Sound Habit

Nate Albert helped form the beloved ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at only 13 years old. He ended up spending 17 years playing lead guitar for the Bosstones. His journey then took him to roles as a music executive at Republic, Capitol, and Warner signing acts such as The Weeknd, Phantogram, Maggie Rogers and many others. Today he is the President of Giant Music. We sat down with Nate to...

Marc Collin co-founded Nouvelle Vague based on the philosophy that 80s bands actually wrote great songs. He stripped them down to the basics and dressed them up in a bossa nova style, and by doing so, Nouvelle Vague became a phenomenon over the past 22 years. During our conversation, we talk about the beginnings of the band, the new album that is fully dedicated to Depeche Mode, his musical influe...

Philippe Cohen Solal co-founded the Gotan Project, the group that reshaped downtempo and brought electrotango first to clubs and then later to cool hotel lobbies everywhere. Their 2001 breakthrough album 'La revancha del tango' has sold well over 1.5 million copies, and Gotan Project was impossible to escape during that time, with their music appearing in films like The Bourne Identity and Ocean’s...

For over 25 years now, Niklas Worgt has influenced techno under the aliases Dapayk and Marek Bois, through his renowned work with Eva Padberg (under the Dapayk & Padberg moniker) and through his music labels Sonderling and Mo's Ferry Productions. Today, he is doing something quite magical: pressing and releasing his own vinyl, one record at a time, handcrafted from idea to packaging.

Cut Chemist is one of the ablest solo turntablists on the globe. Whenever one mentions Cut Chemist, ‘legend’ is usually the first word that comes to mind.  If we look at Discogs today, Cut shows up with 705 credits, and his record collection is in the 30,000 range.  We sat down and chatted about the James Bond soundtracks he picked up as a kid, the first pressed record of his, which he sold out of...

Lisa Bella Donna is a synthesist, composer, and performer whose long-form modular performances have made her one of the most respected figures in the analog synth world. Having Lisa take us through her musical selections is very much like her art itself. It is a journey of discovery and wonder, one I am excited to take myself, and I invite you to do the same by listening to the accompanying playli...

Fred Schneider, frontman and co-founder of the legendary B-52s, joins us for a casual chat about the music that inspired him. On this episode I talk with Fred about his massive vinyl collection, the records he grew up with, his guilty pleasure music - which with Fred is pretty much most of it, his top 5 albums of all time, but we also talk about when Julee Cruise sat in for Cindy on tour, why the...

For many Skeme Richards is considered to be one of the best break DJs out there. Skeme has collaborated with some of the big names in Hip Hop and was part of the most recognized name in the B-Boy and breakdance movement, The Rock Steady Crew. We take a personal tour through his 15,000+ record collection, learn what makes record digging exciting to him, plus he shares his favorite international vin...

Dave Audé has to date produced 133 #1 US Dance tracks, which means he has more number ones than any other producer on the Billboard Dance Club charts. He won a Grammy for his remix of Uptown Funk and has worked with everybody from U2 to Rihanna, Beyonce to Lady Gaga, Sting to Madonna, the list is endless. And it all started with him establishing the Moonshine label together with Steve Levy in the...