Headliner Radio

We recently caught up with multi award-winning, platinum selling British singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg aka Passenger — who has just released his album Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted — to find out more about his creative process, the narrative running through his new record, and how his approach to writing has evolved over the years.

In the past decade, Antonia Gauci has established herself as one of Australia’s most trusted, best-regarded producers, engineers and versatile mixers, working with numerous local and international acts, with credits including Will.I.Am, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kesha’s Grammy nominated single Praying, as well as some of Australia’s finest artists. Antonia reflects on her start at Sydney’s BigJesusBurger Studios and Studios 301, how she gained a reputation for her unique perspective, and shares why she’s keen to raise the profile of female producers and engineers.

Armenian-Ukranian rappers Samuum discuss their new single, Maria, a tongue in cheek look at the middle-eastern phenomenon of bride kidnapping. This legitimately unique musical duo is the collaboration between The Voice of Ukraine star Lusine Kocharian and music producer/film director Andranik Berberian, a Ukrainian pair with very strong Armenian heritage. And while taking pride in that, they certainly don’t shy away from taking a huge, satirical swipe at women’s rights in the Middle East. 

We go behind the brand with Shure's Marc Henshall who talks us through the leading microphone manufacturer's ethos and mindset during the pandemic. He also reveals the thinking behind two new Shure products which are targeted at home recording and podcasting.

British R&B artist Eli Moon has been making some big moves in the music scene over the last couple of years. Here he explains why songwriting has always been his therapy, the creative process behind some of his recent tracks, and how he’s been delving deeper into production techniques during lockdown.  

When Rebekka Karijord and Jon Ekstrand were asked to compose the original score for the new Greta Thunberg documentary, I Am Greta, they knew they had to somehow create a musical language for a true force of nature. We discuss working on the film sustainably, their thoughts on the climate crisis, Rebekka's other life as a singer-songwriter, and Jon's upcoming Marvel movie, Morbius (starring Jared Leto and Matt Smith).

One of the most genre-fluid bands out there, Brighton's Phoria are somewhere between an art-rock outfit and a neoclassical chamber group. We chat with Trewin from the band about seeking inspiration from the human experience within an infinite universe, retreating from the internet to record their new album, and recording Caught A Black Rabbit at Abbey Road Studios.

We catch up with multiple Grammy Award winning producer and mix engineer Tom Lord-Alge, who reflects on his career so far, which includes mixing records for U2, The Rolling Stones, P!nk, Peter Gabriel, Dave Matthews Band, Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, Manic Street Preachers, and Marilyn Manson.

As well as being one of the most in-demand violinists in the UK, Anna Phoebe has been increasing her stock as a composer, particularly with her 2020 singles seeing strong backing from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs. We chat about her experiences playing with the likes of P Diddy, Roxy Music and Robin Gibb, her collaborations with the European Space Agency, and why she really is one of the most unclassifiable musicians in the game.

After the enormous success of One Day / Reckoning Song back in 2012, German DJ and producer Wankelmut decided to keep his newly successful career in pop-house music in his native Berli, the world capital of techno: “When I started going out and discovering all these genres, I was into techno for a brief amount of time,” Wankelmut, the alias of Jacob Dilßner, says. “It doesn’t have enough diversity for my taste. I like vocals, I like melodies, some grooves. So I stuck with house music. But Berlin is definitely the techno city! We have Berghain, About Blank, all these famous clubs that play banging techno. But for me, it’s all about grooves and melodies.”