James Ellis Ford: "My desert-island synth would be my ARP 2600. I use that on literally everything I do!" By Hamish Mackintosh published 1 September 23 Hamish Mackintosh catches up with the Simian Mobile Disco founder turned in-demand producer for Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode and more
Miss Grit: "I grew up being a little bit of an analogue purist, but that kind of thinking limited my creativity" By Hamish Mackintosh published 2 March 23 Miss Grit follows up previous EPs with the utterly captivating debut album, Follow The Cyborg on Mute. Hamish Mackintosh finds out more
George Fitzgerald: "Serum is one of the best synthesizers ever made, hardware of software" By Hamish Mackintosh published 14 October 22 George FitzGerald looks to the cosmos to fashion the sumptuous electronica of new album, Stellar Drifting
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: “I’ve played with Buchla instruments so long, they've become an extension of my brain” By Hamish Mackintosh last updated 28 September 22 Doyen of the Buchla and maker of modular mayhem Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith returns with a new album, the chaotically beautiful Let’s Turn it Into Sound
FKJ: "I don’t think there’s any MIDI on this album - I find clicking on a laptop very uninspiring" By Hamish Mackintosh last updated 11 August 22 FKJ returns with a brilliant new album, boasting contributions from Little Dragon, Toro Y Moi and guitar legend Carlos Santana. Hamish Mackintosh finds out more about the spaces in between
Moderat: "After 20 years of electronic music, the clean synth sound isn’t the most euphoric or rewarding sound to us" By Hamish Mackintosh, Future Music published 30 May 22 Six years on from Moderat III, Berlin’s finest elektronische supergruppe emerge with sublime new album, MORE D4TA
Jon Hopkins: "I don’t really have any modular synths, drum machines or any of that stuff - it’s all really Ableton and source audio from random places" By Hamish Mackintosh published 28 December 21 Best of 2021: The Grammy-nominated producer opens up about his ambient masterwork, Music For Psychedelic Therapy, going off-grid with Ableton, field recording in Ecuadorian caves and hanging speakers in trees
Proc Fiskal: "I sort of play YouTube like an instrument [...] five of the tracks came about just by mashing the random start-points in a video" By Hamish Mackintosh, Future Music last updated 7 January 22 "When I got into electronic music I just assumed that you had to have synths… I didn’t realise at that time that I could just do it all on my laptop there and then"
Classic Interview: Steve Albini – "A lot of people in my position are opposed to the home-recording of music. They feel like it cheapens what happens in the studio, but I disagree" By Hamish Mackintosh published 23 July 21 As Albini turns 60, we revisit our 2013 interview where he offers valuable advice and insight into audio engineering
Trentemøller talks latest album, plus compares studio and live setups By Hamish Mackintosh published 6 February 17 Denmark’s premier purveyor of brooding electronica hones his craft to perfection on new release, Fixion
Tony Banks: the 10 records that changed my life By Hamish Mackintosh published 14 August 15 The Genesis keyboard player discusses the songs and albums that blew his mind
Tony Banks talks new album A Chord Too Far and his favourite synthesizer of all time By Hamish Mackintosh published 11 August 15 Genesis founding member chats about collating tracks for the 4CD boxset retrospective of his solo work
Guy Sigsworth on working with Madonna By Hamish Mackintosh, Production Expo 2014 published 23 September 14 The UK production ace on the art of the pop collaboration
Yoad Nevo on hard work and making Waves By Hamish Mackintosh, Production Expo 2014 published 23 September 14 A mastering master class from the mixer and plugin designer
Fraser T Smith talks MPCs, mics and minimalism By Hamish Mackintosh, Production Expo 2014 published 23 September 14 The Adele man on producing chart toppers
Cenzo Townshend on how to diversify as a producer By Hamish Mackintosh, Production Expo 2014 published 23 September 14 Plus! vintage gear and mixing for radio
Craig Smith: gaining respect and residencies By DJ Expo, Hamish Mackintosh published 23 April 14 Connecting the old school with the new
Noah Pred on the fundamentals of DJing By Hamish Mackintosh, DJ Expo published 23 April 14 Curation, narration, and improvisation
The weird and wonderful world of Mr Scruff By Hamish Mackintosh, DJ Expo published 23 April 14 The creative DJ talks endurance, vinyl and disco
Max Cooper talks tech, tools and tempo By Hamish Mackintosh, DJ Expo published 23 April 14 Why music production will make you a better DJ
Gil Norton lists his favourite studio gear By Hamish Mackintosh, Production Expo published 31 October 13 Gear and recording knowledge from the great alt-producer
Flume: ARIA producer of the year 2013 By Hamish Mackintosh, Production Expo published 31 October 13 The newly crowned king on why he likes to work on the move
Rick Wakeman's 10 favourite prog-rock albums of all time By Hamish Mackintosh published 20 November 12 The keyboard legend chooses his ultimate progressive opuses