Interviews

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Interview with Roger O'Donnell of The Cure

Had the honor of interviewing legendary keyboardist, composer and member of The Cure, Roger O’Donnell. In addition to having an active...

Three Questions With Myd

Three questions with musician, record producer, singer, sound engineer and DJ Quentin Lepoutre, aka Myd. Scroll below for some photos...

Interview With Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes

Nikolai Fraiture, bassist for legendary rock band The Strokes and frontman for Summer Moon shares some of his favorite synths, favorite...

Interview With Alan Palomo

Had a chance to catch up with musician, composer and filmmaker Alan Palomo, whose work as Neon Indian helped define an entire genre of...

Interview With Black Marble

Chris Stewart of Black Marble answers some questions about gear, song-writing and more below. Exclusive photos provided by Payton...

Weyes Blood Recommends

The amazing Natalie Mering, aka Weyes Blood, shares some of her studio essentials. Photos provided by Ambar Navarro for Synth History. 1....

Hiroshi Sato Interview conducted by P-Thugg of Chromeo

This story is pretty amazing. One day, I get a message from P-Thugg of Chromeo. He had recently unearthed an interview he did with the...

Interview With John Carpenter

It’s hard to imagine a John Carpenter film without hearing its coinciding score in your head, most of which he either composed or...

Interview With Sylvan Esso

Had the awesome pleasure of interviewing the amazing electronic pop duo, Sylvan Esso. Below, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn talk about...

Interview With Fatboy Slim

Musician, DJ, and record producer Norman Cook, aka the legendary Fatboy Slim, helped to not only define an entire genre in the 90s, but...

Interview With Trent Reznor

Where do I even start with this introduction? Nine Inch Nails helped make synthesizers bad ass. But then again, whatever Trent Reznor...

Interview With Hudson Mohawke

What a cool studio! Had the chance to visit and interview the talented producer and songwriter Hudson Mohawke in person, who in addition...

Interview with Madeon

Had the chance to catch up with the extremely talented musician, producer and DJ, Madeon, at HARD fest here in California. I spoke with...

Interview with Izzy Glaudini of Automatic

Had the pleasure of interviewing Izzy Glaudini from the fantastic three-piece band Automatic. Their new record, Excess, is out now on...

Synthesized Sounds of the Sea - Three Questions

Tomer Baruch is an electronic musician from Tel Aviv who started the viral Instagram account, Animals and Synthesizers. The account...

Interview With Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things Composers)

Well, this one is exciting - especially after having just finished the latest season of Stranger Things (I can attest this interview is...

Interview With Café Fear - Jackie Cohen and Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, Weyes Blood, The Killers)

Jackie Cohen and Jonathan Rado are quite the husband and wife team. The two have collaborated on a new project dubbed Café Fear. Jackie's...

Interview With A-Trak

A modern day legend in the DJ and dance music community, A-Trak is a DJ, turntablist, record producer, and record label executive. His EP...

Jean-Philip Grobler AKA St. Lucia Recommends + Three Questions

Here are some in depth studio essentials from the talented Jean-Philip Grobler, who makes music under the moniker of St. Lucia, complete...

Interview with Lance Hill of the Vintage Synthesizer Museum

Had the chance to stop by the Vintage Synthesizer Museum, which recently relocated from the Bay Area to Los Angeles... and wow, what an...