Mark
Wallis - record producer video interview
Mark is one of the most experienced and versatile record
producers around having made classic records for Travis,
The Smiths, U2, Talking Heads, The LA’s and The
Go-Betweens. George
Shilling interviewed Mark at his private studio in London
to talk about his career. Watch
the video.
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Mark
Wallis: Biography
Regarded
by his peers as the best pair of ears behind any studio
console, Mark is one of the most experienced and versatile
producers around, having recorded classic cuts for Travis,
The Smiths, U2, Talking Heads, The LA's and The Go-Betweens
amongst others.
Mark produced the Travis hit single "Coming Around"
(he also produced tracks on their 7 x UK platinum Brit
Award winning "The Man Who..." album and mixed
all the hits from their first album).
He
produced the hit single "Til The End" for
Virgin / Radiate's Haven, the current multi-platinum
album for Australian legend Paul Kelly, tracks with
Ignition's Minuteman and forthcoming releases with The
Stranglers. He also produced the Pornorphans album for
Subversive (five stars in Kerrang! 2003), The Vessels
acclaimed album for RCA and has mixed Busted for Island.
Mark
produced Beau-T for Park Records / Mercury plus Blofeld,
Little Egypt, Womppa andhas been out in Australia producing
an album for Fur Patrol for Universal. Mark also engineered
tracks for Ainslie (from BBC's Fame Academy) for Mercury
and mixed Fake Ideal and Razorlight also for Mercury,
along with producing tracks for the Benjamins on Fiction
Records.
 Over
the past two years, Mark has been working non-stop in
the studio crafting and moulding a number of albums
namely - Alabama 3's "Outlaw" LP for One LIttle
Indian Records, The Go-Between's highly acclaimed "Ocean's
Apart" LP (distributed throughout various labels
worldwide), The Leveller's "Truth & Hope"
LP, Scottish
brothers The Proclaimer's "Restless Soul"
LP- which continues to get rave reviews in the USA -
various tracks for young hot rockers Rooster, also on
their debut album, signed to SonyBMG and newcomers "Mohair's"
debut LP that has recently been signed to Q-Prime's
new label imprint in New York.
Mark is currently finalising production and putting
some finishing touches to brilliant new artist "Brothermandude's"
debut LP, managed by the legendary Simon Napier Bell
and destined for huge success in America. Mark has in
his own studio which enables him to work cost effectively.
'Good Luck Studios' are based in South London where
he works alongside production partner and long term
collaborator, David Ruffy.
 Also
watch our archive interviews with Mark:
Part One, Part
Two.
These are in Quicktime.
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