# Big Fat Five: Carla Azar (Autolux, Jack White, PJ Harvey)

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Podcast: [Drummers on Drumming](https://stenobird.com/podcast/drummers-on-drumming-743881)
Published: 2026-07-01T07:00:00+00:00
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Welcome back to Drummers on Drumming, I’m joined by Carla Azar for a new installment of Big Fat Five. Carla is the drummer, a vocalist, and a creative force behind Autolux. She has also worked with artists like PJ Harvey, Jack White, T Bone Burnett, Jim Keltner, and more. But as you’ll hear in this conversation, the résumé is only part of the story. Carla’s playing has a rare kind of tension to it. It can feel mechanical and human at the same time. Heavy, strange, precise, loose, hypnotic, and deeply musical. She does not talk about drums as a way to show off. She talks about them as tone, shape, feel, texture, and response. In this episode, we get into the records and drummers that helped form her voice. CARLA'S BIG FAT FIVE: Artist - James Brown Album - Star Time Release Year - 1991 Key Track(s) - "Funky Drummer,” “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” Drummer - Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks - Artist - Can Album - Tago Mago Release Year - 1972 Key Track(s) - “Mushroom,” “Halleluhwah” Drummer - Jaki Liebezeit - Artist - The Beatles Album - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Release Year - 1967 Key Track(s) - “A Day in the Life” Drummer - Ringo Starr - Artist - Jimi Hendrix Album - Are You Experienced Release Year - 1967 Key Track(s) - “Manic Depression,” “Fire,” “Are You Experienced?,” “The Wind Cries Mary” Drummer - Mitch Mitchell - Artist - Aphex Twin Album - Come to Daddy Release Year - 1997 Key Track(s) - “Bucephalus Bouncing Ball,” “Come to Daddy - Mummy Mix” Beat Architect - Richard D. James - HONORABLE MENTIONS: Charley Drayton - The first person Carla met and saw play in person and thought, “I want to play exactly like him.” He turned her onto the Star Time box set and the soul music that helped shape her playing. - Arist - J Dilla Album - Donuts - Artis…

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