The updated version of this guide is appearing nine years since its original publication. While you …
Interviews
In the studio with Robin Rimbaud
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“…the freedom of expression and thought within the modular system is very appealing, where it’s very much about the moment, the response in real-time…”
In the studio with Lambert
“… the clearer you line out your musical vision in advance, the easier will it be to get to the result…”
Colin Herrick
I’ll show you mine…
“I have a fondness for strange old music from the early years of the shellac… I just love tossing those old records in a pile on the carpet as I play them… it’s a deliciously irresponsible feeling!”
In the studio with Atom™
“… too much gear usually leads to boring ideas, while many good ideas reduce the amount of equipment…”
Dakota Suite
I’ll show you mine…
“… I looked at my shelving unit the other day and thought I could hollow out the middle row, be laid to rest in it with the records and they could just nail wood over the top and I could go into the ground with it all…”
In the studio with Sophie Hutchings
“… when there’s a real beating heart behind what’s played with, there’s a form of emotion conveyed and never played the same way twice…”
In the studio with Sebastian Plano
Visit an incredibly gorgeous studio of this Argentinian-born, Berlin-based composer.
In the studio with Janus Rasmussen
Today we’re visiting with Janus Rasmussen, one half of Kiasmos [the other being Ólafur Arnalds], in his Iceland studio
In the studio with Yann Tiersen
“…I like to be submerged in sounds and the inspiration comes from that […] I always see instruments as sounds instead of instruments…”
Interview with Penguin Cafe
“… it was the long, empty days pulling a sled across the ice that had given us all lots of time to think about our lives back home…”