Interviews | No. 172
By Sam Retzer and John Baccigaluppi
It’s Sunday night in Manhattan at Irving Plaza, and Dan “The Automator” Nakamura takes the stage behind a mouthwatering wall of synths, across from Kid Koala [Tape Op#159] and his three turntables. Deltron 3030 is back to rock the same stage where they made their New York debut 25 years...
For years I had seen the name Tony Hoffer on album credits. In addition to producing Belle & Sebastian albums, he's also mixed hits for M83, co-produced Beck's Midnite Vultures, mixed Metric [Tape Op#152] albums, plus he's worked with Depeche Mode, Air, Ziggy Marley...
A pioneer of modern electronic music, Morton Subotnick initiated technical innovations and created new sonic paradigms with his groundbreaking 1967 album Silver Apples of the Moon. Now in his 90th year, Subotnick is still as energized and dynamic as ever. As a tech geek and extreme...
The pairing of Amanda Shires and producer Lawrence Rothman is an unlikely one. On paper, Amanda's Americana-leaning solo records (including her work with The Highwomen), and Lawrence's art rock production style make almost no sense, but that's the beauty of it. The two...
On April 14, 2018, at Jackpot! Recording Studio, I interviewed Robert Schneider in front of a live audience. Afterwards, he did a short solo set, and then The Minders played – a band both of us had recorded albums for and are friends with. Robert and I first met in 1996, when I...
Tunde Adebimpe is the co-lead singer and co-founder of the critically acclaimed TV On The Radio, a group who helped reshape rock music as well as the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York in 2001. In 2008, TV On The Radio's Dear Science, was named Album of the Year by...
A songwriter, producer, mixer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, director, and actress, Hill Kourkoutis is based in Barrie, a small town outside of Toronto, Canada. In addition to her recording and production work, she creates music videos and mentors emerging artists. In 2022, Hill was...
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Along with Ana da Silva, Gina Birch led The Raincoats from 1977 to 1984 in England, reforming in 1993, and still collaborating to this day. Their unique approach to music inspired many, including Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, who instigated their '90s' regrouping. Gina has...
Working with Michael League of Snarky Puppy, Nic Hard has engineered much of the band's catalog. After starting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a DJ, he soon found himself studying recording and landing at legendary New York City studios, Unique and RPM. Besides Snarky Puppy...
In the past few decades, something wicked has crept out of the Central Jersey swamp, slowly rising into the foothills and beyond. Horrific sounds that meld flesh and circuitry in a cyber-metallic world of one man's creation. Well, one man and his trusty staff of engineers, the...
Lee Herschberg's achievements place him on a rarefied plane as a recording engineer. After stints at Decca Studios and United Western, Lee went to work for Warner Bros. Records in 1966. He became the company's Director of Engineering in 1969, a position he maintained until his...
Experimental and classically-trained percussionist Evelyn Glennie has released almost 50 albums and collaborated with the likes of Björk, Mark Knopfler [Tape Op#97], Fred Frith, Bela Fleck, Bobby McFerrin, and fellow Scot, filmmaker Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire)....