YASS about Dark Places
Something's hidden in the basement, something sinister and hypnotic, flooded in strobe light, smeared with pulsating synth streaks. If you want to feel safe here, you've got to make the demons your friend.
Konalgad about Production, Technology, and Creativity
Konalgad's debut LP sits at the cusp between dream and nightmare, reliving and exorcising a dark phase in his life. And yet, these pieces move towards the light, not away from it – testimony to the ideal of physically playing, singing and moving his body while composing.
Lullahush: Can Sound Change the World?
Beats, sampled and chopped lyrics, field recordings and processed instruments: In his wondrous songs, inspired by Irish culture and poetry, Daniel McIntyre excavates fossils from the future.
Sominaryst about Directions in Electronic Music
Ukrainian producer Anton Somin talks the talk on the future of music - and his meticulously crafted, future-high, sample-shot rhythmical sculptures more than delivers on the promises.
Chiminyo about Directions in Jazz
For the British drummer and producer, the stage is the studio and improvisation is instant composition. His collaborative performances have myriads of roots – but jazz and a love for randomised electronic systems are key components.
Mörmaid about Production, Technology, and Creativity
An inveterate perfectionist Live Sollid Schulerud could never finish a track in a few hours. Perhaps that's precisely what makes her inimitable electronic songscapes, often driven by deeply personal experiences, so unique.
Max Walker about Directions in Jazz
Max Walker is right – his hard-hitting fusion isn't avantgarde per se. But it is certainly part of the vanguard when it comes to rhythmical inventiveness, emotional complexity and the creation of deep, innovative textures.
Medlar about Directions in Electronic Music
Ned Pegler sees no reason to fear for the future. On his deep new album he is tapping into the unknown and building instantly relatable visions of dance music from improvisations.
Joan Arnau Pàmies about Minimalism
After once being blown away by Reich's 18 Musicians, the Catalan composer no longer looks at music through a maximalist or minimalist lense. It's all about finding and honing the ideas that truly matter.
Dilee D about Directions in Electronic Music
Sri-Lankan born Dilee D has found a new home in Chicago. A firm believer in the benefits of technology, his shimmering melodic house is inspired by the constant need to push the envelope.
Interview Review: Biomania – System D
A caleidoscopic continuum from hip to jazz, a transatlantic bridge, a showcase for a highly individual band sound.
Ibelisse Guardia & Frank Rosaly about Directions in Jazz
Experiencing the duo's debut album MestizX is “like downloading a mountain” - a mind-altering journey through trance-inducing vocals, multilayered drumming, naked emotion and psychotropic electronics.
Nite Kite about Directions in Jazz
From Protection-era Massive Attack via modular-synth-fantasies to stripped-down melancholia, Nite Kite is exploring personality over progress.
Simon Fisher Turner about the Magic of Sound
Even after five decades, Fisher Turner is still just "making it up."
Fifteen Questions Interview with Raissa Febriani
First, Febriani spent time in the Indonesian forest. Then, she translated the inspiratio into stripped-down, bass-heavy percussion-funk.
Biomania about Directions in Jazz
The French quintet shape their own vision of 21st century jazz, soul, and hip hop – seducing the mind, but keeping the body engaged.
Scratch Massive about Minimalism
Experience and the search for essence have turned the French electro duo into architects of sound.
Ionzi: Can Sound Change the World?
For Iona Evans, sheer determination in the face of rejection and belief in the world you are creating are crucial.
Bon Entendeur about DJing
As masters of Back to Back DJing, the French duo are constantly in conversation through music.
Jung Latch about Directions in Electronic Music
“The process of DAW to Bandcamp to CDJ is starting to run out of mileage. Exploring new ways to present your work is going to be the fun part.“
Xin Lie: Can Sound Change the World?
"My own voice isn't loud enough to be heard. So I'll let the music speak through big speakers."
Øystein Skar about Directions in Contemporary Composition
“This album has been a quiet form of personal activism—a subtle response to the outside world.“
KALI Trio about Directions in Jazz
"In a time when developments tend to draw people apart, creating something as a democratic collective is, in itself, a political act."
Joachim Spieth about Minimalism
"There is only one rule: does the music have an effect on me? Anything that doesn't fulfil this rule can go."
Sun Sone Shares his Creative Process
"You are not a machine which needs to endlessly churn out a ‘product.’ If you’ve only got one album in you that’s fine."
Alberta Balsam about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Sound design is is just one piece of the puzzle. Creating something emotionally compelling or memorable should come first."
Bárbara Boeing about DJing
“Everyone has their own way to fight their demons. For me, dancing is one of the healthiest ways to do that.“
dot about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The future is just as beautiful as it is frightening."
Ana Helder about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I notice a certain darkness in AI generators. The word “fear” feels very relevant here."
Nathaniel Eras about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I'm trying to create sonic worlds. Textured palettes, and sounds that can also be imagined as symbols."
Max D & Matt Papich (Lifted) Share their Creative Process
"I experience music making and releasing as one sort of long state of creative life."
Lawrence Hart about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I like to make the distinction between when something needs to be performed and when it needs to be drawn in. There’s always a place for both."
Answer Code Request about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The ability to customize, experiment, and constantly push the boundaries of sound is what keeps me inspired."
Darone Sassounian about Synthetic Instincts and Minimalism
“A minimalist approach allows me to push myself while I compromise my comfort.“
Bendik Baksaas about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"You could call my entire process a preset."
Mehmet Aslan talks Sound
“Music is about emotions, a narrative, a beginning and an end. Sound deals with what is there, what occupies the space.”
Housemeister about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The matrix is coming. It's great and weird."
Bernhard Living about his Composing Grid and the Unrevealed Secrets of Western Music
"I do not regard my music to be an expression of emotions or feelings - but as an expression of musical ideas and of the unfolding of time."
Tensen Park on Production, Technology, and Creativity
"AI will become an integral part of our DAWs. But in a fun way."
Yuu Udagawa about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The process of connecting sounds often mirrors life."
Renato Ratier about DJing, Production and Dance Music in Brazil
“I believe that my new club Surreal is a unique experience in club culture."
Joki about Technology, Creativity, and Producing for Britney Spears
"If original is something that’s never been done before, I don’t think anyone would enjoy it."
Passepartout Duo about Collaboration
"In an improvisation, every participant is putting a musical offering into the mix. All the others are called to respond to it."
Basile3 about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Electronic music is escapism, it’s a dream, it’s fantasy, it’s the unknown."
Alejandro Mosso about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"It's essential to dominate the technology, not let it dominate you."
Alex Groves and Philipp Rumsch about their Collaboration
"I knew that whatever was brought to the table would enhance the project, presenting ideas and perspectives I would never have thought of."
Wild Anima about the Beauty of Rain and the “Sound of a Society”
“One of the things that attracted me to England was the rain!“
ASHRR about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"We always try to start from a place of simplicity."
COLA REN about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"There's a balance between embracing the vast potential of electronic music and using constraints to drive innovation."
Alexis Delong about Production, Technology and Creativity
"In electronic music, we are still pioneers."
Atelier about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Making music is deeply personal and scarring. But I enjoy that. I guess I’m a sadist."
Holland Andrews talks Sound
"Electronic music can possess a specific kind of nostalgia. It feels like an open door to write something new."
Mirror People about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"You don't need infinite sounds. You need the right ones."
Odalie about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Sometimes, technology is seen as a new God. That’s a dangerous path to follow."
Christian Löffler about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I would love a tool where you paint a bassline and then convert it to sound.”
Taroug about Collaboration
"I want collaborators to have complete musical freedom. Too many words in advance can destroy that."
Nadia D’Alò about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I'd rather be limited than have a problem I can't fix myself."
Temple Haze about his Voice and Singing
"Songs as we create them in the western world are in effect mathematical equations."
Cicely Goulder of Kaleida about In Arms, Production, and Creativity
“Jean D’Arc armed herself to fulfil her mission. Sometimes music feels that way.”
Voiski about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I find something magical in not knowing too much.”
Jinjé (Vessels) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I build islands of creativity.”
Kees Berkers of YĪN YĪN about Drumming
"Programming drums in Ableton made me understand the beautiful math behind rhythms."
Kollektiv Turmstrasse about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"You can't replicate human creativity that easily with artificial means."
Nadia Struiwigh about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"We are made here to expand. We are here to discover who we are."
Nicolas Bougaïeff about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Choosing constraints is a very important part of the creative process."
Damien Vandesande of Siraba and dOP about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Oscillators are not percussive, not made of air or strings. They are made of electricity, of energy."
Max Sinàl of 2fox about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Some of the time I may have a slightly unorthodox way of working."
Maike Depas about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I love losing myself within a world where there is no absolute control."
Lauren Mia about Production, Technology and Creativity
"Having your studio work as ONE cohesive mind is something that I really encourage to those who want to level up their work flow."
JWPaton Shares his Creative Process
"To be considered a part of a lineage would be the ultimate compliment for me."
Will Hofbauer about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I have to set some sort of limits. Otherwise I’d just spend a whole week putting phasers on fart samples."
Kombé about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"You can learn anything from tutorials. This can also be overbearing and stand in the way of your own distinction."
Amby Downs talks Sound
"Banging doors and people shouting – those things can completely throw me and send my heart racing."
Mike Sheridan about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The experience of playing acoustic instruments can feel so weighed down by tradition. It can be really discouraging."
Lauren Mia about Playfulness, Production, and her Personal Path
"I have to love it, enjoy it. It's art. That’s what it's all about."
Malin Linnéa about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"We don’t need more stuff. We need less."
Foodman about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Collaboration feels like a massage. It stimulates areas you couldn’t reach on your own."
Thomas Lemmer & Oine about their Collaboration
"We are now close friends - even though we haven't met in person yet!"
Echo Juliet about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"If you can do anything, where do you start?"
Mo'Horizons about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Practical application with your own experiences is what makes the difference."
Azaria about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I try to have an idea of the song in 3-4 hours. Finishing the production can take me weeks."
Dam Swindle about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"For us, progress is being in the studio every day, working on music and learning new things."
Ryan Crosson about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I’ve always been a gear swapping M.F."
Mike Shannon about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I like my modular world. There isn’t a preset in sight!"
Al Mackenzie (Field of Dreams, D:Ream) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Some of the greatest musicians make some terrible music!"
Pete Cannon (Mixtress) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Technology, technology! Can we all stop whinging and try to enjoy ourselves?"
Mila Stern about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I was scared of Max for Live. It felt like opening pandora’s box."
Thomas Fehlmann about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"An important part of the creative process is forgetting."
Kawatin about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Improvisation embodies the humanity and uncertainty that can often be lost in electronic music."
JakoJako about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"It’s important to experiment with new sounds. But it’s also important to vision your own style and do what you're best at."
Len Faki about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"If I may say so: There's some really wicked, high-quality shit on my new album."
ORKA about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Playfulness is extremely important. When we overwork ideas they can become stale."
ITAI about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"If I could put on a helmet and translate my ideas directly into music ... I’d love to see where that takes me!"
Bushwacka! about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I have a terrible habit of rarely using the same kick drum. It has cost me months of my life."
Bedless Bones Shares her Creative Process
“You can live your whole life as a work of art - from eating to dressing to loving.”
Benjamin Lackner about the Ear Magic of ECM and How to be a Band Leader
“People tend to play their best when they're comfortable.”
Nolan about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Not many boundaries are being pushed - despite the technology enabling everyone to do so!”
Theo Travis of Soft Machine Shares his Creative Process
“Feeling creative is an animal that needs feeding!”
Onelight about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“A computer, Ableton and a keyboard - and the world is yours!”
Album Leaf talks about Technology and Music
"Put in the work, and it’ll just keep getting better."
Agents of Time about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“We have to embrace new tech to stay competitive.”
Reggie Dokes about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Technology should not make you a lazy composer. It's an aide, not a crutch.”
Umru about Autotune and the Magic of Varispeed
“Autotune is a profoundly empowering effect for some artists.”
Me Lost Me Shares her Creative Process
"To be totally absorbed in making something is the best feeling in the world. It's kind of self care.”
Chloé Thévenin & Ben Shemie of High Season about Collaboration
“I need to feel secure with my collaborator. We need to communicate to move forward.”
Key Clef about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"On the modular, there has to be a thought before any action. You can look for inspiration in a preset.”
Kuf Share their Creative Process
"The most important thing is to play together – sometimes for hours without a break."
John Atkinson Talks Sound
“On some level I think we should have EPA standards for noise pollution just like we have standards for air pollution."
Umru (Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“The best music usually isn’t the most original, never-before-heard thing.”
Ramsey Neville about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I’d take a laptop and headphones over a fancy, multi-room recording studio any day.”
L.Dre on Interpreting Classical Music from a Lofi Perspective
“Lofi Symphony is my masterclass of interpretation.“
Victor Ruiz about DJing
“People think the DJ is the most important part of the party. They’re not.“
Vinny Villbass of LAFT about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Don't believe the hype! Quality, simplicity and emotions will always win in the long run.”
Sobolik about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“If you take away all the tools, and leave only “creativity” you just have ideas - and no actual music.”
Rezident about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Most things in nature seem very creative without a consciousness.”
Dave Seaman about DJing
"Being able to travel the world as a DJ seemed utterly ridiculous when I started.“
Dubmatix about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“What tool can have a deeper impact on creativity? Learning. Learning will help improve the creative output for any artist.”
Başak Günak (AH! Kosmos) & Büşra Kayıkçı about Collaboration
“Collaborating potentially comes from our furious need to connect.”
Kurt Uenala aka Null + Void Shares his Creative Process
"Often the magic happens at night. So it helps that I live in a country with only 4 hours of sunlight in Winter!"
Stany about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I like abusing effects. Technology should allow me to be crazier."
Massimiliano Pagliara about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"At some point, machines take control – and drive me to paradise!"
Robert Osterberger of Dubblestandart about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I let go of equipment that I seem to ignore. Well at least I try to."
Viels about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"When I’m low on ideas I always try to buy new hardware or software to find new inspiration."
Mark Knight About Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I’ll have an idea and I’ll see it through."
Alexander Robotnick about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The result of my work is always a surprise to me. Sometimes it's a good surprise, sometimes it's bad."
Joachim Spieth talks Sound
"Words sometimes only distract. Focusing on sound trains the imagination of the listener."
Pale Blue about Production, Technology and Creativity
"I’m selfish. I just want to find the best and easiest ways to make original music."
Nerk & Kirn about Production, Technology and Creativity
“We’re always building on tradition. There’s never really a blank slate.”
Casanora talks Sound
"Sometimes I walk through the city and inhale the noise. Sound is all around us, it is in everything."
MUST DIE! about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I use a lot of what people might view as just noise or error sounds."
Tools of Creation: Trident Mixing Console
Dubokaj about a powerful mixing console with a silky sound.
Tools of Creation: Farfisa Louvre
Lake Turner about a bulky organ with an inspiring feel from a bygone era.
Tools of Creation: Novation Summit
Patricia Wolf about a synthesizer with effortless flow and almost limitless possibilities.
Shlomi Aber about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“If a producer tells you he managed to get exactly what he had in mind, it is sure to be a misrepresentation of the truth.”
Kamran Arashnia talks Sound
"There is music hidden in the sound of boiling water and burning firewood."
Halina Rice Talks Sound
"I love sounds that have an organic and yet unplaceable feel to them."
Janus Rasmussen of Kiasmos about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Maybe humans are too weird to put into code.”
The Human League about Production, Producers and the Primacy of Ideas
"We've got a tendency to go into 48 tracks and wonder: Oh, what's that triangle doing?“
Felix Taylor talks Sound
"Sound is an invisible presence. It has the ability to completely occupy and fill a space it's in."
Abstract Division about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“With the birth of granular synthesis, the whole world changed for us.”
Emme Moises about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“We are already becoming cyborgs. Our intertwinement with machines is getting deeper every day.”
Tools of Creation: The Cello
Theresa Wong about an instrument that feels like a soundbox with infinite possibilities.
Rich Aucoin about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I was given 15 minutes at Abbey Road. I ended up getting enough stuff for 2 records.”
Paul Kendall about the Influence of Technology on Creativity
"The Doctor Who theme music shattered any preconceptions of traditional timbre."
TRY about Production, Technology and Creativity
“We want to create things that people haven’t seen before.”
John Monkman about Production, Technology and Creativity
“In the world of modular synthesis I’m in discovery mode.”
Tools of Creation: Moog DFAM
BRUX about an analogue percussion synth that is keeping her on her toes.
Gimenö about Production, Technology and Creativity
"Working without a DAW totally changed the way I write music."
Lewis Thompson about Production, Technology and Creativity
"I usually find that a good song is easy to produce. Try producing a bad song, it’s really hard."
Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) Shares his Creative Process
"Little things eat away at you. Then they begin to take form."
Marco Cassanelli and Deckard about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“With live instruments and musicians, the music remains fluid until you record it.”
Chloe Alexandra Thompson Talks Sound
"Sound cannot exist in a vacuum. It is an urgent way to connect more with the world around us."
Alexander Kowalski about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Some of my tracks take years to get finished. Some will never be."
Heavee about Production, Technology and Creativity
"I consider myself to be tethered to my studio."
Bag Raiders about Modular Synthesizers
"The modular is the ultimate starting point. A kind of limitless inspiration source."
Richard Talbot aka Prospector Sound talks Sound
"The kitchen is always rewarding. Some of my sounds are samples of saucepans."
Xinobi about Production, Technology and Creativity
"I believe in creative mixing. It's the ultimate personality stamp on a piece of music."
Khompa about Production, Technology and Creativity
"I think the element of surprise is fundamental. Isn't that why we make music?"
Rizomagic about Production, Technology and Creativity
"For us it’s really important to imagine the music before putting our hands on the instruments."
Polo & Pan about Production, Technology and Creativity
"Technology can be in service of creativity. But the concept of surprise is human."
KIDSØ about Production, Technology and Creativity
"Sometimes technology stifles creativity. Especially when you're more into technology than music."
Juheun about Production, Technology and Creativity
"Humans are not ready yet to give machines full control. I'm not sure we'll ever be."
Rizomagic about Identity, Tradition, and the Colombian Electronics Scene
"Music is as an instrument of union. It is a tool to demolish mind veils."
Vittoria Maccabruni About Collaboration
"Out of your comfort zone can be a very interesting place to be in."
Lewis OfMan about Production, Technology and Creativity
"It's like there's an ancient civilisation hiding behind the DX7 algorithm."
Blindsmyth about Production, Technology and Creativity
"You don't need technology to be surprised. That's a marketing trick of the industry."
Christina Giannone Talks Sound
"Sound challenges our beliefs of how the universe is supposed to be."
Peter Knight of Australian Art Orchestra Shares his Creative Process
"I can reach part of myself in music that I can’t in other spheres of life."
Jonny Wildey Shares his Creative Process
"I had this romantic notion of renting a shack in the countryside to work on my masterpiece. I now think that is ridiculous."
Beth Lydi about Production, Technology and Creativity
"I try not to have too many ideas before entering the studio. It's frustrating to recreate something from my mind."
Gagi Petrovic talks Sound
"I am curious about stimulating the brain with music that is not audible. Are we still ‘hearing sounds’?"
Blockhead about Beats and Production
"I’ve been doing this so long that the idea of “inspiration” doesn’t really exist."
Parallells talk Sound
"It's very hard to make the sound of a dental surgery appealing. But it's a challenge we are willing to take."
Almeeva about Production, Technology and Creativity
"Technology is meant to make sounds unique and personal. Sometimes, that means destroying a song."
Matt Robidoux about Improvisation
"Sometimes the ideal state and the creative thing are just taking a few deep breaths."
Frank Arvonio about Production, Technology and Creativity
"The element of surprise is crucial."
Fifteen Questions Interview with Theo Katsaounis of Hey!Tonal & Joan of Arc
Sit with the Pain
VITALIC about Production, Technology and Creativity
"I like music when it’s weird and poetic at the same time."
CYRK About Technology, Production and Creativity
"We have a lot of "unfinished" projects. We somehow always want to start fresh."
Noizu about Production, Technology and Creativity
"All the important plugins exist already. They just aren't 100% yet."
Keys N Krates about Beats and Production
"It’s all an experiment that you try to control. We are just passengers within."
Cluster Lizard about Production, Technology and Creativity
"If an AI isn't motivated by fame, greed, sex, and popularity – why would it develop creativity?"
Duane Pitre About Tuning Systems, Working with MAX & Music of the Spheres
"I like some order in my life. It helps the chaos in my brain."
Picard Brothers About Limited Options, Technology and the Super AI
"If I were my computer I would ask for publishing rights."
Fifteen Questions Interview with Sara Oswald + Feldermelder
Sounds that Make Your Brain Tickle
Steven Weston About His Studio, Gear and AI
"A computer that never crashes, that would have the best impact for me."
Jaberwocky about Gear, Technology and AI
"There hasn't been a major technologic revolution in music since the 2010s."
Alex Patterson of The Orb on Sound, Field Recording and Frog Song
"It's been a very, very surreal ride for me."
Jochen Rueckert About Technology and Artificial Intelligence
"I doubt AI will offer much beyond saving time or small variations."
Stephan Packe of LTO about Gear and Authorship
"I'm still waiting for a technology that enables us to create any sound simply by imagining it."
Fifteen Questions Interview with Christopher Bono of Nous Alpha & Ghost Against Ghost
Geometry in the Mind
Fifteen Questions Interview with Una Sveinbjarnardóttir of the Siggi String Quartet
A Larger Context
Fifteen Questions Interview with Christopher Farstad of Galaxy Express 555
Living in the Body
15 Questions Interview with Lukasz Polowczyk on the MNTN Software
Looking for the Coltranes of 3D
Interview with F. Gagliardi & D. Newman on the Lissajous Software
The Creator Inside the Instrument
Fifteen Questions Interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti
Shaping the Sound - Clean Studio, Dirty Mind
