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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

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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, Albarn 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 Albarn'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 and Tony Allen.[8]

Selected credits

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Music projects
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
Soundtracks
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

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  1. ^ Polymath, A. "13 Reborn: Damon Albarn's Studio (Part 1)". The Polymath Perspective. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ Tingen, Paul (July 2017). "Inside Track: Gorillaz 'Charger'". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ Steve Sedgwick discusses recording and mixing Afrodrops, retrieved 3 December 2019
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Tingen, von Paul (29 December 2015). "Stephen Sedgwick & Stephen Street produzieren Blur". SOUND & RECORDING (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  6. ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards | 2018 | GRAMMY.com". 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  7. ^ "60th Annual GRAMMY Awards | 2017 | GRAMMY.com". 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Stephen Sedgwick | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2019.