Stephen Lipson

Stephen J. Lipson (Steve Lipson) (born 16 March 1954) is an English record producer/engineer, guitarist and songwriter. As a record producer he has worked with many international artists including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Hardwicke Circus, The Animals, Cher, Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, Pet Shop Boys, Will Young, Kelly Clarkson, Jeff Beck, Hans Zimmer, Johnny Marr and Pharrell Williams. On many of the records Lipson produced, he has also engineered, played guitar, and done much of the programming, often writing.

Biography

Lipson started out as a guitarist and songwriter in various bands, but in 1975 he started work as an engineer. By 1976, he had created his own studio, the Regents Park Recording Company with Duncan Bruce. The company had their first hit with Sniff 'n' the Tears album Fickle Heart.

Lipson left Regents Park in 1978 and began freelancing. Lipson was producing by 1983, but he took a two-day job working at Sarm West Studios with Trevor Horn on Frankie Goes to Hollywood's debut single. Lipson and Horn established a great relationship, and Steve became his right-hand man at Horn's label ZTT Records (Zang Tuum Tumb), staying for 7 years and producing many of the label's artists, including Propaganda's A Secret Wish. The two co-produced albums for various artists including Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney and Simple Minds. In 1991 Lipson went out on his own and has since produced hits for the likes of Annie Lennox, Geri Halliwell, Will Young and Pharrell Williams as well as many Grammy-winning albums.

2012 saw Lipson starting to produce and mix film scores and soundtracks for Hans Zimmer amongst others including The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan), Superman: Man of Steel (Zack Snyder), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Marc Webb), Rush (Ron Howard) and In the Heart of the Sea (Ron Howard).

He produced and/or mixed the 2014 number 1 Children in Need single "Wake Me Up" for Gareth Malone's All Star Choir (his third number 1 single for Children in Need). Also tracks for Tomoyasu Hotei, Andy Burrows, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Katherine Jenkins, Darling, and Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe's theme for Tomorrowland (festival).

In 2015 Lipson mixed the scores for Home (Lorne Balfe), The Little Prince (Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey), Risen (Roque Baños), produced and mixed the score for Peter Sollett's film 'Freeheld, (Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr). Produced and mixed tracks for Ronan Keating's album Time of My Life. He produced and mixed the score for Inferno (Ron Howard).

2016 - Mixed The Last Face (Sean Penn, Hans Zimmer), produced and mixed Sheridan Smith, Red Sky July, Executive Music Producer for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (Guy Ritchie, Daniel Pemberton), mixed The Lego Batman Movie (Chris McKay, Lorne Balfe).

Producers

In 2006, along with record producers Trevor Horn, Chris Braide, musicians Lol Crème and Ash Soan, Lipson formed a band, Producers.

The initial concept of the band was to allow the four friends to play live together, and for Horn and Lipson to take a break from producing. Their first gig was at The Barfly in Camden Town, London in November 2006, where they played covers of songs the members had written or worked on previously. In December 2006, the group began to record original material, which was debuted at a second gig in Camden Town in February 2007.

Producers released a debut 10-track album, Made in Basing Street on 25 June 2012. The album was named after the street that the album was made on, in Sarm Studios. The band promoted the album across Europe in November 2012.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Credit
2013	Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight Rises – nominated for Grammys Best Soundtrack Album	Producer
2011	Jeff Beck, Hammerhead – won Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance	Producer
2011	Jeff Beck, Nessun Dorma – won Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Producer
2011	Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion – nominated for Grammys Best Rock Album	Producer
2011	Jeff Beck, I Put A Spell on You – nominated for Grammys Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals	Producer
2011	Stephen Lipson – nominated for Grammys Best Engineered Album (Emotion & Commotion)	Producer and Engineer
2011	Stephen Lipson – nominated for Brits Producer of the Year	Producer
2011	Juanes, Yerbatero, won Premio lo Nuestro Song of the Year	Producer
2007	Will Young, All Time Love – nominated for Brits Best British Single	Producer
2005	Will Young, Your Game – won Brit for Best British Single	Producer
2004	Annie Lennox, Bare – nominated for Grammys Best Pop Album	Producer
1998	Jars of Clay, Much Afraid – won Dove Award for Group of the Year	Producer
1998	Jars of Clay, Much Afraid – won Grammy for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album	Producer
2004	Will Young, Leave Right Now – nominated for Brits Best British Single	Producer
2002	S Club 7, Don't Stop Movin' – won Brit for Best British Single	Producer
2002	S Club 7, Don't Stop Movin' – won ITV Record of the Year	Producer
1996	Annie Lennox, No More I Love You's – won Grammy for Best Female Pop Performance	Producer
1996	Annie Lennox, Medusa – nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album	Producer
1993	Annie Lennox, Diva – nominated for Grammys Album of the Year	Producer
1993	Annie Lennox, Diva – nominated for Grammys Best Pop Vocal Performance	Producer
1993	Annie Lennox, Diva – won Grammy for Best Music Video – Long Form Music Video	Producer
1993	Annie Lennox, Diva – won Brit for Best British Album	Producer
1992	Stephen Lipson – won Music Week Producer of the Year	Producer
1990	Paul McCartney, Flowers in the Dirt – nominated for Grammys Best Engineered Album	Producer and Engineer

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