The LongPlays Podcast: Recent Episodes
David Dargahi
Andy Savours trained under Alan Moulder and Flood at Assault & Battery Studios for 7 years, which put him in the engineering hot seat early on with projects including SIGUR ROS, THE HORRORS, THE ARCTIC MONKEYS and THE KILLERS. After branching out on his own he engineered MY BLOODY VALENTINE’s long awaited follow up to ‘Loveless’, and ‘mbv’. Andy recently produced BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD'S debut LP.
Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as "the best recorded output of the decade."
Artist, producer and engineer Sam Evian has been busy up in the Catskills working on his upcoming third album at his home studio. His years as an engineer at Brooklyn’s Figure 8 has given him a skill that has led to acts like Big Thief and Blonde Redhead to head to Upstate New York to work in his own studio. Check out Spencer Tweedy’s new book Mirror Sounds for a profile on Sam.
Today we chat with Colin Blunstone lead singer of seminal British psychedelic rock band The Zombies. We chatted with Colin about his 50 plus year music career and what it was like heading to Abbey Road to record The Zombies’ Odyssey and Oracle in the same studio The Beatles had recently finished Sgt Pepper’s.
Spencer Tweedy’s new book Mirror Sound provides an inside look into the home-recording spaces of artists like Mac Demarco, Tune-Yards and Blake Mills. Available for purchase now: https://mirrorsoundbook.com/
On today’s podcast, we have a doubleheader as we talk to two people who work on the other side of the recording process, Mix engineers Andrew Scheps and Marta Salogni. First, we chat with Andrew Scheps who is a Grammy award-winning producer and engineer who has worked with the likes of Adele, Beyonce, and U2. After winning breakthrough engineer at the 2018 MPG awards our second guest Marta Sologni has worked with Frank Ocean, FKA Twigs and Bjork.
Johnny's second studio album in as many years, ‘Cheap Medication’ arrives as the follow-up to 2019 solo debut: ‘Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds’
London based indie-pop band Flyte's debut record 'The Loved Ones' released by Island Records in 2017 was a masterclass in songwriting and harmony. With timeless inspiration from the likes of Nick Drake, Bowie and McCartney, Flyte established themselves as ones to watch as future Glastonbury headliners. We caught up with members Will Taylor and Nicholas Hill to ask them about the Past, Present, and Future. For the past, we talk about an album from their childhood that made a lasting impression. Present, an album they currently can't stop playing. And future, an artist they know they need to check out but haven't got around to it. By detailing their selections we explore the band's roots, upcoming album and inspirations. https://www.flytetheband.com/