In a city spanning episode, John catches up with Friendly Fires along with super star producer Mark Ralph (Tom Walker, Clean Bandit, Years & Years) at Iguana Studios and Mark’s Studio, Club Ralph, to talk about how they recorded and produced the album 'Inflorescent'.  The boys explore everything from what survived in the demos recorded in Ed’s mum’s house, to how blending recording techniques with synths and drum machines helped them create their joyful blend of house and funk.  Hear how tracking each individual drum and ‘talent boosting’ your own performances is never a bad thing, and how Rick Astley and Barry White left their mark the record.  Tracks discussed: Love Like Waves, Can’t Wait Forever, Almost Midnight    Listen to 'Inflorescent' here. 'Inflorescent' - Friendly Fires, Polydor Records, Universal Music Operations Limited   Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective    GEAR MENTIONS ARP Odyssey ARP 2600 CodeKnobs Prophet Editor Software Coles 4038 Ribbon Mic Electro-Voice RE20 Kemper Profiler Rack Korg MS-20 Moog Model D Oberheim DMX Drum Machine Peavey T-40 Bass Rob Papen Sub Boom Bass Plugin Roland JD-800 Roland TR-808 Roland TR-09  Roland TR-909 Roland SH-101 Roland Juno 60 Scaler Plugin Sequential Prophet 6 Sequential Prophet 5 Sennheiser MD-421 Sherman Rodec Restyler Filter Simmons Drum Machine Spectrasonics Omnisphere SSL Xfer Cthulhu Logic Pro   SUBMIT A JINGLE For all of the details on sending in a jingle email jingles@tapenotes.co.uk   Submit your Tape Notes jingle and we'll play our favourites each week on the podcast. Jingles can be in any style, can feature the Tape Notes theme, lyrics, or none of those things - be as creative as you'd like (as long as they're between 5-15 seconds).   HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW If 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   Follow us on Social Media to keep up to date with the latest episodes and submit questions: Instagram Facebook Twitter   Visit our website to join our mailing list: www.tapenotes.co.uk