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Jim Warren’s had Radiohead nailed down for 25 years.

He’s working on Arcade Fire, so I’m getting a once in a lifetime chance.

Years ago, somebody asked me what my top three bands to mix would be. I said Floyd, Massive Attack and Radiohead. Incredibly, by the end of this year, I’ll have done two out of three.

Massive Attack is all to time code, my snapshots are triggered from code, the lights and lasers are all off code. Radiohead is the opposite. It’s completely improvised, The middle section might be eight bars, or 12, or 16. They’ll play

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