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Andy Jones
Andy Jones has been writing for music production magazines and websites for almost as long as the synthesiser has been around. Which is just as well as that is his specialist subject and he loves everything electronic: from 70s Berlin school to 90s old skool, taking in the complete 80s along the way.
Star producer John Leckie talks to Andy Jones about working on some of the most important albums of the last four decades There are ‘in-demand’ record producers out there, but…
China Crisis interview: It’s fun to entertain
If you’re in a band with a back catalogue littered with classic albums, it’s understandable why there may be little enthusiasm to produce new music. But after a huge Pledge…
The Producers – Mark Rankin
As Paul Epworth’s right-hand man, Mark Rankin was in the studio during the recording of some of the biggest pop moments of recent years including Adele’s Rolling In The Deep…
Vince Clarke’s VeryRecords – a very different sort of label
Vince Clarke’s VeryRecords is his bespoke label for releasing top-quality electronic music – but, as he reveals to Classic Pop, it’s also a great way for him to get out…
Behind The Music – Bruce Swedien remembers Thriller
In 1982, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was released and is now the most successful album in history. In 2018, Classic Pop met the late Bruce Swedien, the man behind its recording,…
Trevor Horn interview
If there’s ever a doubt that music can change the world, just look at the mid-80s for proof. There was Band Aid and Live Aid, of course, but before that…
The Producers – Ben Hillier
Producer Ben Hillier has overseen albums by an extraordinary range of artists including Elbow, Blur, Nadine Shah and no less than three by Depeche Mode. Here he tells Classic Pop…
The Producers – Ken Scott
Ken Scott cut his studio teeth with The Beatles, but it was his work with David Bowie that transformed him into an iconic record producer and resulted in four legendary…
Mute Records’ Daniel Miller talks Vince Clarke
The story of Daniel Miller and Vince Clarke goes back 40 years. In this interview from 2020, the Mute Records founder candidly looks back over four decades with “A warm-hearted,…
The Producers – Nicky Graham
From The Nolans to PJ & Duncan via the mega-successful Bros, producer and songwriter Nicky Graham certainly knows how to score a chart-topping earworm – Yet there’s much more to…