Alan Mawdsley is a music director at Syn Tokyo. A lover of records, analog synths, cats and sunshine, he has produced and mixed albums for Tony Allen, Roots Manuva and The Cinematic Orchestra and before departing the U.K. was part of the team who helped put together DJ Hero, part of the Guitar Hero series of games. Since joining Syn nearly nine years ago, he has helped out on a whole bunch of fantastic projects and is proud to be part of an amazing creative team led by fellow expat Nick Wood.