James Rutledge is an English, London-based musician, record producer and remixer. He is from

Ashbourne, Derbyshire Ashbourne is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district in Derbyshire, England. Its population was measured at 8,377 in the 2011 census and was estimated to have grown to 9,163 by 2019. It has many historical buildings and independent sho ...

, England.

Life

James Rutledge studied at

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne Queen Elizabeth's School (QEGS) is a non-selective academy school for 11- to 18-year-olds in the town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. In the academic year 2009–10, there were 1,396 pupils on roll. Both the main school and 6th form have i ...

alongside fellow musician Dave Tyack, before reading English Literature at

St Anne's College, Oxford St Anne's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 and gained full college status in 1959. Originally a women's college, it has admitted men since 1979. It has some 450 undergraduate and 200 ...

between 1996 and 1999.

Career

Rutledge recorded initially under the name Pedro, with his first EP in 1999 launching Manchester's

Melodic Records Melodic Records is a British independent record label founded by David Cooper in 1999. Based in Manchester, England, the label have recently released their 132nd release as of October 2021Strawbery Guys 'Sun Outside My Window' album) and celebrat ...

. The name Pedro was derived from the main protagonist in the Alex Cox film ''

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''. He has also recorded as Vowels and played with Ashbourne's Strongest Man, Chapters and D.O.T. (the latter in collaboration with Dave Tyack). He has released work on the labels 4AD, Domino, Melodic, Moshi Moshi, Mush, RCA and

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. He has worked with, remixed or been remixed by Bloc Party, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bracken, Danger Mouse, Everything Everything, Fever Ray, Foals, Four Tet, Ellie Goulding, The Kills, MGMT, Telepathe, The Pastels, Post War Years, Prefuse 73 and

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. In 2008 he auctioned a four-hour remix of the Radiohead song ''Videotape'' recorded on VHS on eBay with the money going to the charity

Missing People A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, de ...

, in part in memory of Dave Tyack.

Awards

He was the Remixer of the Year at the 2011 MPG Awards. He was shortlisted for Breakthrough Producer and Remixer of the Year at the 2012 MPG Awards.

Discography

Singles and EPs (as Pedro)

* ''Pedro EP'' (Melodic Records, 1999) * ''Chapel Was My Dream'' (Melodic Records, 2001)

Remixes

Japancakes Japancakes is an American indie rock group, based in Athens, Georgia, United States. History Rhythm guitarist Eric Berg formed the band with the idea of putting ten musicians in a band without any rehearsal, and performing a D chord for 45 minut ...

- "Soon" (James Rutledge Mix) *

Bloc Party Bloc Party are an English Rock music, rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, sampler), Russell Lissack (lead guitar, keyboards), Justin Harris (bass guitar, keyboards, saxophones, backing vocals) and Loui ...

- "Uniform" (James Rutledge Remix) *

Fever Ray Karin Elisabeth Dreijer (born 7 April 1975) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and record producer. Dreijer was one half of the electronic music duo the Knife, formed with their brother Olof Dreijer. Dreijer released their debut solo album under ...

- "Triangle Walks" (James Rutledge Remix) *

Everything Everything Everything Everything are an English art rock band from Manchester that formed in late 2007. Noted for their eclectic sound and complex, sociopolitical lyrics, the band have released six albums to date – 2010's '' Man Alive'', 2013's '' Arc'' ...

- "MY KZ UR BF" (James Rutledge Remix) *

The Kills The Kills are an English-American rock duo formed by American singer Alison "VV" Mosshart and English guitarist Jamie "Hotel" Hince. They are signed to Domino Records. Their first four albums, '' Keep On Your Mean Side'', ''No Wow'', ''Midni ...

- "Last Day of Magic" (James Rutledge Remix) *

MGMT MGMT () is an American indie rock band formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut. It was founded by multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser. Alongside VanWyngarden and Goldwasser, MGMT's live lineup currently consists of ...

- "Electric Feel" (James Rutledge Remix) *

DNTEL James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello, also known by his stage name Dntel , is an American electronic music artist and DJ. Aside from his main solo project, Tamborello is also known as a member of the groups The Postal Service, Dntel#Other projects, H ...

- "To a Fault" (James Rutledge Remix)

References

English electronic musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford English record producers Remixers People from Ashbourne, Derbyshire {{UK-musician-stub