Daniel Lanois is one of my favourite producers. Most talk about his work with Bob Dylan, the landmark Peter Gabriel album ‘So’ and of course his career with U2, but his solo work – dominated by his lap steel guitar playing, or lately with his…
Someone like you is a simple song. In an age producers obsess over compression ratios and songwriters spend years on a track, it’s a reminder to get the basics right. Written and recorded in two days, featuring piano and a vocal, it earned Adele a…
Hendrix didn’t just play backwards, he flipped the tape and made us re-think music. His ingenuity on guitar bled over to the studio, and under the guidance of Chas Chandler and Eddie Kramer he cut sides at Olympic Studios and The Record Plant that were…
There’s a lot to learn when one of the highest selling and most awarded artists of all time teams up with one of the most influential producers. Kanye West started work on Yeezus in mid 2012, calling in stellar guests, producers, writers and collaborators. After a year…