Higher Plain Music

Susan talks to us about reworking a well loved song into a classic new form

Ahimsa talks to us about bedroom musicians, using the internet to build an audience and being a tech head

Alice speaks about “Box of Me” her début album

Derek Bishop whom released the fantastic “Resistance is Beautiful” back in 2011 kicks this years first Higher Plain MusiCast off in great style. In what is the most comprehensive and in-depth podcast I’ve had to date we spend an hour exploring what makes Derek tick, touring, looking back on an album coming up for its second birthday […]

The latest episode of HigherPlainMusiCast is in and this time its Jana Fisher joining us. The NYC Singer/Songwriter released her new EP a few weeks ago and we loved it so we talk to her about her music, where it all started, how to get into the music scene around NYC and how the internet […]

If I could have a random chit chat with any English musician – it’d be Imogen Heap. Here’s why:

It’s been a LONG time coming but welcome everyone to the first ever episode of Higher Plain MusiCast! These podcasts will feature interviews with musical artists I enjoy and we’ll be having a relaxed chat about their careers, themselves and dissecting the music – laughing as we go. These cast’s will eventually be available via iTunes too. […]

HPM has the opportunity to chat to Penka Kouneva, the genius behind A Warriors Odyssey which is a wonderful CD taking all the trimmings from a game or film soundtrack and making it a standalone story. Let’s see what tasty titbits we got! Congratulations on your latest work. It’s beautiful. How do you feel now its out […]

With Samsara hitting the UK on 30/08/12, I am in fever pitch about it. Now armed with my tickets and a Q&A session after the film, here’s a lovely piece about the musical side of the film with Michael Sterns, Lisa Gerrard and Marcello Di Francisci

Lauren Edman’s debut solo CD “It’s Always the Quiet One” is quite fantastic – as we’ve said below. We got the chance to chat to Lauren about her first solo album and the processes and thoughts behind it… Firstly, congratulations on the fantastic album “It’s Always the Quiet One”! How do you feel now your […]

Justin Levinson has recently released his latest album with the Valcours. Here Justin talks to HPM about the new album, working with other artists and whom he’d take on a desert island: Having already had some solo work behind you – what brought you to The Valcours and whom are they? Well in all honesty […]

With their début album God of Love about to hit the stores in the next few days, we grabbed Stereo Alchemy’s Christopher Tin for ten minutes to go over what is undoubtedly a smashing album in waiting and all the juicy bits behind it: Stereo Alchemy is a collaborative effort. Tell us how you came into being […]

  With new downloadable title I Am Alive about to burst onto our consoles, composer of the game Jeff Broadbent took a few minutes to chat to HPM about exactly what to aim for when creating a rich atmosphere for a game where tension is key. I Am Alive has been a game that has […]

Having released his first full album Metrocrity Vol.1, we speak to 12 Followers / Meteo Xavier about putting out his new baby. So tell the readers little about 12 Followers/Meteo Xavier and how you came into being? Well, the real origin here is so ridiculous I almost feel like it should be something I’m ashamed […]

Higher Plain Music has been lucky enough to snag a few minutes with the insightful Brian Grainger, composer for Eufloria the new indie PSN game (previously on Steam too). Here Brian talks about the project itself, how he composes, the problems, the rewards and how he feels on the end result itself. So now Eufloria […]

Marcus Singletary released the excellent “Smokin’” earlier in the summer which we loved here at HPM. We were able to get to chat with Marcus about the album and the processes behind it. Congrats on the new album Smokin’. it has a really distinctive sound and vibe.  Now it’s done, how do you feel looking […]

  Congratulations on recently completing the soundtrack to the game Kung Fu Panda. Thanks! Now the projects finished, how do you feel about it as a body of work? Is there anything that stands out as a particular piece you’re proud of? I am really pleased with the score – I love a lot of […]

We at HPM are big Winifred Phillips and she’s just been featured on a great indepth interview with GameSpot. It’s great to see game composers talking at length going right into the belly of the beast of composing and creating with such enthusiasm and gusto. Click here to enjoy!

The Wonderful Heavy Melody, recently showcased in the latest Shift 2 soundtrack for their excellent remixes of various artists. They kindly agreed to answer a few of my questions about their latest project. Here’s what the trio had to say: How did Heavy Melody come together as a trio? Dave: Neil and I met back […]