Everything Is Recorded

Everything Is Recorded is the recording project of Richard Russell, the London producer who has run the XL Recordings label since the early 1990s. Rather than a fixed band, it operates as a loose ensemble, with Russell building tracks around whichever singers, rappers and players he assembles for a given session. The results lean on soul, dub and hip-hop, usually built from sparse, bass-heavy arrangements that leave space for the guest voice at the centre. Collaborators have been drawn from across generations and genres, and live performances follow the same principle, with a house band and a rotating cast of vocalists working through the catalogue.