Is This Album More of a Laptop Album?

I think it's important to just constantly be injecting new things into the music and exploring types of music I haven't before. My first Spanish language song is on this album, for example, with Isabela Love's story. So in a way, as you're exploring, you're trying out different musical styles as well. Is that just something that you're doing without really thinking about much or do you set aside time for research and development? It feels very instinctual, instinctive.

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In this episode, John reunites with Alex Crossan, a.k.a. Mura Masa, to talk about how he wrote, recorded and produced his latest album ‘Demon Time’.

Reflecting on the process of working out what a lockdown album would sound like and making the complete opposite of that, Alex shares his thoughts on controlling the vibe of a record while still managing to explore every random studio idea with each of his collaborators.

As well as giving us a tour of some of the weirdest sounds in his sample folder, Alex treats us to production gold, demonstrating some of the simplest yet most effective Garage tricks, and the ways in which he created the impression of fake DJ across the album.

Listen to find out how a citrus salad led to a revelation about frequencies, why if an idea’s making you laugh then that’s the right one to follow, and how to sneakily get people to write for your album in their own writing session.

Tracks discussed: demon time, hollaback bitch, e-motions

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