Latest articles by Danny Turner
“The first time I heard a Buchla synthesizer, something clicked. It felt like a fantasy”: Maria Teriaeva on the Buchla 200e, olfactory album art and vocoded breakup songs
Danny Turner chats to Maria Teriaeva about the formidable modular synth that's the core sound behind her latest LP, Sayan - Savoie
"In the studio, everyone is a sad, tragic animal that has no idea what they’re doing - no matter how successful they are": Mogwai producer John Congleton
Following their chart-topping success in 2021, instrumental post-rock quartet Mogwai return with The Bad Fire. Danny Turner dives into the album's creation with the band and renowned producer John Congleton
John Foxx on his evolving studio setup and the anniversary of the sublime Metamatic
“Digital is obedient, which is useful in certain circumstances, but analogue misbehaves and that wildness is appealing”
Nils Frahm on his new live album, Paris, and fighting against the orthodoxy
“I failed because a term has been created around the type of music I make”
Gábor Lázár on sound design, generative techniques and designing his own instruments in Max
Hungarian producer Gábor Lázár tells Danny Turner how his 8th album, Reflex, evolves his experimental approach to electronic music-making
Take a tour of Public Service Broadcasting’s London studio
J Willgoose Esq talks us through the gear behind Amelia Earhart-inspired LP, The Last Flight
How Mandy, Indiana recorded their debut album in caves, crypts and shopping malls
"There was water dripping on to the gear and we got interrupted by a cave diver"
"I’m blessed to have every sampler I ever wanted - apart from a Fairlight": Matt Karmil on the hardware samplers and studio techniques behind sixth LP No Going Back
Matt Karmil chats to Danny Turner about the tips, tricks and studio techniques behind his sixth LP, No Going Back
"The Wurly's a living, breathing thing – inspiration just comes flowing out of it": Public Service Broadcasting reaches peak altitude on their new project
J. Willgoose Esq. navigates PSB’s fifth album The Last Flight – a tribute to pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart
"I’ve come to realise that the perfect mix doesn’t exist": Ben Böhmer on overcoming perfectionism in production
Following a 200-date world tour, we chat to the melodic house star about dealing with burnout and the genesis of third album, Bloom
"I was like a little kid unpacking my presents at Christmas": Purple Disco Machine on working with Nile Rodgers
On his third LP, Paradise, Purple Disco Machine’s Tino ‘Schmidt’ Piontek pays homage to ‘70s disco recording techniques
Take a tour of Public Service Broadcasting’s London studio
J Willgoose Esq talks us through the gear behind Amelia Earhart-inspired LP, The Last Flight
Yoni Wolf on the new album from his indie/alt hip-hop band WHY?: "There’s a real soberness to the mix process - though I mix when I’m stoned a lot of the time"
Tapping ever-deeper into his neurosis, Yoni Wolf tells us about his eighth WHY? album, The Well I Fell Into
Ableton co-creator Robert Henke: "We are looking at ways to incorporate AI into our workflow in a way that’s inspiring, beneficial and interesting"
Henke talks us through the new Monolake album Studio and weighs in on the future impact of AI on music-making
Rap/R&B songwriter Elsy Wameyo: "Bass is my favourite instrument - when I open Ableton, I always run to a bassline first"
Elsy Wameyo chats to Danny Turner about the themes of self-empowerment behind her debut LP, Saint Sinner
"My main quest is to dedicate my life to mastering the Korg Kronos, which is going to take me into old age": Experimental producer Actress on his studio set-up
An inscrutable force in electronic music, Danny Turner chats to Darren J. Cunningham about his celestial-sounding tenth Actress album, Statik
Mike Paradinas: "I experimented with Ableton but it did my head in, so I'm still using Logic"
Formed out of live tracks made in hotel rooms on tour, we chat to the Planet Mu label owner about his new µ-Ziq album, Grush
Machinedrum returns to Impulse Tracker to collaborate with his younger self
Travis Stewart tells Danny Turner how a trip to Joshua Tree with a case full of old hard drives inspired his 11th album, 3FOR82
”I never expected anyone to listen to it”: Moby on producing the biggest-selling electronica album of all time
Moby tells Danny Turner how his 22nd album is inspired by the diversity of the late ’70s/early ’80s electronic dance scene
GiGi FM on creative expression with Ableton Live: "It's my emotional puke bag!“
Multi-disciplinary artist GiGi FM tells us about using movement and dance to produce synaesthetic bangers in Ableton Live
"If you play any song to me that came out in 2024 I can tell you what DAW it was made on": How To Dress Well
Knocked sideways by commercial success, Tom Krell chats to Danny Turner about rediscovering his lost sound on sixth album, I Am Toward You
“There’s no way I’m spending more on a Rhodes than a car - it’s ridiculous for a working-class musician”: Prefuse 73
Fascinated by news media’s sensationalism of crime, Guillermo Scott Herren created his own soundtrack to an imaginary film. Danny Turner finds out more
Ride's Mark Gardener: "I’m definitely a gear nerd, but I had to stop otherwise I’d have gone bankrupt"
The Ride frontman chats to Danny Turner about the shoegaze tag and the driving force behind their seventh album, Interplay
"In the late ’90s and early ’00s equipment was so fetishised. I’ve been in fancy studios that have all these iconic machines which are like museum pieces now, but they’re constantly breaking": Naum Gabo on 20 years of progress
Two decades after first starting, Jonnie Wilkes and James Savage finally release their debut Naum Gabo LP, F. Lux. Danny Turner learns more
Ben Frost on working with Steve Albini: "As a recording engineer, he’s the equivalent of a war photographer – he’s not composing images and dictating proportions, he’s documenting what’s occurring in a space"
On Scope Neglect, Ben Frost extends his guitar obsession by re-engineering our perception of metal music