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  • Comment: interviews are not reliable independent sources. Theroadislong (talk) 13:36, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: As noted before Allmusic and Discogs are NOT reliable independent sources, it is pointless to keep citing them as they confer zero notability. Please also note we don't use external links in the body of an article. Theroadislong (talk) 18:28, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
  • Comment: Please note that Discogs, Allmusic and Wikipedia are not reliable sources. Theroadislong (talk) 14:07, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: There are a lot of unsourced statements, and since this is a WP:BLP, everything NEEDS to be sourced (and on any other article, but especially BLP). Sentences using his name should refer to him as "Lyon" rather than his first name. And the sources are not WP:SIGCOV - the 74 sources I'm looking at here do not establish his notability at all. – DarkGlow (contribs • talk) 15:22, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: External links should be removed from the body text. Noahfgodard (talk) 20:39, 5 December 2020 (UTC)


Stephen Charles Lyon ( Born 22nd July ) in Twickenham West London, is a Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, Record Producer working mostly across alternative rock, Electronic rock Musical genre's with collaborations including Depeche Mode, Recoil, Nitzer Ebb, The Cure, The Creatures, Amplifier, Mrnorth, Eric Clapton Laura Pausini, 99 Posse, Subsonica, Mirkoeilcane Eros Ramazzotti.

Steve Lyon
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Background information
Birth nameStephen Charles Lyon
Also known asBand +1
BornJuly 22nd
OriginTwickenham, London, England
GenresNew wave, electronica, Rock, synthpop, alternative rock, electronic rock
Occupation(s)Recording Engineer
Mix Engineer
Arranger
Record Producer
Years active1984–present
Websitesteve-lyon.com
panicbuttonstudios.com

Early life

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Lyon born and was raised in Twickenham South West London in a large close family group and an avid Rugby fan and studied Mechanical / electrical Engineering. Meeting film directors and actors at Twickenham Film Studios and was advised to spend time at The National Film and Television School as a non enrolled student taking on a number roles, especially in sound recording,editing and sound effects creation.

First studio - Glyn Johns

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Lyon took the invitation to take an interview with Glyn Johns, his Engineering and production idol at the time, guiding him though the mind set of studio life at his own fully fitted studio at his home. This approach to musicians, the recording world along with the experience gained was invaluable, unique and fundamental to the approach taken by Steve in his further in his development as a sound recording engineer.

Johns returned to Los Angeles after 18 months, but later returned to Johns' studio to assist and oversea the technical set up for some of his mixing and recording projects.

Major studios

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Lyon was offered a position at the Townhouse Studios then The Manor Studio as assistant engineer spending two years as in house assistant then engineer on a number of projects including Rush, Berlin, UFO An offer to tour North America was a next, as live sound engineer with a Charisma Records artist "Keep it Dark" supporting Mike and the Mechanics.

Lyon was asked to interview and then joined the staff at Sir George Martin's Air studios oxford circus as assistant engineer on projects including Sir Paul McCartney recording at his own studio, in particular the single "Once-upon-a-long-ago" partly at Abbey Road Studios. The sessions with Sir Paul McCartney initially started at his studio Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham that led to songs included on Flowers in the Dirt, Flaming Pie, "the-McCartney-Macmanus-collaboration/ other releases and bootlegs" and subsequently The Paul McCartney Collection.

Working on number projects with Sir George Martin including the spoken word Dylan Thomas play Under milk wood the, singer songwriter Andy Leek, and a re-mixing of The Beatles Rubber soul at Air studios oxford circus.

Other Project at Air studios oxford circus included "Glass" a 2nd solo Album with Dire Straits Bass player John Illsley, the 2nd album for The Outfield titled Bangin' and Prefab Sprout album From Langley Park to Memphis .

Another notable session were the initial "jamming" recordings for the 3rd Tears for Fears studio album The Seeds of Love. These were extensive experimental sessions lasting over a month with several musicians involved. An eventual change in production led the band away from Air studios oxford circus and it is unclear how much of those initial recordings made the finished album.

In Contrast while at at Air studios Oxford Circus he was mixing Engineer The Wedding Present's first album George Best then subsequently recording and mixing the band's second album Bizarro at Jacobs Recording Studios.

Freelance to Production

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As a Freelance engineer Lyon worked at the Church Studios with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and Suzan Vega on two songs for Deadicated a Tribute to The Greateful Dead. Engineering for Depeche_Mode with Flood producing with the band on the UK sessions for Violator and on the 12" singles collection "depeche-mode-violator-12-singles-collection-box-set for Mute Records. This collaboration included the preparation for the World Violation Tour leading to recording a number of the European dates on the tour.[1]

Lyon then worked with Alan Wilder on Re-mixes of "Come Alive" and "Family Man" for the Nitzer Ebb "As Is EP", leading onto the next full album release Ebbhead. Depeche_Mode were asked to contribute to the Soundtrack "Until the end of the world" and the track "Deaths Door" with the band Producing with Lyon recording and mixing.

Post the Violation Tour Lyon was again in the studio with Alan to work on Bloodline the 3rd release of Recoil his solo Project. The album had various vocalists including Douglas McCarthy Lead vocalist from Nitzer Ebb, Toni Halliday from Curve and Moby. One further vocal was on the single "Electro Blues" for Bukka White which was an old blues recording given an Electro backing.

Further work with Depeche_Mode and Flood led to the recording of Songs of Faith and Devotion in a private Villa in Madrid and studios in Hamburg and London. An extensive period followed of programming and sequencing period with Alan Wilder in London and his home Studio, including "re-mixes" and "b-side" mixes. The Devotional Tour Video was recorded and the album Songs of Faith and Devotion Live mixed in Dublin.

A notable release in that period was Condemnation (Paris mix) where a remix with extra recording was completed between shows in Paris.[2]

The period has been documented in a special edition of Rolling Stone in July 2023[3] Or from the website [4] Also in this video interview specifically re-guarding SOFAD.[5]

Lyon and Alan Wilder were again to collaborate on the next Recoil album Unsound Methods mostly recorded at Alan's home Studio.

Robert Smith after meeting members of Depeche Mode in New York called and asked if they could meet and talked though making a very different type of album, maybe even a solo record outside of a conventional studio in a house he had found. Two years later came album Wild Mood Swings for The Cure recorded mostly at St Catherine's Court and Haremere Hall.[6]

Also completed in this period with The Cure was a version of the David Bowie anthem "Young Americans" for an 104.9 (An XFM Compilation Album) and the title track from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Judge Dredd both feature on Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978–2001 (The Fiction Years).

Discography and collaborations

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The breadth and depth of works are not all listed here but here are a few in no particular order.
Discogs - [7]
AllMusic -[8]

Work in Italy

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Two Latin Grammy Awards with Laura Pausini — "Invece no" Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Album Laura Pausini — Primavera in anticipo. ITALIAN ARTIST collaborations, ( production, mixing )[10]

Panic Button Studios

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Steve's studio, Panic Button Studios [1] on Platt's Eyot[11] on the River Thames records Artists mostly of the alternative rock genre.

interview with Lyon - at PanicbuttonStudios[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Interview - Steve-Lyon". 3 March 2020. DM Violator
  2. ^ "Depeche Mode - The Dark Progression (Part 9)". YouTube. 12 February 2013. DM Interview including Lyon
  3. ^ "Depeche Mode - interview with Lyon - Guardian of the sonic Temple". 9 June 2023. special edition
  4. ^ "Depeche Mode - interview with Lyon - Guardian of the sonic Temple".
  5. ^ "Depeche Mode - SOFAD". YouTube. 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Dek Magazine issue 03" -The Cure - Wild Mood Swings". 14 July 2021. Interview with Robert Smith and Steve Lyon
  7. ^ "discogs.com -Steve-Lyon". Discogs. Mixing and Production
  8. ^ "allmusic.com -Steve-Lyon". AllMusic. Mixing and Production
  9. ^ "Chapter 08 "Owt for Nowt" -Paradise Lost - Host". no-celebration-the-official-story-of-paradise
  10. ^ "Interview with Steve Lyon - LASCIA STARE I TREND". 31 August 2023.
  11. ^ "The Islands Of London". Londonist. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  12. ^ "interview with Steve Lyon - at PanicbuttonStudios". YouTube. 5 March 2023.
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Category:Living people Category:English audio engineers Category:English electronic musicians Category:Musicians from London Category:English record producers Category:English record producers Category:People from Twickenham

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