Studio Radicals
Studio Radicals
Studio Radicals
Studio Radicals is a new podcast series from dCS Audio and journalist Kate Hutchinson, featuring in-depth conversations with some of music’s most innovative minds. It celebrates the individuals who are shaping how music is made and bringing a fresh approach to production, from the composers building distinctive sonic worlds to the engineers helping translate artists’ ideas into sound. Host Kate Hutchinson travels to studios and mixing desks on both sides of the Atlantic – from the sun-dappled coast of California to the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London – to speak with eight creatives about their craft, process and adventures in music. She meets renowned musicians, engineers and composers who are pushing their craft to produce exciting and thought-provoking scores, songs and soundtracks across the genres. For more information and to see photography, videos and playlists, visit http://dcsaudio.com/studioradicals and follow http://instagram.com/dcsonlythemusic.
3: Ebonie Smith
Ebonie Smith is an LA-based engineer, producer and artist who The Fader called “one of the most meticulous minds behind the boards.” She has worked on smash-hit albums and theatre soundtracks, including Hamilton: An American Musical, Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy and Janella Monae’s Dirty Computer, and is behind the non-profit organisation Gender Amplified, which aims to help more women and gender-expansive individuals into music production. In 2024, Ebonie was behind the poetry album, On Imagination, released on Atlantic Records and featuring 12 poems performed by legendary Black American women. They included Angela Davis and a very special session that Ebonie recorded with the late soul great, Roberta Flack.
Apr 23, 2025
32 min
2: Catherine Marks
Catherine Marks is a Grammy-winning music producer, mixer and engineer from Australia who got into studios via a chance meeting with the legendary producer Flood. Since then, Catherine has worked with some of the biggest bands in indie-rock – Wolf Alice, The Killers, Foals and Interpol among them. She mixed St Vincent’s Grammy Award-winning album and won a Grammy for Best Rock Song for her work on St Vincent’s fifth album, MASSEDUCATION, and again for her work producing boygenius’s 2023 debut album The Record. She tells host Kate Hutchinson about her career and drilling down into the emotional resonance of a song from her laidback space at Eastcote Studios in west London.
Apr 23, 2025
27 min
1: Marta Salogni
Episode one of Studio Radicals meets Marta Salogni, an Italian-born, award-winning engineer, mixer and producer known for her sonic experimentation and creative use of analogue tape machines. She has worked with some of the most exciting names in music, including Björk, Frank Ocean, Bon Iver, FKA twigs, Ela Minus and English Teacher. Marta produced the latter band’s debut album, This Could Be Texas, which won the UK's coveted Mercury Music Prize in 2024.
Apr 23, 2025
35 min
Welcome to Studio Radicals - Series One launches on 23 April 2025
Studio Radicals is a brand new podcast series from dCS Audio and journalist Kate Hutchinson, featuring in-depth conversations with some of music’s most innovative minds. It celebrates the individuals who are shaping how music is made and bringing a fresh approach to production, from the composers building distinctive sonic worlds to the engineers helping translate artists’ ideas into sound, including Marta Salogni, Suzanne Ciani, Catherine Marks, Ebonie Smith, Hannah Peel, Maria Elisa Ayerbe, Ramera Abraham and Cicely Balston.
Apr 14, 2025
2 min