Dave Clayton
Encyclopedia
Dave Clayton is a British keyboard
player and record producer
. He has recorded or played with, among others, Simply Red
, ABC
, Depeche Mode
and Paul McCartney
. He also has production credits with Kraftwerk
and The Human League
.
Clayton joined Simply Red for their Home album. He was a band member of ABC
for three years and has also toured with George Michael
, Marc Almond
and Jason Donovan
, to name a few.
He has recorded with the likes of U2
, Bob Marley
, Sinéad O'Connor
, Depeche Mode
, Paul McCartney, George Michael
, Elton John
, The Beloved
and Robbie Williams
.
As a producer, he has worked with Take That
, The Human League
, Kraftwerk
, C.C. Catch, Les McKeown
and Lenny Henry
. He also has writing credits for Sinéad O'Connor
, Bomb the Bass
, Michael Hutchence
and ABC. Dave's personal project is The Pressure Zone.
David currently performs with Simply Red and also composed with Mick Hucknall
,
2 songs on the latest Simply Red album STAY.
Composer/Producer/Performer
25 years of Keyboards and Synthesizers
I joined my first band 'Celebration' in 1982 before being spotted by 'ABC' and joinIng them as a
keyboard player for a world tour. After the tour I formed a band with Dave Palmer, now Rod
Stewart’s drummer and signed to Epic /CBS as 'Person To Person'. We did two supporting tours
and an album 'Stronger Than Reason'. From 1986 I had brief stints playing with the bands
'Animal Nightlife' and 'Carmel'.
Since 1987 I have recorded, toured, composed and/or done sessions with:
Simply Red (Touring and composing 2003 - 2010)
Texas
Pino Danielle (Tour)
Boy George
Living In A Box
Beloved
Bob Marley
Take That
Gary Barlow
Sinead O Connor
Clive Griffin (Production and composing)
Paul Rutherford
U2 (Recording and tour programming)
Elton John
George Michael (Recording and tourIng)
Simple Minds
2 Tek
The The
Oui 3
Luciano
ABC
Go West
Nik Kershaw
Michael Hutchence (Recording and composing)
Jason Donovan (Touring)
Paul McCartney
Bros
Bee Gees
Marc Almond (Tour and DVD)
Tina Turner
Jody Whatley
Terrence Trent D'Arby
Robbie Williams (Two albums)
Iva Davies
Gavin Friday
Bjork/David Arnold
Melissa Mars
Protocol
Whycliffe
Depeche Mode (Tour and Album)
David Bowie
Hannah Scott
Massive Attack
Kamouflage
Bono (Film music)
Cinema Bizzare (Composition)
Protocol
The Sound and the Fury
Flatz (Production)
Karl Bartos/Kraftwerk
Bomb the Bass (Member from 1994-1998)
Mario (US RnB artist)
Lucy Silvas
Tunde
Shakira
Estelle
Lionel Ritchie
Pet Shop Boys (Album and film 'Battleship Potemkin')
Paul Rutherford (Production and writing)
Human League (Production and writing)
Toy (Remixes and productions)
Film and Film Music Commissions:
In the Name of The Father
Batman Returns
Shakespeare in Love
Battleship Potemkin
Entropy - Phil Joanou
Polax X - Scott Walker
Film Score:
The Tao Traveller - Recorded and produced by Jon Russell.
Recent recording projects:
London Street Soul - Pressure Zone (due September 2011).
My online record label with my partner Marco Perry from Pressure Zone - Beatfarm Recorders.
I have my own small in-house recording studio with a wide range of analog and digital keyboards and recording equipment.
Links to a selection from my discography:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dave+Clayton#t=Credits_All&q=&p=1&per=250
Links to references:
www.pressurezone.co.uk
www.beatfarmrecorders.com
www.simplyred.com
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
player and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. He has recorded or played with, among others, Simply Red
Simply Red
Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...
, ABC
ABC (band)
ABC are an English band, that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour and released a new album, Traffic, in 2008.-Formation:...
, Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
and Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
. He also has production credits with Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
and The Human League
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...
.
Clayton joined Simply Red for their Home album. He was a band member of ABC
ABC (band)
ABC are an English band, that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour and released a new album, Traffic, in 2008.-Formation:...
for three years and has also toured with George Michael
George Michael
George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
, Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
and Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
, to name a few.
He has recorded with the likes of U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
, Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
, Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
, Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
, Paul McCartney, George Michael
George Michael
George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
, Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
, The Beloved
The Beloved
The Beloved are an English electronic dance music group, best known for the singles "Sweet Harmony", "Hello", "Your Love Takes Me Higher", and "Satellite".-Formation:...
and Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
.
As a producer, he has worked with Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
, The Human League
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...
, Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
, C.C. Catch, Les McKeown
Les McKeown
Leslie Richard McKeown is a pop singer. He was the lead singer for the 1970s pop sensation the Bay City Rollers during their most successful period.-Biography:...
and Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry
Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter.- Early life :...
. He also has writing credits for Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
, Bomb the Bass
Bomb the Bass
Bomb the Bass is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has evolved its style over the years, has been classed as electronic or dance....
, Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence was an Australian musician and actor. He was the founding lead singer-songwriter of rock band :INXS from 1977 to his death in 1997, a period of twenty years. Hutchence was a member of short-lived pop rock group Max Q and recorded solo material which was released...
and ABC. Dave's personal project is The Pressure Zone.
David currently performs with Simply Red and also composed with Mick Hucknall
Mick Hucknall
Michael "Mick" Hucknall is a British singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the British band Simply Red, and is recognisable for his smooth, distinctive voice and wide vocal range, as well as his red curly hair.-Early life:...
,
2 songs on the latest Simply Red album STAY.
Composer/Producer/Performer
25 years of Keyboards and Synthesizers
I joined my first band 'Celebration' in 1982 before being spotted by 'ABC' and joinIng them as a
keyboard player for a world tour. After the tour I formed a band with Dave Palmer, now Rod
Stewart’s drummer and signed to Epic /CBS as 'Person To Person'. We did two supporting tours
and an album 'Stronger Than Reason'. From 1986 I had brief stints playing with the bands
'Animal Nightlife' and 'Carmel'.
Since 1987 I have recorded, toured, composed and/or done sessions with:
Simply Red (Touring and composing 2003 - 2010)
Texas
Pino Danielle (Tour)
Boy George
Living In A Box
Beloved
Bob Marley
Take That
Gary Barlow
Sinead O Connor
Clive Griffin (Production and composing)
Paul Rutherford
U2 (Recording and tour programming)
Elton John
George Michael (Recording and tourIng)
Simple Minds
2 Tek
The The
Oui 3
Luciano
ABC
Go West
Nik Kershaw
Michael Hutchence (Recording and composing)
Jason Donovan (Touring)
Paul McCartney
Bros
Bee Gees
Marc Almond (Tour and DVD)
Tina Turner
Jody Whatley
Terrence Trent D'Arby
Robbie Williams (Two albums)
Iva Davies
Gavin Friday
Bjork/David Arnold
Melissa Mars
Protocol
Whycliffe
Depeche Mode (Tour and Album)
David Bowie
Hannah Scott
Massive Attack
Kamouflage
Bono (Film music)
Cinema Bizzare (Composition)
Protocol
The Sound and the Fury
Flatz (Production)
Karl Bartos/Kraftwerk
Bomb the Bass (Member from 1994-1998)
Mario (US RnB artist)
Lucy Silvas
Tunde
Shakira
Estelle
Lionel Ritchie
Pet Shop Boys (Album and film 'Battleship Potemkin')
Paul Rutherford (Production and writing)
Human League (Production and writing)
Toy (Remixes and productions)
Film and Film Music Commissions:
In the Name of The Father
Batman Returns
Shakespeare in Love
Battleship Potemkin
Entropy - Phil Joanou
Polax X - Scott Walker
Film Score:
The Tao Traveller - Recorded and produced by Jon Russell.
Recent recording projects:
London Street Soul - Pressure Zone (due September 2011).
My online record label with my partner Marco Perry from Pressure Zone - Beatfarm Recorders.
I have my own small in-house recording studio with a wide range of analog and digital keyboards and recording equipment.
Links to a selection from my discography:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dave+Clayton#t=Credits_All&q=&p=1&per=250
Links to references:
www.pressurezone.co.uk
www.beatfarmrecorders.com
www.simplyred.com