Chris Sheldon

Chris Sheldon ( born September 25, 1962 in Karachi, Pakistan ) is an English music producer, engineer and mixer who works primarily with artists from the Rock and Alternative area. He lives in London, is married and has two children.

Career

Sheldon was born in Karachi, Pakistan, where his parents worked. He grew up in Surrey in southern England. His first active steps in the music business he made in the late seventies, when he was active as a drummer in various local punk and mainstream bands, which he described himself afterwards as terrible.

Mid-eighties, he worked as a sound engineer in productions by artists such as Dead or Alive, Prefab Sprout or the former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. One of his first productions was the main responsible in 1990 the album "Carved in sand " by the band The Mission. Among the most successful managed by Sheldon albums include "The color and the shape" of the Foo Fighters ( sound re-recording ) and " Troublegum " by Therapy? (Production and sound mixing ). The he produced EP "Short Sharp Hock" by Therapy? reached on March 20, 1993 Place 9 of the UK Top 40, the album " Troublegum " occupied on February 19, 1994 5th place, and the single " Going For Gold" by Shed Seven rose on 23 March 1996 to 8th place in the UK charts a.

Sheldon often collaborates with emerging rock bands that are just starting their career or just before big successes. He produced, for example, the debut EP of Radiohead, the first mini album of feeder, the debut albums by bands like My Vitriol and Biffy Clyro and the album " Swagger " with which the Scottish band Gun managed their breakthrough. The single " Word Up " occupied on July 9, 1994 number 8 in the UK Top 40, # 14 in the Dutch Top 40, # 39 of the New Zealand Top 40 and number 46 of the French charts.

Since his early days as a sound engineer Sheldon frequently collaborates with Tim Palmer and Gil Norton. He has a reputation of not interfering too much in the sound of a drive, but, notwithstanding this, have a sophisticated, polished style, and in particular the ability to make it sound electric guitars very well.

Pseudonyms

Sheldon's name was varied in the participation data of two publications: On the vinyl single from the Foo Fighters hit " Everlong " wrote one the name wrong as Chris Cheldon in the singles of "Daddy oh " by the band The Mighty Roars added to him with the nickname pith Helmet.