Rico Conning is a producer, songwriter, sound designer, and guitar

Guitar

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ist. In his early career (1977–83) he was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with London based band the Lines. During the 80s he worked often at North London's Guerilla Studios, producing and mixing such artists as Depeche Mode, Renegade Soundwave

Renegade Soundwave

Renegade Soundwave was an electronic music group. Formed in London in 1986, the group originally consisted of Gary Asquith, Carl Bonnie and Danny Briottet.-History:...

, Wire

Wire

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, The Swans, Laibach, Pankow, Etienne Daho, and others. He moved to Los Angeles in the 90s and formed a successful sound design company, M62. Around that time he also joined the group Torch Song

Torch Song

Torch Song was a British synthpop and dance band of the early 1980s consisting of William Orbit, Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert. In 1985, Grant left to pursue other projects and long-time friend Rico Conning officially joined the group. After the release of 'Exhibit A' in 1987, Torch Song as a...

, whose other members included William Orbit

William Orbit

William Orbit is an English musician, composer and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album Ray of Light. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums...

 and Laurie Mayer

Laurie Mayer (composer)

Laurie Mayer is a composer and songwriter who has spent much of her career working in collaboration with William Orbit. She is credited with vocals and writing of several songs on the 1990 album Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass by Orbit's Bassomatic and the 2009 album My Oracle Lives...

. The first album they made together was Toward the Unknown Region (1994). Most recently Rico co-produced Laurie Mayer's album Black Lining (2006). He has also recently remastered the Lines' catalog which will be re-released on Acute Records in late 2007.

External links

• http://www.thelinesonline.com (Unofficial site)