DIRECTOR / A&R / PRODUCER - SECOND SKIN RECORDS, LONDON
(1995 - 2005)

>	Co-founded and built a record label with a reputation for quality progressive music around four main acts - King Kooba, Lexi Love, Grand Unified and Dogs Deluxe; large schedule of material released (11 albums and over 40 EP’s); tours arranged; licensing opportunities (artists’ compilations, advertising & new media) optimised.
>	Designed and managed label website concentrating on community building and direct e-tailing by mail order and in association with E-music, USA.
>	Co-founded a music publishing company (Second Skin Music) that currently has 5 writers.
>	Involved in all management, musical and creative functions of both businesses.
>	Co-ordinated studio/remix activity, mastering & manufacturing process, artwork and logistics of promotional process; release scheduling.
	Achievements at Second Skin
>	Worldwide distribution secured in 26 countries (UK, USA, Japan, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Austria, South Africa, Czech Republic, Israel, India, Bhutan, Nepal & UAE).
>	Detailed use of marketing information, having created and updated large databases covering regular bulletin customers, press/media/TV, music business/A&R contacts, potential affiliate and all UK retail outlets; Second Skin made the most of its budget and achieved good value for money.
>	Effective use of new media; one of the first record labels to sell music on the internet with CDuctive, USA; Second Skin material was on the first Diamond Rio MP3 player promotional disk and the first label to take part in a Tokyo MiniDisc street vending scheme.
>	Original and successful affiliate campaigns (e.g. major merchandising arrangement with Pervert Clothing and sponsorship deals with Volcom, SMP and Oxygen) and video games (Activision - Tony Hawkes Pro Skater) plus TV, film and video (especially surf and snowboard videos - BMG, Channel 4, MTV sports shows, Eurosport, ITV Sport and MTV adverts).
>	Considerable success in building non music partnerships in “extreme” sports sector. Second Skin organised the music side for extreme sports festivals such as Board X Urban Games, World, European & UK Skateboard Championships, and European & UK Snowboard Championships.
>	Careful branding and positioning for the label and artists; resourceful promotion from press/PR/digital/media to street and club level.

Second Skin Records Releases
Artist	Album		Artist	EP
> King Kooba	The Imperial Solution		> King Kooba	Quorma
	Enter The Throne Room			Release The Cracken
	NuFoundFunk			Wolfkub
> Lexi Love	Too Fast Times			Freakmeister
> Dogs Deluxe	Dogs Deluxe			Throne Room
> Various	Skinful Vol.1			California Suite
	Skinful Vol.2			Koobesq
	Skinful Vol.3			NuFoundFunk
	Skinful Vol.4		> Dogs Deluxe	21st Century Readymades
	Skinful Boxset			Propulsion
	Remixes 96-01			Moon Fever
				Wreckin' Ball
			> Grand Unified	Unifried
				Le Hot
				Goin' On
			> Lexi Love	Dreams
				Burn
				Fire & Ice
			> The Meateaters	You Blow My Mind
				You Were My Sunshine
			> 60Hz	Double Zero
			> Fifa	Think Ohm
			> Various	Skinful Vol.2
				Skinful Vol.3
				Skinful Vol.4

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DIGITAL EDITOR
(1993 - present day)

>	Started the first mobile digital editing business in Europe.
>	Edited projects for over 60 artists on 40 different record labels.
>	Most notable credits include East 17 (UK No.3), Marshall Jefferson, Peter Andre (UK No.1), Dreadzone, Eternal (UK No.1), Rozalla, Art Of Noise, Headrillaz, Drum Club, Earl 16 and Opus 3 amongst many others. (see below)
>	Established many contacts within the music industry.
>	“London’s top chopper” Loaded magazine August 1998.

Notable Digital Editing Sessions
Artist	Title	Label
> Pink Floyd	Why Pink Floyd? (90/60/30 sec edits for the entire catalogue)	EMI
> East 17	Around The World (single)	Sony
	various album tracks
> Eternal	You're The Only One (single)	EMI
> Peter Andre	Mysterious Girl (single)	Mushroom Records
	singles & album tracks
> Rozalla	This Time I Found Love (single)	Sony
	singles & various remixes
> Dreadzone	Biological Radio (album)	Virgin
	Movin' On (single)
	various EP's
> Drum Club	Live in Iceland (album)	Sabres of Paradise
	various remixes	Big Life
> Headrillaz	All material released	Pussyfoot
	albums, EP's & singles	V2
> Vinyl Blair	Blair Necessities (EP)	Hard Hands
	various remixes
> Elevatorman	Funk and Drive (single)	M&G
	All Fired Up (single)	Wired
> Earl 16	Steppin' Out (album)	Warners
	various EP's
> Marshall Jefferson	Age of Mirrors (single)	X Records
> Brutal Deluxe	Brutal Deluxe (EP)	Whoop Records
> Discocaine	Back To Back (EP's)	Zoom Records
	various EP's
> Crime	Rhythm Graffiti (EP)	Junior Boys Own
	various EP's
> Boogie Buffet	Back 2 Boogie (EP)	Back To Basics
> Art Of Noise	Yebo (Arkarna remix)	China Records
> Caucasian Boy	Caucasian Boy (EP)	Strictly Rhythm
	various EP's
> Shitake	Sticky Green Fingers (EP)	Zoom Records
	various EP's
> Pluto	Pluto Rising (album)	ITP Records
	Demolition Plates (album)	Octopus Records
	Free To Run (EP)	Trance Europe Express
	Diablo (EP)	One Off Records
	various EP's
> Kamouflarge	Shell Shock (EP)	Checkpoint Charlie
> Slowly	Ming (album)	Dorado & Instinct Records
	singles & various EP's	Chill Out Records
> Kushti	Stromboli (single)	Octopus Records
> Full Moon Scientists	Monday Morning Train	Hard Hands
	(Vinyl Blair remix)	Warners
> Arkarna	R U Scared (single)	China Records
	House On Fire (single)
	singles, remixes & album tracks
> Wiseass	How Will I Stand (EP)	Mercury/Manifesto
> Opus 3	When You Made The Mountains	POW! Productions
	(Paul Gotel remix)
> Co-Creators	Funky Dood'n'Dap (album)	Chill Out Records
> Honky	Love Thy Neighbour (remix)	ZTT Records
> Tranquil Elephantizer	Zombie Dawn (EP)	Matrix Records
	No Slo Dub (EP)	Language Records
> 10th Street Assembly	Assembly (EP)	Black Sunshine
> Century Falls	Secret Codes (EP)	MCA/Soundproof
> Fat Planet	Fat Planet (EP)	Rhythm King Records
> Shola	Bubble (EP)	WEA
> Lava Lava	Firewalk (EP)	Honeydipped Records
> The Meateaters	Meateaters (EP)	Ninja Tune
> Camberwell Butterflies	Caterpillar (EP)	Chill Out Records
> Pig Force	Pig Force (EP)	Black Sunshine
> The Penguins	Fabrique en France (EP)	Penguins, France
> The Big Cheese Allstars	Prawns (album)	The Big Cheese, France
> Tribal Drift	Collective Journeys (album)	Chill Out Records
	remixes & various EP's
> Glen Goldsmith	Love And Understanding (EP)	RCA
More digital editing sessions available on request

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PRODUCTION & REMIXES
(1990 - 2010)

>	Produced over 20 artists including Lexi Love, Dogs Deluxe, Spiral Tribe, King Kooba, Grand Unified, Lunarci, Foxgluv, Charge, Fifa, CMR and Beat Publique. (see below)
>	Remixed 12 artists for 10 record labels including Boy George/Dubversive, Dreadzone, Slowly, Blue Pearl, Tribal Drift, Paul Reid, The Big Cheese Allstars and The Candyskins. (see below)
>	Signed to Big Life Records and Big Life Publishing (1990 - 1993) as half of the duo Lunarci; co-producing and writing all material.

Notable Production & Remixes Sessions
Artist	Title	Label
PRODUCTIONS
> Dogs Deluxe	Dogs Deluxe (album)	Second Skin Records
	21st Century Readymades (EP)
	Propulsion (EP)
	Moon Fever (EP)
	Wreckin' Ball (EP)
	Snow Queen (EP)
> King Kooba	Release The Cracken (EP)	Second Skin Records
> Fifa	Think Ohm (EP)	Second Skin Records
> Grand Unified	Le Hot (EP)	Second Skin Records
> Spiral Tribe	Breach The Peace (EP)	Big Life Records
> Foxgluv	Flame And Fortune (album)	Higher Octave/EMI
> Charge	Buds And Leaves	Red Ant Records
> CMR	Wannabe	Red Ant Records
> Beat Publique	Realise	Beat Fantastic Records
> Lunarci	Bingo Da Da (EP)	Big Life Records
	Communion (EP)	Beat Fantastic Records
	Sbassed (album track)	Brainiac Records
> Lexi Love	Too Fast Times (album)	Second Skin Records
	Dreams/Love 1 (EP)
	Fire & Ice (EP)
REMIXES
> Boy George / Dubversive	Police'n'Thieves (remix)	WEA
> Dreadzone	Movin' On (remix)	Virgin
> The Candyskins	Disco Hell (remix)	Ultimate
> Blue Pearl	Motherdawn (remix)	Big Life Records
> Paul Reid	Diamond (remix)	Sony Records
> The Meateaters	You Blow My Mind (remix)	Second Skin Records
	You Were My Sunshine (remix)
> Slowly		Chill Out Records
> Lunarci	Bingo Da Da (remix)	Big Life Records
> King Kooba	Quorma (remix)	Second Skin Records
> Tribal Drift		Chill Out Records
> The Big Cheese Allstars		The Big Cheese, France
More production and remixes sessions available on request

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ENGINEER & PROGRAMMER - BERWICK STREET STUDIO'S, LONDON
(1987 - 1990)

>	Engineered, co-engineered and programmed over 50 artists on 40 different labels including S’Express, Baby Ford, Eartha Kitt, Yazz (*), Chas Jankel, Junior, Richie Rich, Boilerhouse Boys, Bronski Beat and Annie Amazulu amongst many others. (see below)

Notable Engineering & Programming Sessions
Artist	Title	Label
> Baby Ford	Beach Bump (single)	Rhythm King
	Wigan* (album track)
> Yazz	Where Has All The Love Gone* (single)	Big Life Records
> Jerry Harrison	album track	Construct Music, USA
> Colin Favor	Beatmasters remixes	Rhythm King
> S'Express	album tracks	Rhythm King
> Chas Jankel	Killing Dad (film score)	Palace Pictures
> Boilerhouse Boys	EP	Rhythm King
> Michael Kamen	Dead Bang* (film score)	Warner Bros,USA
> Richie Rich	De La Soul - Me, Myself & I* (remix)	Big Life Records
	Yazz* (remix)
> Carl Marsh	remixes	Polydor
> Linda Law	single	Wau Mister Modo
> Jazzie P	single	A&M
> Eartha Kitt	Eartha (album tracks)	BMG/Arista
	Cha Cha Heels (single)
> Junior	single	MCA
> Bronski Beat	singles	BMG/Arista
> Annie Amazulu	single	Reprecussion Productions
> Juan Martin	Killing Dad* (film track)	Applecross Berg
> Sun Zoom Spark	Sun Zoom Spark (album tracks)	Polydor
> Major Matt Mason	album tracks	Polydor
> Peter "Hithouse" Slaghuis	single	Starcoast Productions
> Carol Kenyon	singles	CBS
> Trisha Fischer	album tracks	David Gresham, USA
> Okay	Okay (album tracks)	CBS, Germany
> Rococo	Rococo (album tracks)	Polygram
> Indian Summer	single	Strada Songs
> Camel Cigarettes	Worldwide Advertising Campaign	Camel
> Sony	Worldwide Advertising Campaign	Sony
> BBC Television	Christmas Campaign	BBC
* with Pete Lorimer More engineering and programming sessions available on request

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ENGINEER - LIVE
(1990 - 2010)

>	Extensively live engineered and performed with the bands Lunarci, Spiral Tribe, Modeliser, Pluto, King Kooba and Tribal Drift at venues and festivals across the UK and in Europe. (see below)
>	Signed to Big Life Records and Big Life Publishing (1990 - 1993) as half of the duo Lunarci; performing at hundreds of venues throughout the UK and Europe.

Notable Live Engineering & Performing Highlights
Artist	Venue
> Lunarci	Castlemorton 1992
	Ministry Of Sound, London 1992
	Astoria, London 1991
	Quadrant Park, Liverpool 1991
	Wonderland Arena, London 1991
	BCM, Mallorca 1991
	The Rocket, London 1991
	Rage, Heaven, London 1991
	Hackney Empire, London 1991
	Shelley's, Stoke 1991
	Paradiso, Amsterdam 1991
> Spiral Tribe	Castlemorton 1992
> The Woodentops	Glastonbury 2010
> Modeliser	Glastonbury 2004
> Tribal Drift	Glastonbury 1994
> King Kooba	Home, London 1998
> Pluto	Phoenix Festival 1994
	Brixton Academy, London 1995
	Heaven, London 1995
More live engineering and performing sessions available on request

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MUSIC MANAGEMENT
(1993 - 2007)

>	Managed the band Foxgluv in California, USA (since 2002). Negotiated 3 album record deal with EMI sub-label Higher Octave.
>	Managed The Beat Farm Studios in Soho, London (1993 - obtaining and organising remixes for amongst others The B-52’s, Aswad, Alexander O’Neal and Psychic TV).
>	Tour-managed part of the Ministry Of Sound Pepsi Tour 1994.

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TV/FILM & PRODUCTION MUSIC
(1990 - present day)

>	Written and produced for television and film including the Adidas commercial “Earn Them” (1993), Channel 4 commercials, various BBC programmes and other worldwide TV/radio networks, as well as engineered for Camel and Sony worldwide advertising campaigns.
>	Written and produced 7 music production albums which have all been globally used by major television & film companies and have appeared in programmes such as Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, Big Brother, Smack The Pony, Futbol Mundial, America's Next Top Model, Los Angeles News, Guiness World Records, TalkSport ads, Sky Sports commercials and The Olympic Games 2000.

Production Music CD's
Title	Artist
> Artificial Intelligence 1	Boosey & Hawkes, London
> Artificial Intelligence 2	Boosey & Hawkes, London
> Breakbeats	Boosey & Hawkes, London
> Breakbeats 2	Boosey & Hawkes, London
> Techno Rave	No Boyfriend Music, LA, USA
> The Beat Fantastic	No Boyfriend Music, LA, USA
> Rap Attak 2	No Boyfriend Music, LA, USA

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