Kristofer Harris is an English record producer, mixer and writer.
He is most noted for his work with
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released eleven albums. They are often compared with acts such as The Smiths and Nick Drake. The name "Belle and Sebastian" come ...
,
Ghostpoet
Obaro Ejimiwe (born 18 January 1983) is a British singer, songwriter and musician better known by his stage name Ghostpoet. His first album, ''Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam'', was shortlisted for the 2011 Mercury Prize. His 2015 album ''S ...
,
Smoke Fairies
Smoke Fairies (Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies) are a British band hailing from Chichester.
History
Blamire and Davies met at school in Sussex during the late 1990s. They spent 2002 in New Orleans, where they absorbed American blues music ...
,
Clock Opera
Clock Opera are a British indie rock band based in London. Formed in 2009 by singer, guitarist and sampler Guy Connelly, the quartet also comprises Andy West on bass and guitar, Che Albrighton on drums, and Dan Armstrong on keyboards and vocals. ...
and
Bear's Den
Bear's Den (also called by the name of its most outstanding landmark, Bear's Den Falls .
Biography
Kristofer Harris grew up in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, United Kingdom, and began his musical career playing in his own bands Tourist and
Story Books and also contributed as session musician on tours with
Laura Marling
Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British folk singer-songwriter. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards and was nominated for the same award at the 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Brit A ...
,
Smoke Fairies
Smoke Fairies (Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies) are a British band hailing from Chichester.
History
Blamire and Davies met at school in Sussex during the late 1990s. They spent 2002 in New Orleans, where they absorbed American blues music ...
and Sea of Bees.
In 2017 Harris mixed a series of singles for Scottish band
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released eleven albums. They are often compared with acts such as The Smiths and Nick Drake. The name "Belle and Sebastian" come ...
released in early 2018 on
Matador Records
Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts.
History
Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City apart ...
.
He co-mixed the
Ghostpoet
Obaro Ejimiwe (born 18 January 1983) is a British singer, songwriter and musician better known by his stage name Ghostpoet. His first album, ''Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam'', was shortlisted for the 2011 Mercury Prize. His 2015 album ''S ...
album "
Dark Days + Canapés
''Dark Days + Canapés'' is the fourth album by British vocalist and musician Ghostpoet.
Described as a standout track, the first single from the album, "Immigrant Boogie", was released in April 2017. Three more songs, "Trouble + Me", "Freakshow" ...
" released in 2017 on
PIAS Recordings
PIAS Recordings (formerly Play It Again Sam) is a Belgian record label founded in 1983 by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot. Play It Again Sam expanded along with other European independent labels in the early 1980s. Play It Again Sam's prominent ea ...
,
contributed production to the
Bears Den album "
Islands
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" on
Communion Records having worked closely with the band on the early "Agape" EP.
He co-produced and mixed "Venn" the second album for
Clock Opera
Clock Opera are a British indie rock band based in London. Formed in 2009 by singer, guitarist and sampler Guy Connelly, the quartet also comprises Andy West on bass and guitar, Che Albrighton on drums, and Dan Armstrong on keyboards and vocals. ...
on
!K7
!K7 Music is a music company based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 (it has since relocated, first to Heidestrasse 52, and currently he ...
Records,
co-produced and mixed the "Other Rivers" album for Matthew and The Atlas also on
Communion Records and produced and mixed two albums for the UK band
Smoke Fairies
Smoke Fairies (Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies) are a British band hailing from Chichester.
History
Blamire and Davies met at school in Sussex during the late 1990s. They spent 2002 in New Orleans, where they absorbed American blues music ...
; their self-titled "Smoke Fairies" album and also "Wild Winter" which were released on
Full Time Hobby
Full Time Hobby is an independent record label formed in London in January 2004. Since its inception it has released records by artists such as Dana Gavanski, Timber Timbre, Tunng, Micah P. Hinson, Michael Nau, Katie Von Schleicher and Whit ...
Records.
In 2017 Harris mixed and additionally-produced the debut album of Belgian band
VRWRK "On The Outside" for
Universal Music
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and produced and mixed tracks for White Room's "Eight" release via
Deltasonic Records
Deltasonic is a British record label based in Liverpool, England. Previously joint ventured with Sony Music, it is now totally independent. It was formed by Alan Wills, the former drummer with Liverpool bands Shack and Top, and associated with ...
.
Credits
Artists Kristofer has worked with include:
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Bears Den
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Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released eleven albums. They are often compared with acts such as The Smiths and Nick Drake. The name "Belle and Sebastian" come ...
*
Clock Opera
Clock Opera are a British indie rock band based in London. Formed in 2009 by singer, guitarist and sampler Guy Connelly, the quartet also comprises Andy West on bass and guitar, Che Albrighton on drums, and Dan Armstrong on keyboards and vocals. ...
*
Diagrams
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*
Emmy The Great
Emma-Lee Moss (born 4 November 1983), known by her stage name Emmy the Great, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released four studio albums, ''First Love (Emmy the Great album), First Love'', Virtue (Emmy the Great album), ''Virtue'', ...
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Ghostpoet
Obaro Ejimiwe (born 18 January 1983) is a British singer, songwriter and musician better known by his stage name Ghostpoet. His first album, ''Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam'', was shortlisted for the 2011 Mercury Prize. His 2015 album ''S ...
* Indoor Pets
* King No-One
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Matthew and the Atlas
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Monika Linkytė
Monika Linkytė (born 3 June 1992) is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Vaidas Baumila with the song " This Time", placing 18th. She also represented Lithuania in the Ne ...
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Nimmo
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NZCA Lines
NZCA Lines (stylised as NZCA/LINES) are a British synthpop band founded by Michael Lovett. Previous members of the band include Charlotte Hatherley and Sarah Jones.
Discography
*''NZCA/LINES'' (Lo Recordings, 2012)
*''Infinite Summer'' (Memphis I ...
*
Rachel K Collier
Rachel K Collier is a Welsh electronic music producer and performer from Swansea, Wales. She studied Creative Music Technology (BMus) for four years at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama before moving to London to further pursue her music c ...
*
Smoke Fairies
Smoke Fairies (Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies) are a British band hailing from Chichester.
History
Blamire and Davies met at school in Sussex during the late 1990s. They spent 2002 in New Orleans, where they absorbed American blues music ...
*
Story Books
*
VRWRK
References
External links
Official site
Living people
English record producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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