Masters At Work
On the couch with the dancefloor dons.
Magazine
Bok Bok
The Night Slugs boss on his passion for the dancefloor and un-human music
Todd Edwards
Face to face with the Daft Punk collaborator, swing king and secret godfather of UK garage.
El-P
The Company man comes clean on the couch.
Herb Powers Jr.
New York’s supreme mastering engineer explains how he gets the best sound, hands down.
Malcolm Cecil
Stevie Wonder’s personal synth guru talks moogs, Margouleff and Muhammad Ali.
Brian Eno
The record producer, sound conceptualist, futurist and artist extraordinaire on the Academy couch
Rakim
The god MC discusses his legendary career on the Academy couch in New York
The Original Jazzy Jay
From Bronx creation to the Zulu Nation, the real roots of hip hop culture
Ken Scott
The legendary producer and engineer behind hits from the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles and Elton John.
Julia Holter
The instinctive and classically-inspired experimental pop goddess talks about her creative process
Tom Moulton
The pioneering disco kingpin recounts tales of tapes and 12"s
Stephen O’Malley
The Osiris of drone metal discusses twenty-minute songs, tube amps and Terry Riley
Randy Muller
Brooklyn brass constructivism and the human need for mapping things
M.I.A.
Radical chic(k): the poster girl of glam anarchy takes notes from geezers and Bengali gangs
Just Blaze
Justin Smith the First: taming rappers' egos since '99
Arto Lindsay
No bossa, no wave: connecting the dots with the man behind Lounge Lizards and DNA
Hank Shocklee
A journey into noise with Public Enemy's chief producer
Joe Bataan
The boogaloo godfather tells of his transition from street thug to cherished icon of Nuyorican music
Leroy Burgess
Capturing the formula of feeling good with NYC's boogie maste
