My Forever Studio

This time we’re joined by Seeb, the Norwegian duo behind the enormous dancefloor remix of Mike Posner’s, I Took A Pill In Ibiza. Listen to learn which affordable vintage mic recreation they can’t live without for pop vocals, how Espen upgraded a classic polysynth and find out the best-practice for avoiding confrontations with bears in the wild.

Creating his fantasy Forever Studio this time is Dutch DJ and producer Mason who rose to fame in 2006 with the Electro House banger, Exceeder, a track that went on to be remixed and re-released multiple times, topping charts and rocking clubs all over the world.

Since then Mason has started his own label, Animal Language, and has released music on major labels and some of dance music’s most respected imprints.

Now, with his new record out on Toolroom, we talk unusual musical origins, why Dutch is the best language for techno track titles and how he creates hundreds of track ideas for each record.

In this not-to-be-missed episode, we're joined by electronic music veteran and polymath instrument developer, BT.

The Grammy-nominated composer/producer is widely credited with pioneering trance and IDM and is also the creative mind behind iZotope BreakTweaker, StutterEdit and Spitfire's Phobos convolution synth.

With a career spanning 30 years, he's also amassed an incredible array of instruments in his Aladdin's cave-like studio.

But, how will he react to being allowed only six items in this fantasy Forever Studio? Stick around for stories about geeking out over synth patches with Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt, how Stewart Copeland saved his bacon, and why he uses $300 monitors for mixing.

Grammy-winning LA-based engineer Austen Jux-Chandler has credits including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, A$AP Rocky and John Legend. But which side of the Atlantic will the British engineer put his fantasy Forever Studio? We talk Zoom recording sessions, mixing pianos and why he can live without the mixing console.

Marco Niemerski aka Tensnake is a producer, DJ and label boss known for making 80s-inspired house and disco. Following his huge 2010 hit, Coma Cat, he collaborated with Nile Rodgers, Jacques Lu Cont and Jamie Lidell, played stages from Coachella to Glastonbury. But what will happen when we ask him to spec up his fantasy Forever Studio? Can we successfully upsell his dreams, or will he get bogged down in plumbing logistics? Listen to find out.

We kick off Season 2 with technical producer and self-professed gear geek Ørjan Nilsen who joins us from his studio on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Listen for tales of vintage keyboards lost, a tough decision about soft synths and learn how travel restrictions are affecting his music.

In the final episode of Season 1, Grammy-nominated producer, remixer and DJ Morgan Page phones in from his studio in Los Angeles. Find out about the super softsynth that has earned a special place in his heart, and why car-building tech would be essential in his Forever Studio.

Founder of legendary label Ninja Tune and one-half of sampling pioneers Coldcut, Matt is a production veteran. Find out how he declutters tracks, why the Ninja Tune Zen Delay isn't "off the wall" and hear the story of how he came to own one of the rarest synths on the planet.

Beardyman has no interest in utopian visions of studio foreverdom. No, the vocalist, beatboxer and comedian is prepping a creative outpost that can withstand the coming nuclear apocalypse. Expect musical interludes.