Yoad Nevo is a Multi Platinum Producer and Mixer known for his work with
Sia,
Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran ( ; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently r ...
,
Giggs,
Jem,
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music h ...
,
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...
,
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British-Irish pop music, pop girl group that was created through the ITV (TV network), ITV talent show ''Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The line up consisted of members Cheryl (singer), Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, N ...
,
Sugababes,
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American psychedelic rock, psychedelic/ band, formed in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia Mc ...
,
Goldfrapp,
Sophie Ellis-Bextor,
Moby
Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...
,
Air
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,
Morcheeba, amongst others. He is also the owner of Nevo Sound Studios in London, and the Product Manager, co-inventor of pro
audio plugins for
Waves Audio
Waves Audio Ltd. is an Israeli developer and supplier of professional digital audio signal processing technologies and audio effects, used in recording, mixing, mastering, post production, broadcast, and live sound. The company's corporate headq ...
.
History
Nevo started his career in music at age 10, playing guitar and exploring electronic instruments and at the age of 17 has started working in professional recording studios. During 1998–2005 Nevo worked at
Townhouse Studios and
Olympic Studios
Olympic Studios was a British independent recording studio based on Church Road, Barnes, Church Road, Barnes, London, Barnes, London. It is best known for its recordings of many artists throughout the late 1960s to the first decade of the 21st ...
alongside
Mark Stent,
Hugh Padgham and Jeremy Wheatley. Nevo designed and launched his own studio complex, ‘Nevo Sound Studios’, in 2005.
Projects
Nevo is perhaps best known for his work with
Sia,
Giggs,
Jem,
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...
,
Girls Aloud
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and
Sugababes. Has also worked on releases by
Duran Duran
Duran Duran () are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor (bass guitarist), John Taylor. After several early changes, the band's line-up settled ...
,
Dave Gahan,
Air
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,
Moby
Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...
,
Alesha Dixon,
Sophie Ellis-Bextor,
Ronan Keating,
Mark Owen
Mark Owen (born 27 January 1972) is an English singer and songwriter best known for being a member of pop group and band Take That; as of 2024, the group have sold 14.4 million albums and 14 million singles in the UK. In Owen's solo career, he h ...
,
Arthur Baker and others. He has collaborated on several productions (
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music h ...
,
Alesha Dixon,
Gabriella Climi) with production team
Xenomania. His production style can be defined by prominent beat, big synth sounds and his technique can be characterized as analogue/digital hybrid.
Nevo is the co-inventor of many audio processing plugins, some of them patented, and has worked with
Waves Audio
Waves Audio Ltd. is an Israeli developer and supplier of professional digital audio signal processing technologies and audio effects, used in recording, mixing, mastering, post production, broadcast, and live sound. The company's corporate headq ...
on much of their product line since 1997. Waves Audio received a technical
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...
in 2011, for making contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.
In 2012 Waves Audio released the 'NLS Non-Linear Summing Plugin, which modeled Nevo's Neve console, along with
Mark 'Spike' Stent's SSL console, and
Mike Hedges' EMI desk.
Nevo is also a busy mastering engineer who's mastered thousands of songs as well as developed industry standard mastering tools such as Waves Masters Bundle.
In January 2012 Nevo launched an online-mastering service 'Nevo Mastering'.
Nevo has written a book, ''Hit Record - An Inside Track to Music Production'', published worldwide and distributed by
Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard LLC (formerly Hal Leonard Corporation) is an American music publishing and distribution company founded in Winona, Minnesota, by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother, Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and fellow musician Roger Busdicker. Curre ...
. in 2007 'Hit Record was later translated to Japanese and released in Japan. It describes the methods of work and offers insight to his approach to production and mixing.
Partial discography
*2015 -
Sia - Salted Wound - Fifty Shades of Grey
*2014 -
Dino Merlin
Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he founded and led the band Merlin (Yugoslav band), Merlin, one of the best-selling Rock b ...
-
Hotel Nacional (Magaza, Croatia Records)
*2014 -
Left Boy - Permanent Midnight (Warner Music)
*2013 -
Lena Meyer-Landrut
Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut (; born 23 May 1991), also known by the mononym Lena, is a German singer. She rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the event with the song "Satellite (Len ...
-
Neon (Lonely People) (Universal Music)
*2013 -
Glasperlenspiel - Grenzenlos (Polydor)
*2012 - Chima - Stille (Island Records)
*2011 -
Barbarellas
Barbarellas (previously known as Ms. Lynch) were an Irish pop duo, consisting of twins Edele and Keavy Lynch (born 15 December 1979), former members of pop girl group B*Witched. The duo were signed to Ceol Music, and released their debut al ...
- Night Mode (Ceol Music)
*2013 -
Giggs -
Let Em Ave It (XL Recordings)
*2010 -
Tina Karol - 9 Lives (Astra Records)
*2009 -
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music h ...
–
Yes
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* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* Young Eisner Scholars, in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Appalachia, US
* Young Ep ...
(Parlophone)
*2008 -
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British-Irish pop music, pop girl group that was created through the ITV (TV network), ITV talent show ''Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The line up consisted of members Cheryl (singer), Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, N ...
-
Out of Control (Polydor)
*2008 -
Alesha Dixon -
The Alesha Show (Asylum Records)
*2007 -
Sugababes Vs
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British-Irish pop music, pop girl group that was created through the ITV (TV network), ITV talent show ''Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. The line up consisted of members Cheryl (singer), Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, N ...
–
Walk This Way
"Walk This Way" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the song was originally released as the second single from the album '' Toys in the Attic'' (1975). It peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboa ...
(Polydor, Island Records)
*2006 -
My Toys Like Me (Aluna George) - Sick Couple
Dumb Angel
*2005 -
Bond -
Explosive: The Best of Bond
*2005 -
Liset Alea - No Sleep (EMI)
*2004 -
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...
-
Room Service
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(Polydor)
*2004 -
Jem -
Finally Woken (ATO)
*2004 -
Goldfrapp –
Strict Machine (Mute)
*2004 -
Duran Duran
Duran Duran () are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor (bass guitarist), John Taylor. After several early changes, the band's line-up settled ...
–
Astronaut
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(Epic)
*2004 -
Air
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–
Surfing on a Rocket (Astralwerks)
*2004 -
McFly
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–
Room on the Third Floor (Universal)
*2003 -
Ronan Keating –
The Long Goodbye (Universal)
*2003 -
Sugababes -
Freak Like Me (Island Records)
*2003 -
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American psychedelic rock, psychedelic/ band, formed in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia Mc ...
-
Welcome to the Monkey House
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(Parlophone)
*2003 -
Dave Gahan –
I Need You (Reprise Records)
*2003 -
The Bangles
The Bangles are an American all-female band, all-female pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, in 1981. They are known for hit singles during the 1980s that made them one of the most successful pop rock groups of the decade. The band’s biggest ...
– Something That You Said (EMI)
*2003 -
Moby
Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...
feat.
Princess Superstar -
Jam for the Ladies (EMI)
*2002 -
Sophie Ellis-Bextor -
Read My Lips (Polydor)
*2002 -
Sugababes –
Freak Like Me (Universal)
*2002 -
Sugababes –
Round Round (Universal)
*2002 -
Morcheeba – Way Beyond (Reprise Records)
*2000 -
Bond - ''
Born'' (Decca)
References
Yoad Nevo's artist page on Waves AudioWaves Audio to Receive Technical GRAMMY Awardin 2011
Yoad Nevo's artist page on Apogeeinterview with Yoad Nevo in Globes 31 March 2010, retrieved 11 July 2011
Waves Audio to launch NLS Non-Linear Summing Plugin20 January 2012, retrieved 11 July 2012
Nevo Mastering to Launch Worldwide13 January 2012, retrieved 11 July 2012
April 2012, retrieved 11 July 2012
External links
Yoad Nevo's Official websiteWaves AudioNevo Mastering
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Grammy Award winners
Living people
British audio engineers
English record producers
Year of birth missing (living people)