Steve Christian is a 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 from Manchester. He was formerly one half of recording group Rae & Christian

Rae & Christian

Rae & Christian were Grand Central Records' founder Mark Rae and fellow producer and DJ Steve Christian. Their music is broadly classed as Hip-Hop / soulful dance music and features such vocalists as The Jungle Brothers, Jeru The Damaja and The Pharcyde as well as contributions from Bobby Womack...

, along with Mark Rae

Mark Rae

Mark Rae, born in Ashington, Northumberland, England, is the head of the highly revered independent record label Grand Central Records and one half of DJ and production duo Rae & Christian.-Grand Central and Rae & Christian:...

, the then head of independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

, Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, UK. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae . Rae started out working as manager of the Fat City Records' store...

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Background

Steve Christian is a record producer, who's credits including 10 years working as in-house producer for Grand Central Records.

Steve Christian has close to 100 remix credits, including several number one records. Artists remixed include Simply Red

Simply Red

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, Jay-Z

Jay-Z

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, Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

, Moby

Moby

Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

, Primal Scream

Primal Scream

Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...

, M People

M People

M People are a British house music act from Manchester, who formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is from the initials of Mike Pickering, who formed the group.-Career:...

, Texas

Texas (band)

Texas are a Scottish pop band from Bearsden, near Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone in 1986 and feature Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee...

, Public Enemy, Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia

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, David Gray

David Gray (musician)

David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. He released his first studio album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later...

, Lamb

Lamb (band)

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 and Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman

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 and Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

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In 2001, Steve Christian relocated to North Yorkshire where he now lives with his wife, two children and a variety of livestock. He took a break from music to build his own recording studio in an old mortuary.

Rae & Christian

Steve Christian co-wrote and produced two sudio albums of hip-hop / soulful dance music with Mark Rae

Mark Rae

Mark Rae, born in Ashington, Northumberland, England, is the head of the highly revered independent record label Grand Central Records and one half of DJ and production duo Rae & Christian.-Grand Central and Rae & Christian:...

 under the band name Rae & Christian - Northern Sulphuric Soul

Northern Sulphuric Soul

Northern Sulphuric Soul was the debut album released by Grand Central Records artists Rae & Christian, on 5 October 1998.A re-mastered version was released on 12 January 2004, which contained 3 extra tracks and alternative sleeve art....

(1998) and Sleepwalking (2001). The pair also released 3 DJ mix albums and Christian worked on the records of several other Grand Central artists including Aim's

Aim (musician)

Aim is a British musician, DJ and producer, who was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Aim's sound is a blend of funky electronic music and hip hop beats, a sound which typified the Grand Central Records label...

 albums Cold Water Music

Cold Water Music

-Track listing:# "Intro" – 0:55# "Cold Water Music" – 5:44# "The Force" – 4:05# "Sail" – 5:14# "Downstate" – 4:14# "Ain't Got Time to Waste" – 4:08# "Fat City " – 0:38...

and Hinterland

Hinterland (album)

-Track listing:# "Intro" – 1:15# "The Girl Who Fell Through the Ice" – 6:17# "What Do People Do All Day" – 5:15# "No Restriction" – 4:05# "Fall Break" – 4:45# "Guimar" – 4:18...

and Kate Rogers

Kate Rogers

Kate Rogers is the cousin of Grand Central Records head, Mark Rae. She was born just outside Toronto, Canada and as a child studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music....

' album St. Eustacia

St. Eustacia

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In 2002, Rae & Christian released their last record together, Nocturnal Activity

Nocturnal Activity

Nocturnal Activity was released by Rae & Christian on the Grand Central Records independent record label in 2002. It is a remix album, composed of alternative mixes of the tracks from Sleepwalking album, plus one new track, a cover version of the Parliament track "Flashlight".-Track listing:# "Not...

. Rae later remarked that Christian had left the band.

In 2010 Steve Christian has returned to music, is currently writing and producing for various acts and has finally started writing a third studio album with Mark Rae.