In this episode, John catches up with Enter Shikari frontman and producer, Rou Reynolds to breakdown how the band wrote, recorded and produced their new album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’.  

As the band’s most genre-bending album to date, Rou talks us through the challenges of combining techy metal, rave, reggae and ska influences with an oom-pah band and full symphony orchestra. Digging through his fifteen hard drives of demos and jams, we’re shown how every aspect of a track has a purpose and meaning – with detailed rhythms and distinctive sounds reflecting the state of the world in their own way.   

Listen to hear the original gibberish lyrics that ended up making the final version of a song, how the band ended up forming and recording their toy drum kit and what plugins Rou uses to create his own audio cuddle.  

Tracks discussed: THE GREAT UNKNOWN, Waltzing Off the Face of the Earth (1. Crescendo), satellites* *

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'Nothing is True & Everything is Possible' - SO Recordings/Silva Screen Records Limited

Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective 

GEAR MENTIONS

Ableton

Akai MPC Sampler

Arp 2600

Arturia Synth Emulators

Chandler REDD Microphone

Farfisa

Kemper Profiler Rack

LOMO Channel Strip

Native Instruments Massive

Roland Jupiter 6

Sound Guru Mangle Plugin

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