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“Radio stations all said Layne’s voice is wrong”: Alice In Chains and Jane’s Addiction producer Dave Jerden dead at 75
By Paul Elliott published
Jerden also worked with The Rolling Stones

Mike Dean tells streamers to switch off auto levelling and hear the music as it was meant to be heard
By Andy Jones published
He has a point, but you might get a rather 'bumpy' listening experience…

Charli XCX's Brat mastering engineer Idania Valencia on her go-to plugins and the threat of AI
By Si Truss published
The Mexican mastering engineer on working on Charli XCX's Grammy-winning behemoth and why she works entirely in-the-box

A producer recreates the Human League's Don't You Want Me using the original synths
By Andy Jones published
He nails it, but ultimately proves how cushy we've got it as music producers today

Clive Langer on why he turned down Madonna, blew it with Grohl, but got majestic with Bowie
By Andy Jones published
He said no to 'her Madge', but recording Bowie and Jagger more than made up for it

Trevor Horn finally dishes out his sampling and drum machine tips
By Daniel Griffiths published
The legendary producer lowers his guard when quizzed about the "golden era" of hi-tech music making

Prince’s ability to keep time when he was recording drums was remarkable, says his engineer
By Ben Rogerson published
“He would say ‘OK, that’s so close, cut it one more time,’ and I wouldn’t do it because I physically couldn’t cut a 16th of an inch without chowdering the tape”

“I’m not the technical producer”: Revisiting the intuitive skills that made Avicii a superstar
By Si Truss published
As a new documentary lands on Netflix, we revisit Future Music's early interview with the late EDM hitmaker
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