05/08/2024
“I'm only interested in working on records that legitimately reflect the band's own perception of their music and existence”
In an industry that often demands and rewards phoniness, Steve Albini was a beacon of genuine punk purity.
Though I don’t often make his type of music, Steve is probably my biggest influence as a producer. He’s the reason I was confident to commit to one stylistic thing. He gets quoted in this studio every single day. He’s reason I own a Neotek console and a tape machine.
It was always a dream of mine to make a record there.
He passed today, way too young.
In his honor I will throw some mics on the floor and ask those in my studio to play their hearts out and pretend like overdubs don’t exist.
Read the letter he wrote to Nirvana when they asked to work with him and try to imagine any other person on the planet saying that in 1992.
Pitching Nirvana
