UNSUNG – the Audiomovers Podcast

It's Episode 3 and our hosts MixedByJocelin and Matt Soczywko (on production duty) were once again back at Abbey Road in the Penthouse to speak to hit producer LiTek.Manchester-based multi-platinum producer LiTek (Taras Slusarenko), alongside his frequent collaborator and production partner wHYJay (who is interviewed on a hilarious later episode), is the creative force behind hits for numerous artists in the UK and in the US, as well as a talented artist in his own right. We discussed how he got started on Garageband, signing for Manchester United at the age of 9, producing and getting signed making house, and then meeting wHYJay and producing a string of hits together.LiTek is the multi-platinum-selling producer behind some of the UK’s biggest hits, with ArrDee’s ‘Flowers’, Tion Wayne’s ‘IFTK’, Central Cee’s ‘Doja’, all certified multi-platinum in the UK & overseas.Let us know what you think in the comments.➡️ Follow LiTek on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/itslitek/?hl=en➡️ Check out more of LiTek's music - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1EFS8oHaYW9yWn?utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree➡️ Watch this episode on YouTube with an extended beat breakdown of 'Doja' - https://youtu.be/v7Ucwo8rnH4➡️ Learn more about Audiomovers - https://audiomovers.comTimecode0:00 - Intro1:20 - How LiTek got started4:00 - Signing for Manchester Utd8:00 - Going to uni, producing house, getting 'Uber signed'12:30 - Starting to work with vocalists15:00 - Meeting wHYJay19:00 - Signing to a publishing deal & working as a producer25:20 - Getting nominated for a GRAMMY31:00 - Tion Wayne - IFTK38:00 - Sample clearance43:00 - Robbie Williams dropping in & Quickfire Round50:00 - What's next for LiTek?UNSUNG is a weekly show exploring the untold stories and creative processes behind the music we love, from a cast of globally acclaimed record producers, studio engineers, songwriters and composers.UNSUNG honours the real stories, and the truth behind the music that shapes our lives. It's a podcast by music obsessives, for music obsessives. Join us.UNSUNG is a podcast from Audiomovers. Audiomovers is part of the Abbey Road REDD family and our software LISTENTO is used by over 90% of recording sessions at the studio, as well as on countless GRAMMY-winning records and Billboard 100 hits. Alongside LISTENTO, Audiomovers creates a suite of groundbreaking pro audio software tools designed to help music makers collaborate.Learn more: https://audiomovers.com/

Warning: This episode features some strong language and even stronger opinions. It's episode 2 of UNSUNG - the new podcast from Audiomovers - and it's a very fun one. Our hosts @mixedbyjocelin  and Matt Soczywko sat down at New York Studio Kensaltown East with legendary engineer, producer and two-time GRAMMY winner Rick St. Hilaire.As well as being one of the funniest people we've ever met, Rick St. Hilaire played a pivotal role in shaping New York’s golden age of hip-hop. With credits on Damian Marley’s Halfway Tree and Alicia Keys’ Songs in A Minor, as well as numerous credits for Chris Brown, LL Cool J, Mint Condition, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Tiesto, DJ Scratch, Method Man, J Dilla, A Tribe Called Quest, Missy Elliott, Earth Wind and Fire, Rick remains a mainstay in Busta Rhymes’ studio, working on every album from the artist’s debut to today, with his many of mixes becoming the gold standard of how boom bap should sound.We got into the details of Rick's approach to mixing and how it's changed, how he got that iconic and much imitated sound on hits like Busta Rhymes' 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See', mixing with the faders down, working closely with mastering engineers and collaborating with legendary producers like Easy Mo Bee. Strap yourself in, class is in session.➡️ Follow Rick on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rsthilaire/➡️ Rick's partial discography - https://www.discogs.com/artist/172954-Rick-St-Hilaire?filter_anv=0&type=Credits➡️ Watch on YouTube - https://youtu.be/zsZX3Mk6jKI➡️ Learn more about Audiomovers - https://audiomovers.comTimecode0:00 - Intro2:19 - Having a sonic fingerprint & being 'In the box'

6:00 - Analogue vs. Digital

9:20 - Hearing old mixes back

11:30 - Mixing legendary records for Busta Rhymes

13:30 - Low End Theory & Headroom

19:30 - 'I used to walk around with 4 CD cases'26:00 - 'I don't replace a kick'

32:00 - Working with mastering engineers44:00 - Comparing different cables

46:00 - Meeting Busta for the first time

52:00 - Working on Black Star with Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey

56:00 - Michael Jackson, working with purpose and making timeless records

1:01:00 - Comparing different headphone cablesUNSUNG is a weekly show exploring the untold stories and creative processes behind the music we love, from a cast of globally acclaimed record producers, studio engineers, songwriters and composers.UNSUNG honours the real stories, and the truth behind the music that shapes our lives. It's a podcast by music obsessives, for music obsessives. Join us.UNSUNG is a podcast from Audiomovers. Audiomovers is part of the Abbey Road REDD family and our software LISTENTO is used by over 90% of recording sessions at the studio, as well as on countless GRAMMY-winning records and Billboard 100 hits. Alongside LISTENTO, Audiomovers creates a suite of groundbreaking pro audio software tools designed to help music makers collaborate.Learn more: https://audiomovers.com/

In this very first episode of UNSUNG - the new podcast from Audiomovers - our hosts Jocelin Francis and Matt Soczywko sat down with UK producer/songwriter/engineer of the moment Eight8 just ahead of the release of the global smash #1 album Central Cee - You Can't Rush Greatness. The guys discussed how an intro from Chip meant he came to work with Central Cee, how producers from the countryside have a unique insight into making beats, achieving his dream of moving to London and working with D-Block Europe and Nafe Smallz, his amazing ability to program drums and 808s in silence, and why he always makes at least five beats a day. ➡️ Follow Eight8 on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eight8beats

➡️ Hear more of his productions - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1oQyf13Up21rirUqfjXgwU?si=6606edb159cc4de3

➡️ Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/6ZRPi0d4rTc ➡️ Learn more about Audiomovers - https://audiomovers.com Timecode 0.00 - Intro 2:24 - Central Cee - gen z luv 5:32 - Making drums in silence 8:30 - Building his drum kits and labelling by tracks 12:00 - Having your mix chain get jacked 17:56 - Producing Moi by Central Cee and Raye 22:00 - 'Exec producing' multiple projects 25:00 - Making 5-10 beats a day27:40 - His goals as a producer30:00 - Being locked in and focused40:00 - Collaborating with fellow producers45:00 - Who's next in UK rap?50:30 - The Quick Fire Round54:00 - Not knowing when projects will drop UNSUNG is a weekly show exploring the untold stories and creative processes behind the music we love, from a cast of globally acclaimed record producers, studio engineers, songwriters and composers. UNSUNG honours the real stories, and the truth behind the music that shapes our lives. It's a podcast by music obsessives, for music obsessives. Join us. UNSUNG is a podcast from Audiomovers. Audiomovers is part of the Abbey Road REDD family and our software LISTENTO is used by over 90% of recording sessions at the studio, as well as on countless GRAMMY-winning records and Billboard 100 hits. Alongside LISTENTO, Audiomovers creates a suite of groundbreaking pro audio software tools designed to help music makers collaborate. Learn more: https://audiomovers.com/