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Interview: Producer Flood

History, gear and production 19-May-11

Flood Interviews

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A rare chance for a chat with Flood - aka Mark Ellis - a record producer with a stream of seminal albums under his belt - from early days engineering U2, to the classic Depeche Mode "Songs of Faith and Devotion" Flood has consistently delivered.

Fresh off stage from his talk - The Art and Craft of Recording (a sell out) at the Mute Short Circuit event in London's Roundhouse, we talked about a variety of topics.

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8 Comments... Post a comment original story

Simon Power Said...

What a legend the man is. Wonderful!

19-May-11 11:41 AM

songwritersynergy Said...

great to hear how Floods approach to plug-ins are. very interesting. thanks for getting this interview nick

19-May-11 12:25 PM

MPS Said...

Great interview Nick. It seems to me that Flood has been successful not just because he has talent, but because he is just a really nice guy. If you are going to be locked up in a studio for weeks or even months, everyone had better be pleasant to work with or it could be a disaster. He just seems like a really nice person.

19-May-11 12:25 PM

tesla Said...

Best interview up here for a while. About half way in things got really interesting.

Nice Work!

19-May-11 12:27 PM

Nick B Said...

Glad you enjoyed it and yes, he is indeed a throughly nice bloke. You can understand how he gets the most out of the bands he works with.

19-May-11 03:36 PM

Juicy Audio Productions. Said...

I was right at the front for the talk and he's such a nice bloke..great sense of humour and a gentle giant. He's given so much of himself for his passion/craft , which is why he is where he is.

20-May-11 07:35 PM

flux302 Said...

great interview thanks!

04-Jun-11 01:16 PM

skywalk Said...

thanks :]

15-Jun-11 04:37 AM

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wmm610 07-Feb-12 08:21 PM

I'd rather say something different: if u have produced Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode - u r a genius. :) :) :) All in all, Violator is good, too.

headundead 06-Jan-12 03:53 AM

mellon collie and the infinite sadness.... sigur ros, pj harvey, nick cave, the jesus and the mary chain... he's a master!

keefguitar92 04-Jul-11 04:32 AM

fantastic interview.... flood is one of my favorites producers of all time

dexterfritz 28-Jun-11 04:25 AM

Nice interview. Flood is amazing.

deeroks1 24-May-11 02:35 AM

guys a living legend! if u have produced Violator -Depeche Mode....u r a genius.

Condemned82 21-May-11 07:33 PM

Watched this and the Gareth Jones interview... the interviewer really goes out of his way to avoid saying "Depeche Mode", doesn't he?

espertempo 19-May-11 08:55 PM

wow, what a legend

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