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Jim Ottewill

“I felt weird sending it to her, it’s almost something that Doja Cat could jump on - but Kim loved it”: Genre-colliding producer Justin Raisen speaks to us about the thrill of working on Kim Gordon's latest record

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“Out here in Hollywood, in ‘the game’ as I call it, creativity can be overthought and overwrought - a hamster wheel with too many people involved, that ends up with too much mediocre shit,” says producer Justin Raisen, speaking to MusicRadar from his LA studio.

“Of course, I love the hive mind but with me and Kim Gordon, when we come together, the common thread is that we’re not precious about anything - that’s when music happens fast.”

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