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Bernard Butler: How to Be a Producer

Mary Anne talks to ex-Suede guitarist and record producer Bernard Butler, who has worked with The Libertines, Duffy, Tricky and Sparks, about his techniques and studio secrets.

Every wondered what a record producer does? And how they actually do it? Do they have magical ears that can hear things beyond the aural range of us mere mortals?

Mary Anne is joined by Bernard Butler, Suede guitar hero and acclaimed record producer for the Libertines, Duffy, Tricky and Sparks. He reveals his button-twiddling technique and studio secrets.

Butler was a key played in the early Britpop era - his flair on his cherry red Gibson influenced a generation of bands. Since leaving Suede in 1994 he has led a successful production career, most notably working on Duffy's 'Rockferry', which sold more than 6.5 million copies and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2009. Butler won the Producer's Award at the 2009 Brit Awards.

Also, expect a cameo from Brit Award and Grammy Award-winning record producer Steve Levine, who has worked with Culture Club among many others.

Finally we will find out what goes on behind closed studio doors. And of course, Mary Anne will play some of the most wonderfully produced tracks of all time.

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Sun 10 Aug 2014 07:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Jamming

    • Tuff Gong.

  • St. Vincent

    Regret

    • St Vincent.
    • Caroline International/Lorna Vista.
    • 001.

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Just Like Honey

    • Emperor Norton.

  • The Barr Brothers

    Even The Darkness Has Arms

    • Secret City Records.

  • Eric B. & Rakim

    I Know You Got Soul

    • Cooltempo.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Daniel

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • The Space Lady

    Too Much To Dream

  • The Only Ones

    Another Girl Another Planet

    • Virgin.

  • Interpol

    All The Rage Back Home

    • El Pintor.
    • Soft Limit.
    • 001.

  • Mulatu Astatke

    Hager Fiker (大象传媒 Radio 2 - 14/01/14)

  • Primal Scream

    Loaded

    • Now.

  • Annie Eve

    Basement

    • Mouth To Mouth/Sony Music.

  • Dawn Penn

    You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)

    • YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO, NO, NO).
    • Atlantic.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    So Good At Being In Trouble

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Death From Above 1979

    Trainwreck 1979

    • Last Gang Records/Caroline/Fiction.

  • Jungle Brothers

    Because I Got It Like That

    • V2.

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Getcha Back

    • EMI.

  • The Knife

    Heartbeats

    • Rabid / V2.

  • Jessie Ware

    Tough Love

    • PMR.

  • Bernard Butler

    STAY

    • Columbia.

  • SBTRKT

    New Dorp New York (feat. Ezra Koenig)

    • Young Turks.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Come To

    • Island.

  • New York Dolls

    Trash

    • Mercury.

  • Iceage

    The Lord's Favourite

  • Jurassic 5

    Concrete Schoolyard

    • Pias.

  • The Wytches

    Burn Out The Bruise

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Pretenders

    Kid

    • Real Records.

  • The Beach Boys

    Getcha Back

    • EMI.

  • Television

    Marquee Moon

    • Virgin.

  • Broken Bells

    Control

    • Columbia.

  • Suede

    The Drowners

  • Bernard Butler: How to Be a Producer

  • Teleman

    Lady Low

    • Breakfast.
    • Moshi Moshi.

  • The Normal

    Warm Leatherette

    • Mute.

  • Benjamin Booker

    Have You Seen My Son?

    • Rough Trade.

  • Hole

    Celebrity Skin

    • Geffen.

  • Royal Blood

    Figure It Out

    • Warner Music.

  • Can

    Geheim (Radio 1 Session, 14 May 1975)

  • Bob Mould

    Fire In The City

    • Beauty & Ruin.
    • Merge.
    • 001.

  • Beck

    Deadweight

    • Geffen.

  • Sunriser

  • Tobias Jesso Jr.

    True Love

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Aug 2014 07:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music