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

About this episode

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. ...

People in this episode

Host: Ashea

Guests: Stephen Gilchrist, Liam Nolan

Topics covered

• record production
• music industry
• drumming
• Adele
• future of music

Keywords

• Adele
• record production
• Toontrack
• Drumopolis
• music technology
• Stephen Gilchrist
• Liam Nolan

Mentioned in this episode

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

Books & works: Adele's Hello

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