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The Long Take · Episode 212

What a room sounds like before anyone plays

Lena Brandt walks three engineers through the twenty minutes of silence they record before every session, and what it saves later.

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After Hours · Episode 44

The club that only opens when the last train has gone

A night shift with the promoters, sound crew and regulars who keep a basement room running until six in the morning.

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Liner Notes · Episode 108

Nine takes, one keeper, and the argument in between

Hollow Coast open the session tapes for a song that nearly did not make the record, and play every version in order.

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Field Recording · Episode 07

Carrying a microphone up a hill for four minutes of wind

Odile Marsh on sampling weather, why the best takes are unusable, and the folder of sounds she has never released.

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