Pascal Gabriel - Music Producer

Pascal Gabriel, aka Stubbleman, gives Kevin Paul an insight into his working methods, favourite studio equipment and shares some valuable advice to artists and producers looking to carve out a career in the music industry. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:31 - The Origins Of Stubbleman 03:25 - Using Ambient Noises On The Record And Live 05:17 - Working In A Studio 07:15 - What Makes A Good Producer? 09:28 - Working With An Engineer 11:29 - S'Express and Bomb The Bass 13:53 - Success With Peach and Dido 15:54 - Working With Top Line Writers 17:55 - Pushing Bands Out Of Their Comfort Zone 20:46 - The Art Of Lyric Writing 22:06 - Advice To New Artists 24:30 - Favourite Piece Of Studio Kit 27:09 - The No Phone Rule Pascal Gabriel Biog Stubbleman is the alter ego of Pascal Gabriel, a Belgian-British composer and producer known for his genre-defying career. From a punk background, he became a key figure in the late ’80s UK Acid House/Breakbeat explosion, co-writing and producing "Theme from S'Express" and "Beat Dis" with Bomb The Bass, before collaborating with artists like Wire, EMF, Goldfrapp, Dido, Miss Kittin and Kylie. Returning to his electronic roots, he created Stubbleman, blending modular synthesis, found sounds and live instrumentation. His debut album, Mountains and Plains, captured the vast landscapes of a U.S. road trip in an ambient soundscape. His follow-up album, 1:46:43 - The Ventoux Trilogy, transforms the legendary Mont Ventoux cycling ascent into music, using real-time ride data to drive evolving synth sequences. Kevin Paul Biog Kevin Paul started his career as a DJ but quickly found his passion was sound engineering. His first audio job was at Soho Studios in 1991, moving to Konk Studios six months later, where he worked alongside successful producers and engineers such as Bob Clearmountain, Adam Mosley, Pascal Gabriel and Gil Norton, as well as bands such as The Kinks, Galliano, Terrorvision, UFO and Elastica. After working on archiving the Depeche Mode back catalogue in 1994, he was offered an engineering role at Mute Records’ in-house studio, which eventually lead to a position as Head Engineer, which gave him access to the entire Mute Records roster. Highlights include mixing Goldfrapp’s “Felt Mountain”, David Bowie’s “Hours” and Nick Cave’s “No More Shall We Part”. He also worked in 5:1, mixing Moby’s “Hotel”, Goldfrapp’s “Black Cherry“ and more for DVD. In 2004 Kevin went freelance and re-mixed the entire Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds back catalogues for SACD/DVD. Since 2008, Kevin Paul has been in charge of mixing and remixing performances at the iTunes Festivals in the UK and Germany. He has mixed over 100 artists to date, including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The XX, Calvin Harris, Foo Fighters, Jack White, Linkin Park, Florence & The Machine, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Jessie J., Norah Jones, Oasis, Mumford & Sons, N.E.R.D., Lykke Li, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, Hot Chip, Paul Weller and many more. He continues to record, engineer, produce and mix many projects in music and film, runs the mixing and surround mixing modules for the Masters Degree course at UK’s Westminster University and divides his time between London and Berlin. Recent works include the International selling new album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and mixing the latest album of Denmark’s “Dúné” with the first single premiering at the Danish Music Awards, plus the latest iTunes Music Festival. Catch more shows on our other podcast channels:

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This episode was published on May 8, 2025.

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