Warne Livesey
British musician and record producer
Warne Livesey (born 12 February 1959) is a British/Canadian music producer, mixing engineer, songwriter and musician. His career highlights include producing Midnight Oil, The The, Matthew Good Band, and Deacon Blue.
Life and career
Warne Livesey started his career in London, England as a musician and sound engineer, working with producers like David Lord and Rhett Davies. This led to early production work during London's expanding independent music scene in the early 1980s. In 1986, he teamed up with Matt Johnson to work on his The The album Infected. Livesey worked closely with Johnson on the record also contributing on bass and keyboards as well as arranging for strings. The album sold more than a million copies worldwide. He also worked on the follow-up album Mind Bomb in 1989. He produced Saint Julian (1987) by Julian Cope before going to Australia to work with Midnight Oil on their album Diesel and Dust, released in the same year. The record sold five million copies worldwide and in 2010 was named the best Australian album of all time.
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