Jeremy Ferguson: Battle Tapes Recording

A short introduction and the making of Singin’ To An Empty Chair

I first heard the Chicago-based band Ratboys via their track “Black Earth, WI,” and if you haven't heard them that’s a great place to start. The eight and half minute song takes its time but never feels like you need...

You’re likely already familiar with Jeff Zeigler’s résumé. He’s produced and engineered records by Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs [Tape Op#102], Laraaji [#141], Chris Forsyth, Nothing, Mary Lattimore [#158], and the list goes on. In recent years, he has taken new creative leaps, shifting...

Emily A. Sprague may be best known as the primary songwriter and vocalist for the band Florist, who have released five albums since 2016. But she also composes and records ambient-adjacent electronic music, primarily using modular synthesizers, and is about to release her fourth...

In 2025, Jim-E Stack (born James Harmon Stack) had three big releases out – Bon Iver's SABLE, fABLE, Lorde's Virgin, and Aminé's 13 Months of Sunshine – that he'd worked on as a producer and co-writer. Living in L.A., he's also worked with Charli XCX, Empress...

Located in (yes) a former meat market, Pete Min calls Lucy's Meat Market in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, his two room recording studio and home. Artists such as Meshell Ndegeocello, Real Estate, Lake Street Dive, Orville Peck, Chris Dave, The Monkees and others have used his...

With the goal of releasing records recorded at the highest fidelity with minimal processing, Doug Fearn and brothers George and Geoff Hazelrigg began Outer Marker Records a few years ago, using DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recorders as opposed to the more typical PCM (Pulse Code...