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Paul Savage (born January 1971) is a Scottish
musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
and
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 ...
, best known for being the drummer in the Scottish
indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
group
The Delgados The Delgados are a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 1994. The band is composed of Alun Woodward (vocals, guitar), Emma Pollock (vocals, guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass guitar), and Paul Savage (drums). Biography The band was fo ...
.


Early life

Savage was born in
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in January 1971. As a child, he grew up in the
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before returning to
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in 1983.


Career


The Delgados

At school in Motherwell he met
Alun Woodward Alun Woodward (born 11 December 1971), also known by the stage name Lord Cut-Glass, is a musician from Coatbridge, Scotland, and a founding member of influential Glasgow-based band The Delgados. The name Lord Cut-Glass comes from a character in ...
and Stewart Henderson. Early bands including these three were Megan's Frame and Bubblegum. When they were forced out of Bubblegum, they formed their own band with Paul's girlfriend,
Emma Pollock Emma Pollock (born 20 December 1972) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands the Delgados and the Burns Unit. She is also one of the founders of The Fruit Tree Foundation project and a regular contributor t ...
, and called themselves
The Delgados The Delgados are a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 1994. The band is composed of Alun Woodward (vocals, guitar), Emma Pollock (vocals, guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass guitar), and Paul Savage (drums). Biography The band was fo ...
.


Record producer and engineer

Savage has engineered, mixed and/or produced numerous records, including: *
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- '' From Scotland with Love'' (2014) * King Creosote - '' That Might Well Be It, Darling'' (2013)
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- ''The Beauty of Our Youth (2013)'' * King Creosote – ''
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'' (2009) *
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- " Boots Met My Face" *
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– '' Checkmate Savage'' *
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– "Touchdown" *
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– '' Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997)'' * Mogwai – '' Mogwai Young Team'' *
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– '' The Week Never Starts Round Here'' *
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– '' 5:14 Fluoxytine Seagull Alcohol John Nicotine'' * Malcolm Middleton – ''
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'' *
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- '' We Are All Sluts of Trust'' *
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– ''
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'' * Arab Strap – '' Philophobia'' *
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– ''
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'' * Malcolm Middleton – ''Into the Woods'' * Arab Strap – ''The Last Romance'' *
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,
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,
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t,
Emma Pollock Emma Pollock (born 20 December 1972) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands the Delgados and the Burns Unit. She is also one of the founders of The Fruit Tree Foundation project and a regular contributor t ...
, Trashcan Sinatras,
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,
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) – '' Ballads of the Book'' *
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– 2 B sides for "Man Made" * King Creosote – ''Bombshell'' *
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– '' Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters'' *
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– ''
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'' * Mother and the Addicts – ''Science Fiction Illustrated'' *
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– 6 B-sides for '' Let's Get Out of This Country'' * Franz Ferdinand – ''All My Friends'' (cover of
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) * Malcolm Middleton – '' Sleight of Heart'' *
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– ''The Cage was Unlocked All Along'' * Wake the President - ''You Can't Change that Boy'' * Lord Cut-Glass – '' Lord Cut-Glass'' * Mogwai - '' Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will'' * Emma Pollock – ''The Law of Large Numbers'' * Zoey Van Goey – ''Propellor Versus Wings'' *
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- ''Thirteen Lost & Found'' * Adam Stafford - ''Build a Harbour Immediately''


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