situated in the heart of Penzance, Cornwall
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A fully equipped recording, mixing and mastering studio situated in the heart of Penzance, Cornwall |
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After completing a course in sound
engineering in Sydney, Australia, Dare moved back to London and got a
job as an assistant engineer at the Townhouse studios. Under his previous
name of Andy Mason, he started off making tea for famous artists and producers,
then graduated to house engineer and started to record and mix for famous
artists and producers. During this time he worked with the likes of Prince,
Paul McCartney, Boy George, Tina Turner, Ravi Shankar, Soul II Soul and
many others.
Dare Mason is also a composer and songwriter in his own right. An accomplished guitarist, singer and dabbler in keyboards, he usually ends up contributing musically to the artists he produces. Below is a list of some of his credits: |
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| production and engineering |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PROJECT |
CREDIT |
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| Thirteen Senses | Mercury | Thru the Glass | (Single) | Prod/Eng | |||
| No Other Life... | (B-Side) | Prod/Eng | |||||
| Little Unrest | (B-Side) | Prod/Eng | |||||
| The Questions | (B-Side) | Prod/Eng | |||||
| Placebo | Hut | Taste in Men | (Single) | Co-Prod | |||
| Hut | Ion | (B-Side) | Prod/Mix | ||||
| Hut | Bubblegun | (B-Side) | Prod | ||||
| Cinerama | Cooking Vinyl | Va Va Voom | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| Scopitones | Disco Volante | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | ||||
| Scopitones | Torino | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | ||||
| A.C. Acoustics | One Little Indian | Victory Parts | (Album) | Prod/Mix | |||
| Animals That Swim | One Little Indian | Workshy | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| One Little Indian | I Was the King | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | ||||
| One Little Indian | Happiness from a Distant Star | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | ||||
| The Church | Arista | Sometime/Anywhere | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| Marty Willson-Piper | Chase | In Reflection | (Album) | Co-Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| Rykodisc | Art Attack | (Album) | Co-Prod/Eng/Mix | ||||
| Rykodisc | Rhyme | (Album) | Co-Prod/Eng/Mix | ||||
| Rykodisc | Spirit Level | (Album) | Co-Prod/Eng/Mix | ||||
| Ann Carlberger | MNW (Sweden) | Hidden Treasures | (Album) | Co-Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| Martin Rossel | CBS (Sweden) | Resan.... | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| The Unsophisticates | Radar | Guido | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| The Starseeds | 4AD | Heaven's Airport | (EP) | Co-Prod | |||
| The Volares | Rockadelic | The Night We Taught Ourselves to Sing | (Album) | Prod/Eng/Mix | |||
| engineering credits |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PROJECT |
CREDIT |
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| System 7 | Big Life | Eng/Mix | ||||
| The Grid | Virgin | 456 | (Album) | Mix | ||
| Stereo MC's | 4th and Broadway | Lost in Music | (Single) | Eng/Mix | ||
| XTC | Virgin | (B-side) | Mix | |||
| Soul II Soul | Virgin | Back to Life | (Single) | Eng/Mix | ||
| Prince | Warner Bros | Overdubs | Eng | |||
| The Triffids | Island | Calenture | (Album) | Eng | ||
| Elton John | MCA | Candle in the Wind | (Single) | Mix | ||
| Robert Howard | BMG | Wait | (Single) | Eng/Mix | ||
| & Kim Myzelle | ||||||
| Dream Acadamy | Virgin | In The Heart | (Single) | Eng/Mix | ||
| It Bites | Virgin | Never Go to Heaven | (B-side) | Mix | ||
| Ravi Shankar | Album | (Album) | Eng/Mix | |||
| Blow Monkeys | BMG | Springtime for the World | (Album) | Eng/Mix | ||
| Ramon Cin | RCA | Al Limite | (Album) | Mix | ||
| Jansen/Barbieri | (Album track) | Eng/Mix | ||||
| composer/songwriter |
| Film and TV | Numerous themes stings and soundtracks written for Programmes included Sports, Current Affairs and Documentaries | BBC World and Sky TV | |||
| Co-wrote soudtrack to "Sarah" a German feature film | released in 1988 | ||||
| Pop/Rock | “Sparks Lane”, a full length album by Noctorum, a collaboration between Dare and Marty Willson-Piper. A track “High as a Kite” appears on Best of the VIP Lounge Vol 1. | "Sparks Lane" on Heyday Records | |||
| How Can I Help It" co-written with Marty Willson-Piper | appears on the Rykodisc album "Rhyme" | ||||
| "Luscious Ghost" and "Adelle Yvonne" co-written with Marty Willson-Piper | appears on the Rykodisc album "Spirit Level" | ||||
| "Angelica" co-written with Steve Kilbey and Marty Willson-Piper | appears on the Arista album"Sometime/Anywhere" by The Church | ||||
| Ambient/ Instrumental | "Dive" and "Mother of Pearl" released independently Aug1996 and Oct 1999 | 2 CD's of own compositions | |||
| "Slowburn”, an album by FOLD, a collaboration between Dare and David Bickley. As yet unreleased. A track, “Day of the Dread” appears on Best of the VIP Lounge Vol 1 | |||||
| Others | Co-wrote music and produced a CD of childrens' songs "Go Teddy, Go" with brother David J Mason | ||||
| Wrote backing music for a number of relaxation and meditation CD's by Chris Jacobs | |||||