Jonathan Quarmby

Jonathan Hugh Quarmby[1] (born 20 December 1961 in Huddersfield), is an English record producer and songwriter and son of English architect Arthur Quarmby .

Biography

Studying architecture at Sheffield University, he soon became a part of the city's vibrant music scene, initially as a keyboard player, performing on Yazz's album Wanted and touring with local band, Floy Joy. His transition to record production came with Barclay artists Fred de Fred. Jonathan then collaborated with Axis Studio-based Comsat Angels bass player Kevin Bacon to write and produce Ephraim Lewis's album Skin for Elektra Records.

This partnership (Bacon and Quarmby) went on to produce and write a diverse range of music: electro as R&S artists Manna, Britpop with The Longpigs, rock with Mew, pop with The Sugababes, classical crossover with David Garrett, UK hip hop with Plan B, and were most publicly lauded for their contribution to reggae, with Brit Award-winning Finley Quaye (Maverick a Strike) and Grammy Award-winning Ziggy Marley (Fallen Is Babylon).

Moving from Sheffield to London's RAK Studios in 2003, they continued to produce, but in 2004, set up the online music distribution company AWAL. This grew to be one of the UK's biggest and most innovative aggregators, distributing over 3,000 artists, including The Arctic Monkeys, David Gray, and Madness. It also spawned the metrics platform, Buzzdeck. In 2006 Quarmby was on the judging panel for the music competition Pringles Unsung.[2]

In 2012, they sold AWAL to US publisher Kobalt, and continued to work on the integration of the businesses.

In 2014 Quarmby and Bacon parted ways, with Quarmby leaving Kobalt to return to song writing and record production. Once again based at RAK Studios, he is signed to RAK publishing and has a studio in the building. Focusing as much on writing as production, he co-wrote 2015's winning song for X Factor France, and has written with a wide range of artists including James Arthur, Luke Burr, Ady Suleman, Duffy, Laura White, Natasha Beddingfield, Aura Dione, Kimberley Henderson and Caitlyn Scarlet.

As a writer/producer, Quarmby has recently collaborated with Jacob Banks, Gabrielle Aplin, Daley, Laurence Fox, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Melissa Steel, Nicole Scherzinger and Ben Taylor, and is currently producing Aura Dione's 3rd album for Universal.

In November 2015 Benjamin Clementine's debut album, At Least for Now, which Quarmby produced and mixed, won the Mercury Music Prize. This record had previously been a No 1 album in France, eventually going on to go gold in that territory.

Discography

Production - edited.

Writing

References

  1. ↑ http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=435864&keyname=QUARMBY+JONATHAN+HUGH&CAE=336273564&Affiliation=ASCAP
  2. ↑ "Ramblers seek fast track to fame". North Wales Daily Post. Llandudno Junction: Trinity Mirror. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Knott, Alex. "Molotov Jukebox – Bang EP | Music Review". Frost Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-11.

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