Vincenzo Capellini Townshend (born 28 October 1963) is an English
record producer, mixer, and
audio engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...
, and has worked with artists and bands including
the Rolling Stones,
a-ha
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,
Kaiser Chiefs,
U2,
Snow Patrol
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,
Florence and the Machine
Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and ...
,
Friendly Fires,
Bloc Party,
Franz Ferdinand,
the Maccabees,
Jamie Cullum and
Thirty Seconds to Mars.
Townshend was awarded 'Mix Engineer of the Year' for two successive years by the Music Producers Guild Awards in 2009 and 2010, and nominated again in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Early life
He is the only child of Antonio Capellini and Lady Carolyn Townshend,
the eldest daughter of
George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend
George John Patrick Dominic Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend (13 May 1916 – 23 April 2010), styled Viscount Raynham until 1921, was a British peer and businessman.
Background
Townshend was the only son of John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshen ...
. After his parents divorced in 1971, his mother remarried to
Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Edgar Miles Bronfman (born June 20, 1929 – December 21, 2013) was a Canadian-American businessman. He worked for his family's distilled beverage firm, Seagram, eventually becoming president, treasurer and CEO. As president of the World Jewish ...
in 1973,
but they separated after only 10 days and the marriage was annulled in 1974.
Townshend was educated at
Milton Abbey School in
Dorset.
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 volume 3, page 3923.]
Career
Townshend began his career by working at
Trident Studios in
London in the late 1980s, eventually working as an assistant engineer for
Alan Moulder and
Mark 'Spike' Stent. Following this, Townshend worked independently with producer
Ian Broudie for 8 years and then joined producer
Stephen Street
Stephen Brian Street (born 29 March 1960 in Hackney, London) is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths, The Cranberries and Blur. Street collaborated with Morrissey on his debut album ''Viva Hate'' following the spl ...
at The Bunker in
Olympic Studios
Olympic Studios was a renowned British independent commercial recording studio based in Barnes, London. It is best known for its recordings of many artists throughout the late 1960s to the first decade of the 21st century, including Jimi Hendr ...
in London where he maintained residency until its closure in 2009.
As of 2012, Townshend mixed from his Decoy Studios in Woodbridge
Suffolk
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.
Selected discography (mixing)
References
External links
Spotify PlaylistAllMusic DiscographyDecoy Studios
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English audio engineers
English record producers
Mixing engineers
Living people
1963 births
People educated at Milton Abbey School