Headliner Radio

Manchester-based rapper and producer Abnormal Sleepz discusses his path into the industry and the work he is doing to help disenfranchised communities to pursue a career in music. 

In the latest OLLO Chat podcast, OLLO Audio CEO Rok Gulič calls on two world-class engineers, Kevin Paul and Eduardo De La Paz, to explain their approach when mixing on headphones for both stereo and immersive audio formats (such as Dolby Atmos). 

Ewan Macfarlane, the former frontman of bands The Grim Northern Social and Apollo 440, chats to Headliner about his new solo project, how he’s changed his approach to songwriting and recording, and shares some stories from his time on the road with Britpop legends in the ‘90s.

Positioned as one of the most well-known and successful mixing engineers on the international stage, multi Grammy-winning producer Luis Barrera Jr speaks to Headliner about his creative process in the studio, what’s been keeping him busy of late, and why he uses oeksound plugins on every one of his mix projects.

St Lundi is the musical alias of Archie Langley, a young man making big moves since leaving his remote island life living with his grandparents off the south coast of the UK. Four years later and fully established in London, we see his name lit up in lights after huge collaborations with Kygo and Seeb, the release of his new single, Nights Like This, and his first London headline show as St Lundi.

Chris Clark – who composes and produces under the name, Clark – explains how he scored Apple TV+'s Lisey’s Story (starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen), which follows the widow of a famous novelist hounded by a dangerous fan as she uncovers an other-dimensional world her husband could travel between – a world stalked by a terrifying creature...

British drummer Ash Soan has worked with Adele, Celine Dion, Cher, Seal, Robbie Williams, Enrique Iglesias – to name a few – and in this interview he reflects on his first big break as a drummer in 1994 when he joined Del Amitri, leading to work with some of the biggest artists on the planet and on projects as diverse as playing at the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony and as the house drummer on The Voice. Soan recalls his memorable first meeting with Adele, shares tips for aspiring drummers, and explains why the recent installation of two Neve 88-RLB preamps at The Windmill Studios - his own recording hub - has transformed his workflow. 

Julien Bracht joins Berlin's wonderfully burgeoning scene of artists releasing intelligent and introspective electronic music plays with euphoric melodies, despite being in the city of techno. After a massive remix for electronic music polymath Grimes, Bracht released his excellent debut solo album Now Forever One this year. We discuss his time at the legendary Funkhaus studios, music's power to heal, and getting to do a remix for an all-time hero.

Recording engineer, record producer and mixer Dan Grech-Marguerat reflects on the moment his career took off, mixing the multi-platinum selling album Ta-Dah for the Scissor Sisters, including the huge single I Don't Feel Like Dancin’, co-written by Elton John. Grech-Marguerat explains his approach to mixing the multi-platinum selling Lana Del Rey album, Born to Die, winning this year’s MPG Mix Engineer Of The Year Award for his work with Lianne La Havas, and why Genelecs are his choice of studio monitor.

Producer, mixer and engineer Neal Pogue reflects on working on Outkast’s Grammy Award-winning album SpeakerBoxx/The Love Below, and convincing Andre 3000 that Hey Ya! should be the album’s lead single. Mixing TLC’s Waterfalls is another highlight, and he explains why he used a pseudonym for producing the song’s iconic horn part. In the studio, Pogue has been using Waves for 20 years. Here, he reveals a few of his go-to plugins.