Nick Launay

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Nick Launay (* 1960 in London ) is a British sound engineer and music producer who is known for his productions by Australian bands such as Midnight Oil , INXS and Silverchair .

Life

Launay was born in London in 1960, but grew up in Frigiliana in Andalusia . In 1977 he returned with the family to London and took up a job as a sound engineer at Tape One Studio. A remix of M's Pop Muzik made by Launay for fun was liked by Robin Scott and released as a maxi single. Launay got a job as a sound engineer in the Townhouse Studios of the Virgin Records label in 1980 and studied with John Leckie , Tony Visconti , Steve Lillywhite and Hugh Padgham . During this time he worked for artists such as The Jam ( Sound Effects ), XTC ( Black Sea ), the Simple Minds and others before John Lydon of Public Image Ltd. 1981 asked him to co-produce their third album Flowers of Romance . Hugh Padgham recommended him to Kate Bush for her fourth album The Dreaming because of his drum sound . He oversaw recordings for Killing Joke , the Slits , The Birthday Party , Spear of Destiny and Gang of Four . As a sound engineer, he oversaw albums by artists such as Kate Bush ( The Dreaming ), Eric Clapton ( Behind the Sun ) and John Martyn ( Glorious Fool ). He became internationally known through his productions for Midnight Oil ( 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 ), The Church and INXS ( Swing ). His connections with these Australian bands and constant travel between the UK and Australia led to a move to Sydney in 1994. He has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 2002, producing bands such as Supergrass , Grinderman, Yeah Yeah Yeahs , The Cribs and Nick Cave .

Discography (selection)

  • 1981: What's This For , Killing Joke (EG)
  • 1981: The Flowers of Romance , Public Image Ltd. (Virgin)
  • 1983: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 , Midnight Oil (Columbia)
  • 1983: Grapes of Wrath , Spear of Destiny (Burning Rome)
  • 1983: Seance , The Church (Arista)
  • 1984: The Swing , INXS (Atco)
  • 1985: Waiting for the Floods , Armory Show (EMI)
  • 1985: Red Sails In The Sunset , Midnight Oil (Columbia)
  • 1988: Big Pig , Bonk (A&M)
  • 1988: Big Canoe , Tim Finn (Virgin)
  • 1989: Watts and Paris , Marc Anthony Thompson (reprise)
  • 1989: Bowling in Paris , Stephen Bishop (Atlantic)
  • 1992: Uh-oh , David Byrne (Warner)
  • 1993: Earth and Sun and Moon , Midnight Oil (Columbia)
  • 1995: Example , The Squirrels (550 Music)
  • 1996: Amazing Disgrace , The Posies (DGC)
  • 1997: Never Bet the Devil Your Head , Subrosa (DGC)
  • 1997: Freakshow , Silverchair (Epic)
  • 1997: Transmitter , Automatic (Sony)
  • 1999: Neon Ballroom , Silverchair (Epic)
  • 2000: Consent to Treatment , Blue October (Universal)
  • 2003: Nocturama , Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Mute)
  • 2004: A Song is a City , Eskimo Joe (Mushroom)
  • 2005: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus , Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Mute)
  • 2007: Young Modern , Silverchair (Eleven)
  • 2007: Grinderman , Grinderman (Mute)
  • 2007: Is Is (EP), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Polydor)
  • 2008: Diamond Hoo Ha , Supergrass (Parlophone)
  • 2008: Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!! , Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • 2009: It's Blitz! , Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Interscope)
  • 2009: Quicken the Heart , Maxïmo Park (Warp)
  • 2010: Grinderman 2 , Grinderman (Mute)

literature

Some bibliographical information, but especially a selection of the works up to the year 2000, can be found in English at:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Tom Doyle: Nick Launay. In: soundonsound.com. July 2008, accessed September 10, 2011 .
  2. ^ The Producers. In: grandmastermusic.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Nick Launay's Discography. (No longer available online.) In: launay.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011 ; accessed on September 10, 2011 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.launay.com
  4. ↑ Kimbel Bouwman: Interview with Nick Launay. In: hitquerters.com. November 16, 2009, accessed September 10, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Launay, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sound engineer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH London