Jagz Kooner (born Jagjit Singh Kooner, 1967) is an English record producer from
Indian descent,
who has worked with
Radio 4,
Manic Street Preachers
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,
Garbage
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,
Infadels and
Primal Scream
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for whom he co-produced their cover version of the song "
Some Velvet Morning" along with model
Kate Moss
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.
He has created remixes for
Massive Attack
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; the remix of their song "Butterfly Caught" contains additional vocals from English electronic music vocalist
Tara McDonald. His remix "My Beautiful Friend" by
the Charlatans was so groundbreaking that it inspired
Eddy Temple-Morris, a DJ at the
XFM
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radio station to form a show dedicated to remixes. Kooner also worked with
Rammstein
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,
Siobhan Fahey
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,
Ladytron
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,
Adam Freeland
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,
dEUS
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Latin ''deus'' and ''dīvus'' ('divine') are in turn descended from Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European *''deiwos'', 'celestial' or 'shining', from the same root ( ...
,
Kasabian
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and more recently
Reverend and the Makers. His remix of "Swastika Eyes" by
Primal Scream
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appears as one of two remixes of the track on the ''
XTRMNTR'' album. He remixed two songs from the
Oasis
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''. On the bonus CD available only as part of the Deluxe Edition, Kooner remixed the first single "The Shock of the Lightning", as well as the album track "The Turning". He has also been keenly involved in the UK
mash-up scene. Kooner has also remixed "Mind Killer" by Adam Freeland.
Other bands
He was also a member of the bands
the Aloof and
Sabres of Paradise with
Andrew Weatherall and
Reverend and the Makers new project
Reverend Soundsystem or otherwise known as RSS.
References
External links
Discogs: Jagz KoonerMySpace: Jagz Kooner
Living people
English record producers
1967 births
British remixers
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