Steve Osborne

Steve Osborne is a dance music producer. He has worked with many bands and musicians, such as New Order. During most of the 1990s he was part of Perfecto, a production and remix collaboration with Paul Oakenfold; the artists they worked with include Happy Mondays and U2. He was part of the 1990s dance music act Grace, also with Oakenfold, which existed from 1994 to 1997. Whilst working with Starsailor Steve pioneered the 'bang it down' production technique. Steve recently worked with The B52's in Athens Georgia. The forthcoming release is the first new material from the band in almost 15 years. He is a keen supporter of Norwich City, attending home games whenever he is not working. Steve, whose musical upbringing was in The Sally Army, was a key Norwich musician in the early 80's adding drums, keyboards, guitar and trombone to bands such as Screen 3 and The Finals. He was instrumental in establishing The Kitchen Recording studio that captured the Norwich sound of the time before taking the opportunity to become 'teaboy' at the now defunct Trident Studios.

Productions

* 1984 "Take Me To Your Leader" by "Itch" (12 inch vinyl)
* 1990 "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches" by The Happy Mondays
* 1993 "Whatever You Say, Say Nothing" by Deacon Blue
* 1996 "Lovelife" by Lush
* 1997 "Chinese Burn" & "Coming Up Roses" by Curve
* 1998 "Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo album)" by Placebo
* 1999 "Head Music" by Suede
** Singles: Electricity", "She's in Fashion"
* 2000 Lost Souls by Doves
* In May 2001, Starsailor entered Rockfield Studios for six weeks with producer Steve Osborne.
* 2001 "Read My Lips" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
* 2001 "Get Ready" by New Order
* 2002 .. [The last broadcast (album) Doves. number 1 UK charts may 2002
** Singles: "Crystal"
* 2004 "Eye to the Telescope" by KT Tunstall
* 2005 "Dirty Words" by The Departure
* 2005 "Vheissu" by Thrice
* 2006 "KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza" by KT Tunstall
* 2007 "Drastic Fantastic" by KT Tunstall
* 2008 "Funplex" by The B-52's