For many young indie music fans making their way through the “alternative” section of their local record store in the mid-’90s, it was the music of Stereolab, and in particular the voice of chanteuse ...

Every year, artists from around the world came together in a different host city to learn from musical luminaries – and each other – and collaborate in custom-built studios. Many Academy alumni went ...

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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.

Indie dance don and acid house shapeshifter Andrew Weatherall has been around more blocks than there are in Brooklyn. As remixer extraordinaire, he made sure Primal Scream’s “Loaded” was the ...

A Grammy winner for his work with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele and Ziggy Marley, Andrew Scheps has had an extensive career behind the boards engineering and mixing records for some of the world’s ...

Music as we know it would look a lot different (and less colorful) without the contributions of George Clinton. From his early musical beginnings in doo-wop and as a songwriter at Motown, the hugely ...

You’ll have to look at the small print on records to find the name of Russell Elevado, but be assured he’s there, on some of the most innovative soul records of the ’90s and ’00s. As engineer, ...

This interview was the first-ever Red Bull Music Academy lecture, held in Berlin in 1998. Jeff Mills is undoubtedly one of the founding fathers of techno music. Starting out as radio DJ the Wizard on ...

60 participants traveled to Berlin from across Europe for the 1999 Academy, contributing their unique talents and representing diverse musical styles. They hailed from Germany, Austria, Czech Republic ...

Bay Area ambient pioneer Robert Rich began building his own synthesizer at the age of 13, around the same time he became interested in avant-garde and minimal composition. By the time he got to ...