The Dutch guitarist Paul Davids operates a YouTube channel with more than one million followers. In the podcast, he talks about how he started playing music, why he has conflicted feeling about being considered a YouTuber and his approach to his instructional videos.

Victor Van Vugt is an Australian producer known for his work with Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Beth Orton. In the podcast, he tells how he blagged his professional mixing gig, how a magical phone call led to a tour with The Fall and why Berlin can be a creative black hole for some artists.

Blossoms are an indie pop band hailing from the greater Manchester area. Tom Ogden and Josh Dewhurst discuss their creative path since their debut album was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize and Brits Awards in 2017.

Paula Salvatore is the manager of the illustrious Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California. Over the years, she's seen just about every big name in the business come through the doors. Let her take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of this legendary recording studio.

The English singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier might still be young, but he's already had a prolific musical career. Known for both his ingenuity and eclecticism, he spoke with us about his ambitious four-album project Djesse, working with living-legend Quincy Jones and what winning a Grammy award means to him.

The photographer, filmmaker and podcaster Paul Ripke is a busy man. He's known for the innovative content he creates for rock stars, soccer clubs and the Mercedes Formula One team. We got him to take a short break at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival to discuss his roots in the German hip hop scene, his philosophy on music photography and what he considers makes a good podcast.

The photographer, filmmaker and podcaster Paul Ripke is a busy man. He's known for the innovative content he creates for rock stars, soccer clubs and the Mercedes Formula One team. We got him to take a short break at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival to discuss his roots in the German hip hop scene, his philosophy on music photography and what he considers makes a good podcast.

Nearly abandoning his musical career following the breakup of his band the Czars, the US singer-songwriter John Grant went on to find solo success by distilling personal adversity into songs that can be unsparing, poignant and witty – quite often all at the same time. We caught up with him in London fresh off a UK tour for his latest album Love Is Magic. In the podcast, John discusses why he nearly crashed out of music, how he found his creative bearings again and how learning several foreign languages has affected his songwriting.

Steve Albini is a Chicago-based engineer known for his rigorous approach to recording music and his work with Nirvana, the Pixies and many more. For this episode, Thomas Banks heads down to Albini's studio Electrical Audio to wax nostalgic about a special gig from 1986 and to discuss the joys of creating one's own creative community.

Kelela is an American singer/songwriter. After six years in the making, her debut album was released on Warp Records in 2017. In this episode, she talks about her early musical inspiration, the advantages of getting a late start as a professional singer and how she blends traditional R&B with more experimental electronic elements.

This episode was recorded at LOOP in LA, in late 2018.