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Emre Ramazanoglu, acclaimed session drummer, mix engineer and Atmos specialist, joins Kevin Paul to discuss his unique career journey, the rise of his reputation as a mix engineer and his lasting passion for the music industry. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:26 - Education, Drums And Early Recording 06:44 - Touring And Programming Drums 11:21 - Constructing Fashion Show Soundtracks 16:30 - Studio Work And First Zero G Release 21:23 - Versatility And Enthusiasm 27:40 - Being Creative On Tight Deadlines 30:47 - Drum Processing 34:03 - Being A Reducer, Not Producer 37:48 - Live With Your Mixes For A While 41:42 - Atmos Mixes For Brian Eno 43:55 - Working In Atmos And Binaural 51:21 - The Future Of Atmos And Immersive Audio 01:00:45 - Arturia Mix DRUMS Plug-in 01:07:33 - Career Advice For Future Engineers #ArturiaMixDRUMS #Eno Emre Ramazanoglu Biog Emre Ramazanoglu is a London-based immersive audio engineer, producer, stereo mixer, programmer, and session drummer renowned for his versatility across various music genres. From the south coast, Emre moved to London to pursue a career as a session musician. His diverse skill set has led him to collaborate as stereo mixer, producer, engineer, drummer and programmer with a wide array of artists, including Noel Gallagher, David Bowie, Sia, Lily Allen, Richard Ashcroft, David Holmes, Paloma Faith, Carly Rae Jepsen and many more.
Emre's expertise extends to immersive audio mixing. He has worked on over 2000 immersive audio mixes so far, including mixing the Atmos version of Bowie's “Ziggy Stardust" with renowned engineer Ken Scott. In addition to work on regular major label projects he also is often the mixer of choice for more independent creative projects such as Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins, These New Puritans and many more! Beyond his work with individual artists, Emre has contributed to film and television scores, including projects like "Killing Eve," "Logan Lucky," "Mosaic," "The Laundromat," “Eric”, “The Radleys”, "Mindhorn." and many more. He is also a founding member of the UK jazz group Ill Considered, which has released 12 albums to date and regularly tours worldwide.
In addition to his musical endeavours, Emre has composed and mixed music for fashion shows and promotional campaigns for renowned brands such as McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Givenchy, Armani, Tom Ford, Rihanna, River Island, Fendi, Lancome, Chloe, and many others. His passion for audio also extends to plug-in and app development with a signature plugin being released in 2025 with Arturia called Mix Drums which has had amazing response from the pro audio world as well as his own audio app called Realm with the company RT60. Throughout his career, Emre has been recognised for his adaptability and breadth of knowledge in the music industry, continually evolving and contributing to various facets of music production, performance, and composition.
https://www.emreaudio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/emre_ram/ https://www.arturia.com/products/software-effects/mix-drums/overview 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
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