Sonic Journey 

Béla Fleck is interviewed about the recording of Throw Down Your Heart, a field-recorded musical excursion To four African countries. Listen to clips from the CD and see photos from the trip....

AIR | Studio Symmetry 

By Sam Pryor

For years, the French duo AIR has navigated a demarcation zone between soft pop, experimental electronica, trendy lounge and brain-challenging prog rock....

Fauxharmonic Orchestra | The Ultimate One-Man Band 

By Paul D. Lehrman

The conductor lifts his hands and nods to the others on the stage. He lowers his right hand, and at the bottom of its arc, the orchestra begins to play...

The Elliptical World of Imogen Heap 

By Geary Yelton

Imogen Heap may not be a household name, but that could soon change with her latest release. Ellipse (RCA, 2009) is a stunning album produced in the recording...

Inside a Game Soundtrack 

By Mike Levine

There are many similarities between composing music for films and for videogames, but there are also significant differences. Because game composers generally...

Geeking Out With Infected Mushroom 

By Mike Levine

They are considered innovators in the electronica subgenre psy-trance, but Erez Eisen and Amit Duvedevani, better known as Infected Mushroom, aren't so...

Going Beyond Presets 

By Larry the O

Five top sound designers offer tips and advice for programming your own synth sounds, rather than relying only on presets...

T-Pain: The EM interview  

By Jason Scott Alexander

Technology has been an interesting gift to Faheem Rasheed Najm. Just three short years ago, you could have mentioned the Tallahassee, Florida-born singer/songwriter/producer by his more marketing-friendly stage name, T-Pain,...

Electric Engineering | Steve Albini 

By Rich Wells

Steve Albini is an esteemed recording engineer who has tracked a long list of high-profile bands, as well as played in influential groups such as Big Black and Shellac. This article focuses on his recording techniques in his studio Electrical Recording...

Modular Moods 

By Gino Robair

I didn’t really give up the guitar. It stopped inspiring me,” explains Alessandro Cortini on a warm spring day at his home in Los Angeles. “I got more into the song itself, as opposed to just the guitar.” ...

Shop Talk with Youth 

By Michael Molenda

Youth (aka Martin Glover) pounded the bass for industrial punksters Killing Joke in the late 1970s and has since become one of Englands hottest producers. ...

Shop Talk with Shel Talmy 

By Michael Molenda

Shel Talmy's production credits are all over classic singles by The Who, The Kinks, Easybeats, Chad and Jeremy, Manfred Mann, Small Faces, and count¬less other acts from the 1960s British in¬vasion. ...

Studio Junkie 

By Mike Levine

When Tom Holkenborg was a young musician growing up in Holland, he spent so much time playing music and recording that his friends dubbed him The name...

Metalocalypse Now 

By Gino Robair

As the band kicks into overdrive and the guitarists do hair windmills, hot coffee and cream spill out over the audience, injuring even more fans. It's...

Metalocalypse Now (Bonus) 

By Gino Robair

Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small creates all of the music of the fictional band Dethklok in his home studio. In this interview, he talks about scoring the show. ...

Without Missing A Beat 

By Mike Levine

As one of the world's elite drummers, Omar Hakim has worked with everyone from Sting to Michael Jackson to Weather Report to Miles Davis....

Thomas Dolby Goes Remote 

Mike Levine

Among the musicians involved with online collaboration is synth-pop and music-technology icon Thomas Dolby. This fall Dolby is touring the U.S. and U.K.,...

Renaissance Man 

By Mike Levine

Producing, engineering, mixing, remixing, playing keyboards, programming you name it, Carmen Rizzo does it. What's more, the genres that the multitalented...

Pushing the Right Buttons 

By Paul Tingen

If you want an indicator of Bill Bottrell's skills as a producer, start by looking at the list of heavyweight artists he's produced: Rosanne Cash, Sheryl...

It's Only Make-Believe 

By Mike Levine

The sounds that you hear in movies, TV, and video games fit so seamlessly with the visuals that it's easy to forget just how much work goes into producing...

From Talking Heads to Production Whiz 

By Paul Tingen

Former Talking Head member Jerry Harrison has established himself as a successful producer. Electronic Musician talks to him about his production philosophy, gear choices and his advice for personal-studio owners....

Beat Crazy in Atlanta 

By Mike Levine

As I pulled up to the ramshackle house in the Atlanta suburbs, I was sure that I had the wrong address. This couldn't be where producer, keyboardist,...

Old-School Contemporary 

By Paul Tingen

If you think that most contemporary records are constructed in the box by young musicians endlessly peering at screens and applying multitudes of plug-in...

Yours, Mine, and Ours 

By Mike Levine

Considering the ever-increasing fusion of music and technology, you probably wouldn't be surprised to hear that an artist recently released an album containing...

The Exuberant Engineer 

By Diane Gershuny

If you spend any time chatting with producer-engineer John Paterno, you can't help but notice his over-the-top passion for music and making records. Everything...