The super-producer who made an album from his hospital bed – podcast

He has been described as the music industry's secret weapon; a producer loved by artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Pulp and Jessie Ware. In 2024, was at the height of his career, working with a variety of artists that included some of the world's best-known acts.

Then, he was diagnosed with leukaemia and it all ground to a halt.

Isolated on a hospital ward and not allowed any visitors except his wife, he began making music as a way to pass the time. Those ideas bloomed into a full album, Lost in Another World.

James Ellis Ford sitting in a room in his home in London, surrounded by synthesisers and other electronic equipment

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