Tim Weidner is an engineer and producer, best known for his work with

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Biography

Weidner has produced for

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. He has done mixing for artists including

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''),

Art of Noise Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and mu ...

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and Gun. He has been an engineer for artists including Seal (including the US #1 single "

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"),

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and David Cook. He also worked on albums including '' Escala''. He played bass on

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's '' Tenement Symphony'' and David Jordan's ''

Set the Mood ''Set the Mood'' is the debut studio album of British singer-songwriter David Jordan. Before the release of the album, Jordan had written between 60 and 100 songs. These songs were then whittled down to 11 for the final track listing of ''Set t ...

'', and contributed percussion and programming to

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's '' Kings & Queens of the Underground''. He produced Yes's album ''

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'', at the suggestion of guitarist Steve Howe, with whom he had worked on Howe's ''

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'' solo album. He also did a Surround Sound mix for a DVD-A re-release of Yes's '' Fragile''. Weidner subsequently mixed and engineered Yes's '' Fly from Here'' album, produced by Horn. In 1995, Weidner was co-nominated in the

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section at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards for engineering work on Seal's 1994 album ''

''.''Billboard'', 14 January 1995, p. 67

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weidner, Tim Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American audio engineers American record producers