Tape Notes
Tape Notes is a music podcast hosted by radio DJ John Kennedy and produced by In The Woods Festival. The show reunites musicians with producers and sees them discussing every stage of the creative process behind their albums, breaking down tracks from their early demos through to the finished masters.[1] [2]
| Tape Notes | |
|---|---|
 Tape Notes: The Art of Making an Album | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | John Kennedy |
| Genre | Music |
| Language | English |
| Length | < 2 Hours |
| Production | |
| Production | In The Woods |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Publication | |
| Original release | June 2017 – present |
| Website | tapenotes |
The music highlighted on the show ranges from indie, rock and jazz music to pop, electronic and world music. Episodes are often recorded in the studio in which the albums were written and recorded.[3]
Over 40 episodes have been recorded including a ‘best of’ episode and two live episodes, at Latitude Festival and Miloco Studios for World Album Day.[4]
Format
Each episode takes shape around a long form interview that begins with a simple biography of the featured artist and producer. Focussing on three tracks from an album, they discuss their time collaborating in the studio, often working from voice notes to individual stems from recording sessions.
The conversations centre around aspects of songwriting, inspiration, instruments, the recording processes, recording equipment and post-production. All areas of the process are punctuated with tips and tricks as well as anecdotes about their time making each record. [5]
Episode List
| Episode Number | Release Date | Artist | Producer | Album Discussed | Tracks Discussed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN:01 | 18 June 2018 | Rosie Lowe | Dave Okumu | Control | Me & Your Ghost,
Nicole, Control |
| TN:02 | 5 July 2017 | Django Django | Neil Comber | Born Under Saturn | Shake and Tremble,
High Moon, First Light |
| TN:03 | 19 July 2017 | Sivu | Charlie Andrew | Sweet Sweet Silent | Childhood House,
Drastic Change, Sweet Sweet Silent |
| TN:04 | 9 August 2017 | Will Joseph Cook | Hugh Worskett | Sweet Dreamer | Beach - I Wanna Make You Mine,
Girls Like Me, Take Me Dancing |
| TN:05 | 24 August 2017 | Lucy Rose | Tim Bidwell | Something's Changing | No Good At All,
Love Song, Is This Called Home |
| TN:06 | 18 September 2017 | Francobollo | Charlie Andrew | Long Live Life | Kinky Lola,
Future Lover, Worried Times |
| TN:07 | 3 October 2017 | Jordan Rakei | Jim Macrea | Wallflower | May,
Chemical Coincidence, Clues Blues |
| TN:08 | 29 November 2017 | The Big Moon | Catherine Marks | Love in the 4th Dimension | Cupid,
Bonfire, The End |
| TN:09 | 9 April 2018 | London Grammar | My Riot | If You Wait | Wasting My Young Years,
Strong, Nightcall |
| TN:10 | 27 April 2018 | Vök | Brett Cox | Figure | Hiding,
Don't Let Me Go, Show Me |
| TN:11 | 16 May 2018 | Honne | Self Produced | Love Me, Love Me Not | Day One,
You & Me, Sometimes |
| TN:12 | 19 June 2018 | Glass Animals | Self Produced | ZABA | Gooey,
Hazey, Toes |
| TN:13 | 25 July 2018 | Jessie Ware | Dave Okumu | Devotion | Devotion,
Swan Song, Not To Love |
| TN:14 | 30 August 2018 | Frank Turner | Josh Block | Be More Kind | Be More Kind,
Brave Face, 21st Century Survival Blues |
| TN:15 | 13 February 2019 | Metronomy | Self Produced | Nights Out | On Dancefloors,
Heartbreaker, A Thing For Me, Nights Outro |
| TN:16 | 19 February 2019 | Alt-J | Charlie Andrew | RELAXER | 3WW,
House of the Rising Sun, Pleader |
| TN:17 | 27 February 2019 | Slaves | Jolyon Thomas | Acts of Fear and Love | Photo Opportunity,
Chokehold, The Lives They Wish They Had |
| TN:18 | 5 March 2019 | The 1975 | Self Produced | A Brief Enquiry into Online Relationships | I Like America & America Likes Me
How To Draw/Petrichor |
| TN:19 | 13 March 2019 | Wolf Alice | Justin Meldal-Johnsen | Visions of a Life | Visions of a Life,
Formidable Cool, St.Purple & Green |
| TN:20 | 28 May 2019 | Little Dragon | Self Produced | Ritual Union | Ritual Union
Little Man Crystalfilm |
| TN:21 | 18 June 2019 | Nick Mulvey | Dan Carey | First Mind | Fever To The Form,
Venus, Dancing For The Answer |
| TN:22 | 2 July 2019 | Maverick Sabre | Charlie Perry | When I Wake Up | Preach,
Slow Down, Her Grace |
| TN:23 | 9 July 2019 | Bombay Bicycle Club | Jim Abbiss | I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose | Cancel On Me,
Dust On The Ground, |
| TN:24 | 31 July 2019 | Editors | Leo Abrahams | Violence | Violence,
Darkness at the Door, Nothingness |
| TN:25 | 14 August 2019 | Marika Hackman | David Wrench | Any Human Friend | The One,
Send My Love, Hold On, Conventional Ride |
| TN:26 (Live) | 15 October 2019 | Ibeyi | Richard Russell | Ash | Oya,
Transmission/Michaelion, No Man is Big Enough for My Arms |
| TN:27 | 30 October 2019 | Kate Tempest | Dan Carey | Book of Traps and Lessons | Marshall Law,
We Die, I Trap You |
| TN:28 | 6 November 2019 | Nitin Sawhney | Self Produced | Beyond Skin | Homelands,
Serpents, Immigrant, Letting Go, The Conference |
| TN:29 | 12 November 2019 | Floating Points | Self Produced | Crush | Last Bloom,
Annasickmodular Bias |
| TN:30 | 20 November 2019 | Tune-Yards | Self Produced | Sorry To Bother You & Whokill | Gangsta,
SIGNS, Revealed, Steve Lift's Party |
| TN:31 | 27 November 2019 | Jamie Lidell | Self Produced | Multiply, Jim, Building a Beginning | Multiply,
Another Day, When I Come Back Around, A Rose |
| TN:32 | 4 December 2019 | Cold War Kids | Lars Stalfors | New Age Norms | Complainer,
Dirt In My Eyes, Beyond The Pale |
| TN:33 | 11 December 2019 | The Lumineers | Simone Felice | /// | Gloria,
Leader Of The Landslide, Salt And The Sea |
| TN:34 | 19 February 2020 | Mura Masa | Self Produced | R.Y.C | Deal Wiv It,
Live Like We're Dancing, Teenage Headache Dreams |
| TN:35 | 26 February 2020 | Friendly Fires | Mark Ralph | Inflorescent | Love Like Waves,
Can't Wait Forever, Almost Midnight |
| TN:36 | 4 March 2020 | These New Puritans | Self Produced | Inside The Rose | Infinity Vibraphones,
Where the Trees are on Fire, A-R-P |
| TN:37 | 11 March 2020 | Elbow | Craig Potter | Giants of all Sizes | Seven Veils,
Dexter and Sinister, On Deronda Road |
| TN:38 | 18 March 2020 | Ezra Collective | Self Produced | You Can't Steal My Joy | You Can't Steal My Joy,
Quest For Coin, Why You Mad? |
| TN:39 | 26 March 2020 | Mystery Jets | Matt Twaites | A Billion Heartbeats | Screwdriver,
Wrong Side of the Tracks, A Billion Heartbeats |
| TN:40 | 1 April 2020 | DJ Shadow | Self Produced | The Mountain Will Fall & Our Pathetic Age | Nobody Speak,
Rocket Fuel, Drone Warfare |
| Additional Episodes | |||||
| Bonus Episode (Live) | 19 December 2019 | Easy Life | Rob Milton | Pockets (Single) & Junk Food | Pockets,
Earth |
| Best of Season 3 | 18 February 2020 | Various | Various | Various | Various |
References
- https://musically.com/2019/06/14/best-music-podcasts-2019/) (https://tapenotes.podbean.com/page/5/
- https://tapenotes.co.uk/about
- Sawyer, Miranda (15 July 2018). "The week in radio and podcasts: Remainiacs; Brexitcast; Brexit Means…; Chopper's Brexit Podcast; Ed Miliband". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- https://www.nationalalbumday.co.uk/news/ibeyi-and-richard-russell-join-john-kennedy-live-in-conversation-for-special-national-album-day-edition-of-tape-notes/
- https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/100810