Richard Warren (musician) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Richard Daniel Warren is a British musician, songwriter and producer.

He signed his first record deal with Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records

Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

at the height of Britpop

Britpop

Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...

in 1996, as one third of The Hybirds

The Hybirds

The Hybirds were a British indie band of the mid 1990s, from Nottinghamshire in England. Comprising Richard Warren, Darren Sheldon and Louis Divito, they evolved from the local bands The Front and Valve before signing to Heavenly Records, where they released singles such as "See Me Through"...

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In 1999 when the band split, he branched out on his own and away from guitar-led pop, signing to Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

as Echoboy after Daniel Miller heard his self-released 12 " Flashlegs (Suite).
He went on to release several self-produced solo albums on Mute

Mute Records

as well as Giraffe, which was produced by Flood, and having put together a band he toured extensively with, amongst others, Elastica

Elastica

Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...

, Add N to (X)

Add N to (X)

Add N to were a three-piece British band specializing in electronic music performed on analogue synthesizers, formed in London in 1994.The original band members were Andrew Aveling, Barry Smith and Ann Shenton...

and Broadcast

Broadcast (band)

Broadcast are an electronic music band, founded in Birmingham, England. Original members were Trish Keenan , Roj Stevens , Tim Felton and James Cargill . Various drummers played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins, and Neil Bullock...

.

Both Echoboy and The Hybirds performed several sessions for John Peel's radio show.
He is also known for producing and remixing other artists (see below).

In 2003 he was asked by Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce

Jason Pierce , also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized.In between his work with Spiritualized...

to play bass guitar in Spiritualized

Spiritualized

Spiritualized are an English space rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3...

, with whom he toured throughout 2003-05. He also played bass on and co-engineered the band's 2008 album Songs in A&E

Songs in A&E

Songs in A&E is the sixth studio album by the group Spiritualized and is their first since 2003's Amazing Grace. It was released on May 26, 2008 in the UK on Sanctuary Records and on May 27 in the USA on Fontana Records. It was released on standard CD worldwide, as well as a limited edition book ...

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In 2005/06 he released a set of five limited edition 7" singles under the pseudonym Modlang.

During 2005-09 he played guitar with both Starsailor

Starsailor (band)

Starsailor is an English post-britpop band, formed in Leigh, Warrington and Greater Manchester. By 2009, they had four charting albums and ten Top 40 singles in the UK since 2001.-Early history:...

and Soulsavers

Soulsavers

Soulsavers are an English production and remix team composed of Rich Machin and Ian Glover. The Soulsavers' downtempo electronica sound incorporates influences of rock, gospel, soul, and country...

with Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career...

, playing guitar on the 2009 Starsailor

Starsailor (band)

Starsailor is an English post-britpop band, formed in Leigh, Warrington and Greater Manchester. By 2009, they had four charting albums and ten Top 40 singles in the UK since 2001.-Early history:...

album All the Plans and on the Soulsavers

Soulsavers

Soulsavers are an English production and remix team composed of Rich Machin and Ian Glover. The Soulsavers' downtempo electronica sound incorporates influences of rock, gospel, soul, and country...

albums It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land

It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land

It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land is the second studio album by English production team Soulsavers, released on April 2, 2007 in the UK and October 16, 2007 in the US. The album features American singer Mark Lanegan as primary vocalist...

and Broken

Broken (Soulsavers album)

Broken is the third full-length studio album from electronica production duo Soulsavers, released by V2 Records in the UK on August 17, 2009, and released by Columbia Records in the US in September as a digital download...

. He also co-wrote two of the songs on Broken

Broken (Soulsavers album)

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In 2008 he formed The Cold Light of Day, releasing the limited edition EP Flesh and Blood in April 2009.

In October 2009 he left The Cold Light of Day to pursue other projects and released a solo album Laments in July 2010, which made it into the NME's '50 best albums of the year so far' list.
His next album, The Wayfarer
, was released on 17 October 2011.
An alternative 'stripped down' mix of the album was issued as a cover-mount on the autumn double edition (no.78/79) of Bucketfull of Brains and nine short films containing these 'stripped down' mixes were made to accompany the album.

Albums

The Hybirds (Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

1997 HVNLP 20CDP)

1. "Ball Of Twine"

2. "24"

3. "I'm Coming Out"

4. "See Me Through"

5. "Call Me Blue"

6. "The Only Ones"

7. "Born Yesterday"

8. "The Wanderers"

9. "Stranded"

10. "Words"

11. "Suzy Parker"

12. "I Feel The Weight"

All songs by Richard Warren .
Produced and mixed by Ian Grimble, except 2 produced by Richard Warren/Sebastian Lewsley, mixed by Paul Schroeder, 7 mixed by Richard Warren. Recorded at Chateau de la Rouge Motte France, Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...

London, West Heath Yard London.
Strings arranged by Martin Green.
2 feat. Sebastian Lewsley on Moog. 7 feat. Sean Read on Hammond organ

Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...

and piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

.
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

London by Chris Blair.
Artwork by Max Speed.
Photography by Hamish Brown.

EPs

Take You Down (Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

1997 HVN71CD)

1. "Seventeen"

2. "Reeling"

3. "Peter Take Me Down"

4. "The Only Ones (Part Two)"

All songs by Richard Warren.
1-3 produced and mixed by Ian Grimble, 4 produced and mixed by Adi Winman. 1-3 recorded at Chateau de la Rouge Motte France. 4 recorded at Wessex Studio London. Cover art "Jill Kennington Parachuting" by John Cowan, 1965. Photography by Ellen Nolan.

Singles

The Only Ones (Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

1997)

1. "The Only Ones (Part Two)"

2. "The Only Ones (Part Two) instrumental"

All songs by Richard Warren.
Produced and mixed by Adi Winman.
Recorded at Wessex Studio London.
10" vinyl only, issued in plain brown sleeve.

Stranded (Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

1997 HVN75CD)

1. "Stranded"

2. "Freedom Fighter"

3. "Morning Song"

All songs by Richard Warren.
Produced and mixed by Ian Grimble.
Recorded at Chateaux de la Rouge Motte France.
Artwork by Max Speed.
Photography by Mark McNulty.

24 (Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

1997 HVN78CD)

1. "24"

2. "Where I Want To Be"

3. "Tell Me"

All songs by Richard Warren.
1 produced by Richard Warren/Sebastian Lewsley, mixed by Paul Schroder.
2-3 produced and mixed by Ian Grimble
Recorded at Chateaux de la Rouge Motte France.
1 feat. Sebastian Lewsley on Moog.
Artwork by Max Speed.
Photography by Mark McNulty.

See Me Through (Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records
Heavenly Records, aka Heavenly Recordings, is a London-based record label, distributed by EMI. Founded by Jeff Barrett, a former press officer for Creation Records and many successful indie bands of the time including Happy Mondays, Heavenly Recordings' first releases were 7" and 12" singles for...

1998 HVN80CD)

1. "See Me Through"

2. "Good"

3. "You"

4. "The Only Ones (John Peel session)"

All songs by Richard Warren.
1 produced and mixed by Ian Grimble, 2-3 produced and mixed by Richard Warren/Sebastian Lewsley.
1 recorded at Chateaux de la Rouge Motte France. 2-3 recorded at West Heath Yard London.
4 taken from the bands' John Peel Session, first transmission date 17 September 1997, recorded in Studio 4 Maida Vale London.
Artwork by Max Speed.
Photography by Mark McNulty.

Band members

Richard Warren, Kev Bales, Tony (Doggen) Foster, Lee Horsley, Leon Tattersall, Chris Moore, John Lord, Sam Hempton, Dan Hayhurst, Pete Bassman

Albums

Echoboy (Point Blank 1999)

1. "Flashlegs (Suite)"

2. "Flesh"

3. "Scene 30"

4. "Wrap"

5. "Daylight"

6. "Flight 21"

7. "Mountain Song"

8. "Signs"

All songs by Richard Warrren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Vocals on 6 by Roy Foster. Photography by Martin Nesbitt. Artwork by Richard Warren and Martin Nesbitt.

Volume 1 (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2000 STUMM180)

1. "55"

2. "Kit and Holly"

3. "Model 352"

4. "Broken Hearts"

5. "Constantinople"

6. "Crocodile milk"

7. "Walking"

8. "Contact"

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Voice on 7 by Tasha Lee McCluney. Photography by Richard Warren. Design by P.A.Taylor.

Volume 2 (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2000 STUMM192)

1. "Turning On"

2. "Telstar Recovery"

3. "Kelly’s Truck"

4. "Siobhan"

5. "Make the City the Sound"

6. "Schram and Sheddle 262"

7. "Sudwestfunk No.5"

8. "Circulation"

9. "High Pitch Needs"

With free 7":

Do the Isolation

1. "Do the Isolation"

2. "Hotel 75"

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Drums on 1 and 4 by Kev Bales. Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe. Photography by Richard Warren. Design by Intro.

45:54:00

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Artwork by Richard Warren.

Giraffe (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2003 STUMM 200)

1. "Automatic Eyes"

2. "Don’t Destroy Me"

3. "Comfort of the Hum"

4. "Summer Rhythm"

5. "High Speed in Love"

6. "Fun in You"

7. "Lately Lonely"

8. "Good on TV"

9. "Wasted Spaces"

10. "Nearly all the Time"

All songs by Richard Warren .
Produced and mixed by Flood, engineered and mixed by Rob Kirwan. Mix assisted by Darkmoor. Source material recorded at The Bedroom, London, The Instrument, London, Main Street, Leicestershire, Alfreton Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Baselab, Nottingham, The Big Mouse House, Nottingham. Mastered by Nilesh Patel at The Exchange, London. Song construction at The Bedroom, London. Mixed at The Instrument, London. Design by P.A.Taylor. Photography by Mick Rock

Mick Rock

Mick Rock is a British photographer best known for his iconic shots of rock and roll legends such as Queen, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Crossfade, Thin Lizzy, Motley Crue, and Blondie...

. Screenprint by Dan Holliday.

Elektrik Soul Psymphonie (Earworm 2006 EGS05 / The First Time Records TFT019)

1. "Mary from San Francisco"

2. "Interlude No.1"

3. "Lovesick Antelopes"

4. "Interlude No.2"

5. "Electric Soul (suite)"

6. "Death drums"

7. "Interlude No.3"

8. "Pale"

9. "Jet Brown"

10. "Yellow Stripes"

11. "Messin with Dan"

12. "Interlude No.4"

13. "The Grip"

14. "Plastic Gods"

15. "Interlude No.5"

16. "Invincible"

17. "Innocent, Clueless and Young"

18. "Red Wall, Little White Lights"

19. "Interlude No.6"

20. "43"

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Tape loop manipulation on 11 by Dan Hayhurst. Artwork by Joe Bales. Design by Richard Warren.

EPs

Flashlegs (Suite) (POINT BLANK 1999 HELL001)

1. "Flashlegs (Suite)"

2. "Breakfast"

3. "11.22"

12" vinyl, numbered limited edition of 250, in hand-printed sleeve. Artwork by Richard Warren.

Frances Says the Knife is Alive (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

1999)

1. "Canada"

2. "Frances Says the Knife is Alive"

3. "Touched"

4. "Slow Down Sheena"

Double 10" vinyl, cd.

Drums on 3 by Kev Bales. Fender Rhodes piano on 1 by Lee Horsley. Artwork by Richard Warren and Martin Nesbitt.

Pure New Wool (POINT BLANK 1999 HELL003, FOR US FU007)

1. "Temporarily Drifting"

2. "57-59 (Bite the Bullet)"

3. "She"

4. "Pure New Wool"

Drums on 1 and 4 by Louis Divito. Bass on 4 by Darren Sheldon. Pedal steel guitar on 4 by B. J. Cole

B. J. Cole

Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles of music, ranging from mainstream pop and rock, to jazz and eclectic experimental music.He played and is heavily featured with Deke Leonard's Help...

. Artwork by Richard Warren.

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Singles

Scene 30 (EARWORM 1999 WORM42)

1. "Scene 30"

2. "Vitamins and Oil"

Limited edition 10" vinyl in hand-printed sleeve.

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Constantinople (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2000 MUTE242)

1. "Constantinople"

2. "Usherettes"

12" vinyl

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Kit and Holly (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2000 MUTE246)

1. "Kit and Holly"

2. "East Sheen"

7" vinyl

1. "Kit and Holly"

2. "Sixteen Drums"

3. "Don't Cross the Sea"

cd

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.
Photography courtesy of Corbis

Corbis

Corbis Corporation is an American company, based in Seattle, Washington, that licenses the rights to photographs, footage and other visual media...

Telstar Recovery (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2000 MUTE256)

1. "Telstar Recovery"

2. "Moving"

3. "Pressure Drop"

4. "Scarab Major 3000"

12" vinyl, cd

Drums on 2 by Kev Bales. Guitar on 2 by Tony (Doggen) Foster. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Turning On (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2001 MUTE257)

1. "Turning On"

2. "Every Household Should Have One"

3. "I'll Always Remember"

4. "Shortwave"

12" vinyl, cd

Drums on 1 by Kev Bales. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Turning On (Remixes) (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2001 MUTE257)

1. "Sudwestfunk No.5 (Esther Brinkmann mix)"

2. "Turning on (Red Snapper

Red Snapper (band)

Red Snapper are a British instrumental band founded in London in 1993 by Ali Friend , Richard Thair , and David Ayers . The three core members are also joined by various guest musicians and vocalists on different records...

mix)"

3. "Siobhan (Click 'n' Follow mix by Thomas Fehlmann

Thomas Fehlmann

Thomas Fehlmann , is a Swiss-born composer/producer who currently lives in Berlin, and has been active in electronic music as far back as the 1980s. He is currently active on the Kompakt record label based in Germany...

)"

4. "Angel Band"

Double 12" vinyl

Drums by Kev Bales. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Automatic Eyes (Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

2003 MUTE277)

1. "Automatic Eyes"

2. "I Love You"

1 Produced and mixed by Flood

Flood