Ian Carmichael is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 sound engineer

Audio engineering

An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...

, born in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

. He started his career as a live sound engineer, before building his own recording studio

Recording studio

A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...

 in Glasgow in 1986. His most notable productions are for Glasgow indie band The Orchids

The Orchids

The Orchids are a Scottish twee pop band that achieved success with Sarah Records. Formed near Glasgow in 1986, the Orchids released a series of underground singles on the influential Sarah Records . The group's line-up comprised James Hackett , John Scally , Chris Quinn , Matthew Drummond and...

, before he started his own band, One Dove

One Dove

One Dove was a Scottish alternative dance music group active in the early 1990s, consisting of Dot Allison, Ian Carmichael and Jim McKinven, a former member of Altered Images.-History:...

, in 1991, with their highly influential album release, Morning Dove White

Morning Dove White

Morning Dove White is the only album from club-oriented Scottish alternative dance act One Dove. The album was released in 1993. The songs "Breakdown", "Fallen", " Truth", "White Love", and "Why Don't You Take Me" were released as singles or 12" singles.The album was originally to have been titled...

in 1993. When One Dove split in 1995, Carmichael went on to work with Manchester band Lamb

Lamb (band)

Lamb is an electronic music duo from Manchester, England, whose music is influenced by trip hop and drum and bass. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow, who also produces under the pseudonym Hipoptimist, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes...

, with recording and mixing credits on both Fear of Fours

Fear of Fours

Fear of Fours is the title of Lamb's 1999 album.-Track listing:# "Soft Mistake" – 3:15# "Little Things" – 3:18# "B Line" – 2:51# [untitled] – 0:07# "All in Your Hands" – 4:38# "Less Than Two" – 1:18# "Bonfire" – 4:23# "Ear Parcel" – 7:54...

and What Sound

What Sound

What Sound is Manchester electronic music duo Lamb's 2001 album. It is the group's third release.The producer/vocal duo of Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes is joined by session musicians Arto Lindsay on guitar, Me'Shell NdegéOcello on bass, and Michael Franti with additional vocal work...

. He also produced and remixed for iconic Glasgow shoegazer

Shoegazing

Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...

s The Pastels

The Pastels

The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK.Their early records for labels like Whaam!, Creation, Rough Trade, and Glass Records, had a raw and immediate sound, melodic and amateur, which seemed at odds with the time...

 on their albums Mobile Safari

Mobile Safari

Mobile Safari is an album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1995.-Track listing:All songs written by Stephen McRobbie, except where noted.#"Exploration Team" - 3:04#"Mandarin" - 3:26...

(1995), Illumination

Illumination (The Pastels album)

Illumination is the fourth studio album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1997.-Track listing:All songs written by Stephen McRobbie, except where noted.#"The Hits Hurt" - 3:48#"Cycle" - 4:33...

(1997), and Illuminati

Illuminati (album)

Illuminati is a remix album credited to The Pastels, released in 1998. It contains remixes of The Pastels' album Illumination by artists such as Stereolab, Mouse on Mars and My Bloody Valentine.-Track listing:...

(1998), as well as Bis

Bis (band)

Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark , John Clark , and Amanda MacKinnon . Formed in 1994, the band broke up in 2003, but reformed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts.-History:...

 ("Detour" single), and Manchester garage band, Un-Cut

Un-Cut

Un-Cut were a British male production duo and female vocalist, consisting of Future Cut and Jenna Gibbons. They reached #26 in the UK Singles Chart in March 2003 with "Midnight", which was originally released on their own Wired label, but they were subsequently signed to a recording contract with...

. Currently, Carmichael teaches sound engineering and music production at the School of Sound Recording (SSR) in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, and has recently reunited with The Orchids to remix tracks from their recent 2007 album, Good to Be a Stranger

Good to Be a Stranger

Good to be a Stranger is an album by The Orchids, released in 2007. It was recorded by the group when they reunited in 2006 with new members Ronnie Borland and Keith Sharp...

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External links

• Morning Dove Web, an unofficial One Dove website