Brian Higgins (producer)

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Brian Higgins is a British music producer who has written and produced albums and tracks for several pop music singers and groups (most notably Girls Aloud) through his Xenomania production group. A key collaborator in Xenomania is Miranda Cooper.

[edit] Early career

Having moved to East Grinstead from the Lake District of England, Brian lived and worked with then writing partner Mark Scott they had one release with Profile records.They wrote countless songs for some eight years. Mark introduced Brian to Steve Rodway .Mr. Higgins then started as a session musician for Motiv8^[1]. Subsequently, he co-wrote and co-produced the hit 1997 song, 'All I Wanna Do' for Dannii Minogue. Two of his collaborators on this early hit, Tim Powell and Matt Gray, would become important future members of Xenomania.

His success with 'All I Wanna Do' led to an opportunity to pen a song for Cher. This led to the number one hit, 'Believe,' which was released in 1998. Once again, Mr. Powell and Mr. Gray were among his collaborators.

[edit] Xenomania

In 2000, Mr. Higgins and Mr. Gray produced a single for London Records with the singer, Miranda Cooper (aka Moonbaby). Although the song did not become a hit, Ms. Cooper's unique lyric writing talents would become a key part of Xenomania.

Complications resulted from the late nineties sale to Universal Records involving London Records with whom Mr. Higgins had signed a deal. Eventually, Xenomania became an independent production company based in Kent, where Mr. Higgins currently resides.

[edit] References

1. ↑  'Heart of the country, home of the hits,' The Observer, July 18, 2004.
2. 'The Hitmakers: Xenomania,' BBC News, May 24, 2005.
3. 'Originality, Inc. - The Songwriting Factories of Europe,' Slate, August 9, 2005.