Jim Abbiss is a British

music producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

, best known for his work on records including the debut album of Editors ('' The Back Room''),

Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, ...

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winning debut album, '' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'',

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's ''

'' and ''

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'',

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's ''

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'' and ''

'',

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' debut ''

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'', and

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's '' 19'', and '' 21''. Starting his music career, he played keyboards with Peterborough band The Pleasure Heads, on Red Rhino Records, before getting his first studio job at Spaceward Studios near Cambridge, in 1986. It was here that he trained under maverick engineer & producer

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. He moved to become an assistant engineer at Power Plant studios, London in 1988, and witnessed first-hand the acid house movement through countless remix sessions. He went freelance in 1990, and

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became a regular collaborator on remixes & album sessions. He then met producer

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, and worked as his engineer on albums for

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(''

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''), Massive Attack ('' Protection''), as well as the ''Romeo + Juliet'' soundtrack & many more remixes. This association established Abbiss and led to a meeting and future collaborations with James Lavelle &

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. More remixing (

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) and the critically acclaimed Psyence Fiction album by Unkle led to him being offered more production work. He co-produced the

debut, ''

'', and the debut and only album by

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, '' Formica Blues''. At the same time, song-writing with singer Laura Mohapi led to a publishing contract with Chrysalis Music, and a short-lived return to the world of the artist with the band Darling. He has also worked with Stateless on their self-titled debut album '' Stateless''. Other work includes both EPs and debut single by

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, as well as on their debut album '' I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose''. He has also mixed

's albums ''

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''. and '' The Private Press''. Mixing tracks for

in 2003 led to co-producing 2 albums with them (the self-titled ''

'' and ''

'') and gave him the first of 3 nominations for "producer of the year" at the

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/MPG awards. He then worked on Editors ('' The Back Room''),

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'') and The Temper Trap (''Conditions (album), Conditions''). While producing the track "My Yvonne" for Jack Peñate, he met singer

, whom Jack had asked to do some backing vocals. He was immediately blown away by her voice and asked if she had her own demos. She had just signed to XL, and shortly afterwards Abbiss began work on her debut '' 19'', producing eight tracks. Producing two tracks for her phenomenally successful follow-up '' 21'' led to a

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nomination. In 2011 Jim Abbiss worked on

The Kooks The Kooks () are an English pop-rock band formed in 2004 in Brighton. The band consists of Luke Pritchard (vocals/rhythm guitar), Hugh Harris (lead guitar/synthesizer/bass) and Alexis Nunez (drums). Their music is primarily influenced by the ...

third album, ''

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''. In 2012, Jim Abbiss produced ''

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'' for former

vocalist and founding member Chris Corner's project

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. Abbiss has continued studio productions with

Emeli Sandé Adele Emily Sandé, ( ; born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by an English mother and a Zambian father ...

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, The Family Rain, Birdy &

KT Tunstall Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on '' Later... with Jools Holland''. The ...

and maintains ongoing projects with a variety of artists. In 2016, he co-produced the ''

Blind Spot (EP) ''Blind Spot'' is the fourth and final extended play (EP) by English rock band Lush. Released on 15 April 2016, by the band's record label Edamame, the EP contains the band's first new material since 1996, following their reunion in 2015. It wa ...

'' for the band Lush. In 2020, he produced

Amy Macdonald Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, '' This Is the Life'', which respectively produced the singles " Mr. Rock & Roll" and " This Is the Life"; the latter ...

's fifth studio album '' The Human Demands''.

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