Simon Thornton
Encyclopedia
Simon Thornton is a Brighton
-based recording engineer
, mix engineer
, remixer, producer
and musician.
First worked at Esselle Beat studios in late 1980s, but later became resident engineer for Norman Cook in all his various guises as Fatboy Slim
, Freakpower
, Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Katz et al.
Thornton also mastered and edited many other releases for the Skint Records
label.
In recent years has been co-remixer on tracks for The Mock Turtles
and also has remixed on his own for Tears for Fears
.
Is currently performing and co-producing the new Brighton Port Authority album, according to his blog A Mutual Misunderstanding.
His solo electronica album under the name Login Joshua is due for release through iTunes Q2 2009. The project was documented through his blog, with the aim of choosing a name, setting up a website and recording each track in less than an evening. The project was partly a comment on the record industry's failure to change with the times.
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
-based recording 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...
, mix engineer
Mix engineer
A mix engineer, also referred to as "mixing engineer", is a person who, once all instruments, voices, and sounds, etc., have been recorded, creates what is called the final version of a song, hence the term "mix engineer"...
, remixer, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and musician.
First worked at Esselle Beat studios in late 1980s, but later became resident engineer for Norman Cook in all his various guises as Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim
Norman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...
, Freakpower
Freakpower
Freak Power was a band founded by Norman Cook , Ashley Slater , and Jesse Graham aka the Bass Cadet...
, Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Katz et al.
Thornton also mastered and edited many other releases for the Skint Records
Skint Records
Skint Records is a Brighton based dance music record label owned by JC Reid, Tim Jeffery and Damian Harris. It was created as a sublabel of Loaded Records, also founded by Reid and Jeffery...
label.
In recent years has been co-remixer on tracks for The Mock Turtles
The Mock Turtles
The Mock Turtles are a Manchester based indie rock band, formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester in 1985, who enjoyed some success in the early 1990s...
and also has remixed on his own for Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...
.
Is currently performing and co-producing the new Brighton Port Authority album, according to his blog A Mutual Misunderstanding.
His solo electronica album under the name Login Joshua is due for release through iTunes Q2 2009. The project was documented through his blog, with the aim of choosing a name, setting up a website and recording each track in less than an evening. The project was partly a comment on the record industry's failure to change with the times.