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{{Short description|British record producer}} |
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'''Stephen John "Steve" Osborne''' (born 1963) is a |
'''Stephen John "Steve" Osborne''' (born 1963) is a British [[record producer]], living in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including [[Suede (band)|Suede]], [[the B-52s]], [[A-ha]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]], [[U2]],<ref>Kootnikoff, David (2012) ''Bono: A Biography'', Greenwood, {{ISBN|978-0313355097}}, p. 171</ref> [[Happy Mondays]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Gregory Porter]], [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[KT Tunstall]], [[Vanessa Carlton]], and [[Simple Minds]]. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the [[Perfecto Records]] team,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} a production and remix collaboration with [[Paul Oakenfold]]; |
During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the [[Perfecto Records]] team,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} a production and remix collaboration with [[Paul Oakenfold]]; they worked with Happy Mondays,<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p44920/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Paul Oakenfold|last=Bush|first=John|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> [[U2]], and other artists. He and Oakenfold were part of the 1990s dance music act [[Grace (group)|Grace]] which existed from 1994 to 1997. |
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Osborne worked with [[Cat's Eyes]] on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 [[Soundedit Festival]] in Poland, Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man with the Golden Ear' Award. |
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In 2000 |
In 2000 as part of [[Perfecto (remixers)|Perfecto]], Osborne was replaced by [[Andy Gray (musician)|Andy Gray]] who went on to remix [[Moby]]'s "[[Natural Blues]]", U2's "[[Beautiful Day]]", and compose the music for ''[[Big Brother UK]]'' with Oakenfold under the name [[Elementfour]]. |
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==Production and mixing credits |
==Production and mixing credits== |
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* 2016: [[A-ha]] – Producer & Mixer – "Objects in the Mirror" (single) |
* 2016: [[A-ha]] – Producer & Mixer – "Objects in the Mirror" (single) |
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* 2016: |
* 2016: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "[[Cast in Steel]]" (single) |
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* 2015: [[ |
* 2015: [[Young Guns (band)|Young Guns]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Ones and Zeros (Young Guns album)|Ones and Zeros]]'' |
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* 2014: [[Vanessa Carlton]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Liberman (album)|Liberman]]''<ref>"[http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premiere-vanessa-carlton-nothing-where-something-used-to-be-steve-osborne-remix Premiere: Vanessa Carlton – 'Nothing Where Something Used To Be' (Steve Osborne Remix)]", ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'', 7 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016</ref> |
* 2014: [[Vanessa Carlton]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Liberman (album)|Liberman]]''<ref>"[http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premiere-vanessa-carlton-nothing-where-something-used-to-be-steve-osborne-remix Premiere: Vanessa Carlton – 'Nothing Where Something Used To Be' (Steve Osborne Remix)]", ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'', 7 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016</ref> |
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* 2014: [[Charlie Simpson]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Long Road Home (Charlie Simpson album)|Long Road Home]]'' |
* 2014: [[Charlie Simpson]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Long Road Home (Charlie Simpson album)|Long Road Home]]'' |
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* 2014: [[Simple Minds]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Big Music (album)|Big Music]]'' |
* 2014: [[Simple Minds]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Big Music (album)|Big Music]]'' |
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* 2012: [[ |
* 2012: [[Invaders (band)|Invaders]] = Producer & Mixer – "Hummingbird" |
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* 2012: [[ |
* 2012: [[Charlie Simpson]] = Producer & Mixer – "Farmer & His Gun" |
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* 2012: [[ |
* 2012: [[Urusen]] = Producer & Mixer – ''This Is Where We Meet'' |
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* 2012: |
* 2012: Morten Harket – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Out of My Hands (Morten Harket album)|Out of My Hands]]'' |
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* 2011: Vanessa Carlton – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Rabbits on the Run]]'' |
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* 2012: [[Law Abiding Citizens]] = Producer – Forthcoming Tracks |
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* 2012: [[Toddla T]] = Mixer – Forthcoming Tracks |
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* 2012: [[Imelda May]] = Mixer – Forthcoming Track |
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* 2012: [[Evil Alien]] = Mixer – Forthcoming Track |
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* 2012: [[Urusen]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[This Is Where We Meet]]'' |
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* 2012: [[Morten Harket]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Out of My Hands (Morten Harket album)|Out of My Hands]]'' |
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* 2011: [[Vanessa Carlton]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Rabbits on the Run]]'' |
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* 2010: Cat's Eyes – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Cat's Eyes]]'' |
* 2010: Cat's Eyes – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Cat's Eyes]]'' |
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* 2010: |
* 2010: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "[[Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)]]" (single) |
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* 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Foot of the Mountain (album)|Foot of the Mountain]]'' (single) |
* 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Foot of the Mountain (album)|Foot of the Mountain]]'' (single) |
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* 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" (single) |
* 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" (single) |
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* 2007: [[KT Tunstall]] – Producer – ''[[Drastic Fantastic]]'' |
* 2007: [[KT Tunstall]] – Producer – ''[[Drastic Fantastic]]'' |
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* 2006: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – ''[[KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza]]'' |
* 2006: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – ''[[KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza]]'' |
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* 2006: [[ |
* 2006: [[Union of Knives]] - Producer & Mixer - ''Violence and Birdsong'' |
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* 2006: [[The Fratellis]] – Mixer – ''[[Costello Music]]'' |
* 2006: [[The Fratellis]] – Mixer – ''[[Costello Music]]'' |
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* 2006: [[Young Love (band)|Young Love]] – Producer – [[Too Young to Fight It]]'' |
* 2006: [[Young Love (band)|Young Love]] – Producer – [[Too Young to Fight It]]'' |
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* 2003: [[Leaves (Icelandic band)|The Leaves]] – Assistant Producer & Mixer – "Breathe" |
* 2003: [[Leaves (Icelandic band)|The Leaves]] – Assistant Producer & Mixer – "Breathe" |
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* 2003: [[Lamb (electronic band)|Lamb]] – Producer – "[[Between Darkness and Wonder]]" |
* 2003: [[Lamb (electronic band)|Lamb]] – Producer – "[[Between Darkness and Wonder]]" |
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* 2003: [[Peter Gabriel]] – |
* 2003: [[Peter Gabriel]] – Assistant Producer & Mixer – ''Growing Up'' |
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* 2003: Peter Gabriel – Remixer – ''The Tower'' |
* 2003: Peter Gabriel – Remixer – ''The Tower'' |
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* 2002: [[Doves (band)|Doves]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]'' |
* 2002: [[Doves (band)|Doves]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]'' |
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* 2000: Doves – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Lost Souls (Doves album)|Lost Souls]]'' |
* 2000: Doves – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Lost Souls (Doves album)|Lost Souls]]'' |
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* 2000: [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Asleep in the Back]]'' |
* 2000: [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Asleep in the Back]]'' |
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* 2000: [[Starsailor (band)|Starsailor]] – Producer & |
* 2000: [[Starsailor (band)|Starsailor]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Love Is Here]]'' |
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* 2000: [[Moby]] – [[Natural Blues]] (Perfecto Remix) – Remixer |
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* 1999: [[Suede (band)|Suede]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Head Music]]'' |
* 1999: [[Suede (band)|Suede]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Head Music]]'' |
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* 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "[[Electricity (Suede song)|Electricity]]" |
* 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "[[Electricity (Suede song)|Electricity]]" |
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* 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "[[She's in Fashion]]" |
* 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "[[She's in Fashion]]" |
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* 1998: [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo album)|Without You I'm Nothing]] |
* 1998: [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo album)|Without You I'm Nothing]]'' |
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* 1997: [[Duran Duran]] – [[Out Of My Mind]] (Perfecto Mix) – Additional Production and Remix |
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* 1997: [[Hurricane #1]] – [[Step Into My World EP|Step Into My World]] (Perfecto Mix) – Additional Production and Remix |
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* 1997: [[U2]] − [[Staring at the Sun (U2 song)|Staring at the Sun]] single − Additional production |
* 1997: [[U2]] − [[Staring at the Sun (U2 song)|Staring at the Sun]] single − Additional production |
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* 1997: U2 – Producer ''[[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]''<ref>Verna, Paul (1997) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 U2 ''Pop'']", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', 15 March 1997, p. 63.</ref> |
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* 1997: [[Curve (band)|Curve]] – Producer & Mixer – "[[Chinese Burn (song)|Chinese Burn]]" and "Coming Up Roses" |
* 1997: [[Curve (band)|Curve]] – Producer & Mixer – "[[Chinese Burn (song)|Chinese Burn]]" and "Coming Up Roses" |
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* 1996: [[Lush (band)|Lush]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Lovelife (album)|Lovelife]] |
* 1996: [[Lush (band)|Lush]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Lovelife (album)|Lovelife]]'' |
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* 1994: [[ |
* 1994: [[Scorpio Rising (band)|Scorpio Rising]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Brutal Deluxe (album)]]'' |
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* 1993: [[Deacon Blue]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Whatever You Say, Say Nothing]]'' |
* 1993: [[Deacon Blue]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Whatever You Say, Say Nothing]]'' |
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* 1992: Remixer – [[ |
* 1992: U2 − Remixer – [[Even Better Than the Real Thing|"Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Remixes)]] (remix single) |
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* 1990: [[Happy Mondays]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches]]'' |
* 1990: [[Happy Mondays]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches]]'' |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p44920/biography |
*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p44920/biography AllMusic biography] |
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*[http://www.140db.co.uk/writerproducers/steve-osborne Official site at 140db production collective] |
*[http://www.140db.co.uk/writerproducers/steve-osborne Official site at 140db production collective] |
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Latest revision as of 04:32, 10 April 2024
Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2,[1] Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Doves, KT Tunstall, Vanessa Carlton, and Simple Minds.
Career
[edit]During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team,[citation needed] a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; they worked with Happy Mondays,[2] U2, and other artists. He and Oakenfold were part of the 1990s dance music act Grace which existed from 1994 to 1997.
Osborne worked with Cat's Eyes on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 Soundedit Festival in Poland, Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man with the Golden Ear' Award.
In 2000 as part of Perfecto, Osborne was replaced by Andy Gray who went on to remix Moby's "Natural Blues", U2's "Beautiful Day", and compose the music for Big Brother UK with Oakenfold under the name Elementfour.
Production and mixing credits
[edit]This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (December 2017) |
- 2016: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Objects in the Mirror" (single)
- 2016: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Cast in Steel" (single)
- 2015: Young Guns = Producer & Mixer – Ones and Zeros
- 2014: Vanessa Carlton = Producer & Mixer – Liberman[3]
- 2014: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer – Long Road Home
- 2014: Simple Minds = Producer & Mixer – Big Music
- 2012: Invaders = Producer & Mixer – "Hummingbird"
- 2012: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer – "Farmer & His Gun"
- 2012: Urusen = Producer & Mixer – This Is Where We Meet
- 2012: Morten Harket – Producer & Mixer – Out of My Hands
- 2011: Vanessa Carlton – Producer & Mixer – Rabbits on the Run
- 2010: Cat's Eyes – Producer & Mixer – Cat's Eyes
- 2010: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" (single)
- 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – Foot of the Mountain (single)
- 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" (single)
- 2008: Starsailor – Producer & Mixer – All the Plans
- 2008: The Twang – Producer & Mixer – "Ice Cream Sunday"
- 2008: The B-52's – Producer & Mixer – Funplex
- 2007: KT Tunstall – Producer – Drastic Fantastic
- 2006: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
- 2006: Union of Knives - Producer & Mixer - Violence and Birdsong
- 2006: Grace – Producer & Mixer – Debut
- 2006: The Fratellis – Mixer – Costello Music
- 2006: Young Love – Producer – Too Young to Fight It
- 2006: Brookville – Producer – Life in the Shade
- 2006: Clearlake – Producer & Mixer – Amber
- 2005: Thrice – Producer & Mixer – Vheissu
- 2005: Ivy – Producer & Mixer – In The Clear
- 2005: The Departure – Producer & Mixer – Dirty Words
- 2005: Colour of Fire – Producer & Mixer – Pearl Necklace
- 2005: Syntax – Producer & Mixer – Meccano Mind
- 2004: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – Eye to the Telescope
- 2004: Chikinki – Producer & Mixer – Lick Your Ticket
- 2004: Longview – Producer & Mixer – "Nowhere", "Sleep" and "Still"
- 2004: Magnet – Producer & Mixer – Chasing Dreams (EP)
- 2005: Aqualung – Remixer – "Strange and Beautiful"
- 2003: The Leaves – Assistant Producer & Mixer – "Breathe"
- 2003: Lamb – Producer – "Between Darkness and Wonder"
- 2003: Peter Gabriel – Assistant Producer & Mixer – Growing Up
- 2003: Peter Gabriel – Remixer – The Tower
- 2002: Doves – Producer & Mixer – The Last Broadcast
- 2001: New Order – Producer & Mixer – Get Ready[4]
- 2001: Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Producer & Mixer – "Music Gets the Best of Me"
- 2000: Doves – Producer & Mixer – Lost Souls
- 2000: Elbow – Producer & Mixer – Asleep in the Back
- 2000: Starsailor – Producer & Mixer – Love Is Here
- 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – Head Music
- 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "Electricity"
- 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "She's in Fashion"
- 1998: Placebo – Producer & Mixer – Without You I'm Nothing
- 1997: U2 − Staring at the Sun single − Additional production
- 1997: U2 – Producer Pop[5]
- 1997: Curve – Producer & Mixer – "Chinese Burn" and "Coming Up Roses"
- 1996: Lush – Producer & Mixer – Lovelife
- 1994: Scorpio Rising – Producer & Mixer – Brutal Deluxe (album)
- 1993: Deacon Blue – Producer & Mixer – Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
- 1992: U2 − Remixer – "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Remixes) (remix single)
- 1990: Happy Mondays – Producer & Mixer – Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
References
[edit]- ^ Kootnikoff, David (2012) Bono: A Biography, Greenwood, ISBN 978-0313355097, p. 171
- ^ Bush, John. "Biography: Paul Oakenfold". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Premiere: Vanessa Carlton – 'Nothing Where Something Used To Be' (Steve Osborne Remix)", Clash, 7 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016
- ^ Bambarger, Bradley (2001) "New Order Get Ready", Billboard, 27 October 2001.
- ^ Verna, Paul (1997) "U2 Pop", Billboard, 15 March 1997, p. 63.