Richard Bignell

Richard has been working in the London music industry for the last 15 years. During this time he has built up a wealth of experience as a free-lance engineer, programmer and producer. Prior to setting up Area18, he worked regularly at several prestigious London studios including Strongroom and Roundhouse. In addition he worked on two albums at Jamiroquai's Buckinghamshire studio. He has a double platinum disc for his work as the Pro Tools engineer on Jamiroquai's 2006 LP "High Times". He now works mainly with clients at Area18.

He is a qualified Pro-Tools instructor, teaching on a free-lance basis at the renowned Alchemea College of Audio Engineering, Islington, London.

As a musician, he has performed live on keyboards and percussion with Milk Plus. He has also guested on tracks for Mark Handley and the Bone Idols and several other artists.

As a writer/composer he has collaborated with a number of songwriters including Leonie Casanova and Chuma Obumselu. He has numerous published works, as a writer of production music for TV, advertising (inc. Philips Ambisonics TV, and PC World), film (House of Fear) and several music library companies (inc. Extreme and Syntrax).

Credits at Area18

Artist	Title	Role	Year
Healthy Junkies	Copy Cat EP	R,M,Co-Pr,Ma	2010
Elephant 12	Elephant 12 EP	R,M,Co-Pr,Ma	2009/10
Dakota Suite	Valissa Live LP	Ma	2010
The Barbershop Music Company	Atmospheres LP	M	2010
The Barbershop Music Company	Boosey and Hawkes LP	M	2010
Raphael Oyelade	My Last Song (Single)	R,M,Pr,Co-Wr,Pe,Ma	2009/10
The Quotes	The Monte Rosa EP	R,M,Co-Pr	2009
Zed Desideraja	Mutiny LP	R,M	2007-9
Hiroshamour	One LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2009
Mark Handley	Eden LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2009
Altercation	London EP	R,M,Co-Pr	2009
Mark Handley	Love Rocks (Part1) LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2008
Honeygene	Under the Almond Tree LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2008/9
Mark Handley	Love Rocks (Part2) LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2008
Atheen Spencer	Waited EP	R,M,Co-Pr,Pe	2008
Mark Handley and the Bone Idols	Handley with Care LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2007
Honeygene	A Beautiful Place To Get Lost LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2007
The Shaker Heights	Magna Doors LP	R,M	2006/7
Mark Handley and the Bone Idols	Slough Train Coming LP	M	2006
Phil Honey-Jones	Naked and Naive LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2006
Milk Plus	Hit and Run LP	R,M,Pr,Co-Wr,Pe	2005/6

Other Credits

Artist	Title	Role	Year
Johnson Somerset	10 Presidents LP	M,Prog	2009
The Milk and Honey Band	In Colour LP	Add Mixing	2008
The Milk and Honey Band	Dog Eared Moonlight LP	Add Mixing	2008
Jamiroquai	High Times LP	PT Eng	2006
Jamiroquai	Dynamite LP	Add Eng	2004/5
Fantazia	Mulsheshe LP	R,M,Co-Pr,Pe	2004/5
Sheila Ferguson	A New Kind of Medicine LP	Engineer	2004
Afro Angel	Magic Single (Remix)	Eng,M	2003
Sigue Sigue Sputnik	Ultra Real LP	Engineer	2003
Sigue Sigue Sputnik	Blak Elvis LP	Engineer	2002
Marc Almond	Heart On Snow LP	VoxRec, Prog	2002
Nick Heyward and India Dupre	The Mermaid and the Lighthouse Keeper LP	R,M,Prog,Pe,Co-Pr	2001/2
SugarFree/The Delta Boy	Automatic Pier LP	R,M,Prog,Pe,Co-Pr	2000-02
Johnny Thunders Tribute (Various)	I Only Wrote This Song For You LP	Engineer	2002
Blockbuster (Various)	A 70s Glitter Glam Rock Experience LP	R,M,Co-Pr	2000
DJ Rap	Learning Curve LP	Engineer	1999
Man With No Name	Earth Moving The Sun LP	Engineer	1997
Steve Winwood	Spy in the House of Love, Single(Remix)	Programmer	1997

Other notable artists Richard has worked with, or for include....

Ben Onono, Nagra, Sugarfree, Addis Black Widow, Shara Nelson, Travis, Mica Paris, Shellie Poole (Alicia' Attic), Talvin Singh, Nitin Sawney, Amar, Bryan Ferry, Johnson Somerset, West End Wolf, All Saints, Simple Minds, Geri Halliwell, Errol Brown, Tatjana, D-Influence, The Cornerstones, Ramshackle, Freewheelin' Franklin, Will Topley, Roachford, Grey Cloud Zombie, Sam Obernik, Shelly Poole, Lottie, Lazy Curtis, Steve Hillage, State of Bengal, Boo Radleys, Delakota, Billie Ray Martin, DJ Rap, Lamb, Satoshi Tomeii, Mel C, Culture Club, Pillbox, Susan Heyat, and Amanda Ghost.