EP03 - Ben Christophers - "The Man Behind the Curtain"

We talk to songwriter, artist and producer Ben Christophers about his transition from his own solo artist project into a mentor and producer for other artists trying to realise their musical visions. From his first attempts at peering ‘behind the curtain’ at how records are made, to getting his hands dirty co-producing Bat For Lashes mercury nominated album “The Bride”, we hear about how Ben takes time to set the scene at the start of any collaboration, the synthesiser he can’t do without, his favourite microphone choices, and his no prisoners approach to making tea. Click here for a playlist of Ben’s work Click here for  the DX7 YouTube tutorials Ben mentions The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews. Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises. Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London. If you have any feedback or questions, please email us: [email protected] Follow The Process of Production on Instagram @processofproduction If you like to podcast, please consider giving us a review on your podcast provider of choice! Thank you