Our first ever in person interview this week, and what a pleasure it was to spend some time in the company of Sam Chadburn, AKA Sam Interface. From Drum and Bass officianado and die hard clubber to intercontinental producer and platinum mixer - Music has already taken Sam on some incredible adventures. And you feel from listening to this interview that there's still much much more to come.  Click here for a playlist of Sam’s work. Sam Chadburn, also known as Sam Interface, is a producer,...

This time, we speak to Rob Ellis, whose role as drummer and then co-producer with PJ Harvey led to rich and creative career, working with stars like Thom Yorke, Anna Calvi and Marianne Faithful. We hear great some great stories on what it was like recording these maverick artists, and Rob's refreshingly holistic approach to the recording process. Click here for a playlist of Rob's production work When DRY, the debut album by PJ Harvey, that he had co-produced and played drums on became a...

We talk to producer Liam Howe about songwriting methods, lyrics, nurturing new artists, seeing the big picture, and producing an album with only 1gb of data available! Liam Howe’s band the Sneaker Pimps broke through in the 90s with their self-produced debut album Becoming X, scoring a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with their track 6 Underground. Having always aspired to be a producer, Liam has helped launch the careers of multiple stars, including Marina and the Diamonds, FKA...

This week we talk to Sam Klempner, a songwriter, producer and mixer who works out of his studio in Chiswick, West London. He describes the role of a producer as a "musical midwife" and we talk about what that means to him. Having started out assisting top-class mix engineer James Reynolds, Sam then took a role working with songwriting and production trio TMS, who are behind some of the biggest hits of this century. After this unparalleled education in the pop music production process, it...

This week, we celebrate the easing of lockdown in the UK and the possibility of doing more face-to-face sessions, and begin a campaign for sessions to start earlier in the day. This is at the instigation of our guest, George Reid. As an artist, he found fame as one half of electronic pop duo AlunaGeorge, who were shortlisted for the BBC Sound of 2013 poll, as well as receiving a nomination for the BRITS critics choice award. They soon became part of the pop vanguard of the early ‘10s, thanks...

This week to talk to Laura Bettinson about how she’s moved from being a one woman pop-powerhouse in Femme, to a producer, and editor, of cutting edge dance music. We hear how she dealt with working with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich in one of her first ever studio sessions, and how a life changing trip to Mexico lit a touch paper under her creativity that led to her stripping away her process to its bare bones, with massive success. We also get the inside track on how to make quality...

We talk to songwriter, artist and producer Ben Christophers about his transition from his own solo artist project into a mentor and producer for other artists trying to realise their musical visions. From his first attempts at peering ‘behind the curtain’ at how records are made, to getting his hands dirty co-producing Bat For Lashes mercury nominated album “The Bride”, we hear about how Ben takes time to set the scene at the start of any collaboration, the synthesiser he can’t do without,...

We speak to producer / mixer Charlie Hugall, about how a snap-decision to do a favour for DJ duo Queens of Noize and drive them to Reading and Leeds festival led to his breakthrough job producing Florence + The Machine’s ‘You’ve Got The Love’. We also discuss his more recent success on Celeste’s #1 debut album ‘Not Your Muse’, which leads to some fascinating discussion on the myriad ways of coaxing the best vocal performance from an artist. Charlie was away from the studio at the time of...

In the first ever episode of The Process of Production, we talk to Tim Bran. Perhaps best known for his work producing London Grammar as part of the production duo MyRiot with Roy Kerr, Tim’s credits also include Aurora, Halsey, and Walking On Cars amongst many others. We talk about making those London Grammar records, as well as hearing about what it’s like working with bona fide legends such as Paul McCartney, Ronnie Wood and Noel Gallagher. Over the course of the pandemic, Tim has...

Welcome to The Process of Production We're Bob Matthews and Lawrence Diamond, producers and songwriters with over 20 years experience between us. We thought we’d get together with producers we admire and discuss their approach to making great music. Focusing not just on the tech and the gear, but the human side too, we’ll be covering the relationships, creative techniques, as well as the practical, mental, and often emotional process of making music today.  Join us as we dig into the whys,...