The Aesthetics of Remastering Reissues
by Jessica Thompson
The least surprising thing about the 2017 release of the Giles Martin remixed version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is that its sonics – indeed, its very existence – was...
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Calvin Lauber: Recording Julien Baker
by Zachary Gresham
Photo from Calvin's Fall 2015 Sampler. You came up over and over again in the interview that we did with Julien. Julien and I grew up together playing music. I had done demos with her, prior to...
Julien Baker: Accomplish the Most with the Least
by Zachary Gresham
Julien Baker is more visible than ever. After her low-budget debut, Sprained Ankle, made nearly every best-of 2015 list, the 21-year-old Baker signed with Matador Records and went home to Memphis to...
Moses Sumney: The Path To Aromanticism
by Geoff Stanfield
If music lives in the spaces between the notes, consider Moses Sumney your guide through the stillness. A relative newcomer to the scene, his live shows in Los Angeles attracted an impressive list of...
Matt Chamberlain: Perfect Timing
by Geoff Stanfield
Over the last 20 years Matt Chamberlain has contributed to a staggering variety of recordings including David Bowie, Tori Amos, Frank Ocean, Miranda Lambert, Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau, Fiona Apple,...
Ade Fenton: Producing Gary Numan
by Roman Sokal
Ade Fenton is a creative, masterful cutting-edge engineer, producer, DJ, and composer based in the UK. He has worked with Gary Numan on his past four studio albums, Savage (Songs from a Broken World),...
F. Reid Shippen: Trying to Get Fired & Fun Dates
by Andy Hong, Mark Rubel
F. Reid Shippen is a successful music producer, engineer, and businessperson. He has also helped out Tape Op over the years with his insightful reviews and great ideas, so we thought it was about time...
Gary Numan: Sonic Reinvention
by Roman Sokal
Having recently released his twenty-second studio album, Savage (Songs from a Broken World), Gary Numan is no stranger to the recording process. Produced by Ade Fenton (see his interview this...
Christina Kubisch: The Hidden Sounds
by Larry Crane
German composer and performance artist Christina Kubisch has created electronic and acoustic music for installations since the '70s. Her work focuses on finding sounds where no one expects, and her...
Dan Molad: Emotional Output
by Larry Crane
Dan Molad may be best known as part of the band Lucius, or for his current solo release as CHIMNEY, but he's also been involved as a producer, collaborator, and musician with a lot of interesting...
Michael Wagener: Sounding Big!
by Tom Beaujour
As far as I can reckon, albums that Michael Wagener has produced, engineered, or mixed – including Mötley Crüe's Too Fast for Love, Skid Row's Skid Row, Metallica's Master of Puppets,...
Chip Young: Elvis, Billy Swan, Jerry Reed
by Mark Nevers
Chip was one of the best and hardest-working session guitar pickers/ producer/engineers that Nashville has ever seen. But he was even better at being a granddad, family man, and a Christian. Nashville...