Stephen Sedgwick (mix engineer)
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Stephen Sedgwick is a British mix engineer, best known for his work with Damon Albarn and Gorillaz.
Career
[edit]Sedgwick began his career in 2002 at Pierce Rooms in London, and met Damon Albarn there while working on the second Gorillaz studio album, Demon Days, in 2004.[1] In 2006, Damon invited Sedgwick to work at the first incarnation of Studio 13 and in 2010, Sedgwick was appointed head engineer at the current location near Ladbroke Grove.[2][3]
Sedgwick has recorded and mixed each of Damon's albums and music projects since 2004.[4][5] Sedgwick has received multiple Grammy nominations [6][7] and has worked with artists including Amy Winehouse, Benjamin Clementine, Blur, Bobby Womack, Chaka Khan, De La Soul, Erykah Badu, Lana Del Rey, Lou Reed, Major Lazer, Massive Attack, Mura Masa, Rex Orange County, Snoop Dogg, The Clash, Tony Allen.[8]
Selected credits
[edit]Year | Artist | Project Title | Credit | Format |
2005 | Gorillaz | Demon Days | Engineer | Album |
2010 | Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Programming, recording | Album |
Gorillaz | The Fall | Mixing, recording, producer | Album | |
Martina Topley-Bird | Some Place Simple | Mixing, Recording | Album | |
2011 | Rocket Juice & the Moon | Rocket Juice & the Moon | Recording, engineer | Album |
DRC Music | Kinshasa One Two | Engineer, Mixing | Album | |
2012 | Bobby Womack | The Bravest Man in the Universe | Mixing, Recording | Album |
2013 | The Child of Lov | The Child of Lov | Mixing | Album |
2014 | Damon Albarn | Everyday Robots | Mixing, Recording | Album |
2015 | Songhoy Blues | Music in Exile | Mixing | Album |
Blur | The Magic Whip | Mixing, Recording | Album | |
ALA.NI | You and I | Mixing | Album | |
2017 | Gorillaz | Humanz | Mixing, engineer | Album |
Benjamin Clementine | I Tell a Fly | Mixing, Recording | Album | |
Rex Orange County | Best Friend | Mixing | Single | |
Rat Boy | Scum | Mixing | Album | |
2018 | Gorillaz | The Now Now | Mixing, recording, engineer | Album |
Fatoumata Diawara | Fenfo (Something to Say) | Mixing | Album | |
The Good, The Bad & The Queen | Merrie Land | Mixing, Recording | Album | |
2019 | Africa Express | Egoli (Africa Express album) | Mixing | Album |
2020 | The Shapeshifters | Finally Ready Feat. Billy Porter | Mixing | Single |
Afel Bocoum | Lindé | Mixing | Album | |
Gorillaz | Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez | Mixing, engineer | Album | |
2021 | Sad Night Dynamite | Sad Night Dynamite | Mixing | Album |
Gorillaz | Meanwhile EP | Mixing | EP | |
Damon Albarn | The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows | Mixing | Album | |
Paul McCartney | Long Tailed Winter Bird (Damon Albarn Remix) | Mixing | Single | |
The Million | Why We'll Never Be Together | Mixing | EP | |
Kaktus Einarsson | Kick The Ladder | Mixing | Album | |
Artemas | I’m Tryna Tell U That I Love U | Mixing | Single | |
Artemas | Real Life | Mixing | Single | |
Elton John, Gorillaz, 6LACK | The Pink Phantom | Mixing | Track | |
2022 | The Million | No One's Home | Mixing | Single |
The Million | Therapy | Mixing | Single | |
Bulgarian Cartrader | Motor Songs | Mixing | Album | |
Cariño | CARIÑO | Mixing | Album | |
The Away Days | Seninle Sonbahar | Mixing | Single | |
Sad Night Dynamite | Volume II | Mixing | Album | |
Tshegue | Mais | Mixing | Single | |
Franc Moody | Into The Ether | Mixing | Album | |
Reverend and the Makers | Heatwave In The Cold North | Mixing | Album | |
2023 | Emily Saunders | Rugged Waves | Mixing | Single |
Cassyette | BOOM | Mixing | Single | |
Atka | Eye In The Sky | Mixing | Single | |
Atka | Lenny | Mixing | Single | |
Atka | Desiring Machines | Mixing | Single | |
WALKER. | TOMMY | Mixing | Single | |
Gorillaz | Tormenta feat. Bad Bunny | Mixing | Single | |
breathe. | One More Try | Mixing | Single | |
breathe. | All Figured Out | Mixing | Single | |
breathe. | Cathedral | Mixing | Single | |
Fatoumata Diawara | London Ko | Mixing | Album | |
2024 | Coruja Blu | Sugar Rush | Mixing | Single |
Cassyette | Friends in low places | Mixing | Single | |
Cassyette | Four Leaf Clover | Mixing | Single | |
Cassyette | Over It | Mixing | Single | |
Cassyette | When She Told Me | Mixing | Single | |
Cassyette | Ipecac | Mixing | Single | |
Bulgarian Cartrader | Soul is the Price | Mixing | EP | |
Yuneki | Like Honey | Mixing | Single |
Title | Director | Year |
Monkey: Journey To The West | Chen Shi-Zheng | 2008 |
Dr Dee | Rufus Norris | 2012 |
Broken | Rufus Norris | 2012 |
Lucy | Luc Besson | 2014 |
Paddington | Paul King | 2014 |
Wonder.land | Rufus Norris | 2016 |
Jawbone | Thomas Q. Napper | 2017 |
Paddington 2 | Paul King | 2017 |
References
[edit]- ^ Polymath, A. "13 Reborn: Damon Albarn's Studio (Part 1)". The Polymath Perspective. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Tingen, Paul (July 2017). "Inside Track: Gorillaz 'Charger'". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Steve Sedgwick discusses recording and mixing Afrodrops, retrieved 3 December 2019
- ^ "Gorillaz releasing 'The Fall' album on vinyl and CD in April". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Tingen, von Paul (29 December 2015). "Stephen Sedgwick & Stephen Street produzieren Blur". SOUND & RECORDING (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards | 2018 | GRAMMY.com". 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "60th Annual GRAMMY Awards | 2017 | GRAMMY.com". 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Stephen Sedgwick | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2019.