Edmund Wilbur Hudson "Ed" Buller (born 9 August 1962 in

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, Surrey) is an English record producer and former musician. He has primarily worked with English bands including

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, Pulp,

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and

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Biography

Buller first became interested in music after his father, composer John Buller, took him to see

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's ballet, ''

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'', at the age of 6. As a teenager, he joined

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as a keyboard player and toured with them for several years. After leaving the band, he took up record production, moving his way up through London studios and eventually became the in-house engineer for

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. Buller's first successful album that he produced was

's debut album in 1993 which peaked #1 on the

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as well winning the

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. During career he achieved two other number one albums (Suede's '' Coming Up'' and

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's '' To Lose My Life...'') and a

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nomination for best producer. In 1995, he worked with

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, Gary Stout and Dave Bessell on Node; an analog-synth heavy project that produced a single album, ''Node'' (a follow-up was released in 2014: ''Node 2''). In 1998, Buller moved to California (where he currently lives) and studied composition and orchestration at the

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. He has recently worked with British bands

, The Cheek and One Night Only, recording in Brussels, as well as Suede's comeback album '' Bloodsports'' in March 2013, and their seventh album '' Night Thoughts'' in January 2016.

Selected production credits

* 2022:

- ''

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'' (Producer) * 2019:

- '' Five'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2016:

- '' Night Thoughts'' (Producer) * 2013:

- '' Big TV'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2013:

- '' Bloodsports'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2010:

- ''

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'' (Producer) * 2010: One Night Only - '' One Night Only'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2009:

- '' To Lose My Life...'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2009:

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- ''

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'' (Mixer & Keyboards) * 2007: Martino Conspiracy - ''Hope in Isolation'' (Engineer) * 2005: Alex Lloyd - '' Alex Lloyd'' (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) * 2005:

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- ''

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'' (Producer) * 2003: Steve Burns - '' Songs for Dustmites'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2001:

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- ''

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'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2001: Outerstar - ''Outerstar'' (Mixer & Engineer) * 2001:

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- ''

'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2000:

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- ''

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'' (Producer & Engineer) * 2000: Tinfed - ''

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'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1999: Alex Lloyd - '' Black The Sun'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1999:

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- '' Breathing Tornados'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1999: Justin Clayton - ''Limb'' (Mixer) * 1997: Closer - ''Don't Walk''(Producer & Engineer) * 1997: Gravity Kills - ''

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'' (Mixer) * 1996:

- '' Coming Up'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1996: Raincoats - '' Looking in the Shadows'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1994:

- ''

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'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1994: Pulp - ''

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'' (Producer & Mixer) * 1993:

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- '' Souvlaki'' (Mixer) * 1993:

- ''

'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1992:

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- '' Everything's Alright Forever'' (Producer & Engineer) * 1991: The Primitives - '' Galore'' (Producer) * 1990:

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- ''

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'' (Engineer) * 1988: Jim Capaldi - ''Some Come Running'' (Engineer & Mixer)

Sources

In the 1990s he was also contracted to work with a band called That Uncertain Feeling. This was a band signed to the Dead Dead Good record label, whose other roster was The Charlatans as managed by Steve Harrison. The Edge when to number 2 position in the Billboard College Charts and was featured on BBC Radio 1.

References

Notes

Peaked as number 1 on the

.
Won a Mercury Prize award.
Nominated for a Brit Award for best producer.

External links

Ed Buller video interview
Interview with Ed Buller and Gary Stout on Node project. {{DEFAULTSORT:Buller, Ed 1962 births Living people English record producers San Francisco Conservatory of Music alumni People from Reigate Musicians from Surrey