Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British

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, living in

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, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including

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A-ha A-ha (often stylised as ''a''-h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ros ...

, New Order,

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, U2,

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, Gregory Porter,

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KT Tunstall Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on ''Later... with Jools Holland'', and h ...

, Vanessa Carlton, and

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Career

During the 1990s, Osborne was half of the Perfecto Records team, a production and remix collaboration with

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (; born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Ma ...

; they worked with Happy Mondays, U2, and other artists. He and Oakenfold were part of the 1990s dance music act

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which existed from 1994 to 1997. Osborne worked with Cat's Eyes on their critically acclaimed album, released in April 2011. At the 2012 Soundedit Festival in Poland, Osborne received the prestigious 'The Man with the Golden Ear' Award. In 2000 as part of Perfecto, Osborne was replaced by Andy Gray who went on to remix

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's " Natural Blues", U2's " Beautiful Day", and compose the music for ''

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'' with Oakenfold under the name Elementfour.

Production and mixing credits

* 2016:

– Producer & Mixer – "Objects in the Mirror" (single) * 2016: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – " Cast in Steel" (single) * 2015: Young Guns = Producer & Mixer – '' Ones and Zeros'' * 2014: Vanessa Carlton = Producer & Mixer – '' Liberman'' * 2014: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer – '' Long Road Home'' * 2014:

= Producer & Mixer – ''

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'' * 2012: Invaders = Producer & Mixer – "Hummingbird" * 2012: Charlie Simpson = Producer & Mixer – "Farmer & His Gun" * 2012: Urusen = Producer & Mixer – ''This Is Where We Meet'' * 2012: Morten Harket – Producer & Mixer – '' Out of My Hands'' * 2011: Vanessa Carlton – Producer & Mixer – '' Rabbits on the Run'' * 2010: Cat's Eyes – Producer & Mixer – '' Cat's Eyes'' * 2010: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – " Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" (single) * 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – ''

Foot of the Mountain ''Foot of the Mountain'' is the ninth studio album by the Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. It was released on 19 June 2009 and reached No. 1 on the German Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Norwegian Albums Chart. In its first week in the UK, the albu ...

'' (single) * 2009: A-ha – Producer & Mixer – "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" (single) * 2008: Starsailor – Producer & Mixer – '' All the Plans'' * 2008:

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 ...

– Producer & Mixer – "Ice Cream Sunday" * 2008:

The B-52's The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, k ...

– Producer & Mixer – '' Funplex'' * 2007:

– Producer – '' Drastic Fantastic'' * 2006: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – ''

KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza ''KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza'' is a collection album by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, originally released 15 May 2006 and was originally only available through her website. The CD comes with a DVD which includes the making of ...

'' * 2006: Union of Knives - Producer & Mixer - ''Violence and Birdsong'' * 2006:

– Producer & Mixer – ''Debut'' * 2006:

The Fratellis The Fratellis ( ) are a Scottish rock band from Glasgow, formed in 2005. The band consists of three unrelated members, who perform under pseudonyms: lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli, bassist Barry Fratelli, and drummer Mince Fratelli ...

– Mixer – '' Costello Music'' * 2006: Young Love – Producer – '' Too Young to Fight It'' * 2006: Brookville – Producer – ''Life in the Shade'' * 2006: Clearlake – Producer & Mixer – ''

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'' * 2005: Thrice – Producer & Mixer – '' Vheissu'' * 2005: Ivy – Producer & Mixer – '' In The Clear'' * 2005:

The Departure The Departure was an English rock band from Northampton, formed in October 2003. Their debut album, '' Dirty Words'', was released 13 June 2005 by Parlophone. A second album, ''Inventions'', was expected to be released in early 2008, but was n ...

– Producer & Mixer – '' Dirty Words'' * 2005: Colour of Fire – Producer & Mixer – ''Pearl Necklace'' * 2005:

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– Producer & Mixer – '' Meccano Mind'' * 2004: KT Tunstall – Producer & Mixer – ''

Eye to the Telescope ''Eye to the Telescope'' is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, originally released on 13 December 2004 and re-released 10 January 2005 by Relentless Records. On 19 July 2005, it was nominated for the 2005 Mercury ...

'' * 2004: Chikinki – Producer & Mixer – ''Lick Your Ticket'' * 2004: Longview – Producer & Mixer – "Nowhere", "Sleep" and "Still" * 2004:

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– Producer & Mixer – ''Chasing Dreams'' ( EP) * 2005: Aqualung – Remixer – " Strange and Beautiful" * 2003:

The Leaves The Leaves were an American garage rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley, California, in 1964. They are best known for their version of the song "Hey Joe", which was a hit in 1966. Theirs is the earliest release of this song, which became ...

– Assistant Producer & Mixer – "Breathe" * 2003: Lamb – Producer – "

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" * 2003:

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 ...

– Assistant Producer & Mixer – ''Growing Up'' * 2003: Peter Gabriel – Remixer – ''The Tower'' * 2002:

– Producer & Mixer – '' The Last Broadcast'' * 2001: New Order – Producer & Mixer – '' Get Ready'' * 2001:

Sophie Ellis-Bextor Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo and ...

– Producer & Mixer – " Music Gets the Best of Me" * 2000: Doves – Producer & Mixer – '' Lost Souls'' * 2000:

– Producer & Mixer – '' Asleep in the Back'' * 2000: Starsailor – Producer & Mixer – '' Love Is Here'' * 1999:

– Producer & Mixer – '' Head Music'' * 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – "

Electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

" * 1999: Suede – Producer & Mixer – " She's in Fashion" * 1998:

– Producer & Mixer – '' Without You I'm Nothing'' * 1997: U2 − Staring at the Sun single − Additional production * 1997: U2 – Producer '' Pop''Verna, Paul (1997)
U2 ''Pop''
, ''

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'', 15 March 1997, p. 63. * 1997:

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– Producer & Mixer – " Chinese Burn" and "Coming Up Roses" * 1996: Lush – Producer & Mixer – '' Lovelife'' * 1994: Scorpio Rising – Producer & Mixer – '' Brutal Deluxe (album)'' * 1993:

Deacon Blue Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow in 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime, drummer Dougie Vipond, guitarist Gregor Philp and bassist Le ...

– Producer & Mixer – '' Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'' * 1992: U2 − Remixer – "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Remixes) (remix single) * 1990:

– Producer & Mixer – '' Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches''

References

External links

AllMusic biographyOfficial site at 140db production collective
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