Productionwise

A Grammy win for his work with St Vincent saw demand for the work of John Congleton skyrocket.

While we are yet to see his most commercial work, these albums reach new heights of confidence and grandeur.

In part 3 of our special on the production discography of John Congleton, we discuss albums by Chelsea Wolfe, Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, Wild Beasts, The Decemberists, and much more

In this final part of our special on the inimitable BJ Burton, we see him working with higher-profile collaborators and delivering his finest work yet.

The range of styles and genres grows more diverse, the sounds get deeper, and the connection to the music feels ever more personal.

Here we discuss Low, Charli XCX, Twin Shadow, Lizzo and much more.

Brandon 'BJ' Burton has made short work of doing it all. While perhaps best known as a prolific songwriter, his work as a producer defies genre and balances pop appeal with challenging artistry.

In this first part, we see where folk, indie and futurism intersect, and explore albums by Bon Iver, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Japanese House and more.

As we soldier on through the harrowing gauntlet of Kurt Ballou's production discography, the albums only get bigger and better.

The mayor of God City is now in full swing, seeing a deluge diverse releases blessed with inimitable power, intensity and beauty.

This week, as well as the to-be-expected-and-ongoing Converge discussion, we explore the work of Trap Them, Black Breath, All Pigs Must Die and MUCH more.

Beyond redefining hardcore with his band Converge, upon establishing God City Studios in 1998, Kurt Ballou gave legitimacy to a teeming American underground by helping countless bands record albums worth releasing.

In part 1 of our exploration of his sprawling production discography, we keep it nasty with plenty of diamonds in the rough, and plenty of rough in the rough.

James and Graham discuss Converge, Cave in, American Nightmare, The Hope Conspiracy and more.

The diversity of John Congleton's production discography is in full display here, as we take in loose, low fi indie and hard rock, but we also see his first true glimpse of mainstream recognition. His hugely influential work with St Vincent earns him a grammy and much admiration.

Here we discuss, The Polyphonic Spree, Baroness, The Black Angels, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and lots more. So much more. Help. Please. More and more and more and more...

We embark on a truly epic journey this week with part 1 of our exploration of the work OF...John Congleton.

King Congleton is unquestionably the most prolific producer we have covered yet, and even at this early stage he pairs a flair for the theatrical with a beautiful sense of space and texture.

Here we cover the Paper Chase, Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You, Shearwater and loads and loads and loads more. Like, loads more. So much more it's absurd. Tons.

In the second part of our special on Inflo, we see a consummate pop producer's aesthetic truly blossom.

Here, Dean Josiah Cover reaches new heights of beauty and grandeur, without losing his impeccable taste.

James and Graham discuss Little Simz, Cleo Sol, Sault, Belle & Sebastian and more.

The triumphant return of Productionwise sees us scrutinise and celebrate the work of Dean Josiah Cover, AKA Inflo. Despite his pop success and rapidly growing discography, Inflo remains a true enigma. More or less anything known about him can be gleaned purely from his musical output, which has seen him collaborate with The Kooks, Adele, Jungle, Tom Odell and Michael Kiwanuka. Just as celebrated is his vast and eclectic output with underground

If Tony Visconti’s earlier recordings had more than a whiff of 60s psychedelia hanging around them, as the 1970s wore on, the music became sleeker, stranger and, frankly, less childish. Nowhere is this more evident than in the radically different sound and aesthetic of Marc Bolan’s revamped T. Rex; but he wasn’t alone. After a brief, and seminal, flirtation with genre pastiche, David Bowie collaborated with Tony to realise his vision of what pop music might be decades into the future with the now legendary Berlin trilogy. Sparks made a mockery of prog and stadium rock with the high camp and pre-punk of Indiscreet. Even Thin Lizzy used their tough-guy, no-bullshit rock to predict what might pass for pop in the 1980s. In the Productionwise series finale, James and Graham discuss some of the best albums ever made, Top of the Pops, and fucking with the fabric of time.