EP10 - Chris Sheldon - "75% Psychology"
We speak to Chris Sheldon, an Engineer, Mixer and Producer who has worked on some of the most influential rock records of the last 30 years. After serving an apprenticeship at various London studios through the 80s he produced the million selling debut album, troublegum, by cult british rock band Therapy! A couple of years later his relationship with super-producer Gil Norton led to him producing the Colour and The Shape for the Foo Fighters. Not content with 2 of the greatest rock records of the nineties on his CV, he started the noughties by returning to the production chair for the first 3 albums by multi platinum rock trio Biffy Clyro (Personal favourites of this podcast) as well as other records by Oceansize, Feeder and My Vitriol. Into the twenty-tens he’s stuck mainly with mixing, but returned to his first love of engineering to work alongside Giles Martin, George’s son, on the Elton John film musical Rocketman. We heard about all of this and more, but started with that incredible Foo Fighters record and how Dave and Gil built their relationship with Chris as well as how it’s legacy still resonates through the years. Click here for a playlist of Chris’ work The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews. Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he’s been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises. Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London. If you have any feedback or questions, please email us: [email protected] Follow The Process of Production on Instagram @processofproduction If you like the podcast, please consider giving us a review on your podcast provider of choice! Thank you