Asha Puthli is a name that’s legendary for many reasons. Over five decades the singer, songwriter and actress has released ten albums, over 25 singles and made numerous guest appearances on a wide ...

Maurice Fulton’s productions have been key to the growth of house music worldwide, both as a solo artist under and tireless collaborator. In his lecture at the 2006 Red Bull Music Academy, Fulton went ...

Ken Scott started at the top – and stayed there for over a decade. Having got himself into EMI’s studio training program, his first session as an engineer was on the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night album.

Chez Damier has devoted his life to dance music. After starting out in Chicago, he set up fabled Detroit nightclub the Music Institute with Derrick May and Alton Miller, looked after the business ...

Composer, author and educator Pauline Oliveros has dedicated her life to sound and to listening. One of electronic music’s most important early figures, she was an original member of the pioneering ...

Dennis Bovell’s youthful exuberance belies a long and distinguished career taking in some surprisingly far-flung corners of the music industry. Responsible for more or less inventing the lovers rock ...

Aïsha Devi uses her voice to break through the din of our current musical moment. Following early bedroom experiments in electronic and dance music in the 2000s, the Swiss-Nepalese singer and producer ...

It’s hard to overstate the influence of New York City composer Philip Glass. Along with Steve Reich, his minimalist compositions transformed the world of classical music and, eventually, popular music ...

The couch literally buckled under the weight of Bernard Purdie and the huge number of heavy breaks he’s unleashed upon the world. Whether it’s James Brown or Aretha Franklin, jazz heavyweights like ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto came to worldwide fame as a member of influential Japanese synth-pop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra. Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers and recording technology, they ...

Craig Leon is an American record producer and composer who, as A&R at Sire Records in New York, was instrumental in launching seminal artists such as the Ramones, Blondie and Suicide, producing each ...

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