Haydn Bendall
| Haydn Bendall | |
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Haydn Bendall in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Born | 13 April 1951 Essex, England |
| Genres | Pop, rock, dance, classical cross-over, jazz, orchestral, film Scores |
| Occupation(s) | Record Producer, audio engineer, mixer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Associated acts | Kate Bush, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney, Camel, XTC, Chris Botti, Katie Melua, Gary Moore, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Marc Almond, Massive Attack, A-ha, David Gilmour |
| Website | Haydn Bendall |
Haydn Bendall (born 13 April 1951, Essex, England) is an English record producer, engineer and mixer. He was Chief Engineer at Abbey Road Studios for ten years[1] and was awarded the Audio Pro Industry Excellence Award for Best Studio Engineer in 2009.[2]
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Career
Bendall started out at Orange Studios, moving on to Steinway & Sons as a piano tuner.[3] He joined Ken Townsend's Abbey Road team in 1973 as a part-time assistant, taking on a full-time position a year later.[3]
Initially partnering with Tony Clarke, Bendall worked on albums by Herbie Flowers, BeBop Deluxe, Steve Harley, Alan Parsons, Cliff Richard and Camel,[4] developing a close working relationship with Sky. In the 1980-90s, he worked with Kate Bush on five albums, including Hounds of Love in 1985. Further Abbey Road work included engineering or producing for XTC, Bonnie Tyler, Tina Turner and Massive Attack. Film soundtrack work included The Long Good Friday[5] and Ryuichi Sakamoto's pieces on the Oscar- and Grammy-winning[6] soundtrack to The Last Emperor.[7]
Leaving Abbey Road in 1991, Bendall became an independent producer/engineer.[8] As an independent, Bendall has worked with The Pet Shop Boys, Everything but the Girl, Pat Metheny, Chris Botti, Leona Lewis, The Priests, Mike Batt and Katie Melua.[9][10] In 1992, Bendall engineered[11] the Grammy-award winning album Secret Story[12] for Pat Metheny. He also worked with Eric Woolfson on the development of three musicals: Gaudi, Gambler and Poe.[13]
He is currently based in Strongroom Studios, Shoreditch, London.[14]
Recently Bendall mixed and engineered La Voce for Russell Watson and Noël for The Priests. Other projects include engineering and mixing the Vatican album Alma Mater featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI,[15] recording orchestral tracks for Andrea Bocelli and mixing tracks for Siphiwo Ntshebe.[16]
In 2012, in collaboration with Walter Afanasieff, Bendall recorded the Grammy-Award winning album 'Impressions' for Chris Botti.[17] Bendall also recorded 'Secret Symphony' for Katie Melua.[18]
Selected Discography[19]
- 1979 Cliff Richard – Rock'n'Roll Juvenile
- 1981 Camel – Nude
- 1982 Sky – Sky 4: Forthcoming
- 1982 Alan Parsons – Eye in the Sky
- 1982 Kate Bush – The Dreaming
- 1985 Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
- 1985 Alan Parsons – Vulture Culture
- 1986 Everything But the Girl – Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
- 1986 Paul McCartney – Press to Play
- 1987 Ryuichi Sakamoto – Last Emperor – Grammy Award
- 1987 Marc Almond – Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters
- 1989 Kate Bush – The Sensual World
- 1990 a-ha – East of the Sun, West of the Moon
- 1990 Kate Bush – This Woman's Work
- 1990 Gary Moore – Still Got the Blues
- 1990 Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
- 1991 Camel – Dust and Dreams
- 1992 Pat Metheny – Secret Story – Grammy Award
- 1999 XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1
- 2002 Everything But the Girl – Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
- 2003 Pet Shop Boys – PopArt
- 2004 Chris Botti – When I Fall in Love
- 2005 Chris Botti – To Love Again: The Duets
- 2005 Katie Melua – Piece by Piece
- 2007 Leona Lewis – Spirit
- 2008 Il Divo – Promise
- 2009 Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas
- 2010 Russell Watson – Il Voce
- 2012 Chris Botti - Impressions - Grammy Award
- 2012 Katie Melua - Secret Symphony
- 2013 Sarah Brightman - Dreamchaser
Selected Singles
- 1981 Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
- 1981 Olivia Newton-John – Physical
- 1986 Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush – Don’t Give Up
- 1986 Freddie Mercury – Time and In My Defense
- 1991 Tina Turner – Simply the Best
- 1991 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
Soundtracks
- Brazil (1985) – sound engineering
- The Last Emperor (1987) – co-production. The soundtrack received an Oscar for the best sound-recording and a Grammy award for the best album.
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) – sound engineering.
- Crusoe (1988) – sound engineering.
- Scandal (1989) – sound-engineering for the theme song ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’ with Dusty Springfield and Pet Shop Boys.
- Twin Peaks (1990) – sound engineering.
- Strike It Rich (1990) – sound engineering.
- White Squall (1996) – sound engineering.
- Victory (2009) – sound engineering.
- Touchback (2011) – sound engineering.
References
- ↑ Haydn Bendall biography
- ↑ Audio Pro Award announcement
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 From Steinway to Abbey Road article
- ↑ Case Study of Producer / Engineer – Haydn Bendall by Peter H A Jackson, SAE Institute
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- ↑ Last Emperor Soundtrack credits at Discogs
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- ↑ Mike Batt's Twitter stream
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- ↑ Details at Artist Direct
- ↑ Alchemea biography
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External links
- Web bio at Duncan Management
- Web bio at Alchemea
- A Peaceful Producer, Billboard 19 Oct 1985 (Google Books link)
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