Gar Veteran Member Posts:1676  
| 7/22/2005 6:40 AM |
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Here's a topic to kick your Friday off and get your brain working. Who are some of the best producers in music today?
A few to get it started:
Dr. Dre
Brian Eno
Ian Broudie
Ethan Johns
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LooseFir New Member Posts:45
| 7/22/2005 8:56 AM |
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Nigel Godrich with kid a and sea change under his belt would be a good choice, as would dave fridmann, the soft bulletin is an amazing album to listen to, how he produced it i dont know.
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off the post Basic Member Posts:284
| 7/22/2005 9:24 AM |
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Straight off Phil Spector springs to mind.
Hard to believe Ian Broudie produced the Bunnymen's 1st album Crocodiles all those years ago back in 1980.
Oh yeah, and Steve Lillywhite of course. I wonder how big an influence he has been on U2? I'd say huge.
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off the postBasic Member Posts:284
| 7/22/2005 9:27 AM |
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Originally posted by LooseFir
Nigel Godrich with kid a and sea change under his belt would be a good choice, as would dave fridmann, the soft bulletin is an amazing album to listen to, how he produced it i dont know.
I'd go one further and ask how did Fridman manage to produce Deserter's Songs? |
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 7/22/2005 10:12 AM |
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Mutt Lange
Tony Brown
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mutchBasic Member Posts:392
| 7/22/2005 12:12 PM |
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rick rubin, mike patton (least i think he does his own stuff)
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nonemoreblackNew Member Posts:21
| 7/22/2005 2:21 PM |
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Tony Doogan..Reindeer Section, Mogwai and Belle and Sebastien.
Dave Friedman
Jeff Lyne..former ELO man, has done Super Furry's and other great stuff.
Matt Wallace..thinks he's in retirement now bur he did some great stuff in the 90's. Jeff Buckley's Grace.
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amawasterBasic Member Posts:127
| 7/22/2005 4:06 PM |
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stephen street was good in his day
rick rubin obviously
scott litt (REM dont mind the counting crows era)
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stroller Advanced Member Posts:576
| 7/22/2005 4:46 PM |
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My current favourite is Paul Epworth. In the last two years he's produced Bloc Party, The Futureheads, Sons & Daughters, Maximo Park, Babyshambles, Death From Above 1979, The Rakes, White Rose Movement, New Rhodes, The Streets, Kano and a whole bunch of bands I've never head of (Lomax, Wolf & Cub, Negative For Francis, Red Organ Serpent Sound and Solid State Sevival). In that time he's also remixed U2, New Order, Tom Vek, Goldfrapp, The Kills, Annie, The Others and er...Shazney lewis.
In terms of hip-hop producers I'd have to go for James Brown, The Neptunes, The Dust Brothers, Pete Rock, Marley marl, Diamond D, Rich Harrison, Madlib, DJ Premier, RZA, Prince Paul, Timbaland, Mark Ronson, Dangermouse, Quantic and RJD2.
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UnicronVeteran Member Posts:1696
| 7/22/2005 7:46 PM |
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Steve Albini.
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 7/22/2005 10:03 PM |
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there's a shortage of good irish producers, or maybe people are just unoriginal and get the same two guys to do everything
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PunchbowlBasic Member Posts:205
| 7/26/2005 2:50 PM |
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Mike Hedges . Did a couple of A House, U2 , The Cure, Manic Street Preachers..
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benniAdvanced Member Posts:947
| 7/26/2005 2:56 PM |
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Originally posted by stroller
a whole bunch of bands I've never head of (Lomax, Wolf & Cub, Negative For Francis, Red Organ Serpent Sound and Solid State SevivalPaul, Timbaland, Mark Ronson, Dangermouse, Quantic and RJD2.
Negative For Francis!! I got one of their 7" in Rough Trade in Camden last August on the recommendation of the shop dude cause I was buying some Radio 4, !!! and Bloc Party. Along the same lines as this lot and say The Rapture - very funky punky stuff... I'd def like to hear more from them but alas 'save your money' is all I've heard since I bought it. |
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ishrinkBasic Member Posts:195
| 7/26/2005 2:59 PM |
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Brian Wilson.
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PunchbowlBasic Member Posts:205
| 7/26/2005 4:35 PM |
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Didn't Scott Walker do the last Pulp record?? Bloomin good album that too
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 7/26/2005 7:18 PM |
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Originally posted by nonemoreblack
Jeff Lyne..former ELO man, has done Super Furry's and other great stuff.
Definitely a man who knows his way round a studio and understands harmonics, though his stuff can sound a touch over-polished at times. He's one of those producers that definitely has a specific sound, which is a good or bad thing depending on what a band wants from a producer Tom Pettys "Full Moon Fever" is a good example of his work and a pretty good album too.
John Cale - Loads of good stuff including The Stooges first album, Patti Smiths "Horses", Modern Lovers etc.
Butch Vig - that blooke from Garbage, produced Nirvanas "Nevermind" and a couple of Sonic Youth albums but his best work is probably on Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream", the production on that album is flawless as rock albums go, theres a real "clarity and punch" to the sound which is exactly what the band were going for. It just rips out of your speakers with an incredible force that few rock albums can muster. The guitars sound Fuzzy in a good way, but never muddy.
Mark Ellis (Flood) - Produced Depeche Modes excellent "Violator" album, kept the Smashing Pumpkins sound totally kick-ass while giving it a more mechanised, slightly industrial sound on "Mellon Collie", also worked with U2.
James Murphy/Tim Goldsworthy - Also known as DFA, producers of choice at the moment so I needn't say anymore.
Giorgio Moroder - the man is a pure genius, a bridge between disco and modern dance music. Best known track is Donna Summers "I feel love", which is still amazing, yeah had his hand in some cheesy stuf too, but the production on those tracks was still hard to fault while often breaking new ground. While he's not producing over the years he's re-edited the movie Metropolis, dabbled in architecture and set up a car company to sell his own V16 engined supercar amongst other things, where does he get the time? none of yer hiphop artists who want a medal for setting up their own record label and launching a clothing range, pfft, SLACKERS! 
Definitely agree with the choice of Brian Eno already meantioned.
Suppose you could get more into the area of electronic/dance/hiphop producers, but we'd be here all day and anyway thats a slightly different definition of a producer than the traditional sense.
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spurtacusBasic Member Posts:229
| 7/27/2005 9:45 AM |
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Everything i've heard so far from Rex the Dog has been incredible
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benniAdvanced Member Posts:947
| 7/27/2005 10:17 AM |
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Originally posted by Binokular
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James Murphy/Tim Goldsworthy - Also known as DFA, producers of choice at the moment so I needn't say anymore.
RE: DFA - just a general wonder-ment.... is there any connection between DFA and Death From Above 1979? I think the answer is No but I cant really remember... |
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Norman SchwarzkopfBasic Member Posts:427
| 7/27/2005 10:22 AM |
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Nope, 1979 are Canadian, the other lads are New York based. I could be wrong but I think they added the "1979" bit cos the NY lads already had that name.
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benniAdvanced Member Posts:947
| 7/27/2005 10:57 AM |
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Yea I thought as much but just odd having two seperate artists come into the forefront at the same time with such as similar name. Thought DFA might have had a hand in production but then DFA1979 is pretty different from !!!, The Rapture etc. Caaarazy.
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