Mixing / Production

Working in immersive audio can be intimidating even for experienced professionals. Caroline Hilton’s team at Universal Music provide the help that mix engineers need to make that transition.

Enigmatic New York producer Morgan Geist began making techno in his ’90s college dorm before a remix turned his life upside down.

Sea Change is the moniker of Norwegian producer and singer Ellen AW Sunde, whose ethereal music borrows from club culture as much as it does from ambient and experimental soundscapes.

Howard Gray gives us a fascinating look behind the scenes of recording and engineering some of the biggest tracks of the '80s.

With an extraordinary track record as producer, songwriter, musician, mixer and remixer, Mike Dean is a one‑man music industry.

Having crafted some of the biggest hits in pop, Adam King Feeney, aka Frank Dukes, built an ambitious sample library to help others do the same.

Having cut her teeth as a studio engineer with a litany of global names, classically trained producer Yang Tan takes our quick-fire challenge.

One of Ireland’s busiest producers, John Murphy applies his love of studio experimentation to noise‑rock and traditional folk alike.

Producer Fred Gibson (aka Fred again..) studied under Brian Eno and has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world. And his favourite microphone is the one built into his iPhone.

His remarkable versatility has made Federico Vindver the go‑to collaborator for Timbaland, Kanye West, Coldplay and more.

Pop writing and production today is a team game, and the Monsters & Strangerz are one of the hottest teams around.

Producer Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, has been prolific during lockdown, not only finding new ways to make music but also to listen to it.

Producer, DJ and remixer Dave Clarke meets the innovative producer acclaimed both for her piano‑based film soundtracks and her techno music.

Marshall Jefferson talks about his seminal 'Move Your Body’ house music track, the classic equipment he's worked with and how modern music technology allows anyone to create with ease.

Traditional hands‑on training gave Leslie Ann Jones the skills she needed to head up one of the world’s most advanced scoring stages.

The career of LA producer and engineer Mark Linett spans everything from live mixing for Frank Zappa to engineering for Randy Newman and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. We talked to him about his studio, the gear of past and present, and his extensive work remixing and remastering classic Beach Boys records.

RAK Studios engineer Isabel Gracefield undergoes our questioning.

The way pop music is made and consumed has changed radically in the last few years. Pete Rycroft, aka Lostboy, has adapted better than most...

As one third of the second incarnation of Scritti Politti, David Gamson was the man behind the polished, groove-laden sound of the band’s second album Cupid & Psyche ’85 and their third album, Provision.

The pandemic gave Taylor Swift a chance to explore new musical paths, with two lockdown albums co‑written and produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner.

In our quickfire survey, we find out more about the recipient of the 2019 MPG Breakthrough Engineer of the Year award.