British four-piece Ride help define the 'shoegaze' sound in the '90s, alongside bands like their Creation Records label mates My Bloody Valentine. Following a 20-year sabbatical, Ride proclaimed they had “unfinished business” and returned in 2017 with Weather Diaries. Now the band are releasing their seventh album, Interplay.

Alongside his role as the band's vocalist and guitarist, Ride's Mark Gardener is also founder and owner of Oxford's OX4 Sound Studios, where he recorded and co-produced Interplay with Richie Kennedy. To mark the album's release, Gardener invited Future Music into the studio to talk about his mixing setup, his approach to recording and how his outlook on music has changed over the years.

Interplay is out 29 March via Wichita
Find out more about OX4 Sound: https://www.ox4sound.co.uk/

In this video:

00:00:20 – About OX4 Sound
00:02:30 – Go-to studio gear
00:03:53 – Recording Interplay
00:08:51 – Recording guitars
00:11:56 – Favourite synths
00:17:06 – Essential studio gear
00:17:54 – Production advice