Jim Ottewill

Chris Andoh tells us the story behind producing and co-writing the colossal hit Vossi Bop and how 10 years of creative passion is finally paying off.

Following the release of Psychemagik's brilliant debut LP, I Feel How This Night Should Look, we learn more about the record’s challenging birth and genre-straddling production processes.

Intergalactic producer Space Dimension Controller takes us on a trip behind his intriguing new album, Love Beyond The Intersect and lets us in on how his passion for broken synthesizers shapes new sounds.

We pick Dan Carey's brain for his creative processes and why he currently has a need for speed when working in the studio.

Luca Bacchetti has soaked up a wild aural palette as a globe-trotting DJ, but it was returning to a bungalow in rural Tuscany that allowed him to shape his debut album, Secret World.

Mark Ralph has produced some of the biggest chart smashes in recent years, working with an impressive roster of artists that includes Clean Bandit, Hot Chip, Jax Jones and many more.

Steve Mackey was much loved as the well-heeled bassist in Sheffield underdogs Pulp and long-time musical accomplice of their ubiquitous frontman Jarvis Cocker. But he’s also ploughed an alternative musical furrow as a producer and remixer, energising everyone in the studio from the lo-fi ragga of M.I.A., to the stadium guitar pop of Arcade Fire. We caught up with him to trace his journey from Pulp to top producer and beyond…

Ahead of a hotly anticipated return to London this summer for Nile Rodgers’ Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre, we clamber under the hood of James Murphy and Soulwax/2manydjs’ Despacio sound system to learn how it sets dancefloor pulses racing – at strictly no faster than 120bpm…

The English record producer reflects on industry recognition, his work at Gearbox Records and offers some words of wisdom for those looking to have a similar career in the studio.

Alongside his hit records, the much-aped ‘gated reverb’ effect is arguably what Hugh Padgham is most known and loved for. Hugh tells us how he first attained this unique and recognisable effect…