Paul Tingen

London

Music Journalist, Documentary Script Writer and Producer at Freelance

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Inside Track: FKA Twigs 'Eusexua'

1 month ago | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

FKA Twigs has worked with many big‑name producers, but it was experimental electronic artist Koreless who guided the making of her new hit album Eusexua. “The fact that FKA Twigs’ last album went to number three in the UK is huge for me,” says Koreless, aka Lewis Roberts. “I tend to think that I make comparatively obscure electronic music, so it is nice to see it resonate with so many people. I don’t know if I also speak for Twigs, but we did not try to make a hit album.
Max Cooper Interview — AudioTechnology

1 month ago | audiotechnology.com | Paul Tingen

Artist: Max CooperAlbum: On Being ‘On Being’, the new album by electronic musician Max Cooper, features striking song titles like ‘I Am In A Church In Gravesend Listening To Old Vinyl And Drinking Coffee,’ and ‘When I Am Alone. In My Thoughts.
Inside Track: Ian Fitchuk

2 months ago | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

Working with Kacey Musgraves catapulted Ian Fitchuk from respected producer to one of Nashville’s busiest songwriters. “For about 10 years I was very much outside the mainstream,” recalls Ian Fitchuk. “It allowed me to work as a producer and session musician with very different types of bands and artists. I had a respectable arc of work and a lot to be grateful for.
Inside Track: Rogét Chahayed

Jan 23, 2025 | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

Virtuoso pianist Rogét Chahayed has found a unique niche as a classically trained hip‑hop producer.
Inside Track: Shaboozey ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’

Nov 21, 2024 | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

The biggest hit of the decade so far took Shaboozey and his team half an hour to write — and weeks to perfect. “It was crazy,” remembers Sean Cook. “It wasn’t a planned thing. It was wild. We were working on ‘Annabelle’, a song on the album, and we were like, ‘Let’s take a break.’ Nevin and I were joking around on guitar, playing whatever chords came to mind, and Shaboozey responded with some words and melodies. In that moment it just happened.
Inside Track: Morgan Wallen & Post Malone

Oct 24, 2024 | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

Songwriter and producer Charlie Handsome has drawn on his huge array of influences to reinvent modern country music with Morgan Wallen and Post Malone. “Many people spend a lot of time trying to get the perfect sound,” says Charlie Handsome. “I don’t like doing any of that. When I work with people, I’ll say, ‘I don’t know shit. I don’t know how you guys do any of this stuff.’ I’m the least knowledgeable about the technical side of sound of all the producers that I work with.
Inside Track: Andrew Watt

Sep 19, 2024 | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

Why choose between rock and pop — when, like Andrew Watt, you can excel at both? When ‘Let Me Love You’ by DJ Snake and Justin Bieber became a mega‑hit in 2016, keen eyes noticed the presence of a certain Andrew Watt as a co‑writer and co‑producer.
Recording Glass Animals ‘I Love You So F***ing Much’ — AudioTechnology

Sep 4, 2024 | audiotechnology.com | Paul Tingen

... How Glass Animals followed up the Heat Waves mega-smash with something more retro-futuristic.
Inside Track: Julian Bunetta

Aug 22, 2024 | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

Taking the decision to follow his instincts has elevated Julian Bunetta to the top rank of contemporary songwriters and producers. “For a lot of my career, I tended to follow the rules of what you should and shouldn’t do. You set up your busses this way, you find one reverb space, you never have too much on the master bus, and so on. But at a certain point, I threw that rulebook out. Now I’m just splatter‑painting on the canvas.
Inside Track: Dua Lipa

Jul 18, 2024 | soundonsound.com | Paul Tingen

Danny Harle has made a career out of taking pop music seriously, culminating in a key role on Dua Lipa’s hit album Radical Optimism. “At one point, my dad did me the immense service of putting an iMac with Logic Express in my bedroom, without saying anything. I played with it for years and years and years. Towards the end of my second music degree, the stuff that I was making in Logic felt like play and my real music, because I was not preoccupied with it being heard one way or the other.