Peter Walsh (born 1960) is a British

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

. Walsh began his career as an engineer at London's Utopia Studios in the late 1970s, working with

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the Tubes The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band. Their self-titled 1975 debut album included the single " White Punks on Dope", while their 1983 single " She's a Beauty" was a top-10 U.S. hit and its music video was frequently played in the ear ...

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and

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amongst others. His breakthrough was as assistant producer on the 1981 debut studio album by Heaven 17, '' Penthouse and Pavement'' (1981). Following this success he went on to produce several artists among them

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...

, China Crisis, Gene Loves Jezebel and

Simple Minds Simple Minds are a Scottish Rock music, rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977, becoming best known internationally for their song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 ...

. In 1984, Walsh produced Scott Walker's eleventh solo studio album, '' Climate of Hunter''. Walsh has continued to work with Walker, producing and performing on his studio albums '' Tilt'' (1995), '' The Drift'' (2006), '' Bish Bosch'' (2012), and '' Soused'' (2014), a collaboration between Walker and drone metal band

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. In addition he has worked with Walker on records by Ute Lemper and Pulp.

Selected discography

* '' Penthouse and Pavement'' – Heaven 17 (1981) (Production assistant, engineer) * '' Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain'' – China Crisis (1982) (Producer, engineer) * '' New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)'' –

(1982) (Producer, engineer) * '' Plays Live'' –

(1983) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * '' Climate of Hunter'' – Scott Walker (1984) (Producer, engineer) * '' Shades of Liberty'' –

Silent Running ''Silent Running'' is a 1972 American ecological-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, and Jesse Vint. Plot In the future, all forests on Earth have b ...

(1984) (Producer, engineer) * ''

Behaviour Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions of Individual, individuals, organisms, systems or Artificial intelligence, artificial entities in some environment. These systems can include other systems or or ...

'' –

Saga Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...

(1985) (Producer, engineer) * '' Certain Things Are Likely'' – Kissing the Pink (1986) (Producer) * ''

Heyday Heyday may refer to: * ''Heyday'' (The Church album), 1986 * ''Heyday'' (Fairport Convention album), 1987 * Heyday (song), a 2000 song by Mic Christopher * ''Heyday'' (novel), a historical novel by Kurt Andersen * Heyday Books, an independent ...

'' – The Church (1986) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * '' Afternoons in Utopia'' – Alphaville (1986) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * ''House of Dolls'' – Gene Loves Jezebel (1987) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * Twist of Shadows – Xymox (formerly/subsequently

Clan of Xymox Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band formed in 1981 best known as pioneers of dark wave music. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of singer-songwriters – Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert, and Pieter Nooten – and gained ...

) 1989 (Producer) * Phoenix - Xymox (formerly/subsequently

) 1991 (Producer) * ''Love'' – Heidi Berry (1991) (Programming, engineer, mixing) * Secret World Tour – Peter Gabriel (1993–1994)

front of house In the performing arts, the front of house (FOH) is the part of a performance venue that is open to the public. In theatres and live music venues, it consists of the auditorium, and foyers, as opposed to the front stage and backstage areas. ...

concert sound mixer ** '' Secret World Live'' (double album) – Peter Gabriel (1994) studio mix ** '' Secret World Live'' (film) – Peter Gabriel (1994) mix for picture * '' Tilt'' – Scott Walker (1995) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * '' Punishing Kiss'' – Ute Lemper (2000) (Producer, mixing) * '' We Love Life'' – Pulp (2001) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * '' The Drift'' – Scott Walker (2006) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * '' Bish Bosch'' – Scott Walker (2012) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * ''Moraima'' –

Andrés Suárez Andrés Suárez ( Ferrol, 16 April 1983) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. Biography At 14 years of age, Suárez started his first band in his hometown, Ferrol ( Galicia, Spain). Since then, he was involved in many different pop and rock bands ...

(2013) (Producer, engineer, mixing) * '' Soused'' – Scott Walker and

(2014) (Producer) * '' The International Swingers'' – The International Swingers (2015) (Mixer) * ''Always Never Beautiful Forever'' – The Trudy (2016) (Mix & Additional Production)

References

External links

Official site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walsh, Peter 1960 births Living people British record producers