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Steve Osbourne
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, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Doves, KT Tunstall, Vanessa Carlton, and Simple Minds. Career During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team, a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; they worked with Happy Mondays, 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 El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music'' (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: MIT Press, 2005).Richard James Burgess, ''The History of Music Production'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)pp 12–13Allan Watson, ''Cultural Production in and Beyond the Recording Studio'' (New York: Routledge, 2015)pp 25–27 The record producer, or simply the producer, is likened to film director and art director. The executive producer, on the other hand, enables the recording project through entrepreneurship, and an audio engineer operates the technology. Varying by project, the producer may or may not choose all of the artists. If employing only synthesized or sampled instrumentation, the producer may be the sole artist. Conversely, some artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace (group)
Grace was a 1990s British Electronic dance music, dance music act, consisting of the disc jockey, DJs Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne and the jazz singer Dominique Atkins. The group's first single, "Not Over Yet" (originally released in 1993 and then again in 1995), had lead and backing vocals by the original frontwoman Patti Low. Atkins recorded her own lead vocals for "Not Over Yet" when it was included as the first track on the group's only album ''If I Could Fly (Grace album), If I Could Fly''. History The group was initially named State of Grace, shortened to Grace following the discovery of State of Grace (band), another group of the same name. In existence from 1993 to 1997, the group served mainly to showcase Oakenfold and Osborne's production talents. They had seven Top 40 hits, most notably the dance anthem "Not Over Yet", which peaked at #6 in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Hot Dance Club Songs, Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the US. The original front-woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberman (album)
''Liberman'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released in the US on October 23, 2015 and in the UK and Europe on April 29, through Dine Alone Records. It is the follow up to Carlton's 2011 album ''Rabbits on the Run'' and marks her first release since signing with Dine Alone Records. The title of the album comes from an oil painting made by Carlton's late grandfather, whose given surname was Liberman. Background and writing Following the 2011 release ''Rabbits on the Run'', Carlton took time off to get married, start a family, and write another album. She told CBS News that these changes in her life are reflected in ''Liberman'''s songs, and that she "wanted the whole album to feel like an escape type of album, where you put it on and you feel like you're in this dreamy state." To avoid preconceived notions, demos recorded were sent to Dine Alone Records without Carlton's name attached. Label president Joel Carriere says of hearing the demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ones And Zeros (Young Guns Album)
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Ones and Zeros may refer to: * ''Ones and Zeros'' (Immaculate Machine album) * ''Ones and Zeros'' (Young Guns album) * "eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg", a 2015 episode of ''Mr. Robot'' See also * ''Zeros and Ones'', a 2021 film * " Zeroes and Ones", a song by Jesus Jones * Binary number A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method of mathematical expression which uses only two symbols: typically "0" (zero) and "1" ( one). The base-2 numeral system is a positional notatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Guns (band)
Young Guns are an English alternative rock band from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The members, working with each other in various musical interests throughout the 2000s, formally formed the band in 2008, and rose to prominence after their debut EP, ''Mirrors'', earned them spots opening live shows for Bon Jovi and Guns N' Roses. Their debut album, ''All Our Kings Are Dead'', on 12 July 2010. Their second album, ''Bones'', was released in February 2012. Their single "Bones" reached no. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Active Rock charts in the US in May 2013. Their third album, '' Ones and Zeros'', was released on 9 June 2015. The band's fourth album, '' Echoes'', was released on September 16, 2016. History '' Mirrors ''EP and'' All Our Kings Are Dead ''(2008–2010) While members of the band had been together dating back to 2003, during these years, they were more identified as just a number of musicians who shared a similar passion for music in the same London underground music s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cast In Steel
''Cast in Steel'' is the tenth studio album by Norwegian band A-ha. The album was released on 4 September 2015 by We Love Music and Polydor. It is their first studio album since ''Foot of the Mountain'' (2009), following their second reunion in early 2015. ''Cast in Steel'' is the first a-ha album to use the original band logo since ''Memorial Beach'' from 1993, and the first album to be produced by Alan Tarney since ''Stay on These Roads'' (1988). Background and recording Following the release of their ninth studio album, ''Foot of the Mountain'', a-ha announced that they would retire as a band. In 2015, however, the band announced that they would re-unite for a two-year period and release ''Cast in Steel'', followed by a world tour to promote the album. ''Cast in Steel'' was released on 4 September 2015, shortly before a-ha performed in Brazil at Rock in Rio on 27 September for the festival's 30th anniversary. Initially Pål Waaktaar-Savoy and Morten Harket began recording the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elementfour
Elementfour (variants Element Four and Element 4) was a music producing duo made up of DJ Paul Oakenfold and musician/composer Andy Gray. Sometime before July 2000, they collaborated in writing and producing the opening theme for the Channel 4 reality series '' Big Brother''. The theme, which was later released as a single, continued to be used when ''Big Brother'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother'' moved to Channel 5 from 18 August 2011 until the show was axed and ended on 5 November 2018. A sample from the track was used again in 2022 to promote the upcoming 2023 series on ITV2. Discography Singles ;As Elementfour *2000: "Big Brother UK TV Theme The ''Big Brother'' UK TV Theme, also known as "Elementfour" in Belgium or as "Tast-E" in Australia and Greece, is the opening theme for the British reality TV series '' Big Brother'', written and produced by music duo Elementfour in 2000. Follo ..." *2000: " Element Four" (Belgium) (reached No.13 in the Ultratop Dance charts) ;As P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother UK
''Big Brother'' is the British version of the international reality television franchise '' Big Brother'' created by producer John de Mol in 1997. Broadcast yearly from 2000 to 2018, and due to return in 2023, the show follows the format of other national editions, in which a group of contestants, known as "housemates", live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. They are continuously monitored by live television cameras and personal audio microphones. Throughout the competition, housemates are "evicted" from the house by public televoting. The last remaining housemate wins the competition and a cash prize. The series takes its name from the oppressive character known by that name in George Orwell's 1949 novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. The series premiered in 2000 on Channel 4 and immediately became a ratings hit. It featured a 24-hour live feed in which fans could view inside the house at any time. ''Big Brother'' aired for eleven s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Day
"Beautiful Day" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the first track on their tenth studio album, ''All That You Can't Leave Behind'' (2000), and was released as the album's lead single on 9 October 2000. The song was a commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is one of U2's biggest hits to date. Like many tracks from ''All That You Can't Leave Behind'', "Beautiful Day" harkens back to the group's past sound. The tone of the Edge's guitar was a subject of debate amongst the band members, as they disagreed on whether he should use a sound similar to that from their early career in the 1980s. The band's lead vocalist Bono explained that the upbeat track is about losing everything but still finding joy in what one has. The song received positive reviews, and it became the band's 14th number-one single in their native Ireland, fourth number-one in the United Kingdom, and their first number-one in the Netherlands. It also topped the charts in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Blues
"Natural Blues" is a song by American electronic musician Moby. It was released on March 6, 2000, as the fifth single from his fifth studio album, ''Play'' (1999). The song is built around vocals sampled from "Trouble So Hard" by American folk singer Vera Hall (1937). "Natural Blues" was one of several songs on ''Play'' produced by Moby based on samples obtained from albums of American folk music originally compiled by field collector Alan Lomax. The single was first released in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. In Iceland it peaked at number one. Background and composition "Natural Blues" was produced by Moby for his fifth studio album ''Play'', and contains samples from "Trouble So Hard" by American folk singer Vera Hall. Moby obtained the samples from a box set of folk music compiled by field collector Alan Lomax, and Hall and Lomax receive co-writing credits on the track. "Natural Blues", described by Moby as a "quite ethereal and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moby
Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom". After taking up guitar and piano at age nine, he played in several underground punk rock bands through the 1980s before turning to electronic dance music. In 1989, he moved to New York City and became a prolific figure as a DJ, producer and remixer. His 1991 single " Go" was his mainstream breakthrough, especially in Europe, where it peaked within the top ten of the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Between 1992 and 1997 he scored eight top 10 hits on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart including " Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", " Feeling So Real", and " James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Gray (musician)
Andrew Gray-Ling (born 1970), better known as Andy Gray, is a British songwriter, composer, and record producer. Gray became one half of the Perfecto remix team with Paul Oakenfold to replace Steve Osborne, and they went on to remix Moby's "Natural Blues" and U2's "Beautiful Day" and compose the theme music for ''Big Brother UK'' under the name Elementfour. Discography Film scores *''Hunters (2016 TV series)'' (composer/ producer) *'' Alleycats'' (composer) *''Mr. Holmes'' (composer / producer) Trailer *''Last Waltz'' (composer) TBA *''Rapid intervention'' (composer) *'' TT3D: Closer to the Edge'' (composer/ producer) *CSI Miami (composer) original song *Saab (composer / producer) Saab North America *The Secret of war (BBC) (composer / producer) UK TV End credits *Traveler (composer / producer) Pilot TV show US *Ultraviolet (composer / producer) Trailer *I am number four (Disney) (composer / producer) Trailer *Let Me in (composer / producer) Trailer *Toshiba (compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
