Danny Turner
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DJ Seinfeld: "The debate is not whether lo-fi’s good or bad, but if that raw quality can bring something to a track"
By Danny Turner last updated
Known for spearheading the lo-fi house scene, DJ Seinfeld’s new album Mirrors offers an entirely new sonic fidelity. Danny Turner talks to Armand Jakobsson about his reinvention

ODESZA: "You can have all the gear in the world, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to write anything super special"
By Danny Turner published
The Grammy-nominated duo return with the most epic-sounding album of their decade-long career

Jeff Mills: "I’d advise anyone who makes electronic music to just go into your studio, pick one machine and try to do something with it that you’ve not done before"
By Future Music, Danny Turner last updated
Danny Turner chats to the Detroit icon about taking techno to the next level with new project, The Paradox, and collaborating with session jazz pianist Jean-Phi Dary

Eats Everything: "There’s a plugin that I use on almost every channel and it only cost me about €30"
By Danny Turner published
Eats Everything’s Daniel Pearce on how having his gear stolen and going back to basics inspired a new approach to music-making

Flume: "I’ve seen some of my favourite electronic acts try to do a show with live bass and drums and it sucks"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
After ten years of stardom, Flume’s Harley Streten ditched LA to return to his native Australia. Danny Turner discovers why

Nik Colk Void: "I couldn’t make a banging dance album or an experimental album – it had to be between the two"
By Future Music, Danny Turner last updated
Known for her improvised approach to modular systems, voice and guitar, Nik Colk Void talks to Danny Turner about her long-awaited debut album

Ron Trent: "If you listen to the album you’d think I have a whole analogue world down here, but all I did was plug in a MIDI keyboard"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
A key figure in the Chicago house scene for over 30 years, Ron Trent chats to Danny Turner about his latest project, WARM

HAAi: "As a non-male in dance music there's a narrative that people think a man has to be behind what you’re doing"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
Teneil Throssell on collaborating with Jon Hopkins and Hot Chip for her lockdown-produced debut album

ACT!: "Modular is totally unpredictable - once you start patching you can end up anywhere"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
From Egyptrixx to ACT!, David Psutka’s sound experiments defy categorisation. Danny Turner grills the Toronto artist about his creative process

Louis La Roche: "It's become so easy to find samples these days - the art of recording has become a little lost"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
Danny Turner quizzes Louis La Roche on his fourth album We’re Not So Different and its authentic disco-era world

Little Boots: "I was put in with so many big producers from day one that I lost all faith in my ability"
By Future Music, Danny Turner last updated
Little Boots on returning to her DIY roots and self-producing her latest album, Tomorrow's Yesterdays

Sally Shapiro: "There’s too much focus on production and not enough on songwriting within electronic music these days"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
After disbanding in 2016, Swedish italo-disco/synthpop duo Sally Shapiro returns with a fourth album. Danny Turner discusses synths, pseudonyms and the making of Sad Cities

Nightmares on Wax: "I was like a mad scientist. The studio had no soundproofing, I didn’t know anything about transience and we didn’t even use a compressor, yet the tunes sounded wicked"
By Future Music, Danny Turner last updated
Due to a health scare and enforced DJing sojourn, Nightmares on Wax’s George Evelyn was forced to totally re-evaluate his life and craft. Danny Turner learns more

Hinako Omori: "As a disclaimer, I’d recommend not listening to the music while operating heavy machinery"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
Omori’s new album, a journey…, was created at Real World Studios using binaural and 3D spatial tech. Danny Turner decodes its therapeutic frequencies

MMM: "At some point we get the feeling that we’re not in charge anymore – the track has a life of its own and is suggesting what it wants"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
The glowing techno chords of MMM’s long-awaited debut album, On The Edge, are delivered with razor-sharp precision. Danny Turner charts the record’s creation

The Black Dog: "We had all the OB8s and Roland stuff, but we just sampled the hell out of them and created our own libraries, so why have thirty grand’s worth of stuff that we bought off Phil Collins sat in the corner?"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
Danny Turner meets the techno outfit to chat Sheffield, brutalism and new album Music for Photographers

Rival Consoles: "There isn’t an analogue synth that can do what software like Massive does, and that’s an old digital synth now"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
Rival Consoles' soundtrack to the dance production Overflow is a dark, complex body exploring the sinister side of digital media. Danny Turner finds out more

Ross From Friends: "I had an idea to create a piece of software that would record everything I play. It’s the same principle as sampling – except I’m sampling myself"
By Danny Turner, Future Music published
Felix Clary Weatheralls’ second Ross from Friends album recontextualises his love of nostalgia via the self-made plugin, Thresho. Danny Turner discusses its creation

Boys Noize: "I’m attracted to making extreme decisions and f*cking with people"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
Alex Ridha’s fifth Boys Noize album aggressively explores the schism between soaring melodies and hard, atonal beats. Danny Turner reveals his modular approach

Eris Drew: "It was cool to like Guns N’ Roses and sh*t like that, but there was I with my Depeche Mode shirt listening to house music mixes on the radio late at night"
By Danny Turner, Future Music last updated
One of the few DJs still performing with turntables, house producer Eris Drew also uses her Technics as a production tool. We take a deep dive into her debut album

Feed Me: "When I’m producing I’m always trying to hide the process so you just hear the result"
By Future Music, Danny Turner published
EDM producer Jon Gooch has revived his cartoonish Feed Me moniker. He showed Danny Turner around his studio and talked through how live instrumentation changed his production approach

Japanese Breakfast: "I realised that I never want to do this DIY shit again, I’ve hit the ceiling with that"
By Danny Turner published
Moving beyond the grief-stricken narrative woven into Michelle Zauner’s past Japanese Breakfast records, new album Jubilee strikes a more celebratory tone

LoneLady: "I was given a synth by Brian Eno. It’s a very crisp and weird digital-sounding beast"
By Danny Turner published
Exchanging grey Manchester for a basement studio at London’s Somerset House, Julie Campbell broke out the machines and got started on her third album
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