it was about time simon got the mention. I'd even add ben watkins to the list.ethios4 wrote:Simon Posford - for continuing to make truly psychedelic music, even after the genres he helped found have become saturated in commercialism.
Aphex Twin - for continuing to amaze me even with stuff he made 15 years ago.
BT - for having tons of fun being a badass, keeping his hair ghey, and for freely sharing his knowledge for the betterment of the music.
Wayne Coyne - for being the driving vision behind the Flaming Lips, staying in Oklahoma, and for keeping it weird!
ethios4 - for making all the music I want to hear, but no one else is making!
Your favourite producers
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Born to Laugh At Tornadoes album, "Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building"...dhilsabeck wrote:robin wrote:Also massively popular in pre-techno Detroit too. As was a lot of stuff that was popular in Europe.mikemc wrote:
Was (Not Was) (David Weiss and Don Fagenson)-- when I first heard them, their 'collage approach' to production blew me away. They were never super big in the US, too esoteric, but apparently much more popular in the UK.
Really ahead of their time.
if you aren't being sarcastic, this is really interesting. the only thing i can remember from was (not was) is "walk the dinosaur". perhaps i should dig out my old tape and revisit...
mainly, they didn't seem to take themselves too seriously and at the same time employed some ahead-of-their-time techniques that later became commonplace.
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mikemc wrote:Born to Laugh At Tornadoes album, "Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building"...dhilsabeck wrote:robin wrote: Also massively popular in pre-techno Detroit too. As was a lot of stuff that was popular in Europe.
if you aren't being sarcastic, this is really interesting. the only thing i can remember from was (not was) is "walk the dinosaur". perhaps i should dig out my old tape and revisit...
mainly, they didn't seem to take themselves too seriously and at the same time employed some ahead-of-their-time techniques that later became commonplace.
seems like i've been missing out. i'm definitley into "ahead of their time techniques", especially if it involves silliness.
cheers for the recommendations.
I'd like to change my vote.rozling wrote:-Bjork
-Gorwel Owen
-Mark 'Spike' Stent for Mansun's Six
-BT
-Quincy Jones
-Stevie Wonder
-Daft Punk
-Air
-Squarepusher
-Aphex Twin
-Brian Wilson
Ok I cheated cos one or two are more songwriter than producer but I couldn't leave 'em out...
Having recently been slightly more educated on the topic, I have come to understand the term producer as at the bare minimum someone whose job it is to be objective & therefore allows the artist to be more creative. In that sense I imagine almost anyone involved in music creation/recording would be capable of some sort of objectivity even if only to serve as someone to bounce ideas off.
I think there are different types of 'producer' and different types of 'production' - a film producer is very different from a band producer is different from a haus producer. The common term of music producer is probably people who facilitate the production of artists for a living. So my list now looks more like
-Gorwel Owen
-Mark 'Spike' Stent for Mansun's Six
-Quincy Jones
-Brian Wilson
Gorwel Owen and Mark Stent are at the top of the list because I just can't imagine how the artists could have been anything other than in complete creative flow for the recording of the albums (Gorwel Owen produced my favourite album of all time <today>, Barafundle by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci) - and yet there is a sense of another hand at work weighing up the craziness and guiding it into a coherently beautiful being.
Then again, I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer at all because I've never worked with one! The role (as a 'facilitator' anyway) is so intangible & subjective... is the best producer the one who leaves the biggest mark or best sound, or is he/she the one who helps the artist achieve their vision even if that's not commercially viable/listenable? And even if their presence alone, without any/much work, is enough to keep the artist in line with the vision and able to execute it?
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Nice topic!
Don't know if they're all producers but at least they were involved in the recording process on different albums.
In loose order:
Ahmet Ertegun
Steve Albini
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen
Sir George Martin
Nigel Godrich
Pharrell Williams
William Orbit
Brian Wilson
Chas Chandler/Eddie Kramer
Max Martin (he's written great tunes)
Don't know if they're all producers but at least they were involved in the recording process on different albums.
In loose order:
Ahmet Ertegun
Steve Albini
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen
Sir George Martin
Nigel Godrich
Pharrell Williams
William Orbit
Brian Wilson
Chas Chandler/Eddie Kramer
Max Martin (he's written great tunes)