In 2025, Jim-E Stack (born James Harmon Stack) had three big releases out – Bon Iver's SABLE, fABLE, Lorde's Virgin, and Aminé's 13 Months of Sunshine – that he'd worked on as a producer and co-writer. Living in L.A., he's also worked with Charli XCX, Empress Of, Haim, and others. His attention to setting up open creative recording situations and following through to overseeing the mix process yields some amazing results.
Interviews
Robert Lang
By Geoff Stanfield and Larry Crane
"They said that the little man couldn't do it. 'Oh, you can't dig 35 feet below your home.' But I did it, one step at a time, man." Thus began our conversation with Robert Lang. Outside of Seattle – in Shoreline, Washington – there's an iconic recording space built into the side of hill that's been around since 1974. It's called Robert Lang Studios. Seattle artists such as Foo Fighters, Sky Cries Mary, Alice in Chains, Tad, The Posies, MxPx, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mark Lanegan, Death Cab for Cutie, Harvey Danger, Queensrÿche, and Sir Mix-A-Lot have all worked here, not to mention that it was the site of Nirvana's final recordings. The Wedding Present, Mastodon, Portugal. The Man, The Afghan Whigs, Peter Frampton, and so many others have come to work there as well. For years, I was curious as to this studio's origin and how this underground marvel could have come to exist. Geoff Stanfield and...
