It takes all sorts to make music, and they are all in this issue of Computer Music! With rising star Loraine James on p44, we saw how one laptop and a small bunch of mostly freeware plugins can suffice. Now it’s time to visit a studio where the only software is used as a recorder, and it’s based on a remote farm in Norway. Yet it’s a studio and project that has attracted some star names. Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen is the founder of bands including I Was A King, Heroes & Zeros and The No Ones with R.E.M. members Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck. His new Rural Tapes solo project features those collaborators plus Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Rhodri Marsden (Scritti Politti) and saxophonist Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Tom Waits). Here Arne explains his production philosophy which is a world away from a laptop with plugins, and how he attracted such big players to feature on his Rural Tapes solo outing (not to mention the organ player from the Boston Red Sox…)
1 Tell us how you got into music production in the first place?
Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen: “I’m a composer and musician from Norway, currently living and working on an old farm in the south where I have my studio in the barn. I’ve played music since I was a kid, but I never had a plan of becoming a musician. I got into the music business as a drummer with my old band Heroes & Zeros in my early 20s, and I’ve worked in music ever since. Today I play in different bands, compose music for theatre and dance performances, act as a producer for other bands and artists, and I’m always up for cool projects that come my way.”
2 When and how did you become successful in music?
Denne historien er fra August 2021-utgaven av Computer Music.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra August 2021-utgaven av Computer Music.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
Explore Black Salt Audio's cm bundle
In a new series, we're highlighting the best plugins from the CM Plugin Suite V3.0 and showing you how to make the most of them
DH Plugins LFO-EQ-1
Modulating your EQ parameters opens up a multitude of exciting effects. Can this affordable plugin really hit the mark? Jon Musgrave finds out
SSL Module8
Multi-effects are getting more powerful at the expense of ease of use, but Module8 manages both and is therefore pretty gr8, says Andy Jones
Dawesome/Tracktion Myth
Peter V is fast becoming the most ground-breaking plugin developer around. His latest is a synth of mythical proportions, says Andy Jones
Tailored reverbs
Reverb is a great tool, but cleverly thinking about its application can really take your mix to the next level. Here’s how to get tailoring…
Make a spicy lead with GForce Axxess
It's time to turn up the heat and Axxess a searing lead, with a little help from an ultra-cool addition to the plugin suite
Cherry Audio Chroma
If you're after a colourful new synth, Cherry Audio has something that covers the whole spectrum. Roland Schmidt looks through the prism
GForce Software VSM IV
This updated VSM continues to prove that strings are very much the thing! Roland Schmidt swots up on his virtual string theory
KATIE TAVINI
A ubiquitous name in the world of mastering, Katie Tavini’s intuitive senses and aptitude for bringing out the best in a huge array of music has been rightly praised. We were keen to catch up with Katie – fresh from moving her studio into a new setup in Liverpool – to find out more about her acclaimed approach
Make a loop into a track
It's simple to make a killer loop, but how does that become a dancefloor-filling hit? It only takes a few steps to get the process started...
