Just found this  article (New York Times Magazine) about the producer Rick Rubin. It´s worth reading!

Think it would be a nice idea if Rick Rubin and DG could work once together.

"That's the magic of the business," he said. "It's all doom and gloom, but then you go to a Gossip show or hear Neil in the studio and you remember that too many people make and love music for it to ever die. It will never be over. The music will outlast us all." The Music Man by LYNN HIRSCHBERG ,September 2, 2007

BTW: Marius de Vries is - as far as I know - the producer of David Gray´s most recent recordings! I think Marius de Vries has no need to hide behind Rick Rubin!

Have a look:

Film:

Producer and music director for Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge; composed the original score for Stephan Elliott’s Eye of the Beholder starring Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd; co-produced, co-composed and co-wrote the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet; worked with U2 on Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me for Batman Forever and with Tina Turner on the title song for the ‘James Bond’ film Goldeneye; producer, co-writer and musical supervisor for the soundtrack of The Avengers starring Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman.

Music:

He produced numerous tracks on Madonna’s Ray of Light, Bjork’s Vespertine, and Perry Farrell’s Song Yet To Be Sung; co-wrote and co-produced tracks on Robbie Robertson’s Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy and Neil Finn’s Try Whistling This; produced and co-wrote tracks on Kelli Ali’s forthcoming LP Tigermouth, Mel C’s Northern Star, and Anja Garbarek’s Balloon Mood; additional production and mixing on David Bowie’s Seven and Survive singles, David Gray’s Sail Away from White Ladder, and several tracks on P J Harvey’s Is This Desire? Other credits include Massive Attack’s Protection, Björk’s Post and Debut, U2’s Pop and Madonna’s Bedtime Stories.Recently he has  produced and written with Josh Groban on his  2007 release  "Awake", and mixed Rufus Wainwright's beautiful new (2007) LP  "Release The Stars".

Awards: 2002 BAFTA for Moulin Rouge; BAFTA and Ivor Novello award for Romeo & Juliet; Grammy nominations for Madonna’s Ray of Light, Robbie Robertson’s Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy and the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.

Marius

News from Rick Rubin. Together with Garet "Jacknife" Lee he will be working on Bob Dylan´s new album in January 2008! 

Garet "Jacknife" Lee  is becoming a name to remember!

He is a Grammy-snaffling producer, remixer and all round sound-man. Garet ‘Jacknife’ Lee  has worked with the likes of U2, Run DMC, Green Day, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Kasabien, Missy Elliot, Vaux, Vega4, Beck and Editors, and on March 9 2007 R.E.M. announced that he will produce the band's next album! Wow!!!
                                                                    

The greats are in an orderly queue for Garet Jacknife Lee. 2008 he will be producing the forthcoming (!)Travelling Wilburys album. This time featuring Bono, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristoferson and Neil Diamond. 

Even Madonna wants to work with this amazing guy...wow....

Garet "Jacknife" Lee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacknife_Lee

"here is some info on the two new songs (produced by "legendary Pink Floyd/Sex Pistols producer Chris Thomas") and a new album around autumn 2008.

 http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=6560792&ar=davidgray&cat=all "

David Gray´s new single ‘The World To Me’- released 2 November - is featured on the album along with another new track - ‘Destroyer’ - both produced by producer Chris Thomas!

THX gwatson for this infos!

Here a list of some of the artists Chris Thomas worked with: The Beatles (The White Album); Climax Blues Band (four albums); Procol Harum (five albums, including Home, Broken Barricades and Grand Hotel); Roxy Music (five albums, from For Your Pleasure through Viva); John Cale (Paris 1919); Badfinger (three albums); Pink Floyd (mixed Dark Side of the Moon); Paul McCartney (Back to the Egg); Sex Pistols (Never Mind the Bollocks); The Pretenders (first three albums); Tom Robinson (Power in the Darkness); Pete Townshend (Empty Glass and All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes); INXS (Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X); Elton John (a dozen albums, including Too Low For Zero, Sleeping With the Past, and The One); U2, How to dismantl; Razorlight...and Pulp (Different Class and This is Hardcore).

More about the producer Chris Thomas  here!

Sessions The Beatles "White Album" September 1968: Chris Thomas (left). The other fellows are likely

Ken Scott and John Smith or Mike Sheady.http://www.beatlesource.com/bs/scans/pix/dinner/dinner.html

Chris Thomas at bottom of stairs. Nov. 2006; Abbey Road Studios.

 http://www.recordproduction.com/recording-the-beatles-1.html

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