After a self released Ep called ‘Ink’ in 2014, Tusks was signed by One Little Independent Records, and has gone on to release two albums with the label, Dissolve in 2017 and Avalanche in 2019.

Tusks supported Bob’s band Alpines on tour, when Lawrence was playing keys in the live band, so the conversation picks up on many that we had sharing a tour van around Europe.

Emily has been a self-producing artist from the beginning, but the majority of her tracks so far have been co-produced with longtime collaborator, producer and engineer Brett Cox.

But the new EP ‘Change’ is entirely self-produced.

At the start of the pandemic in 2020, Tusks had just finished a headline tour in support of the second album, so lockdown coincided with a period of creativity and experimentation for Emily as she looked towards the next release. Emily used the enforced isolation to explore and get better as a producer, learning her way around the synthesizers that had always been part of her work, but were now becoming the centrepiece. We start by discussing that time, and how it’s led to new EP ‘Change’,

Click here for a playlist of Tusks’ work

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Moving into the 90s, Tim turned his attention from production to mixing, and his work on 'Ten', the debut album by an american rock band called Pearl Jam, catapulted him to the top of his profession. A fact that was confirmed when ten years later, as he was heavily involved in mixing the U2 album 'All That You Can’t Leave Behind'. Production credits including Goo Goo Dolls, Tears For Fears, Texas and even the Lord Of Darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne confirm Tim’s place in the pantheon of modern production and mixing greats.

When we started the interview the most beautiful array of classic guitars were lined out on the wall behind him, so we started by getting the stories on some of those, before turning to the work with Plant, Bowie, Page, Osbourne, Bono, and countless others.

For a link to Tim’s website click here

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The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Kelly has had an amazing career, starting out as a drummer, then getting into studio installations, before what sounds like an astounding stint as the in-house engineer on the superyacht of Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen. Deciding to leave the once-in-a-lifetime job to follow his own path, Kelly was thrown in at the deep end of mastering by mentor Dave Cooley.

After coming of age in LA, Kelly has moved around the world a few times to find the right place for him, finally settling in the jungle of Costa Rica, where he has built an idyllic-sounding home with his family. We hear all about his lifestyle there, his career so far, and some fascinating thoughts on the craft of mastering music.

Kelly’s website

Link to the Pitchfork article Lawrence mentions

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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We speak to him about how his production skills are built on a foundation of engineering expertise, working on sprawling album projects, building your own preamps, and what it’s like recording the vocal for a multi-platinum Grammy-winning single.

Brett started his music career as multi-instrumentalist in the band South, who signed to Mo' Wax  in the late 90s, a cult record label founded by UNKLE’s James Lavelle, who co-produced the band’s debut album.

After the band, Brett set up his own recording space, engineering the vocals on many hit records, including multi-platinum mega-hit 'Rather Be' by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynn, which went 4x platinum, wining a Grammy and Ivor Novello awards.

In recent years, Brett’s collaborated with the band Foals to produce their double album ‘Everything not saved will be lost’, and worked from the ground up with Florence and the Machine to produce their album ‘High Is Hope’ - both records earned a Mercury nomination.

Other credits with Mura Masa, Gorillaz, daughter, Swim Deep and Kindness round out an impressive resumé.

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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For a bit of fun, we pose each other the questions that we pose to the guests in our regular features. So that’s the session food-tip, our thoughts on the most important tool at your disposal as a producer, and the ‘Fast Five’, where we speak about our favourite gear in five key areas of music production. We take the time to go pretty deep on our answers, so it’s more of a ‘Not-so Fast Five’ this time! And apologies if this episode is a little more techy than usual.

In another cause for celebration this week, Celine Cairo released ‘Pirouettes’, a song that Lawrence and Bob wrote together with her last year. The song was playlisted on Spotify’s New Music Friday in Celine’s native Netherlands, as well as in Germany and Switzerland.

Also, check out Tequisha’s debut EP, which Bob worked on, that was also released on Friday.

And a cheeky link to Bob’s experimental electronica solo record, mentioned in the episode.

We hope you enjoy this (admittedly slightly indulgent) episode, and please get in touch with any of your own answers to our regular features, especially if you have a niche one that no one’s covered yet.

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Click here for a playlist of Chris’ work

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Click here for a playlist of Sam’s work.

Sam Chadburn, also known as Sam Interface, is a producer, mixer, and DJ based in London. Born in Glastonbury, Sam was a crate-digger and music obsessive from a young age. He moved to Bristol as soon as he could, and immersed himself in the city's Drum and Bass scene and club culture. Early track ‘Get Lo’ produced with his crew ‘Interface’, saw him breakthrough to a wider audience after it was picked up by legendary DJ Andy C, while his collab Bright Lights with Die and William Cartwright also became a cornerstone of the early 2010s Drum n Bass sound.

Sam met longtime creative partner Keshav on the Bristol scene, whose roots in Trinidad led to a fruitful series of collaborations and productions with some of the biggest artists in the carribean.

A working relationship with Toddla T gave Sam his breakthrough as a mixer - the track ‘Boasty’ featuring Idris Elba, which Toddla produced, and Sam mixed, was a huge hit, and certified platinum in the UK.

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Click here for a playlist of Rob's production work

When DRY, the debut album by PJ Harvey, that he had co-produced and played drums on became a global hit, and a touchstone of early 90s guitar music, Rob Ellis was catapulted into 10 years of arranging and producing for a wide variety of artists including 60s legend Marianne Faithful. At the turn of the millennium Rob returned to work on production with Ms Harvey for what would become the Mercury Award winning album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. This kicked off another rich vein of work for upcoming and established artists such as Torres, Anna Calvi (who’s debut album brought Rob another Mercury nomination) and 2:54.

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Liam Howe’s band the Sneaker Pimps broke through in the 90s with their self-produced debut album Becoming X, scoring a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with their track 6 Underground.

Having always aspired to be a producer, Liam has helped launch the careers of multiple stars, including Marina and the Diamonds, FKA Twigs, Ellie Goulding, and Lana Del Rey. Not to mention producing the debut album for Lawrence’s first band, Official Secrets Act!

The first new music from the Sneaker Pimps in nearly 20 years is out July 9th 2021, it’s the first single from forthcoming album “Squaring The Circle”.

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Having started out assisting top-class mix engineer James Reynolds, Sam then took a role working with songwriting and production trio TMS, who are behind some of the biggest hits of this century.

After this unparalleled education in the pop music production process, it was inevitable that Sam would branch out on his own. He has since worked on tracks with artists like Paloma Faith, James Arthur, Little Mix, and K-Pop giants BTS.

We have a great discussion about songwriting sessions in pop and the different ways they can work, both remotely and now that we can finally get in the room together. We hear how it feels to hear your vocals played out at Wembley Stadium, some pearls of wisdom on living life for now, and why Nando's is the best session food.

This will be our final episode before we switch to a new release schedule of an episode every two weeks. Thanks for supporting us so far, please keep sharing the podcast with your music friends to help us grow!

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Click here to listen to a playlist of George’s work

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Click here for a playlist of Laura’s work

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Click here for a playlist of Ben’s work

Click here for  the DX7 YouTube tutorials Ben mentions

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Charlie was away from the studio at the time of recording, so his audio is recorded via earpods - please accept our apologies for any reduction in sound quality.

Click here for a playlist of Charlie’s work

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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Click here for a Playlist of Tim’s work

Click here for Tim’s guide for recording a vocalist remotely

The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews.

Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises.

Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London.

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We're Bob Matthews and Lawrence Diamond, producers and songwriters with over 20 years experience between us. We thought we’d get together with producers we admire and discuss their approach to making great music.

Focusing not just on the tech and the gear, but the human side too, we’ll be covering the relationships, creative techniques, as well as the practical, mental, and often emotional process of making music today. 

Join us as we dig into the whys, as well as the hows of music production.

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