About me

30 years experience in the music industry in production and design. For Telstar/Wildstar/Multiply (1992-2001): Craig David, Terry Hall, Sash!, Ant & Dec, Mis-Teeq, E17. For Rykodisc/Hannibal/Inside Recordings/Transgressive (2003-2011): Frank Zappa, Jackson Browne, Josh Rouse, Robert Wyatt, Phil Manzanera, Thievery Corporation, Jeremy Warmsley. For Kscope/Peaceville/Madfish (2011-Present): Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Tesseract, Ozric Tentacles, Gong, Darkthrone, John Mayall, Steve Hillage, Envy of None, The Pineapple Thief, The Pretty Things. Selected design projects below.

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Projects

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  John Mayall - The First Generation 1965-1974A labour of lockdown if you like. (But also a labour of love.) A 35 disc deluxe box set with so many bells and whistles, all designed at home when we had to stay there.
• Envy of NoneRush guitarist Alex Lifeson’s first project since 2012’s Clockwork Angels. The band found an image they loved and licensed it. After a fair amount of Photoshoppery and squeezing the life out of a couple of shots, four formats including a multi-page special edition were born.
• Wishbone Ash - Living Proof10LP box set with 48 page book and something from almost nothing in less than two weeks.
• The Pineapple Thief - The Soord Sessions Volumes 1-4As much a book by main man Bruce Soord as a music release, this was half designed on the iPad Pro travelling up and down the country on Virgin Trains.
• Philippe Debarge with The Pretty Things - Rock St. TropWally Waller from The Pretty Things asked if I wanted to work on this, sending me many likely cover shots. Both Johnny Hallyday and Brigitte Bardot agreed to the use of this, so no contest really.
• Godsticks - InescapableSecond album designed for Godsticks. The title inspired a metaphorical cage constructed from a mirror of many tiny mirrors (made by Danny Branscombe). Was then very useful for promo band shots.

Work history

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Head of Production & DesignSnapper Music
Nov 2011London, United KingdomFull Time