


It's an old‑fashioned approach, but one that has brought Nelson considerable success, along with the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting new bands around. That's the way they rehearse, that's the way they play live, so why change anything when you go to the studio?" "That's what I've done more or less all my recording life: I try to get bands to play together. "I like bands who can play live," insists Ken Nelson. Sam Inglis finds out how it was recorded. Among them are Coldplay, whose debut Parachutes album crashed straight into the charts at number one. Ken Nelson favours the old school of recording, based around clean signal paths, live playing and analogue tape - but that hasn't stopped him working with some of the hottest new bands in Britain. Ken Nelson in the Neve room at Parr Street Studios.
