Ben Harris: of Dirty Vegas
by Larry Crane
Ben Harris, along with Paul Harris and Steve Smith is one third of the UK-based group Dirty Vegas. I met Ben through his father in law, Snuff Garrett (Tape Op #73), and interviewed...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Primal Scream: Screamadelicans Lose Their Lease!
by Matt Frost
As I traipsed along the leafy streets of London's Primrose Hill, eye-spying an endless stream of high-end restaurants and million-pound houses, I began thinking I'd been given the wrong address. Could...
Jonathan Wilson: Roy Harper, Dawes, Will Oldham
by Nicolay Ketterer
Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer, and solo artist Jonathan Wilson has worked as a session player with artists like Erykah Badu, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, Robbie Robertson,...
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Robbie Lackritz: Feist, Bahamas, Zeus
by Jesse Lauter
Discovering a brand-new head-turning rock song rarely seems to happen these days. Fortunately in early 2012, NPR Music posted Zeus' "Are You Gonna Waste My Time?" as their Song of the Day. For a...
John Peluso: Behind the Gear with Peluso Mic Lab
by Joseph Lemmer
John Peluso has been quietly providing classic-styled mics to some of the biggest names in music for over ten years. Peluso's line of vacuum tube condenser, solid-state condenser, and ribbon...
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Hansa Tonstudio: Berlin's Famous Studio w/ Alex Wende, Tony Visconti, Edu Meyer and more...
by Alex Maiolo
In 1910, at 38 Köethner Straße, the Builder's Association of Berlin [Baugeschäfte] began construction on what would eventually become an architectural neoclassical masterpiece....
Jeff Powell: Big Star, Tom Dowd, Ardent Studios
by Pete Weiss
Coming up through the ranks of Memphis' fabled Ardent Studios [Tape Op #58], Jeff Powell has been making cool records for more than two decades, initially as an assistant engineer, then as a staff...
Cliff Maag: Behind the Gear with the Maag Audio Team
by Larry Crane
Some audio equipment becomes more sought after once it goes out of production. A small company from Utah called NTI (later known as Nightpro) introduced the EQ3, PreQ3 and EQ3D in the '90s and then...
Hansa Tonstudio (bonus): Alex Wende tells more
by Alex Maiolo
In 1910, at 38 Köethner Straße, the Builder's Association of Berlin [Baugeschäfte] began construction on what would eventually become an architectural neoclassical masterpiece....
Tame Impala (bonus): Aussie's Psyche Explosion
by Alex Maiolo
Australia's Tame Impala, led by Kevin Parker, have taken the classic psychedelic sounds of Cream and "White Album" era Beatles, and combined them with elements that can only exist in the modern...