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Legendary music producers Paul Epworth & Steve Levine

Nemone chats to music producers Steve Levine and Paul Epworth, whose works include Adele, Culture Club, and The Beach Boys. Plus there's a handpicked playlist from Field Music.

Lead by core members, brothers Peter and David Brewis, and aided and abetted by Kevin Dosdale and Ian Black, Sunderland's Field Music released one of the albums of 2010 the double album Field Music Measure. The band have picked some of their favourite tracks including David Bowie, Thomas White, The Futurheads, Robert Fripp and Duke Ellington.
Nemone talks to award winning music producers Steve Levine & Paul Epworth ahead of Music Producers Awards. Steve started as a trainee tape-op at CBS studios in 1975, Steve progressed to in house engineer and worked with many now classic new wave & punk acts The Clash, The Jags, The Vibrators, XTC as well as many of CBS records pop acts, including Sailor. Beach Boy, Bruce Johnson was to play an important part in Steve's early career, culminating with Steve producing an album for the Beach Boys several years later. Steve produced all of Culture ClubΚΌs classic hits and the bandsΚΌ three multi-platinum albums.
Paul Epworth is an award-winning British music producer, musician and songwriter. His production credits include Adele, Cee-Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, Plan B, Friendly Fires, Bloc Party, Primal Scream, The Rapture, Jack PeÃate, Kate Nash and MaxÃmo Park.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ben Folds & Nick Hornby

    Your Dogs

    • CD SINGLE.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 1.
  • The Beta Band

    Squares

    • Regal.
  • The Primitives

    Rattle My Cage

    • Fortuna Pop!.
  • The Brothers Johnson

    Strawberry Letter 23

    • Eighties Soul Weekender 2 (Various).
    • Pump.
  • Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

    The Only Living Boy in New Cross

    • THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW CROSS.
    • Chrysalic.
  • Fleet Foxes

    Helplessness Blues

    • Bella Union.
  • Arcade Fire

    City With No Children

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.
  • JosΓ© GonzΓ‘lez

    Heartbeats

    • Peacefrog.
  • Nevada Base

    Love In My Mind

    • Flowers In The Dustbin.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    Hallelujah

    • THE SATURDAY SESSIONS.
    • EMI.
  • Zola Jesus

    Night

    • CD SINGLE.
    • SOUTERRAIN TRANSMISSIONS.
    • 1.
  • Blondie

    Picture This

    • Chrysalis.
  • Sharks Took the Rest

    Restaurant

  • Grandmaster & Melle Mel

    White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

    • Island.
  • Florence + The Machine

    Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Adele

    I'll Be Waiting

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 8.
  • The Charlatans

    The Only One I Know

    • Beggars Banquet.
  • Saint Etienne

    Only Love Can Break Your Heart

    • Sony Music TV.
  • Gruff Rhys

    Sensations In The Dark

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Ovni/Turnstile.
    • 1.
  • Field Music

    Measure

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Memphis Industries.
    • 1.
  • David Bowie

    Up the Hill Backwards

    • EMI.
  • Deerhunter

    Desire Lines

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4AD.
    • 1.
  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

  • The Sand Band

    Set Me Free

    • Deltasonic Records.
  • The Temptations

    Law Of The Land

    • Global TV.
  • J Mascis

    Not Enough

    • CD SINGLE.
    • SUBPOP.
    • 1.
  • Treefight for Sunlight

    Facing The Sun

    • TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.
  • Sleigh Bells

    Riot Rhythm

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Mom+Pop/Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Man Parrish

    Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)

    • Reunited (25 Years Of Polydor Funk).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • The Streets and Claire Maguire

    Lock the Locks

    • Computers and Blues.
    • 679 Recordings.
    • 14.
  • Aeroplane

    Superstar

    • Wall Of Sound.
  • EELS

    Novocaine For The Soul

    • COLUMBIA.
  • Heaven 17

    Let Me Go

    • The Best Of.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Elbow

    Neat Little Rows

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Fiction.
  • The Ting Tings

    Standing In The Way Of Control

    • Sony/Bmg.
  • Gil Scott‐Heron & Jamie xx

    I'll Take Care Of U

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Feb 2011 13:00