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Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2,^[1] Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Doves, KT Tunstall, Vanessa Carlton, and Simple Minds.

Career[edit]

During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team,^{[citation needed]} a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; they worked with Happy Mondays,^[2] U2, and other artists. He and Oakenfold were part of the 1990s dance music act Grace which existed from 1994 to 1997.

Osborne worked with Cat's Eyes on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 Soundedit Festival in Poland, Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man with the Golden Ear' Award.

In 2000 as part of Perfecto, Osborne was replaced by Andy Gray who went on to remix Moby's "Natural Blues", U2's "Beautiful Day", and compose the music for Big Brother UK with Oakenfold under the name Elementfour.

Production and mixing credits[edit]

2016: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Objects in the Mirror" (single)
2016: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Cast in Steel" (single)
2015: Young Guns = Producer & Mixer – Ones and Zeros
2014: Vanessa Carlton = Producer & Mixer – Liberman^[3]
2014: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer – Long Road Home
2014: Simple Minds = Producer & Mixer – Big Music
2012: Invaders = Producer & Mixer – "Hummingbird"
2012: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer – "Farmer & His Gun"
2012: Urusen = Producer & Mixer – This Is Where We Meet
2012: Morten Harket – Producer & Mixer – Out of My Hands
2011: Vanessa Carlton – Producer & Mixer – Rabbits on the Run
2010: Cat's Eyes – Producer & Mixer – Cat's Eyes
2010: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" (single)
2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – Foot of the Mountain (single)
2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" (single)
2008: Starsailor – Producer & Mixer – All the Plans
2008: The Twang – Producer & Mixer – "Ice Cream Sunday"
2008: The B-52's – Producer & Mixer – Funplex
2007: KT Tunstall – Producer – Drastic Fantastic
2006: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
2006: Union of Knives - Producer & Mixer - Violence and Birdsong
2006: Grace – Producer & Mixer – Debut
2006: The Fratellis – Mixer – Costello Music
2006: Young Love – Producer – Too Young to Fight It
2006: Brookville – Producer – Life in the Shade
2006: Clearlake – Producer & Mixer – Amber
2005: Thrice – Producer & Mixer – Vheissu
2005: Ivy – Producer & Mixer – In The Clear
2005: The Departure – Producer & Mixer – Dirty Words
2005: Colour of Fire – Producer & Mixer – Pearl Necklace
2005: Syntax – Producer & Mixer – Meccano Mind
2004: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – Eye to the Telescope
2004: Chikinki – Producer & Mixer – Lick Your Ticket
2004: Longview – Producer & Mixer – "Nowhere", "Sleep" and "Still"
2004: Magnet – Producer & Mixer – Chasing Dreams (EP)
2005: Aqualung – Remixer – "Strange and Beautiful"
2003: The Leaves – Assistant Producer & Mixer – "Breathe"
2003: Lamb – Producer – "Between Darkness and Wonder"
2003: Peter Gabriel – Assistant Producer & Mixer – Growing Up
2003: Peter Gabriel – Remixer – The Tower
2002: Doves – Producer & Mixer – The Last Broadcast
2001: New Order – Producer & Mixer – Get Ready^[4]
2001: Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Producer & Mixer – "Music Gets the Best of Me"
2000: Doves – Producer & Mixer – Lost Souls
2000: Elbow – Producer & Mixer – Asleep in the Back
2000: Starsailor – Producer & Mixer – Love Is Here
1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – Head Music
1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "Electricity"
1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "She's in Fashion"
1998: Placebo – Producer & Mixer – Without You I'm Nothing
1997: U2 − Staring at the Sun single − Additional production
1997: U2 – Producer Pop^[5]
1997: Curve – Producer & Mixer – "Chinese Burn" and "Coming Up Roses"
1996: Lush – Producer & Mixer – Lovelife
1994: Scorpio Rising – Producer & Mixer – Brutal Deluxe (album)
1993: Deacon Blue – Producer & Mixer – Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
1992: U2 − Remixer – "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Remixes) (remix single)
1990: Happy Mondays – Producer & Mixer – Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches

References[edit]

^ Kootnikoff, David (2012) Bono: A Biography, Greenwood, ISBN 978-0313355097, p. 171
^ Bush, John. "Biography: Paul Oakenfold". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
^ "Premiere: Vanessa Carlton – 'Nothing Where Something Used To Be' (Steve Osborne Remix)", Clash, 7 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016
^ Bambarger, Bradley (2001) "New Order Get Ready", Billboard, 27 October 2001.
^ Verna, Paul (1997) "U2 Pop", Billboard, 15 March 1997, p. 63.

External links[edit]

[1] Kootnikoff, David (2012) Bono: A Biography, Greenwood, ISBN 978-0313355097, p. 171

[2] Bush, John. "Biography: Paul Oakenfold". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

[3] "Premiere: Vanessa Carlton – 'Nothing Where Something Used To Be' (Steve Osborne Remix)", Clash, 7 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016

[4] Bambarger, Bradley (2001) "New Order Get Ready", Billboard, 27 October 2001.

[5] Verna, Paul (1997) "U2 Pop", Billboard, 15 March 1997, p. 63.

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+{{Short description|British record producer}}
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-'''Stephen John "Steve" Osborne''' (born 1963) is a [[British people|British]] [[record producer]], living in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath, England]]. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including [[Suede (band)|Suede]], [[A-ha]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]], [[U2]],<ref>Kootnikoff, David (2012) ''Bono: A Biography'', Greenwood, {{ISBN|978-0313355097}}, p. 171</ref> [[Happy Mondays]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Gregory Porter]], [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[KT Tunstall]], [[Vanessa Carlton]], Simple Minds, etc. Steve has provided several remixes including the acts of [[U2]], [[Moby]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Hurricane #1]], [[Duran Duran]] and others.
+'''Stephen John "Steve" Osborne''' (born 1963) is a British [[record producer]], living in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including [[Suede (band)|Suede]], [[the B-52s]], [[A-ha]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]], [[U2]],<ref>Kootnikoff, David (2012) ''Bono: A Biography'', Greenwood, {{ISBN|978-0313355097}}, p. 171</ref> [[Happy Mondays]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Gregory Porter]], [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[KT Tunstall]], [[Vanessa Carlton]], and [[Simple Minds]].
 ==Career==
-During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the [[Perfecto Records]] team,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} a production and remix collaboration with [[Paul Oakenfold]]; the artists they worked with included Happy Mondays<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p44920/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Paul Oakenfold|last=Bush|first=John|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=5 May 2010}}</ref> and U2. He was part of the 1990s dance music act [[Grace (band)|Grace]], also with Oakenfold, which existed from 1994 to 1997.
+During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the [[Perfecto Records]] team,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} a production and remix collaboration with [[Paul Oakenfold]]; they worked with Happy Mondays,<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p44920/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Paul Oakenfold|last=Bush|first=John|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> [[U2]], and other artists. He and Oakenfold were part of the 1990s dance music act [[Grace (group)|Grace]] which existed from 1994 to 1997.
-Osborne has worked with [[Cat's Eyes]] on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 [[Soundedit Festival]] in Poland, Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man with the Golden Ear' Award.
+Osborne worked with [[Cat's Eyes]] on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 [[Soundedit Festival]] in Poland, Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man with the Golden Ear' Award.
-In 2000, as part of [[Perfecto (remixers)|Perfecto]], Osborne was replaced by [[Andy Gray (musician)|Andy Gray]] who then went on to remix [[Moby]]'s "[[Natural Blues]]", U2's "[[Beautiful Day]]" and compose the music for ''[[Big Brother UK]]'' with [[Oakenfold]] under the name [[Elementfour]].
+In 2000 as part of [[Perfecto (remixers)|Perfecto]], Osborne was replaced by [[Andy Gray (musician)|Andy Gray]] who went on to remix [[Moby]]'s "[[Natural Blues]]", U2's "[[Beautiful Day]]", and compose the music for ''[[Big Brother UK]]'' with Oakenfold under the name [[Elementfour]].
-==Production and mixing credits in reverse chronological order==
+==Production and mixing credits==
-{{unrefsect|date=December 2017}}
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=December 2017}}
 * 2016: [[A-ha]] – Producer & Mixer – "Objects in the Mirror" (single)
-* 2016: [[A-ha]] – Producer & Mixer – "[[Cast in Steel]]" (single)
+* 2016: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "[[Cast in Steel]]" (single)
-* 2015: [[Young_Guns_(band)|Young Guns]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Ones_and_Zeros_(Young_Guns_album)|Ones and Zeros]]''
+* 2015: [[Young Guns (band)|Young Guns]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Ones and Zeros (Young Guns album)|Ones and Zeros]]''
 * 2014: [[Vanessa Carlton]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Liberman (album)|Liberman]]''<ref>"[http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premiere-vanessa-carlton-nothing-where-something-used-to-be-steve-osborne-remix Premiere: Vanessa Carlton – 'Nothing Where Something Used To Be' (Steve Osborne Remix)]", ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'', 7 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016</ref>
 * 2014: [[Charlie Simpson]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Long Road Home (Charlie Simpson album)|Long Road Home]]''
 * 2014: [[Simple Minds]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[Big Music (album)|Big Music]]''
-* 2012: [[Cat's Eyes]] = Producer & Mixer – Forthcoming Tracks
+* 2012: [[Invaders (band)|Invaders]] = Producer & Mixer – "Hummingbird"
-* 2012: [[Captain (band)|Captain]] = Mixer – Forthcoming Album
+* 2012: [[Charlie Simpson]] = Producer & Mixer – "Farmer & His Gun"
-* 2012: [[Invaders (band)|Invaders]] = Producer & Mixer – "[[Hummingbird]]" Track
+* 2012: [[Urusen]] = Producer & Mixer – ''This Is Where We Meet''
-* 2012: [[Morten Harket]] = Producer & Mixer – Forthcoming Album
+* 2012: Morten Harket – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Out of My Hands (Morten Harket album)|Out of My Hands]]''
-* 2012: [[Charlie Simpson]] = Producer & Mixer – "[[Farmer & His Gun]]" Single
+* 2011: Vanessa Carlton – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Rabbits on the Run]]''
-* 2012: [[Glint (band)|Glint]] = Producer & Mixer – Forthcoming Album
-* 2012: [[Law Abiding Citizens]] = Producer – Forthcoming Tracks
-* 2012: [[Toddla T]] = Mixer – Forthcoming Tracks
-* 2012: [[Imelda May]] = Mixer – Forthcoming Track
-* 2012: [[Evil Alien]] = Mixer – Forthcoming Track
-* 2012: [[Urusen]] = Producer & Mixer – ''[[This Is Where We Meet]]''
-* 2012: [[Morten Harket]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Out of My Hands (Morten Harket album)|Out of My Hands]]''
-* 2011: [[Vanessa Carlton]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Rabbits on the Run]]''
 * 2010: Cat's Eyes – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Cat's Eyes]]''
-* 2010: [[A-ha]] – Producer & Mixer – "[[Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)]]" (single)
+* 2010: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "[[Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)]]" (single)
 * 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Foot of the Mountain (album)|Foot of the Mountain]]'' (single)
 * 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" (single)
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 * 2007: [[KT Tunstall]] – Producer – ''[[Drastic Fantastic]]''
 * 2006: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – ''[[KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza]]''
-* 2006: [[Grace (band)|Grace]] – Producer & Mixer – ''Debut''
+* 2006: [[Union of Knives]] - Producer & Mixer - ''Violence and Birdsong''
+* 2006: [[Grace (group)|Grace]] – Producer & Mixer – ''Debut''
 * 2006: [[The Fratellis]] – Mixer – ''[[Costello Music]]''
 * 2006: [[Young Love (band)|Young Love]] – Producer – [[Too Young to Fight It]]''
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 * 2003: [[Leaves (Icelandic band)|The Leaves]] – Assistant Producer & Mixer – "Breathe"
 * 2003: [[Lamb (electronic band)|Lamb]] – Producer – "[[Between Darkness and Wonder]]"
-* 2003: [[Peter Gabriel]] – Asstant Producer & Mixer – ''Growing Up''
+* 2003: [[Peter Gabriel]] – Assistant Producer & Mixer – ''Growing Up''
 * 2003: Peter Gabriel – Remixer – ''The Tower''
 * 2002: [[Doves (band)|Doves]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]''
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 * 2000: Doves – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Lost Souls (Doves album)|Lost Souls]]''
 * 2000: [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Asleep in the Back]]''
-* 2000: [[Starsailor (band)|Starsailor]] – Producer & Mixed – ''[[Love Is Here]]''
+* 2000: [[Starsailor (band)|Starsailor]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Love Is Here]]''
-* 2000: [[Moby]] – [[Natural Blues]] (Perfecto Remix) – Remixer
 * 1999: [[Suede (band)|Suede]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Head Music]]''
 * 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "[[Electricity (Suede song)|Electricity]]"
 * 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "[[She's in Fashion]]"
-* 1998: [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo album)|Without You I'm Nothing]]
+* 1998: [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo album)|Without You I'm Nothing]]''
-* 1997: [[Duran Duran]] – [[Out Of My Mind]] (Perfecto Mix) – Additional Production and Remix
-* 1997: [[Hurricane #1]] – [[Step Into My World EP|Step Into My World]] (Perfecto Mix) – Additional Production and Remix
 * 1997: [[U2]] − [[Staring at the Sun (U2 song)|Staring at the Sun]] single − Additional production
-* 1997: [[U2]] – Producer ''[[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]''<ref>Verna, Paul (1997) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 U2 ''Pop'']", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', 15 March 1997, p. 63.</ref>
+* 1997: U2 – Producer ''[[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]''<ref>Verna, Paul (1997) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 U2 ''Pop'']", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', 15 March 1997, p. 63.</ref>
 * 1997: [[Curve (band)|Curve]] – Producer & Mixer – "[[Chinese Burn (song)|Chinese Burn]]" and "Coming Up Roses"
-* 1996: [[Lush (band)|Lush]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Lovelife (album)|Lovelife]]
+* 1996: [[Lush (band)|Lush]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Lovelife (album)|Lovelife]]''
-* 1994: [[The Rolling Stones]] – [[You Got Me Rocking]] (Perfecto Mix) – Additional Production and Remix
+* 1994: [[Scorpio Rising (band)|Scorpio Rising]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Brutal Deluxe (album)]]''
 * 1993: [[Deacon Blue]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Whatever You Say, Say Nothing]]''
-* 1992: Remixer – [[U2]] − [[Even better than the real thing remixes]] ( remix single )
+* 1992: U2 − Remixer – [[Even Better Than the Real Thing|"Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Remixes)]] (remix single)
 * 1990: [[Happy Mondays]] – Producer & Mixer – ''[[Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches]]''
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p44920/biography Allmusic.com biography]
+*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p44920/biography AllMusic biography]
 *[http://www.140db.co.uk/writerproducers/steve-osborne Official site at 140db production collective]
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 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:1963 births]]
-[[Category:Remixers]]
+[[Category:British remixers]]

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