Steve Nye is an English

music 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 ...

for several artists.

Career

Nye started out as a tape op at

AIR Studios Associated Independent Recording (AIR) is an independent recording company founded in London in 1965 by record producers George Martin, John Burgess (record producer), John Burgess, Ron Richards (producer), Ron Richards, and Peter Sullivan (rec ...

in London in 1971, where producer Rupert Hine discovered him.Producer Series #28: Steve Nye
/ref> There he got into engineering (and later producing) many well-known artists in the music industry, including

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and

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. His better known work includes artists such as

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( ''Penguin'' in 1973),

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('' In Your Mind'' in 1977), Penguin Cafe Orchestra,

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(''

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'' in 1983),

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('' Tin Drum'' in 1981),

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(''

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'' in 1984, '' Gone to Earth'' in 1986, '' Secrets of the Beehive'' in 1987),

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('' Macalla'' in 1985),

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('' Carol: A Day in a Girl's Life'' in 1988), Scary Thieves (''Scary Thieves'' in 1984) and

(''

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''). In addition to engineering and producing, Nye also played keyboards. He was a member of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra from 1976 to 1988. Nye explains:

References

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* English record producers Living people Penguin Cafe Orchestra members Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-record-producer-stub