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About Me

At present: recording with Brigitte Fontaine, MDing Grace Jones' live band. Recently: completed five tracks on Skye's upcoming album, completed scoring Alex Gibney's documentary feature 'Taxi to the Darkside' with Robert Logan; completed album with Grace Jones, Sly and Robbie, Brian Eno, Wally Badarou, Tricky, Uzziah 'Sticky' Thompson, Mikey 'Mao' Chung, Barry Reynolds, Martin Slattery, Philip Shepherd, Don-E and Tony Allen as producer with Grace and Ant Genn. Release 2007/2008. No clues. In the past: Scores for feature films: The Business (Vertigo Films Dir. Nick Love), The Football Factory (Vertigo Films Dir. Nick Love), Goodbye Charlie Bright (Cowboy Films Dir. Nick Love). Records and collaborations: Bomb the Bass (writer- Tidal Wave/ album Clear), Barry Adamson (co-producer- Conceived in the Valley of Dolls with Billy MacKenzie/ album Oedipus Schmoedipus; programmer and soundsmith/ album The Negro Inside Me, with Atticus Ross [NIN, Error, Korn]). Strange Cuts (artist) with Atticus Ross and Tim Simenon. Biomechanics (Flying Rhino/Freestyle Records) with Will Johnstone, Leopold Ross (No Jahoda, Error, Korn), Milo Ross (No Jahoda). Various releases/ remixes. Flying Rhino/Freestyle Records- Negative Yogi EP, Music for 8mm EP and various compilation tracks as Ivor Guest. True Noise (artist- Leblanc Records). Don-E (producer- 5 tracks/ album Unbreakable). Other collaborations: Sean Oliver, Mark Springer,Sarah Sarhandi, Amar, Robert Logan, Mukul Patel.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/08/2006
Band Members:
Influences: James Turrell, Yves Klein, abstract expressionists, Erich Fromm, Sean Oliver (still miss you), Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider, Lee Scratch Perry, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Alex Sadkin, Boris Blank, Conny Plank, Tom Jenkinson, Richard James, Trent Reznor, Arvo Part, early church, 1977-84, digital hardcore, glitch, but mostly everyone I've worked with.
Sounds Like: THIS:
Record Label: No thanks.

My Blog

Brigitte Fontaine

I'm just finishing off the last few tweaks on the mixes of Brigitte's new album, which I have been producing, and which has been an amazing experience.For this record, with a lot of help from Leo Abra...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 11:03:00 GMT

Grace Jones 'Hurricane' out now.

'Hurricane', the Grace Jones album that I spent three years making (on and off, but mainly on), is out now on Wall of Sound. I produced it with Grace and Ant Genn of The Hours. Check it out on Grace's...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:53:00 GMT

’Taxi to the Dark Side’ wins Oscar- Best Documentary Feature.

The movie that Robert Logan and I scored, directed by Alex Gibney, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:47:00 GMT

'Taxi to the Dark Side' wins Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Feature.

'Taxi to the Dark Side', directed by Alex Gibney and scored by Robert Logan and I, won the top documentary feature award at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it premiered, on May 3rd. Go to the link be...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 02:16:00 GMT