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Chris Mackin

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With almost ten years experience working in content creation and marketing, Chris has written for multiple music and taste-making brands including MusicTech, Guitar.com and Long Live Vinyl magazine. Over the years, he has interviewed countless key voices in the creative industries including Gordon Raphael (The Strokes), Bjørn Jacobsen (Cyberpunk 2077, Hitman), Sylvan Esso, Chris Cayford (Rolo Tomassi), Olivier Derivière (A Plague Tale) and many more.

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Chris MackinNov 21, 2023 2:19:52 PM1 min read

Award-winning engineer Andrew Scheps delivers a special talk at dBs Bristol

Delivering to a packed out lecture theatre, engineer and producer Andrew Scheps took ...
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Chris MackinNov 6, 2023 2:52:55 PM8 min read

Game sound grad Tom Smart on crafting realistic audio for ‘Hell Let Loose’

After joining Expression Games in May 2023, we caught up with Sound for Games & Apps ...
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Chris MackinOct 26, 2023 12:01:34 PM2 min read

The Rope: A new kind of TV drama soundtracked by dBs Pro

‘The Rope’ is a brand new interactive experience coming to your living room through Sky ...
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Chris MackinOct 5, 2023 9:42:05 AM5 min read

Velocetech: How a t-shirt competition led to sets at Ministry of Sound

dBs Plymouth student Connor Townsend (Velocetech) heads to Ministry of Sound to join a ...
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Chris MackinOct 3, 2023 12:15:00 PM13 min read

Gordon Raphael: The inside story on producing The Strokes

Legendary 'Is This It' and 'Room on Fire' producer Gordon Raphael, who is credited with ...
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Chris MackinSep 11, 2023 3:13:15 PM3 min read

Grimmvulture: Carving out a niche in the hardcore techno scene

After a recent headline show at Berlin Bar, dBs Plymouth's Grimmvulture joins us for a ...
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Chris MackinAug 30, 2023 9:47:35 AM5 min read

dBs student Ben Cross (Crossy) heads out on tour with Andy C

In between his hectic festival schedule, we sit down with Electronic Music Production ...
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Chris MackinAug 10, 2023 3:54:36 PM7 min read

Jamie Gibney: Solo developing an accessible audio plugin

We sit down with BA (Hons) Sound Design student Jamie Gibney (Pragma Audio) to chat about ...
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Chris MackinJul 28, 2023 2:37:43 PM7 min read

dBs alumnus Virginia Leo prepares for special appearance at PAX West

Sound for Games & Apps graduate Virginia Leo has had an impressive two years since ...
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Chris MackinJul 24, 2023 9:47:39 AM8 min read

Marnie Rose Davidge: connecting music to the moving image

dBs Plymouth’s Marnie Rose Davidge is a composer and producer who has been working for ...
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Chris MackinJul 18, 2023 2:14:06 PM4 min read

dBs students work behind the scenes at Bristol Harbour Festival

After a successful - if rather wet - Harbour Festival, we catch up with some of our ...
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Chris MackinJun 16, 2023 3:49:44 PM2 min read

dBs Bristol student Anaïs Jan signs to Hospital Records

After a hugely successful time on the Women In D&B mentorship scheme, Electronic ...
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