Stephen Harris (born 1968 in Shifnal) is an English record producer, mixer, and audio engineer. He has worked with major rock and pop artists, including
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band (also known as DMB) is an American rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia. The band's lineup consists of Dave Matthews (lead vocals, guitar), Stefan Lessard (bass), Carter Beauford (drums), Tim Reynolds (lead guitar), R ...
,
Ben Kweller
Benjamin Lev Kweller (born June 16, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
A former member of Radish, Kweller has released six solo albums and appeared on several collaborations.
Early life
Ben Kweller was born in S ...
,
The Wombats
The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). ...
, and
Kaiser Chiefs
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.
Early life and career
Stephen Harris was born in 1968 in Shifnal, Shropshire, England. He developed an early interest in music production and, at the age of 16, began his career as a tape operator at Zella Studios in Birmingham. Over time, he progressed to the roles of engineer and mixer, gaining experience working across musical genres.
In the late 1980s, Harris joined the Slaughterhouse, a residential studio in Driffield, Yorkshire, where he further honed his engineering skills. His first notable success came through his work with the British rock band Little Angels on the track "Radical Your Lover," which reached number 28 on the UK charts.
This early breakthrough led Harris to relocate to London.
References
Notable collaborations
Harris has worked with :
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Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band (also known as DMB) is an American rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia. The band's lineup consists of Dave Matthews (lead vocals, guitar), Stefan Lessard (bass), Carter Beauford (drums), Tim Reynolds (lead guitar), R ...
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Busted Stuff
''Busted Stuff'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Dave Matthews Band. It was released on July 16, 2002, through RCA Records. Much of the album's material was first recorded in 2000 during sessions with longtime producer Steve L ...
'' and ''
Some Devil''
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Ben Kweller
Benjamin Lev Kweller (born June 16, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
A former member of Radish, Kweller has released six solo albums and appeared on several collaborations.
Early life
Ben Kweller was born in S ...
– ''
Sha Sha''
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The Wombats
The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). ...
– ''
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
''The Wombats Proudly Present A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'', usually shortened to ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'', is the debut major studio album by English Rock music, rock band the Wombats. It was released by 14th Floor Recor ...
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Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who originally formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, before reforming as Parva in 2000, and releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their cur ...
– ''
Employment
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Kodaline
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Gar ...
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In a Perfect World In a Perfect World may refer to:
* ''In a Perfect World'' (Aquarium Rescue Unit album), 1994
* ''In a Perfect World'' (Kodaline album), 2013
* '' In a Perfect World...'', a 2009 album by Keri Hilson
* "In a Perfect World", a song by Bananarama fr ...
'', ''
Coming Up for Air'', and ''
Politics of Living
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The branch of social science that studies politi ...
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Kula Shaker
Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a numb ...
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Santana
Santana may refer to:
Transportation
* Volkswagen Santana, an automobile
* Santana Cycles, manufacturer of tandem bicycles
* Santana Motors, a former Spanish automobile manufacturer
* Sailboat designs by W. D. Schock Corp
** Santana 20
** Santan ...
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Supernatural
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The Automatic
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Not Accepted Anywhere'' and ''
This Is a Fix''
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The Twang
The Twang are an English indie rock band, formed in 2004 in Birmingham. The band have released five studio albums - '' Love It When I Feel Like This'' (2007), '' Jewellery Quarter'' (2009), '' 10:20'' (2012), '' Neon Twang'' (2014), ''If Confro ...
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Jewellery Quarter
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a area.
The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the ...
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The Academy Is... – ''
Fast Times at Barrington High
''Fast Times at Barrington High'' is the third studio album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released on August 19, 2008.
Background
''Fast Times at Barrington High'' was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo. The title refers to the high schoo ...
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Miles Kane
Miles Peter Kane (born 17 March 1986) is an English singer and musician, best known as a solo artist and the co-frontman of the Last Shadow Puppets. He was also the former frontman of the Rascals, before the band announced their break-up in Au ...
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Don't Forget Who You Are
''Don't Forget Who You Are'' is the second studio album by indie-rock musician Miles Kane. It was released on 3 June 2013 under Columbia Records. The album title is named from the second song off the album, "Don't Forget Who You Are" which was f ...
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Aqualung – ''
Still Life
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Blue Merle – ''
Burning in the Sun''
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Pull Tiger Tail – ''PAWS''
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The Longpigs
Longpigs were an English indie rock band who rose to fame on the fringe of Britpop in the 1990s, comprising Crispin Hunt (vocals, guitar), Richard Hawley (guitar), Simon Stafford (bass guitar) and former Cabaret Voltaire member Dee Boyle (drum ...
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The Sun Is Often Out
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Five singles were released from the album, initially to little success. The first two"She Sai ...
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Selected discography
Harris has worked on work the albums and projects:
* ''
Employment
Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a cor ...
'' by Kaiser Chiefs
* ''
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
''The Wombats Proudly Present A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'', usually shortened to ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'', is the debut major studio album by English Rock music, rock band the Wombats. It was released by 14th Floor Recor ...
'' by The Wombats
* ''
Busted Stuff
''Busted Stuff'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Dave Matthews Band. It was released on July 16, 2002, through RCA Records. Much of the album's material was first recorded in 2000 during sessions with longtime producer Steve L ...
'' and ''
Some Devil'' by Dave Matthews Band
* ''
Sha Sha'' by Ben Kweller
* ''
K'' by Kula Shaker
* ''
Politics of Living
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources.
The branch of social science that studies politi ...
'' by Kodaline
* ''
Supernatural
Supernatural phenomena or entities are those beyond the Scientific law, laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin 'above, beyond, outside of' + 'nature'. Although the corollary term "nature" has had multiple meanin ...
'' by Santana
* ''
In a Perfect World In a Perfect World may refer to:
* ''In a Perfect World'' (Aquarium Rescue Unit album), 1994
* ''In a Perfect World'' (Kodaline album), 2013
* '' In a Perfect World...'', a 2009 album by Keri Hilson
* "In a Perfect World", a song by Bananarama fr ...
'' and ''
Coming Up for Air'' by Kodaline
* ''
Not Accepted Anywhere'' and ''
This Is a Fix'' by The Automatic
* ''
The Sun Is Often Out
''The Sun Is Often Out'' (stylized as ''THE SUN iS OfTEN oUT'') is the debut album by Longpigs, released in 1996 on U2's record label, Mother Records.
Five singles were released from the album, initially to little success. The first two"She Sai ...
'' by Longpigs
* ''
Fast Times at Barrington High
''Fast Times at Barrington High'' is the third studio album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released on August 19, 2008.
Background
''Fast Times at Barrington High'' was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo. The title refers to the high schoo ...
'' by The Academy Is...
External links
Stephen Harrisat
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...
Stephen Harrisat
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz is a MetaBrainz project that aims to create a collaborative music database that is similar to the freedb project. MusicBrainz was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB, Compact Disc Database (CDDB), a database for ...
Stephen Harrisat
Discogs
Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''T ...
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1968 births
Living people
English record producers
People from Shifnal