Gareth Mannix (born 27 August 1977) is an Irish record producer. He has worked on platinum albums by
Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club
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Jerry Fish is the alter ego of musician and record producer Gerard Whelan (who also leads the band An Emotional Fish) who founded an independent record label and the b ...
,
Damien Dempsey
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,
Jack L
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History
A native of Athy Co. Kildare Ireland, Jack Lukeman attended a youth ...
and
Juliet Turner
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. For six years consecutively a number of acts who have worked with Mannix have won
Meteor Music Awards
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.
His live recording credits include
The Divine Comedy (band)
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,
Whipping Boy
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, the
Beta Band
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and
Elbow
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. As a qualified recording engineer, Gareth further developed his studio craft working with masters such as
John Leckie
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(
Radiohead
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) and
Richard Rainey (
U2).
Throughout the decade, Mannix has worked with successful artists such as
Republic of Loose
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,
The Kinetiks,
The Chalets
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,
Humanzi
Humanzi were an Irish rock band based in Dublin, Ireland.
Album and singles
Humanzi released their debut album ''Tremors'' on Fiction/SFR on 24 July 2006. It featured the singles "Fix The Cracks" and "Diet Pills and Magazines". ''Tremors'' w ...
,
The Flaws
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,
Director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
, Dirty Epics, Niall Colfer,
Delorentos
Delorentos are a Dublin-based Irish alternative rock band, formed in 2005. They consist of Rónan Yourell (vocals, guitar, piano), Kieran McGuinness (vocals, guitar), Níal Conlan (bass, backing vocals) and Ross McCormick (drums, backing vocals). ...
, The Minutes Philtre and
The Blizzards
The Blizzards are an Irish band from Mullingar in County Westmeath. They were formed by Niall Breslin in late 2004, and also feature Dec Murphy (drums), Justin Ryan, Anthony Doran, Louize Carroll (bass) and Aidan Lynch (keyboards). They have a ...
.
References
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Living people
Irish record producers
1977 births