Bristol-based solo musician Joe Perkins has a burning passion for all aspects of the creative process and declares: “Most music in the charts nowadays seems to get flak for being ‘manufactured’ and ‘standardised’. You don’t get that with me.”

He recently recorded his debut album, A Host Of Other Artists – a record that is entirely self-penned, engineered, produced and mixed, and features an assortment of lead vocalists. Critically-acclaimed mastering engineer Ray Staff added the finishing touches at AIR Studios ...