GREG SPEAKS AT THE GREAT ESCAPE

Greg was in Brighton last week to discuss the world of music production and how to achieve the best possible results on today’s tight budgets as well as revealing some of his secrets.

AFREEX MIXES NEW N-DUBZ ALBUM

N-Dubz debut album 'Uncle B' was released in November and has already reached Platinum status with sales of over 350,000 in the UK. SBM producer Afreex mixed most of the album including the singles 'Ouch' and 'Better Not Waste My Time'.

RICK NOWELS'S RECENT HITS

Rick co-wrote "Green Light", the first single from John Legend's new album, which features Andre 3000 and was a great success, particularly in America. You can check out the official video here.

Amongst other tracks he has been working on recently is Daniel Powter's new hit "Next Plane Home", that Rick co-wrote, and the new single from Sia: "Soon We'll Be Found".

VALGEIR SIGURDSSON PRODUCES NEW ALBUM FOR CAMILLE

The big review: Camille

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Camille reminds me of Björk. Not in the way that Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan reminds me of Björk, by sounding exactly like her. But because she’s bold, experimental and can transform her extraordinary voice from goose-bump-inducing choral music to a sassy soul moan and a broken whimper – sometimes, all in the space of one song.

She beatboxes, grunts, squeaks, chatters sexily in French and uses the art of “body percussion” – stamping, thumping and clapping to create infectious beats. She samples noises such as water slopping, tea being poured and struck matches to create textured, atmospheric sounds best heard through big headphones. She even has people humming in place of basslines. In short, she rocks.

Read more about this in our news session.

TORE JOHANSSON'S LATEST PROJECT FOR DOMINO RECORDINGS - WILD BEASTS

As described by Downed In Sound, Wild Beasts "are a Kendal-hailing quartet whose music brilliantly distils all the best eccentricities of pop’s lunatic fringe; a genuine poetic sensibility nurtured in the hills of the Lake District and perfected in the hotbed of Leeds’ flourishing music scene. They are, in short, the real deal, even after you get past singer Hayden Thorpe’s extraordinary, pubescent choirboy wail." Tore has just finished producing and mixing their debut album.

GREG HAVER PRODUCES NEW TRACKS FOR THE MANICS WHOSE ALBUM DEBUTS AT No. 2

Greg Haver produced four tracks on the new Manic Street Preachers album "Send Away The Tigers". The album narrowly missed out on the number one spot by just 700 copies.

9 WEEKS AT No. 1 IN AIRPLAY CHARTS FOR OPSHOP

The new single from OpShop has dominated the airplay charts in New Zealand recently. The track - "Maybe" - was produced by Greg Haver and has currently been at number one on the charts for nine consecutive weeks. Greg also produced the rest of their album "Secondhand Planet". The band are signed to Siren / EMI.

NELLY FURTADO IS No 1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS

Rick Nowels has co-written & produced "In God's Hands" for Nelly Furtado's third album, "Loose", that was no. 1 in the U.S. and sold over 2,500,000 copies worldwide.

SIMON GOGERLY BRINGS HOME A GRAMMY!!!

Simon Gogerly has won a grammy at the 2006 Grammy Awards for his outstanding work on U2's album "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb". Two of the tracks he mixed also won awards for Song of the Year and Best Rock Song.

2 NOMINATIONS FOR MARTIJN TEN VELDEN & MARK KNIGHT AT THE HOUSE MUSIC AWARDS 2005

Martijn ten Velden has been nominated along with his production and remix partner, Mark Knight for 2 awards at this years prestigious House Music Awards 2005. The nominations are for Best Remix and Best Artist and both categories see them up against stiff competition such as Martin Solveig, Mylo, Deep Dish and Armand Van Helden. The awards will be held at Hammersmith Palais on 17th November where winners will be announced. Please visit www.housemusicawards.com to vote for Martijn and Mark. Thanks for your support.

TORE JOHANSSON WINS PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2005

Tore Johansson was presented with the Producer of the Year Award at the recent Music Week Awards. He received the award at the Grosvenor House Hotel in recognition of his work with Franz Ferdinand. Produced and mixed by Tore, Franz Ferdinand's eponymous debut album has been met with widespread acclaim for its distinctive sound and original production.

Tore is also well known for his work with The Cardigans, for whom he has produced five albums, including Grand Turismo, and he is curently producing their new album. He has also recently worked with Junior Senior, OK GO and New Order amongst others. more...

GREG HAVER NOMINATED FOR PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AT WELSH MUSIC AWARDS

Greg Haver, who produced the latest Manic Street Preachers' album "Life Blood" has been nominated for the Welsh Music Awards, held in at the beginning of March. Greg was also on the shortlist of producers to be nominated for Best Producer at the Music Week Awards more...

AWARDS HAUL CONTINUES FOR TORE JOHANSSON'S FRANZ FERDINAND ALBUM

Franz Ferdinand's eponymous debut album has collected an impressive number of awards and nominations and the list continues to grow. Produced by Tore Johansson, the album met with widespread acclaim for its distinctive sound and original production and has wiped the board at many of the major awards ceremonies since its release last year.

As well as winning Best Album and Best Track at the NME Awards, the band picked up two BRIT Awards and were nominated for three Grammys. The album won the Mercury Music Prize in September 2004.

Tore is currently working on new albums for the Cardigans and Junior Senior and working on a tracks for Bumblebeez signed to Geffen (US) more...

RICK NOWELS WINS IVOR NOVELLO AWARD

Further to the recognition he has received in the music industry recently, Rick Nowels won International Hit Of The Year for Dido's "White Flag" at the Ivor Novello Awards. Building on the success of his collorations on Dido's first album (for which he produced three tracks including "Here With Me"), Rick co-wrote the track with Dido and Rollo. The track has acheived huge international success and picked up a Grammy award nomination and a win for Best British Single at the Brit Awards 2004.

Rick also received an award for Song Of The Year at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2004, a Grammy at last year's awards ceremony and another Grammy nomination this year. more...

STEVE LYON'S AMPLIFIER ALBUM WIDELY PRAISED

Steve Lyon has just produced an album for Amplifier, one of the Britain's most promising young rock acts. The self titled debut from the Manchester based trio has received amazing reviews across the music press:

KERRANG (5K): "Amplifier is the utterly electrifying sound of a British rock scene-altering record. Enjoy in all its infinite glory"
NME (8/10): "No other record this year will have the audacity to field such lofty ambitions, let alone have the skills to fulfil them"
METAL HAMMER (9/10): "Outstanding debut...the hottest property in British rock music for a long, long time"
THE FLY (5/5): "...it's a f**king revelation, file next to Led Zeppelin 1, Ritual de lo Habitual and Superunknown"
ROCKSOUND (9/10): "A polished, soaring rock epic"
PLAYMUSIC: "Your new favourite band...a classic...discover it early"