Simon Gogerly | |
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Birth name | Simon Gogerly |
Genres | Rock, pop, R&B, Electronic |
Occupation(s) | Mixer/Producer |
Instruments | Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards |
Years active | 1988–present |
Associated acts | Underworld, Paloma Faith, U2, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, N-Dubz |
Website | http://www.simongogerly.com |
Simon Gogerly is a British mix engineer with credits including artists such as U2, Paloma Faith, No Doubt and Massive Attack.
Simon started his career playing keyboards on tour in the 1980s for the British New Wave band Dead or Alive. He then went on to become an assistant engineer at Londons Mayfair Studios training under studio owner and engineer John Hudson. It was at Mayfair that Simon started to move from engineering to mixing, working on The Farms hit All Together Now and Soul II Souls Missing You. After going freelance in 1992 Simon recorded Republic by New Order, produced by Stephen Hague. He then went on to tour with the band as programmer.
Throughout the 90's he continued to work for Stephen Hague as well as other producers such as Sly & Robbie and Boilerhouse. Simon also worked on a number of hiphop remixes with producer Syze-Up under the name Desert Eagle Discs for artists such as Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes & Lil' Kim.
At the end of the 90's Simon started to work alongside Nellee Hooper as a mixer for his label Meanwhile. Soon Simon became Nellee's go to mix engineer and he went on to work with No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Massive Attack & Paloma Faith. Simon also worked with Nellee on U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb album for which he won a Grammy. Simon has since gone on to work alongside producers Steve Lironi, Rick Nowels and Ewan Pearson. He also works closely with Underworld, mixing a number of projects for them including their remix of Williams Last Words by the Manic Street Preachers, large parts of the 2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony and Danny Boyle's Frankenstein.