Jonathan Quarmby

'Jonathan Hugh Quarmby'[1] (born 20 December 1961 in Huddersfield), son of pioneering English architect Arthur Quarmby is an English record producer and songwriter.

Biography

Studying architecture at Sheffield University, he soon became a part of the city's vibrant music scene, initially as a keyboard player, performing on Yazz's seminal album Wanted and touring with local band, Floy Joy. His transition to record production came with Barclay artists Fred de Fred. Jonathan then collaborated with Axis Studio based, Comsat Angels' bass player, Kevin Bacon to write and produce Ephraim Lewis's album Skin for Elektra Records.

This partnership (Bacon and Quarmby), went on to produce and write an astonishingly diverse range of music. Electro; as R&S artists MANNA, Brit Pop; with The LongPigs, Rock; Mew, Pop; Sugababes, Classical Crossover; David Garret, UK hip hop; Plan B, and were most publicly lauded for their contribution to reggae; with Brit Winning Finley Quaye (Maverick a Strike) and Grammy winning Ziggy Marley (Fallen Is Babylon).

Moving from Sheffield to London's RAK Studios in 2003, they continued to produce, but in 2004, set up the online music distribution company AWAL. This grew to be one of the UK's biggest and most innovative aggregators, distributing over 3,000 artists, including The Arctic Monkeys, David Gray, and Madness. It also spawned the groundbreaking metrics platform, Buzzdeck.

In 2012, they sold AWAL to US Publisher Kobalt, and continued to work on the integration of the businesses.

In 2014 Jonathan and Kevin parted ways, with Jonathan leaving Kobalt to return to song writing and record production. Once again based at RAK Studios, he is signed to RAK publishing and has a studio in the building. Focussing as much on writing as production, he co - wrote 2015's winning song for X Factor France, and has written with a wide range of artists including James Arthur, Luke Burr, Ady Suleman, Duffy, Laura White, Natasha Beddingfield, Aura Dionne, Kmiberley Henderson and Caitlyn Scarlet.

As a writer / producer, Jonathan has recently collaborated with Jacob Banks, Gabrielle Aplin, Daley, Laurence Fox, Tiken Jah Fakoli, Melissa Steele, Nicole Scherzinger, Ben Taylor, and is currently producing Aura Dione's 3rd album for Universal.

In November 2015 Benjamin Clementine's debut album, At Least For Now, which Jonathan produced and mixed, won the Mercury Music Prize. This record had previously been the No 1 album in France eventually going on to sell gold in that territory.

Discography

Production - edited.

Writing

References

  1. ↑ http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=435864&keyname=QUARMBY+JONATHAN+HUGH&CAE=336273564&Affiliation=ASCAP
  2. ↑ Knott, Alex. "Molotov Jukebox – Bang EP | Music Review". Frost Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
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