Guy Chambers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Guy Chambers
Born 12 January 1963 (1963-01-12) (age 49)
London, England
Occupations Musician, producer, songwriter
Associated acts Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, The Wanted, Miles Kane, The Lemon Trees
Website www.guychambers.com

Guy Chambers is an English songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for his work with Robbie Williams. He has been a part of 34 Gold/Platinum certified albums (UK and US) including twelve #1 albums, and 22 Top 10 singles including six #1 singles.

Contents

[edit] Biography

Chambers wrote music from an early age and had performed in London when he was just 11. When he was 15, Guy composed and performed in a rock opera for his school in Liverpool. From 18, he studied composition and piano at the Guildhall School of Music, London, winning the composition prize in 1985. While at the Guildhall, Chambers started to record his own songs and performed with a band called ‘The Burmoe Brothers’ releasing their first single, featuring Marc Almond "Skin" on Some Bizarre Records in 1984. After graduating, he toured as a keyboard player with, among others, Julian Cope and The Waterboys before joining World Party in 1986. He co-wrote, with Karl Wallinger, on the band’s most successful album: "Bang!". Whilst in World Party he also produced Ensign artist Tony Stone and wrote for his debut album. He also appeared on the Mission’s Carved in Sand, providing the orchestral arrangement and keyboards for the song “Grapes of Wrath” and was producer for the short-lived group Stress with their debut album, "Stress".

In 1992 Chambers formed his own band The Lemon Trees and wrote, produced and performed with them until they disbanded in 1995. The band only released one album, though a second one was completed but not released because the record company didn't like it. Following the end of The Lemon Trees, Chambers spent time writing successfully with Cathy Dennis and others until an opportune meeting facilitated by music industry veteran Paul Curran with Robbie Williams in January 1997.

[edit] Work with Robbie Williams

Chambers collaborated as songwriter, producer & musical director on Robbie Williams' first five solo albums, which all reached number 1 in the United Kingdom and have globally sold over 40 million records to date. Chambers co-wrote a variety of Williams' best known tracks, including "Rock DJ", "Feel", "Millennium", "Let Me Entertain You", "Angels", "Supreme", "No Regrets" and "Eternity".

For his work with Williams, Chambers won three BRITS, three Ivor Novello awards, a Q classic Songwriter award, MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects, Rock DJ and an MMF best produced record award for I've Been Expecting You.

Guy Chambers has since co-written the song "Blasphemy" for Robbie Williams' 2009 album Reality Killed the Video Star.

[edit] Recent Work

2009 saw Guy writing with Beverley Knight, co-writing the song "100%", also the name of her album. 2009 also included work with French artist Christophe Willem on his second record Cafeine, co-writing with Matt Hales from Aqualung on the single "Heartbox" and co-writing with Cathy Dennis on "Sensitized", a duet with Kylie Minogue, for Cathy's solo record, due out in 2009.[dated info] Additional work that year involved new work with British artists Julian Perretta, Katie Melua, Random Impulse, Marlon from Mattafix and Taio Cruz.

2010 began with Guy working on the single 'World Behind My Wall' released by pop/rock band, Tokio Hotel, who embarked on a large European tour, picking up MTV Best Group and NRJ Best International Band Awards. Chambers also co-wrote Tokyo Hotel's track, "Pain Of Love" which featured on their album, 'Humanoid'. Katie Melua's album The House, released 24 May 2010, included five co-written songs for her new album produced by William Orbit. Tracks include "I'd Like To Kill You", "The Flood" (first single), "A Happy Place", "A Moment of Madness" and "Tiny Alien" Chambers' work in 2010 also includes the track "Virtual Friend", co-written with Armin van Buuren for his new album, Mirage. He will write a song for the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Lena Meyer-Landrut for her bid to represent Germany again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.[1] Following on from The Isis Project, Guy wrote the album Songs for a Boy written for his son, Marley and was released as an EP with Sophie Hunter (The Isis Project). The alternative-folk EP was co-produced with Richard Flack

In 2011, Guy teamed up with English singer/rapper Example co-writing the song "Microphone" which featured on Example's number 1 album, Playing In The Shadows.

Also last year, Guy worked with British recording artist Marlon Roudette in which he produced and co-wrote Marlon's single "New Age". The track was initially in released in Germany for radio airplay in July 2011 and then officially released the next month. It went on to become number 1 in the German singles charts the week of its release and remained at the top of the charts for 8 consecutive weeks. The single was certified Platinum in Germany and Switzerland, and Gold in Austria.

2011 also saw Guy working with BBC2 for the three-part series, "Secrets of a Pop Song" which aired throughout July. The series explored the process of successful songwriting, collaborating with an artist to write a new song each week – a ballad, an anthem and a breakthrough single - with a variety of celebrated musical contributors divulging the secrets of the trade along the way. Through the series, Guy worked alongside Mark Ronson to create a breakthrough single, acclaimed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainright to create a ballad, and British band Noisettes to compose an anthem.

[edit] The Orgasmatron

Since 2010, Guy has been working alongside Ross Clarke to create a monthly live-music experience, "The Orgasmatron" at London's Floripa club (formally Favela Chic). The Orgasmatron celebrates a wide variety of live acts and musical genres picked by Chambers himself, to present the music he knows and loves for the public, including big names, rising stars, dj's and dancers, conveying a night of diversity from Guy. Previously involved in the ongoing project include Mark Ronson, Paloma Faith, Gary Kemp, Steve Norman and Noisettes.

[edit] The Lemon Trees discography

Album:

  • Open Book (Oxygen Records/MCA Records - 1993)

Singles include:

  • "Love Is In Your Eyes" (MCA-1992)
  • "The Way I Feel" (MCA-1992)
  • "Let It Loose" (MCA-1993)
  • "Child Of Love" (MCA-1993)
  • "I Can't Face The World" (MCA-1993)

[edit] Writer's discography

  • 34 Gold / Platinum certified albums [UK & US]
  • 22 top 10 singles
  • 6 No.1 singles
  • 12 No. 1 albums

[edit] Albums

Tracks featured on the following albums:

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1990s

[edit] Singles

[edit] Films

[edit] Orchestral Arrangements

[edit] Awards

  • 3 Ivor Novello Awards
  • 3 BRIT Awards
  • Q Classic Songwriter Award
  • MMF Best Produced Record Award

[edit] References

www.guychambers.com

  1. ^ http://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/guy-chambers-writes-a-song-for-lena/
  2. ^ Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 18th edition (May 2005), p. 608 ISBN 1-904994-00-8

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guy_Chambers&oldid=479941469"
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages