PROD ROOM 3

Dave Bascombe

Dave Bascombe has recorded, mixed and produced everyone from Goldfrapp, Bon Jovi to Soul Wax. His career as an engineer took off in the 1980s and his break though as a producer came on the Tears For Fears album The Seeds of Love. He has also worked a lot for the Mute label with bands like Depeche Mode and Erasure and, more recently, with a diverse range of artists. Last year he worked with Placebo, Aha and Korn! Bascombe has set up his own mixing room at Sphere Studios.

Matt Lawrence

Eighteen years in the recording industry has given Matt the opportunity to work with a great many of the most influential artists and producers in the world. As an established engineer and experienced mixer, Matt calls upon these skills in his increasing capacity as a producer too.

Cutting his teeth working with some of the finest musicians at Van Morrisonís studio was a great start to any recording industry career. After working on seven Morrison albums a move to Londonís Metropolis studios was the next logical step. Twelve years there, six as the Chief Engineer has given Matt a rare grounding in all aspects of making records from the very oldest first principals, to operating at the cutting edge of technology.

After a busy year with a number one album and number two single, Matt has been shortlisted in the Best Recording Engineer Category by the MPG (Music Producers Guild) for their 2011 awards.

PROD ROOM 4

Guy Farley

Guy studied music at Trinity College of Music, Douai School and Morley College and is foremost a film composer. He has recently completed work on Land of the Blind (2005) with Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland, and Irish Jam (2005), a comedy with Eddie Griffin and Anna Friel. In 2004 he scored the Steven Segal film Enemy Within as well as the top 5 US DVD charting Wake of Death starring Jean-Claude van Damme. Earlier credits include Sorted starring Matthew Rhys and Tim Curry, Last Run directed by Anthony Hickox, the Stephen Seagal feature Submerged, Out of Season with Dennis Hopper, the three-hour epic with Indian and orchestral score soundtrack, Mother Theresa of Calcutta starring Olivia Hussey and more recently House of Nine (2005) again starring Dennis Hopper and Kelly Brook. In 2003, a collaboration with the Bauer Martinez studios led to Guy's work on Citizen Verdict which stars Armand Assante, Roy Scheider and Jerry Springer, and Modigliani starring Andy Garcia which opened in Europe and the US, the score to which has been released commercially and has also been described by 'Music from the Movies' as 'one of the five best film scores of 2004'. Further titles include Sumuru (2003) and Darkness Falls (1999) starring Ray Winstone.

Guy has a long list of television credits for a wide range of broadcasters, including the daily news show by ITN and Discovery which has had huge coverage on 'Discovery Today' as theme and library music, and India Diaries, a series scored to picture for the launch of Discovery Channel Asia. Short films for TV include Twos Company with Gareth Hunt, A Fairy Story with Janet Suzman, White Bits with Nick Moran and A Crowning Achievement, a film by Jackie Stewart on the Bahrein F1 grand Prix circuit in 2005. Further credits include the ITV series Gypsy Girl and ITV game show I'm the Answer, the prime BBC entertainment series I'd Do Anything and the BBC thriller The Monkey's Paw. He has scored four productions for the National Geographic Channel and the one-hour special One Woman's War on the war in Afghanistan for NBC.

Guy advertising credits include Lloyds TSB with Michael Nyman, Cancer Research, NSPCC, Gordon's Gin, Lynx, Galaxy, 'Bratz Passion for Fashion', Cable & Wireless, Motorola, the Teacher Training Agency, Compaq and Fifa.

Recording credits include song writing, arrangements and production for EMI, Island, Polydor and Sony. He worked on the Come Here single from the album by Cassandra Fox produced by Rollo (2005), arrangements for Duran Duran, Stephen Fretwell, Sugababes, writing and production with Appleton including the UK top ten hit Don't Worry, and has collaborated with Mica Paris and Charlotte Church. Guy also produced the track Tonight by Amy Winehouse which featured in Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason.

PROD ROOM 5

Austen Corbin Productions

Mike Austen and Dan Corbin are a writing and production team who have been base at Sphere Studios since 2008.

Their partnership began over 10 years ago and they have a wide experience working for independent artists, major record labels and composing for film, TV, animation and commercials.

Recent work includes productions and scores for Bank of Scotland, Leerdammer, Lynx, BBC, HedKandi, PWL, Sony Records, NSPCC, Baileys, Mini, Olay, Actimel, LG, Carling, HSBC, Tesco, Special K, Muller and Travel Channel to name but a few.

Visit their website to find out more: www.austencorbin.com

Austen Corbin Productions
Prod 5
Sphere Studio
2 Shuttleworth Road
London, SW11 3EA

Tel: 020 7326 9475