated recording engineer Marta Salogni chats to Danny Turner about her illustrious career and restoration of albums for ’80s synth pioneer Pauline Anna Strom

Synths

Vince Clarke: "Martin Gore brought along his synthesizer, we looked at the thing and thought, this is a lot easier than learning chords on a guitar and you only need one finger to play it"

By Danny Turner Published 4 December 23

As synth icon Vince Clarke releases his debut solo album, Danny Turner discovers how he’s embraced the electronic dark side

Synths

Explosions in the Sky: "People call us post-rock, but we just think of ourselves as a bunch of friends with guitars and drums playing loud rock music"

By Danny Turner Published 21 November 23

The instrumental rock quartet’s Chris Hrasky tells Danny Turner why Explosions in the Sky’s eighth album, End, isn’t a goodbye

Artists

Forest Swords: "My first couple of records were all software - then I bought an Elektron Octatrack and it blew my mind completely"

By Danny Turner Published 15 November 23

Matthew Barnes’ third Forest Swords album delves further into his stark, sumptuous and singularly unique sound world. Danny Turner finds out more

Singles And Albums

Simo Cell: "I’m so used to Ableton that it’s become an extension of my mind - I’ll have an idea and in 10 seconds I can get it down without having to even think about it"

By Danny Turner Published 9 November 23

Having created 50 tracks in two years, Danny Turner chats to bass producer Simo Cell about the identity crisis that led to his mystical debut LP

Djs

Josh Caffé on bringing vocals back into house music: "You can count the vocalists that represent house in a really good way on the fingers of one hand"

By Danny Turner Published 6 November 23

With his edgy, vocal-led take on Chicago house, Josh Caffé tells all about his ambitious debut LP, Poppa Zesque

Djs

Octo Octa: "I use the Volca Keys constantly in my productions - it’s probably one of my favourite synths of all time"

By Danny Turner Published 3 November 23

DJ/producer Maya Bouldry-Morrison has been lauded for her modern yet classic approach to house. We sat down with Octo Octa to talk studio secrets, DJ philosophy and the state of house music in 2023

Synths

Lukid: “Dance music can be a bit snobbish about melody - but for me, the marriage of rhythmic and melodic elements is where the magic happens”

By Danny Turner Published 26 October 23

Adding a lick of paint to his first new Lukid album in ten years, Danny Turner chats to Luke Blair about ditching his pursuit of perfection

Tech

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