hanging out with audiophiles

Ello This is the commonwealth edition. Like the Ashes of Audio it's UK vs Australia.   Justin Stanley FINALLY finds his way to the pod.   First and foremost Mr Stanley is my friend. We've been on some serious adventures in our times. We were on the road together in 2006, where we met touring with Beck.   I was opening and J.S. was in the Beck band and KILLING. Also he happens to be a prince of man...

HOWA EP 53 - BRAD COOK       I was listening to Larry Klein on a recent mix with the masters explain this idea that a producer is someone that sees the spark of uniqueness in an artist and tries to amplify that.   That is a noble process and so nuanced that it takes years to know when to speak, when to encourage, when to call it a night, when to listen and so on. Brad knows aaaallll about aaaallll...

RJD2 lives in Ohio! That was NEWS to me I often find myself there for family occasions since my in laws live in Columbus. I never knew. I mean I would NEVER have guessed but isn't that always the best somehow?   Plus have you EVER met a man named Ramble?   So many firsts on the 52 :) Welcome! let us delve into schmod cast! ______________________________ First off I'd like to invite you to invite t...

Hello! It's Jamie and John in Echo Park time :) Yeah, I sat in my Air B and B and chatted with Mr Vanderslice on Feb 4th 2019. What a treat. I'd met him years before in Australia but I'd completely forgotten I was reminded of that by him during the interview which could have potentially been embarrassing … But John is not that guy. No no no He has a delightfully animated persona, running on 100 th...

I'm happy to welcome grammy award winning musician/producer Adrian Quesada to the 50th Episode of the show!   Let's just jump into the big list of collaborators he's rocked with to get a quick taste of the caliber of this gent! How about Shawn Lee?! Yeah! as well as Ocote Soul Sounds,   Martin Perna of Antibalas… so so many more He's performed on the Late Show with David Letterman as well as twice...

  Hello !   Greetings from the SONIC RANCH in El Paso! Woe. I'm in another world right now Massive thanks to Dave Sitek for inviting me out into space. I'm blown away. The people here are so great and the studios are just absolutely bonkers. Most importantly it's a totally secluded zone. The head expands. Almost as many cats as people and WAY more pecan trees! Ha   Welcome to Episode 49. I met thi...

Hello Amȯn Tȯbin! He was Born in Brazil, but as you can hear from this interview he's got a distinctively English twang having spent yonks in the UK. I don't want to give away the details of the chap's timeline just yet as we get into all of that in this FaceTime chin wag. Might I say at this point though that I feel mightily chuffed to have Amon on the show.   He's truly one of the outstanding li...

47 brings the bonkers talent that is Ariel Rechtshaid!   He's had an incredible run of success with artists like Adele, Usher and of course Vampire Weekend (to name but three from a list of hundreds!) This interview was conduced slightly before Vampire Weekend put out "Father of the Bride" to much critical and chart joy. We got to chatting about that process and how they've become very solid frien...

So I was introduced to Emily at an Ableton event here in Nashville and we were chatting about some pretty specific protools stuff. Something insane about how she needed to have a flightcase for an old Mac Pro to do her job. It was all very unusual. I had no idea who I was talking to tbh. But I could tell she had a WAY of doing things. Turns out she's one of the biggest vocal producers working!   N...

Whether or not you know the full, hard history of Lee Fields, I think 50 years into his music career, 10 years since he found the Expressions, and nearly 7 decades of a life that began in Civil Rights-era North Carolina make 2019 a prime time to celebrate "the coolest motherf***er to sing words into a microphone" (Vice). Across dozens of record labels, countless periods of defeat, and stretches of...

Want to get into Endless? Here's the link to the HOWA jam http://bit.ly/HOWAjam I met Tim Shaw aka Tim Exile in Berlin in the mid 2000s We were 2 brits roasting in the furnace of creativity that was cooking in the East It was a heady time. There were so many amazing performers around Everyone from Peaches to Kevin Blechdom, Errorsmith to Neubauten   You could inhale the punk as a gas and it fueled...

The sequel usually disappoints. Not this time.  Greg and I literally go into outer space and beyond the grave in this cosmic excursion. Earthly concerns addressed in good measure also. An immense pleasure to chat in such great depth with this absolutely superb chap.  

The sequel usually disappoints. Not this time.  Greg and I literally go into outer space and beyond the grave in this cosmic excursion. Earthly concerns addressed in good measure also. An immense pleasure to chat in such great depth with this absolutely superb chap.  

Welcome to the first of a two part epic chat with the excellent Greg Wells!   Yes! Mr. G.W. is a ludicrously talented chap. He's produced and written with Adele , he's responsible for the hugely successful The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , he's a long time collaborator with the lesser known Katy Perry , I mean who's ever heard of Ariana Grande ? Or Pink ? Pharrell Williams...

Hello 41 !   Hello to this now vintage chat with Matt Sweeney recorded June 14 2018. I was first introduced to Matt trough my friend Pete Townsend. Not THAT Pete but another Pete!   There's a rather fantastic band by the name of Super Wolf and Pete plays drums, Matt's on guitar and Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy is singing.   It's hard to not be moved by that music and every element is crucia...

Episode 40 welcomes Travis Stewart aka Machine Drum to the pod! Travis is a badass I've know for some time now and is someone I'm lucky to call a friend at this point. We made it to brunching status ! I've had him over to the house in Nashville and we jammed once which makes me think We really need to do that again! I've also sung on a JETS track U.N.I. which was a real rush.   Travis is one of th...

I'm so fortunate to have one of my favourite UK musicians on the show, Mr Alexis Taylor. A founding member of the now legendary Hot Chip, he's been releasing music for good whee while now and by gosh it's all superb. His clothing choices are also second to none. The man marches to the beat of his own drum machine. I REALLY hope you're not aware of Alexis thus far so you get to experience the joy o...

Greetings from the adobe! Yeah we made it (finally) to Santa Fe :) The sky looks more impressive here. It's really a breathtaking place. Anyway .. I digress. What's in the Show??? My guest today is the wonderful  Leo Ross .   A lovely chap I met at a BBQ in LA hosted by Si Bonobo and his girlfriend last year.   Leo's a mellow badass. A sonic raven. One of those low key players that's really found...

Hello JMJ!   Bass player badass who's thumbed the metal for beck, NIN, Air and so many more Producer of paramore, M83 and so many more. The man wears many hats. Although the only one I've SEEN him in is a dodgers cap! JMJ was kind enough to host me at his rather splendid home studio in Glendale LA. Chock full o drool worthy wobblers of the various golden eras he's amassed the sonic arsenal to tack...

I'm very happy to say I've got Paul Webb aka Rustin man on the show! Paul will be known by many as the the bass player in legendary 80s band Talk Talk. I will admit to my shame that I was unaware of Paul's work as Rustin Man and even largely the work of Talk Talk. I know. I know!   I AM shamed. BUT I am feeling mighty chuffed to have the window of learning open wide. I now feel I can plunge into t...

Hey 19 Happy 19 Intrepid 19 Here's to you and me in the new year. Let's GO!  I'm kicking this annual run of shows in the stars with a chat with the chap that goes by the name of Juro Mez Davis. Starting as an MC in NYC and learning the ropes by pure graft and hands on MAKING with some intense folk (like MF doom) this guy can make a mix bump. We get into his come up and the work he does with Hip Ho...

HO HO HO HOWA! Yhep we made it to the end of year special Seasons greats from me to you! Couldn't be spending this episode with a better round up companion. At long last I get to introduce you to the show's spiritual advisor Mr Jake Aron ! We've toured the world together. From tiny 100 seaters to opening for Prince ... We've mixed a bunch of my records (Compass, Jamie Lidell and Building a beginni...

Welcome to another LA out and about pod, this time with the wonder that is Bobby Krlic Aka The Haxan Cloak. We fall into a distorted time line as we chew the mighty cud sat humbly outside his calm studio in Silverlake. You'll hear the passings by of local wildlife faintly muttering as we pontificate the meaning of sound and have a good old fashioned ramble!   From Sludge to Hollywood From Laptops...

Imagine being a young engineer and being thrown into the heady reality of holding down the tape machines and such for MANY a vocal recording session with Mariah Carey! Would you enjoy that rush? Would you crumble? Imagine then going on to record and mix many many MANY albums for Alicia Keys… Imagine working with Usher, Jay-Z… Whitney Houston then opening your own brick and mortar studio in the hea...

Here we go !  No big deal, it's only Spike Stent. One of the greatest mix engineers EVER. He's put his hands and ears on countless MASSIVE (literally! lol) records. He's got Grammy's galore. Name dropping casually he's worked with Madonna, Depeche Mode, Beyonce, Bjork, Ed Sheeran, Massive Attack, Frank Ocean... I mean too many to bloody mention tbh. Needless to say he's the REAL deal. All of that...