In this episode, John heads over to Bastille’s West London HQ to catch up with Dan Smith and producer Mark Crew about how the band wrote, recorded and produced their latest album ‘Give Me The Future’.Having written most of the tracks in remote lockdown sessions, Dan takes us all the way back through his initial ideas and the random voice notes of inspiration that came to him at the most unexpected times.As well as sharing their thoughts on the challenges that come with writing a sci-fi concept album and blending them with the usual Bastille ‘bread and butter’, the pair pull apart the intricate production techniques they used in an attempt to recreate the musical characteristics of the 80s.Listen to find out how the band’s touring crew ended up recording BVs, what is and isn’t considered tasteful when mixing in Dolby Atmos, and what genres are generally pretty dangerous to let a bassist loose on. Tracks discussed: Thelma + Louise, Back To The Future, Future Holds LINKS TO EVERYTHING TAPE NOTES https://linktr.ee/tapenotes  Listen to ‘Give Me The Future’ here.‘Give Me The Future’ - EMI/Virgin Records Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective GEAR MENTIONSTeenage Engineering OP1LinnDrum Roland Juno MoogAntares Auto-TuneAntares Harmony EngineSoundtoys Alter BoySugar Bytes Effectrix PluginTAL-Chorus-LXUniversal Audio LA-610Telefunken AK-47Dolby AtmosSpliceLogic Pro OUR GEARhttps://linktr.ee/tapenotes_ourgear  HELP SUPPORT THE SHOWIf you'd like to help support the show you can donate as little or as much as you'd like here, (we really appreciate your contributions :) Donate KEEP UP TO DATEFor behind the scenes photos and the latest updates, make sure to follow us on: Instagram: @tapenotes Twitter: @tapenotes Facebook: @tapenotespodcast  YouTube: Tape Notes PodcastDiscord: Tape NotesTo let us know the artists you’d like to hear, Tweet us, slide into our DMs, send us an email or even a letter. We’d love to hear! Visit our website to join our mailing list: www.tapenotes.co.uk  TAPE NOTES TEAMWill Brown - Executive Producer, Engineer & EditorTim Adam-Smith - Executive ProducerWill Lyons - EditorRebecca Ibbotson - Digital Marketing Nathan Hetherington - PRAlex Nixon - Assistant