Stephen Kozmeniuk

Stephen Kozmeniuk
Born Whitehorse, Yukon
Nationality Canadian
Style Pop, Rock, Electronic

Stephen Kozmeniuk is a Canadian songwriter, producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist from Whitehorse, Yukon.[1] He began his musical career in the Canadian band Boy (Maple Music Recordings/Universal-Canada/Imperial Records- Japan).[1] They released several singles in Canada and Japan. Modest success was achieved with the songs Up in This Town and Same Old Song charting in the top 10 at radio and Much Music.[1] The Globe and Mail described the sound as "art rock with a Brit twist, combined with an ultracool, laid-back attitude".[2]

In 2005, Kozmeniuk appeared with Boy at Summersonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka alongside Ian Brown, Arcade Fire, and Mew[3] and at the South by Southwest festival in Austin Texas.[4] Many of the songs on Boy's sophomore effort, Every Page You Turn, were broadcast on television shows such as Degrassi: The Next Generation,[5][6] Roswell (TV series),[7] Men in Trees and Falcon Beach[8] The single Same Old Song, penned by Kozmeniuk, was featured in EA Sports FIFA World Cup 2006[9]

More recently Kozmeniuk has been working as a songwriter, engineer and producer in Sweden. Recent credits include engineering and guitar on Hurts, Happiness (Hurts album) (Major Label, Sony, RCA)[10][11] and mixing on Rosanna- Waterfall/Runaway single (Popjustice HIFI).[12]

Discography

Year Artist Album Details
2003 Boy Self-titled producer, composer, instruments
2003 Boy French Diplomacy Single producer, composer, instruments
2004 Boy Every Page You Turn producer, composer, instruments[13]
2010 Rosanna Waterfall EP
2010 Hurts Happiness engineer and guitar[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Northern 'Boy' wonder, page 43, Larry LeBlanc, Billboard Magazine, 11 September 2004, Vol. 116, No. 37, ISSN 0006-2510, Published by Nielsen Business Media
  2. ^ Gill, Alexandra (May 13, 2002). "West Coast buzz bands: Boy", The Globe and Mail, p. R3.
  3. ^ "SUMMER SONIC 2005". Summersonic.com. http://www.summersonic.com/05/. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  4. ^ "News - High Bias". Hour.ca. http://www.hour.ca/news/highbias.aspx?iIDArticle=6160. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  5. ^ "Soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0557381/soundtrack. 
  6. ^ "Degrassi The Next Generation - Season 2: Miriam McDonald, Aubrey Graham, Christina Schmidt, Melissa McIntyre, Sarah Barrable-Tishauer, Cassie Steele, Stefan Brogren, Jake Goldsbie, Shane Kippel, Ryan Cooley, Lauren Collins, Pat Mastroianni, Anais Granofsky, Bruce McDonald, Chris Deacon, Graeme Campbell, Laurie Lynd, Paul Fox, Philip Earnshaw, Stefan Scaini: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Degrassi-Next-Generation-Season-2/dp/B0008FPJK8. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  7. ^ Roswell - Seasons 3 DVD, B0009NZ2RY
  8. ^ "The Official FALCON BEACH Website". Falconbeach.ca. 1999-12-04. http://www.falconbeach.ca/index.aspx?go=/music_episode_101.aspx. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  9. ^ "EA Announces FIFA 06 Soundtrack - Xbox". News.teamxbox.com. 2005-08-18. http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9025/EA-Announces-FIFA-06-Soundtrack/. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  10. ^ "Happiness – Hurts". Cosmox.nl. http://www.cosmox.nl/muziek/happiness-hurts-0886976666828. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  11. ^ a b "Musikdatenbank - Hurts - Happiness | Sony Music: CD (2010)". Omdb.info. http://omdb.info/index.php?option=com_omdb_musicdatabase&task=show_albumversion&id=11577. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  12. ^ "Rosanna (3) - Waterfall (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2010-08-22. http://www.discogs.com/Rosanna-Waterfall/release/2436274. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  13. ^ "Boy Every Page You Turn CD". Cduniverse.com. 2005-07-05. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7163294/a/Every+Page+You+Turn.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-30.