Interviews | No. 171
By Larry Crane and Graham Tolbert
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...
Originally from Mexico City, Felipe Castañeda is the senior house engineer at Sonic Ranch [Tape Op#94]. Felipe is currently working with two critically acclaimed indie artists at Sonic Ranch studios – Blackwater Holylight, Rachel Eckroth, Portugal. The Man, Strawberry Guy, and a...
Paul Malinowski is a cornerstone of the Kansas City, Missouri rock scene. His production beginnings from the 1990s and 2000s, plus his presence in the close-knit late-'80s scene, helped spawn the now-iconic KC sound. Paul is an engineer, producer, and musician who was a founding...
Bob Blank built his own Blank Tape Studio in downtown New York City in the mid-‘70s out of spare parts and eventually grew the operation into a multiroom facility. Blank Tape recorded everything, from gold and platinum selling disco records to the Talking Heads, Television, The B-52s...
On Friday mornings I go to the new releases page on Tidal and wade through the new music released each week. I'll check out records from artists I know, but what I really enjoy is finding new music from an artist I'm not familiar with that resonates with me. On the last day of...
Geoff Stanfield spoke with M. Ward for an episode of the Tape OpPodcast in August of 2023, around the time of his album supernatural thing was released. Here they dig into his love of collaborations, his analog approach to recording, and more.
Brooklyn is a fast-moving, noisy place. Hop on a bus at Washington Ave., and a million construction zones later you escape the chaos of Atlantic Ave. and slip into a quiet Bed-Stuy alleyway. As a band loads into a van, you’re greeted by a smiling Philip Weinrobe at his lovely new...
Chances are, when you think of producer Terry Brown the first artist that comes to mind is Rush. But along the way he was also behind the board in swinging ‘60s London (The Who, Donovan), into the pop hits of the ‘80s (Cutting Crew), and up to current projects at his studio in Toronto....
Migui Maloles’ credits, including Fantastic Negrito and Killer Mike, are self-evidently impressive. Even more impressive is how he has applied lessons learned from a DIY recording background to multiple Grammy-winning albums. I caught up with Migui to talk about his journey from Oakland...
Hazel Mills is a British pianist, synthesist, and songwriter whose day job is touring with the likes of Goldfrapp, Kylie Minogue, Florence + the Machine, Birdy, Dave Rowntree (Blur), and Fraser T. Smith. Mills's classical virtuosity and passion for sampling, minimalism, and analog...
Jarrett Pritchard has seen some shit. After coming up in Florida's extreme music scene, he slugged it out as an educator, live sound engineer, and re-recording mixer for television before getting called back into action for loud and heavy bands. The likes of 1349, Exhumed, and...
