Additional Dialogue with Gareth Jones
by Larry Crane
I've seen Gareth Jones' name on records since the '80s and have always wanted to meet him. My imagination created a stuffy, meticulous character; an engineer/producer driven by a need for...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Additional Dialogue with Per Sunding
by Alex Maiolo
For most of 1997, it was nearly impossible to avoid hearing "Lovefool" by The Cardigans on a regular basis. As one of the rare hits heard on both popular and college radio at the time, its chorus...
Per Sunding and Sweden's Tambourine Studios
by Alex Maiolo
For most of 1997, it was nearly impossible to avoid hearing "Lovefool" by The Cardigans on a regular basis. As one of the rare hits heard on both popular and college radio at the time, its chorus...
Brian Vibberts: Michael Jackson, Lauryn Hill
by Chris Vibberts
The silver sedan parked outside has a license plate that read "Dr. Vibb," a nickname I was very familiar with. I knocked on the door and a man — who could've easily been my brother —...
Daniel Miller: The Normal, Mute Records
by Evan Sutton
Daniel Miller has been a figurehead of cutting edge music since he released his first single, "Warm Leatherette," as The Normal in 1978. The rise of his label, Mute Records, soon followed, with a...
Michael Rother: Harmonia, Neu!
by Larry Crane
Harmonia's five LP box set, Complete Works, contains all the released material of this fascinating German band from 1973 to 1976, including their 1976 collaboration with Brian Eno and four...
Gareth Jones: Depeche Mode, Erasure, John Foxx
by Larry Crane
I've seen Gareth Jones' name on records since the '80s and have always wanted to meet him. My imagination created a stuffy, meticulous character; an engineer/producer driven by a need for...
Deke Dickerson: Ecco-Fonic Records & Studio
by Larry Crane
A collector of guitars. Owner of Major Label and Ecco-Fonic Records. Record producer and engineer at his Ecco-Fonic Studios. Band leader. Guitarist. Author of two volumes of The Strat in the Attic....
Glyn Johns Will Make You Better.
by Larry Crane
Any of us who record rock music are likely aware of Glyn Johns. His legacy in the recording studio spans many years, and includes some of the best bands ever. In the sixties he tracked seminal British...
Manny Marroquin: the Push-Pull of Pop Music
by Larry Crane
Turn on the radio; you know, the one that's playing the hit songs of today. It won't be long before you hear something mixed by Manny Marroquin. With his touch gracing truckloads of top ten and number...
Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Time in the basement with Ruban Nielson
by Larry Crane
It's the dream of many home recordists, but for Ruban Nielson it actually happened. He recorded some songs at home for fun, posted them online, and a buzz started around them — leading to...
Ishmael Butler & Erik Blood: the Ultra-Future Hip-Hop of Shabazz Palaces
by Geoff Stanfield
Since 2009, the partnership between Ishmael Butler and his post-Digable Planets outfit, Shabazz Palaces, and producer/engineer/artist Erik Blood, has yielded some of the most interesting and...