Smash Hit- Recording Adele's 'Hello' & Tony Visconti/Toontrack's 'Drumopolis' at Metropolis.

Smash Hit- Recording Adele's 'Hello' & Tony Visconti/Toontrack's 'Drumopolis' at Metropolis.

May 8, 2026 · 42 min

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Ashea discusses the making of Adele's Hello and the future of record production with Stephen Gilchrist and Liam Nolan.

"Behind some of the world's greatest hits lies a great question: does constraint breed genius? In this Podcast Edition, Drummer Steven Gilchrist (Graham Coxon, The Damned, and Boney M) and Grammy winning engineer Liam Nolan (Rihanna, Stormzy, the Black Eyed Peas) sit down with our Host Ashea to reveal the behind-the-scenes of Adele's 'Hello,' the meticulous process behind the legendary Drumopolis project with Tony Visconti, and what it really takes to engineer records that resonate globally. ...

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Host: Ashea

Guests: Stephen Gilchrist, Liam Nolan

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Organizations: Metropolis Studios, Tony Visconti, Toontrack, Brixton Hill Studios

Books & works: Adele's Hello

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