Stephen John Anderson (born 1969 in

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) is a British musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with

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on her tours and albums. He has also worked on songs and albums for many recording artists such as

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and

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Life and career

Early years – Brothers in Rhythm

Remixes and releases

Steve Anderson began his musical career at DMC Studios as one half of remix/production team

Brothers in Rhythm Brothers in Rhythm are a British electronic music group comprising Dave Seaman, Steve Anderson and Alan Bremner. The group was originally a duo comprising Seaman and Anderson, with Bremner joining later in 1999. They have remixed and/or produc ...

with

Dave Seaman Dave Seaman (born 29 April 1968) is a British DJ and record producer. He was formerly a member of the Disco Mix Club, DMC Publishing, and editor of music magazine ''Mixmag''. Biography He formed Brothers in Rhythm with Steve Anderson (music ...

. They went on to work with artists including

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and

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. Anderson's role at DMC was initially as an apprentice or, as he described it, "tea-boy creating some mixes for their subscription service". Anderson's first remix for

under the DMC label was her 1990 disco single "

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". Though this remix was not officially serviced, it has been suggested that it later provided inspiration for the successful Harding/Curnow remix of the single. Further, it would lead to Anderson collaborating with Minogue on her ballad "

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" in 1991. Recalling the important influence of the band

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's music at the time, Anderson stated in an interview:

''Finer Feelings'' came from someone at
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loving what we were doing with Brothers In Rhythm, which up until then had been predominantly
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, so taking on a gorgeous mid
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was quite a risk but of course we loved the song and just embellished what was there with a whole load of piano,
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and choir… On the original 1992
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it was purely about making the
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tougher and the
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more lush - everyone was influenced by
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then, so that’s where we were headed”

This led to production work for the

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(including the No.1s ''Never Forget'' and ''Sure'') and Minogue's debut album for

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in 1994, including "

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" which he co-wrote and produced. Extensively collaborating with

, Brothers in Rhythm also had mainstream hits in their own right with ''Peace and Harmony'' (1990) and ''

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'' (1991), the latter reaching number 1 in the ''

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. ''Peace and Harmony'' secured greater exposure when it re-appeared as the

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to ''

''. In 1994, the follow-up to ''

'', ''Forever and a Day'', was released in the U.K via Stress Records, with vocals from Charvoni, charting at number 51.

Production work

Around the time of the Brothers in Rhythm release ''Forever and a Day'', Seaman and Anderson featured on the first Kylie Minogue album since leaving her label

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. The two co-wrote and produced her first single ''

'', which went to no. 2 in the U.K charts and signified a “reinvention” of Minogue's image and sound. According to Lee Barron, he felt the image of the music video was an example and opening of "Indie Kylie"; an image that later progressed through the work of her 1997 album

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. Brothers in Rhythm also produced four additional songs on the album, namely ''Love is Waiting'', ''Dangerous Game'', ''Automatic Love'' and ''Where is the Feeling''. After the release of their 1994 Brothers in Rhythm

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''Forever in a Day'', Anderson and

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concentrated on writing, producing and recording Minogue's second album for

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, ''

''. Temporarily retitled ''Kylie Minogue'' in the UK and Europe (following the death of

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), this was Minogue's sixth studio album, released on 22 October 1997 by

and

in Japan. Minogue had co-written all the songs on the album, with additional credits in production and composition; the album was also assisted by Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk, Brothers in Rhythm and

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, among others. The album received a polarized response from

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. Commercially, the album reached number 10 in Australia, Scotland and the UK, but was certified

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by the

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(ARIA) for physical shipment of 70,000 units. After the release of ''Impossible Princess'', Brothers in Rhythm continued to collaborate, having their remixes on single releases by D:Ream,

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and

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. While the Brothers in Rhythm never officially split up, the beginning of the millennium saw Dave Seamen concentrate on his DJ career while Anderson consolidated his career in music production, song-writing and theatre.

Production and songwriting

Steve Anderson has written and co-written songs and produced music for recording artists including

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and

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. After completing ''

'' for Minogue in 1997, Anderson continued to write with Minogue for the album that became ''

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''. Recalling a sense of freedom during the early period of recording in 1999, Anderson states:

The thing is, when we get together to write, we just do what we feel like. We never try to pitch at an album or sound, so often we write something we love that happily sits on a
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, and that’s fine with us. If you take something like ''Harmony'' for instance - the sun was shining at Real World and we just wanted to do something really bright, warm and summery with a lovely lyric. We knew there was no way it was going to fit on an album, but that's not a good enough reason not to write it.

Released in 2000 through

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and widely seen as Minogue's comeback album, ''

'' features three songs composed by Anderson (''So Now Goodbye'', ''

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'' and ''Bittersweet Goodbye''). He also co-wrote ''Dancefloor'' and ''Give It To Me'' on the follow-up album ''

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'', which reached the number one slot in the UK, Australian, Austrian, German and Irish album charts and number 3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. Anderson also worked on songs for Britney Spears, including "Breathe on Me" for her 2003 album ''

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'' and two unreleased songs ("State of Grace" and "Grow") originally intended for her album '' Blackout''. In 2003, he produced and co-wrote three songs for the

album '' State of Mind'', released on

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. He also co-wrote and produced "Everything You Ever Wanted" for the English-Irish Pop

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's debut album '' Sound of the Underground'' (

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). In 2009, he produced "

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" for the Irish

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's ''

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'' album ( S /

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. He also collaborated with Australian singer

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on the song "Supersensual" for her number 1 selling album ''

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'' (

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). He co-wrote and produced the song "Entre Nous et le Sol" for French singer

's album '' Caféine''(

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, which was subsequently released as a

in 2010 with the English-language version of the album, ''Heartbox'' with the restored original title, ''State of Grace''. In 2010, he wrote and produced the song "I will reach you", that appeared as an album track on Westlife's ''Gravity''. In the same year he wrote the lead single to Spanish singer

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's album ''Nueva Piel'' (Sony Music Spain), " Soy Como Soy". In 2011, he was reunited with

, producing his entire '' Prismophonic'' album for Columbia / Sony Music. In 2012, he also produced the English version of Willem's album, ''Love Shot Me Down''. As part of Kylie Minogue's ''K25'' celebrations, Anderson also produced '' The Abbey Road Sessions'' album, on which he co-wrote the single "

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". In 2013 he produced

's '' Home for Christmas'' album. In 2014 he produced Boyle's next album, ''

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''. In 2015 he produced songs on

album ''

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'' and numerous songs for Kylie Minogue's Christmas album, ''

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'' (

). In 2016 he wrote and produced

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's single "Lovenight". He also became heavily involved in the production, arrangement and release of new singer Harriet and her self-titled debut album (Brightstar Records). He also produced Boyle's Christmas album ''A Wonderful World'' (

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), featuring covers of

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and

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songs. Anderson also produced Minogue's expanded re-release of her Christmas album, ''Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition''. In 2018, he produced and wrote a couple of tracks on the solo debut album of Steps' singer

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. He also co-produced the debut album ‘Brave’ by 15 year old Beau Dermott for (

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) Records with

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Music director – pop concert tours

Though its chart performance was somewhat lackluster, a key success of Kylie Minogue's ''

'' era was her live tour '' Intimate and Live'' in 1998. Performing to sell out shows in Australia and London, Minogue selected Anderson as its musical director for all corresponding concerts. This relationship continues with Anderson providing essential arrangement production work for Kylie Minogue's ''

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'' (2001), '' KylieFever tour'' (2002), ''

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'' (2004), '' Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour'' (2005), '' Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour'' (2006-2007), '' KylieX2008'' (2008-2009), ''

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'' (2009), '' Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour'' (2011), ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2014-2015) and ''

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'' at the

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(2015-2016). Outside his live work for Minogue, Anderson has scored the live arrangements for tours and shows by

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and most recently Lush in October 2016. He has also scored notable radio and T.V shows including Live Lounge for

and

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and An Audience With Kylie Minogue which featured a duet with

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Music supervisor – theatre

In 2007, alongside working on the ''Showgirl'' tour, Anderson and others from Kylie Minogue's creative team, including

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, vocal arranger

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and creative director William Baker, opened their re-worked version of

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'', ''Rent: Remixed'' at London's

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. The show starred

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, and Siobhan Donaghy as Mimi. While the show's stripped down adaptation drew criticism, Sam Marlow, theatre critic for the Times, stated

Anderson has done a cracking job of funking up Larson’s score, replacing overweening guitar rock with pumping gay club anthems and diva pop, flavoured with rippling keyboards and electronica.

The same creative team would reunite for several versions of ''The Hurly Burly Show'', a

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playing at various

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s between 2010 and 2012, starring the British

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performer

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. The show was well received by Theatre critics, with

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's Charles Spencer giving it a four-star rating, noting the quality of the show's musical numbers, while

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's Michael Billington praised its slick direction. Three successful incarnations of the show led to further theatrical outings for Anderson. Collaborations to date include: *''Little Belter'' (London and UK Tour, 2012) *''Orchid – Where Desire Blooms'' (Miami, 2012) *''Some Girl I Used To Know'' (Leeds, London West End and UK Tour, 2014) *''The Supreme Fabulettes – Viva La Drag'' (London West End and UK Tour 2014–2015) *''Chandelier'' (

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, 2015) *''Elyria'' (

, 2015). In 2014 it was announced that Anderson was working on a new musical based on the music of Minogue. In September 2015 Minogue herself confirmed that the musical had "momentum" once again, after being "in talks". A successful

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registration by Minogue's family company from 2012 indicates that the musical's working title is ''Lucky: The Kylie Minogue Musical''. Anderson is currently working on a new musical, ''The Most Beautiful Man In New York'', with long time collaborators

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and

Discography

With Brothers in Rhythm

Singles

As producer and songwriter (selected discography)

External links

Official website

Steve Anderson on Twitter

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Steve Living people Music directors English record producers English songwriters People from Southend-on-Sea 1969 births