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| Born | 12 February 1959 London, England |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | warnelivesey |
Warne Livesey (born 12 February 1959) is a British/Canadian music producer, mixing engineer, songwriter and musician. He has produced Midnight Oil, The The, Matthew Good Band and Deacon Blue. [1]
Warne Livesey started his career in London, England as a musician and sound engineer, working with producers like David Lord and Rhett Davies. [2] This led to early production work during London's expanding independent music scene in the early 1980s. [3] In 1986, he teamed up with Matt Johnson to work on his The The album Infected . Livesey worked closely with Johnson on the record also contributing on bass and keyboards as well as arranging for strings. [2] The album sold more than a million copies worldwide. [4] He also worked on the follow-up album Mind Bomb in 1989. [5] Following that he produced Saint Julian by Julian Cope before going to Australia to work with Midnight Oil on their album Diesel and Dust . [2] The record sold 5 million copies worldwide [6] and in 2010 was named the best Australian album of all time. The opening track, Beds Are Burning , was an international hit and is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll. [7] Livesey went on to produce five more records with the band; Blue Sky Mining , Redneck Wonderland , Capricornia , The Makarrata Project , and their last album Resist . [8]
During the 1990s he also produced: Paul Young, Jesus Jones, The Big Dish and House of Love, whose album Babe Rainbow he also co-wrote songs for. [2] He also collaborated with Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis co-writing most of the songs on his only solo album. [9]
In 1997 Livesey starting working with Canadian alternative rock artist the Matthew Good Band on their second album Underdogs . He produced the band's next two albums including Beautiful Midnight . After the band broke up in 2002 Livesey continued working with Matthew Good and to date has produced seven of his solo records, including Lights of Endangered Species [10] in 2011, Chaotic Neutral [11] in 2015, Something Like a Storm in 2017 and finally Moving Walls.
In 2019 he reunited with Midnight Oil to record their first music in 18 years. During the sessions the band recorded two projects, the first of which The Makarrata Project was released on October 30, 2020, and entered the Australian album charts at Number 1. [12] The second album Resist was released a year later also debuting at Number One.
Livesey now lives and works out of Toronto.
producer [p], mixer [m], engineer [e], songwriter [s]
Midnight Oil are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by Hirst, Moginie and original bassist Andrew James as Farm: they enlisted Garrett the following year, changed their name in 1976, and hired Rotsey a year later. Peter Gifford served as bass player from 1980 to 1987, with Bones Hillman then assuming the role until his death in 2020. Midnight Oil have sold over 20 million albums worldwide as of 2021.
Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in August 1987 by SPRINT Music label under Columbia Records. Diesel and Dust was produced by Warne Livesey and the band. It is a concept album about the struggles of Indigenous Australians and environmental causes, issues important to the band. It drew inspiration from the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour of remote Indigenous communities with the Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland in 1986. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart for six weeks.
Blue Sky Mining is the seventh studio album by Australian alternative rock band Midnight Oil, released on 9 February 1990 under the Columbia Records label. It received high ratings from critics. In March of that year, the album peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart for two weeks. A limited release of the record featured clear blue vinyl. This was the band's first studio album with bassist and backing vocalist Bones Hillman, who would remain in the group until his death in 2020.
Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful alternative rock bands in Canada during the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the band disbanded in 2002, Good has pursued a solo career and established himself as a political commentator and mental health activist. Between 1996 and 2016, with sales by Matthew Good Band included, Good was the 25th best-selling Canadian artist in Canada. Good has been nominated for 21 Juno Awards during his career, winning four.
Matthew Good Band was a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Coquitlam, British Columbia in 1995. The band consisted of singer-songwriter/guitarist Matthew Good, guitarist/keyboardist Dave Genn, drummer Ian Browne and bassist Geoff Lloyd. Lloyd was replaced by Rich Priske in 1998. They became one of the most successful rock bands in Canada during the late 1990s and early 2000s, being nominated for 14 Juno Awards and winning the awards for "Best Group" and "Best Rock Album" in 2000. The band broke up after the release of their 2001 album, The Audio of Being.
James Moginie is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he is a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter.
Wayne Stevens, known by the stage name Bones Hillman, was a New Zealand musician best known as the bass guitarist for the Australian alternative rock band Midnight Oil, which he joined in 1987 and remained with until his death in 2020.
White Light Rock & Roll Review is Matthew Good's second album as a solo artist, and was released on June 15, 2004. Though not as well-received as his previous solo effort, Avalanche, it quickly achieved Gold certification in Canada.
Yes to Everything is a 2005 album by Canadian alternative rock band 54-40. This was the first 54-40 album recorded with the band's new guitarist, Dave Genn. The album was recorded at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver using former Midnight Oil and Matthew Good producer Warne Livesey.
In a Coma: 1995-2005 is the title of the Matthew Good compilation album, featuring both his solo work and work from the Matthew Good Band.
Capricornia is the eleventh studio album by Australian band Midnight Oil, released in February 2002 by Columbia Records in Australia and Liquid 8 Records in America.
Suddenly, Tammy! was an American indie pop band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Notable for its guitarless, piano-centric lineup, the band released a self-titled album in 1993 on spinART Records and a second album, We Get There When We Do on Warner Bros. Records in 1995. A third album, Comet, was recorded in 1996, but Warners subsequently dropped the band and the album was shelved. Shortly thereafter, the group disbanded.
Saint Julian is the third solo album by Julian Cope. It has a very strong pop sound, compared to other Cope releases, and spawned several of his best known tracks.
Walking Back Home is an album by Scottish pop rock band Deacon Blue released in 1999. It was their first album since reforming that year after disbanding in 1994. A part studio/part compilation album, it contains nine of their earlier songs coupled with eight brand-new or previously unreleased songs.
Greenhouse Studios is a Canadian music recording studio founded by Bruce Levens in 1987 where over 1000 albums have been recorded in the last 25 years. Incorporated as Lions Gate Studios, it subsequently changed its name to Vancouver Studios before adopting its present name.
Lights of Endangered Species is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Matthew Good and was issued on May 31, 2011. Its first single, "In a Place of Lesser Men", was released via SoundCloud two months prior, on March 21, 2011. The track "Non Populus" was published four days later. Five days ahead of the album's release, the entire record was made available to stream online via ExploreMusic. It debuted at #5 on the Canadian Albums Chart. Lights of Endangered Species was nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards.
Essential Oils is a two-disc compilation album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in November 2012.
The Makarrata Project is the twelfth studio album by Australian band Midnight Oil, released on 30 October 2020 by Sony Music Australia. The album is the first new material from the band since 2002's Capricornia, their first studio album to hit #1 on the ARIA Charts since 1990's Blue Sky Mining, and one of the final releases to feature bassist and backing vocalist Bones Hillman before his death in November 2020.
"First Nation" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil featuring Jessica Mauboy and Tasman Keith. The song was released on 25 September 2020 as the second single from the band's twelfth studio album The Makarrata Project; a themed mini-album of collaborations with Indigenous artists.
Resist is the thirteenth studio album by Australian band Midnight Oil, released on 18 February 2022 by Sony Music Australia. The album will be supported by the band's final Australian and New Zealand tour, concluding in May 2022 with guitarist Jim Moginie saying "We've played intensely physical gigs since our humble beginnings back in 1977 and we never want to take even the slightest risk of compromising that." Despite this being the group's final tour, all members are still open to recording in the future.
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