Paul Northfield is a prolific British

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and

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, who has worked on

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s by bands such as

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, Rush,

Porcupine Tree Porcupine Tree are an English rock band formed by musician Steven Wilson in 1987. During an initial career spanning more than twenty years, they earned critical acclaim from critics and fellow musicians, developed a cult following, and became ...

and

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. Northfield worked at Advision Studio, London from 1974 to 1978, then at

Le Studio Le Studio (later renamed Studio Morin Heights) was a residential recording studio in the Laurentian Mountains near the town of Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada built in 1972 by recording engineer and producer André Perry, Nick Blagona and Ya ...

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from 1978 to 1987, and has been an independent engineer since then.

Selected discography

References

External links

Interview With Paul Northfield

Recording Porcupine Tree - Progressive Rockers Porcupine Tree In the Studio

Rush's Vapor Trails album - recording the new Vapor Trails CD
British record producers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British audio engineers Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year winners {{UK-record-producer-stub