Chris Sheldon

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Chris Sheldon (born September 25, 1962 in Karachi , Pakistan ) is an English music producer , sound engineer and mixer who works primarily with artists from the rock and alternative sectors. He lives in London, is married and has two children.

Career

Sheldon was born in Karachi, Pakistan, where his parents worked. He grew up in Surrey in the south of England. He took his first active steps in the music business in the late seventies, when he was active as a drummer in various local punk and mainstream bands, which he himself described as terrible in retrospect.

In the mid-eighties he worked as a sound engineer for productions by artists such as Dead or Alive , Prefab Sprout or the former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters . One of his first mainly responsible productions was the album "Carved in sand" by The Mission in 1990 . Sheldon's most successful albums include "The color and the shape" by Foo Fighters (sound mix) and "Troublegum" by Therapy? (Production and sound mixing). The EP "Shortsharpshock" from Therapy, which he produced? reached No. 9 in the UK Top 40 on March 20, 1993 , their album "Troublegum" was No. 5 on February 19, 1994, and Shed Seven's single "Going For Gold" rose to No. 8 on March 23, 1996 in the UK -Charts one.

Sheldon often works with emerging rock bands who are just beginning their careers or about to great success. So he produced z. For example, the debut EP from Radiohead , the first mini album by Feeder , the debut albums by bands like My Vitriol and Biffy Clyro and the album "Swagger" , with which the Scottish band Gun made their breakthrough. The single "Word Up" was 8th in the UK Top 40, 14th in the Nederlandse Top 40 , 39th in the New Zealand Top 40 and 46th in the French charts.

Sheldon has worked extensively with Tim Palmer and Gil Norton since his early days as a sound engineer . He has a reputation for not interfering too much in the sound of a record, but still having a sophisticated, polished style and, in particular, the ability to make electric guitars sound particularly good.

Pseudonyms

Sheldon's name was varied in the credits for two releases: On the vinyl single of the Foo Fighters hit "Everlong" the name was misspelled as Chris Cheldon , on the singles of "Daddy oh" by the band The Mighty Roars it was supplemented with the nickname Pith helmet .

Web links

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  1. ↑ Chris Sheldon's Myspace page (English)
  2. ↑ a b Chris Sheldon at discogs.com (English)
  3. ↑ Minisite ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on producermanagement.co.uk (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.producermanagement.co.uk
  4. ↑ Producers: Chris Sheldon on chartwatch.co.uk (English)
  5. ↑ Therapy - Shortsharpshock in the Official UK Charts (English)
  6. ↑ Therapy - Troublegum in the Official UK Charts (English)
  7. ↑ Shed Seven - Going for Gold in the Official UK Charts (English)
  8. ↑ Gun - Word Up in the Official UK Charts (English)
  9. ↑ Gun - Word Up in the Dutch charts on DutchCharts.nl
  10. ↑ see credits at Discogs
  11. ↑ Interview with Tommy & Jason from Slaves To Gravity on rock3music.com (English)
  12. ↑ Interview with Andy, Michael and Fyfe on therapyquestionmark.co.uk (English)
  13. ↑ Oceansize - Interview with singer and guitarist Mike Vennart on burnyourears.de
  14. ↑ Interview: Biffy Clyro on gaesteliste.de
personal data
SURNAME Sheldon, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English music producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Karachi , Pakistan