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HOWA EP 84 - CHRIS TABRON Jun 08, 2021

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I’ve known this multi platinum renaissance man for some time now and I could tell, when we worked on the Lianne La Havas song “Green and Gold” that his skills went WAY beyond the technical. I can safely say that were it not for his expert manner in the room, that song never would have made it. Those are the kind of experiences that stay with you. It came as no surprise to later learn he’s worked on records by Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Mary J. Blige, Common, The Strokes, Robert Glasper, and Erykah Badu. Yep he’s rather nasty at mixing and producing. He’s also taken a large role in producing work by badass bands like Battles and Die Antwoord. We nerd dive into a wide pool of topics from coffee to the holiest of Mics.. He has one in his possession that has THE most incredible back story. Chris is a master of the studio both in terms of the precise and fast execution of the all important technical stuff to the refined and nuanced energy required to draw out the best in musicians. Needless to say I’m mightily chuffed to have him grace the show :) ______________ In the nitty I dive into the instant joys of the Expert Sleepers app called CROSSFADE LOOP SYNTH Absolutely wicked! Beardyman uses it heavily in his live shows and I can see why. It’s a very tasty thing indeed that lets you sample and move with no messing about. INSTANT!! It’s like a Casio SK1 on roids. Highly recommended ______________ Music from the show comes from YAW EVANS and this EP is right here! https://yawevans.bandcamp.com/releases ______________ Kind show sponsorship comes from Avid who make a little known app called PROTOOLS! woo. As I mention in the slot, I have made ALL 84 episodes in Protools and I’ll tell you why it’s still my fave :) Check this link to check out the software. You can now get Protools First to have a try and it’s absolutely FREE :) cant beat that. Other Links_____ Chris Tabron homepage - has a cool Spotify playlist of his work. Well worth a look. Plus you get to see his setup which is prime! https://christabron.com Listen to Chris on the excellent DW Fearn podcast also! Did I mention that I LOVE this pod ? ++++ I caught up with mylarmelodies recently on his ace pod which you can find here: Why we bleep with me ++++ In case you missed it here’s that Otari CV mod that’s now on order from Shawn Everett, Jonathan Rado and more! Hip. Otari 5050 cv video ++++ Other CV tape joy to be found here!! Hainbach got the nagra to varispeed under CV Nagratron

HOWA EP83 - Alessandro Cortini May 25, 2021

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Hello! Ah yes, twas superb to catch up with the excellent Alessandro Cortini. He's someone that really connects with the soul of machines in a very rare way. He has a clear direction and opinion on so many crucial aspects of machine music, from the pure aesthetic tonal side of things to the way that individuality can be such a crucial asset in a world that's thirsty for original voices. We get into a lot of juicy topics and Alessandro is very open and clear with his advice and opinions which I hope you'll all get a lot from. I certainly did :)

On with the links!

Music:

https://headlesshorsemanberlin.bandcamp.com/music

Ah yes!! so so good and yes, I KNOW who the hidden horseman is... I can't say though.. sorry.

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At the start of the show I get to talking about my song "A Rose" that's featured on the Andrew Huang 4 Producers series. Super fun watch that! check it out if you haven't such talent on there!a

A rose BandCamp link:

https://jamielidell.bandcamp.com/track/a-rose

UAD chambers promo video with “A Rose”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niAcxT49EMM

4 PRODUCERS FLIP THE SAME SAMPLE: Jamie Lidell, Flux Pavilion, Laura Escudé, Recue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUNnmehy8k

and now...

Alessandro’s LINK pool

https://twitter.com/blindoldfreak

https://www.instagram.com/alehan

https://soundcloud.com/alessandrocortini

BandCamp

https://cortini.bandcamp.com

New album upcoming on MUTE records

http://mute.com/mute/alessandro-cortini-announces-new-album-scuro-chiaroMusic:

https://headlesshorsemanberlin.bandcamp.com/music

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HOWA EP 82 - BOYS NOIZE Apr 27, 2021

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HEY! did you join the patreon yet?

I’d be most grateful if you’d consider it! I’m adding loads of sounds and goodies so hop on if you’re a fan of the show!

https://www.patreon.com/HOWA

and now LETS GET ON WITH THE SHOW!

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BOYS NOIZE speaks! I’ve been wanting to chat with Alex for AGES, all we needed was a nice long lock down to make it possible !

He’s a wonderful prolific musician who’s made a bunch great records alone AND remixed some monsters like Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, David Lynch and tons more. He’s collaborated with my pal Chilly Gonzales, an unknown artist called Skrillex, Hudson Hohawke, Spank Rock and recently even lady Gaga. Wild!!

In this chat we get deep into the truth behind all this making. Come and get the real info here. This episode is arguably a very long nitty and it's dedicated to the makers of the heavy jams who want to know how it's actually done. This is a deep and heady chat with one of the masters of the banger.

Yup!

I get into a phase in the nitty but not THAT kind.

Music comes from Andy Rivas

check it out here:

https://andyrivas.bandcamp.com

Thank you to the wonderful hologram electronics for their kind show sponsorship. The microcosm pedal is wild!! Check it !

https://www.hologramelectronics.com

HOWA EP81 - DAMIAN TAYLOR Apr 01, 2021

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HEY! did you join the patreon yet?

I’d be most grateful if you’d consider it! I’m adding loads of sounds and goodies so hop on if you’re a fan of the show!

https://www.patreon.com/HOWA

and now LETS GET ON WITH THE SHOW!

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Please welcome six time Grammy nominated record producer, music mixer and programmer, song writer, song doctor, sonic architect and explorer Damian Taylor! He’s worked with a hugely talented array of artists like Bjork (in the studio and on stage), The Prodigy, The Killers, Arcade Fire, UNKLE, TR/ST, Odette, The Temper Trap, City of the Sun, and much more

Recently Damian has become a compelling teacher and spreader of interdisciplinary ideas and facilitates this with live streams from his studio on his Twitch channel, through conversations, events, and courses on the community network and education platform The Complete Producer Network, and via my newly launched YouTube channel.

Check it!!

BTWI was introduced to Damian by my good friend Dana Wachs which explains how our conversation begins :)

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Nitty is a two part affair. I worked super hard on a video nitty which explains some of the work I'm doing with new modified Otari 4 track reel to reel. The deck has been CV modded by - love magnet electronics and added pitch control and erase head on/off per track. So powerful. If you didnt check the viddy nitty! Here it is.

The sonic nitty in the episode explores the missing link of flange under Cv control. flllllaaaannnngggggeeeeee.

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Music for this episode comes once more from the rather excellent platzwave ! Check this link for his new release on bandcamp. Super good!

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Happy to say that this episode is ALSO sponsored by one of the very best US retail stores for eurorack and extended sonic adventures. Who might that be ?

It’s Perfect Circuit !! So much of my modular is from them and I love working with them. Good folks!

https://www.perfectcircuit.com

other links :

best digital audio repair in the world- piscine tokyo

https://www.facebook.com/piscineatokyo/

If you dont know this man. you need to!

ned rush- beer drinker and live master. Excellent teacher. Love his stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIbbeIvZgBiXikUJaYWXTcQ

HOWA EP 79 - ATOM™ Feb 26, 2021

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ATOM™ is fluent in many languages Spoken and musical

He's not afraid of collisions, especially of musical stereotypes

Hes been filed under: Electronic music, postmodern music, glitch, IDM, Latin dance, techno, experimental, easy listening electrolatino, electrogospel, and aciton music.

Ack ! He's much more than a bunch of labels.

One particularly fascinating record to me was his 1998 LP - Pop Artificial where he used a vocal techique to create characters from his own voice that still to this day sound super unique. I was always curious about that. Uwe talks to me about how it was REALLY done. I suddenly felt slightly ill trying to imagine the task at hand It’s really quite mind boggling! Sonic secrets revealed!

We chat a little about lock down life in Chile, the forced home studio and discoveries resulting from that sudden change

You may know his as Atom TM, Atom Heart, Señor Coconut or Uwe

He is all of them.

Please welcome them all to Hanging out with Audiophiles

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NITTY is an exploration of a brand new instrument from the masters of synth design MAKE NOISE!

It's a superb machine called STREGA and a collb with the badass that is alessandro cortini

LINKS

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HEY! did you join the HOWA patreon yet? I’d be most grateful if you’d consider it! I’m adding loads of sounds and goodies all the time so hop on if you’re a fan of the show! You will for example get the FRESH new sounds from the MAKE NOISE STREGA (soul science level)

https://www.patreon.com/HOWA

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MUSIC for todays show is from - how to use this manual https://howtousethismanual.bandcamp.com/album/the-wards

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Huge thanks to Jake Aron for his immense help with the interview sound retrieval! Heavy lifting. Contact him NOW for mixing and production. Hes awesome. https://www.jakearon.net

NEW sound pack from me and Jimmy Edgar available at Splice.com called IN LIVING 808https://splice.com/sounds/splice/jamielidell-jimmyedgar

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HOWA EP 80 - JACK GARRATT Feb 26, 2021

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A huge Multi welcome to the multi multi talent that is Jack Garratt!

He's a tremendous player and musician/man that's well aware of his mental health and how it all effects the outcome of the art.

Love thyself people. Love and dancing.

There’s much merriment in this convo alongside some real talk. Hope you enjoy :)

Was a treat to finally catch up with this gent!

Here’s some Jack Links for ya.

HOME

INSTA

TWITTER

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Music for the show comes from

Brendan Bosworth. He used a bunch of sounds available on the HOWA patreon. So good!

LINKs:

INSTA

SOUNDCLOUD

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In the Nitty I get into exploring a take on vocal techniques discussed in EP79 with Atom™ regarding vocal morphing and manipulation. I turn myself into a … well ... you’ll hear.

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Kind sponsorship comes from

SOYUZ microphones. They make tremendous equipment as endorsed by Nigel Godrich! Say no more. I run the flagship 017 model thro its paces and I loved it so much I had to get one. It’s now my go to mic for the pod :)

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EP 78 - FOUR TET Jan 27, 2021

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Kieran Hebden is one of the most uniquely talented UK electronic artists working today. He’s produced a wonderful stack of LPS and a remixed some of the best, from Aphex to Radiohead to Jamie Lidell. He’s walked an unconventional path but the seemingly strange choices of gear and methods he’s landed on are all very much considered. He is literally building a physical line of records that will stand as his legacy and that’s at the forefront of his thinking. There’s this drive to be finishing music and finding ways to keep inspired and making the whole thing feel free and live. He finds an amazing balance in his work between meticulousness and chaos. The collaborations with Jazz legend Steve Reid in particular showed how live electronics could be just that. LIVE! Messy, ever changing and satisfyingly intense. Unsurprisingly, he works best outside the traditional music making spaces, favouring his home and small, manageable setups over the monster rooms. Minimal amount of gear but huge amounts of vinyl!!!! We toured the states in 2005. I was opening for Kieran and it was a hell of a run. I’ve very fond memories of that time. He’s a super smart and warm man that is the only person I know that plays cool edit like a violin.

Please welcome onto hanging out with audiophiles

Four Tet! ______________

Music on the show comes from

Colin Fry. Find his music here.

Kams on Metr music. Find the goodies here!

METR MUSIC Website | Soundcloud | Bandcamp

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In the nitty I delve in the beautifully noisy needlescape that can be made with the Gakken toy record maker ! Lots of fun but I fried mine somehow though power issues. This nitty was the last time it shall be heard. Shame. I was just getting the hang of it. Here’s a link if you fancy building one (instructions in Japanese

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Special thanks to Jake Aron for this tremendous help getting the interview sounding good and building a new vocal chain. I love the changes. Love Jake! If you need mix/production work he’s your guy. So talented and great to work with Find him here

jakearon.net

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Thank you also to the show sponsors Spectrasonics Makers of SERIOUS soft synth magic! Check them out! https://www.spectrasonics.net

Check these ace YouTube sessions to see the quality and the sheer playing! It’s wild

KEYSCAPE

TRILIAN 1.5

So good!

HAPPY HOLS TO ALL OF YOU!!

HOWA EP 77 - DAVE ROSSUM Dec 04, 2020

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Hello!! Please join me on the patreon https://www.patreon.com/HOWA My Guest is unquestionably one of the grandfathers of Hip Hop. Please Welcome, the Visionary Inventor of music making instruments that have truly stood the test of time. Dave Rossum Maker of the SP-1200, Emulator samplers, Proteus, Assimil8or And Whatever next? It’s a true pleasure to chat with such a brilliant mind and generous, warm soul that has given us so much. Nitty sees an alias of mine getting gritty with a tin lid and slowing the hand prints of Hainbach many octaves. It’s true. How about Something a little different? There’s 3 musicians on the pod! We have tracks from Juliaan music https://juliaan.bandcamp.com/album/analog-dancers-ep Lakeshouse https://soundcloud.com/paper-disco/sets/lakeshouse-folkemusikk-ep Tidal : https://tidal.com/browse/album/121389507 Marty Byrne Music http://www.martybyrnemusic.co.uk _______ Kind sponsorship comes from distrokid. Your music steaming in minutes! Take advantage of the savings HOWA offers ya! Use this 30% off code http://distrokid.com/vip/lidell

HOWA EP 76 - IMOGEN HEAP Nov 11, 2020

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Gloves on!

My guest on Ep 76 is the excellent Imogen Heap.

She's a lady unafraid of asking some big WHYS.

Like for example WHY does the record business have to look the same as It did in the time when physical records and label structures were the norm?

WHY must the artist have to hire teams of people to negotiate complicated wiggly pathways of the old clunky industry that really ought to be simplified for the good of getting the art to the ear?

Imogen has been so open and transparent in her career moves and it’s a lesson in the value of meaningful fan connection.

She found her own way to share music and was an early Advocate of cultivating a caring and engaged Internet community and it’s paid dividends!

She keeps the doors to her process open and welcomes fans to get involved with the process of her making.

She looks at her real life makes changes to fit shifting priorities at home.

She’s highly adaptable, highly talented and very down to earth.

No wonder she has so many supporters that get behind her wild, pioneering visions.

We get to chatting about a very important and exciting project “the creative passport” thats going to be available to try in Beta this month of nov 2020.

The future as a simpler place.

I say bring it on. Check it out! here’s the link (in the Showwwww notesss!)

https://www.creativepassport.net

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Music for the show comes from the wild experiments of Mr Max/MSP Tom Hall. Good stuff !

All music is selected from a new EP - bestowed-order-on-chaos .. CHECK IT OOOT.

https://tomhall.bandcamp.com/album/bestowed-order-on-chaos

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Kind show sponsorship comes from splice.com who are providing a VAST library of sounds for royalty free use. It's not all hip hop as I demo at the top of the show! All the foley was found from simple searches. Everything from the Babbling Brook to heftiest 808s can be found upon splice in seconds. Wild modern tech! I use it all the time. No need to look for that pesky missing piece anymore. If you can search it, you’ll likely find it :)

HOWA EP 75 - HEBA KADRY Oct 29, 2020

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My guest, Heba Kadry is a superb Mastering engineer now based in her brand new mastering facility in Brooklyn, NY.

She’s super busy so I’m really thankful she spared me some time to chat about her new room and some wild insights into the world of the mastering professional in 2020.

She’s worked with SO many talented people like Bjork, Slowdive, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Deerhunter, Beach House, Cate Le Bon, Alex G, Battles, John Maus, serpentwithfeet, Blonde Redhead, Diamanda Galás, Lightning Bolt, Black Lips, Lucy Dacus, Cass McCombs, Princess Nokia and The Mars Volta to name a few. In addition to mastering original soundtracks for films such as “Midsommar”, ” Jackie” (Oscar-nominated for best original score in 2017), “Paterson” and “The Dead Don’t Die”.

Check the discography and bio for full background.

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Nitty 75 sees me making a max for live patch called “Dose of Clap” which aims to make available the Simmons Claptrap in modern form.

It controls the playback of samples in a unique way that randomizes and spreads in time. it’s available to my patrons so hop on if you’re not on the good train.

YES!!!

Join my NEW Patreon for hanging out with audiophiles :) Get samples every 2 weeks, behind the scenes action, max for live patches… and searchable nittys as an inspirational audiobook in 75 chapters as it were. Plus you really help me out directly with some cash!

Having a crew I can talk to for feedback and to directly share new ideas and music is the business! Let’s hang.

https://www.patreon.com/HOWA

Links

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Music for EP75 comes from an EP called “Feet Of Clay” by Cephas Teom.

It’s coming from a new label check the links! Really good stuff!

METR MUSIC

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