Steve Osborne
Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a multi-platinum selling British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2,[1] Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Doves, KT Tunstall, Vanessa Carlton etc. (see below for complete list). During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team, a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; the artists they worked with included Happy Mondays[2] and U2. He was part of the 1990s dance music act Grace, also with Oakenfold, which existed from 1994 to 1997. Osborne most recently has worked with Cat's Eyes on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 Soundedit Festival in Poland, Steve Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man With The Golden Ear' Award. In 2000 Steve was replaced by Andy Gray who then 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.
Personal life
Osborne is a fan of Norwich City F.C., and he has a recording studio at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.
Production and mixing credits in reverse chronological order
- 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 (album)
- 2014: Vanessa Carlton = Producer & Mixer - Liberman[3]
- 2014: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer - Long Road Home
- 2012: Simple Minds = Producer & Mixer - Big Music (album)
- 2012: Cat's Eyes = Producer & Mixer - Forthcoming Tracks
- 2012: Captain = Mixer - Forthcoming Album
- 2012: Invaders = Producer & Mixer - “Hummingbird” Track
- 2012: Morten Harket = Producer & Mixer - Forthcoming Album
- 2012: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer - “Farmer & His Gun” Single
- 2012: Glint = Producer & Mixer - Forthcoming Album
- 2012: Law Abiding Citizens = Producer - Forthcoming Tracks
- 2012: Toddla T = Mixer - Forthcoming Tracks
- 2012: Imelda May = Mixer - Forthcoming Track
- 2012: Evil Alien = Mixer - Forthcoming Track
- 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: 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 - Asstant 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 - Producer Pop[5]
- 1997: Curve - Producer & Mixer - "Chinese Burn" and "Coming Up Roses"
- 1996: Lush - Producer & Mixer - Lovelife
- 1993: Deacon Blue - Producer & Mixer - Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
- 1990: Happy Mondays - Producer & Mixer - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
References
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 19 August 2016
- ↑ Verna, Paul (1997) "U2 Pop", Billboard, 15 March 1997, p. 63. Retrieved 19 August 2016