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The basics
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English producer and mixer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
3 August 1965(Alton)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English producer/mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including: Madonna, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Frank Ocean, Selena Gomez, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Maroon 5, Muse, Lily Allen, Gwen Stefani, Moby, No Doubt, Usher, Kaiser Chiefs, Linkin Park, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, and Bastille.
Early life
Stent grew up in Hampshire, England and first gained experience as an engineer at Jacob Studios as a teenager before a two-year stint at Trident Studios. After Trident, Stent worked out of Olympic Studios in Barnes, South London. Olympic Studios was built as part of a joint venture between himself and EMI. While at Olympic, Stent worked with artists such as Massive Attack, Bjork, Madonna, U2, Keane, and Oasis.
Stent currently works out of two studios: Mix Suite LA in EastWest Studios and Mix Suite UK.
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
| Year | Album/Song | Artist | Award | Results | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Bedtime Stories | Madonna | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Homogenic | Björk | Grammy Best Alternative Music Performance | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Music | Madonna | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Music | Madonna | Grammy Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Vespertine | Björk | Grammy Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Medulla | Björk | Grammy Best Alternative Album | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | Grammy Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | Grammy Record of The Year | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Supernature | Goldfrapp | Grammy Best Electronic/Dance Album | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Madonna | Grammy Best Dance/Electronic Album | Won | |
| 2008 | Volta | Bjork | Grammy Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Neon Bible | Arcade Fire | Grammy Best Alternative Album | Nominated | |
| 2009 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album | Won | |
| 2009 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Grammy Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Funhouse | Pink | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |
| 2010 | It's Blitz | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Grammy Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated | |
| 2010 | 21st Century Breakdown | Green Day | Grammy Best Rock Music Album | Participation Certificate | |
| 2010 | The Fame Monster | Lady Gaga | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Participation Certificate | |
| 2010 | The Resistance | Muse | Grammy Best Rock Album | Won | |
| 2010 | Head First | Goldfrapp | Grammy Best Dance/Electronica Album | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Raymond V Raymond | Usher | Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album | Participation Certificate | |
| 2012 | Channel Orange | Frank Ocean | Grammy Best Urban Contemporary Album | Won | |
| 2013 | "We Take Care of Our Own" | Bruce Springsteen | Grammy Best Rock Song | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Wrecking Ball | Bruce Springsteen | Grammy Best Rock Album | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Red | Taylor Swift | Grammy Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2013 | The 2nd Law | Muse | Grammy Best Rock Album | Nominated | |
| 2015 | X | Ed Sheeran | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |
| 2015 | X | Ed Sheeran | Grammy Album of The Year | Nominated | |
| 2016 | "Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | Grammy Record of The Year | Nominated | |
| 2016 | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | Florence and the Machine | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |
| 2016 | "What Kind of Man" | Florence and the Machine | Grammy Best Rock Song | Nominated |
Billboard Music Awards
| Year | Artist | Album/Song | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Madonna | Music | Top Hot Dance Club Play | Won |
| 2001 | Madonna | Music | Top Hot Dance Maxi Single Sales | Won |
| 2005 | Gwen Stefani | "Hollaback Girl" | Digital Song the Year | Won |
Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards
| Year | Award | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Recording Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won | |
| 2014 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won | |
| 2015 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won |
Selected film credits
| Artist | Track/Album | Year | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| U2 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | 1995 | Batman Forever |
| Tina Turner | "GoldenEye" | 1995 | GoldenEye |
| Madonna | "Die Another Day" | 2000 | Die Another Day |
| Björk | Selmasongs | 2000 | Dancer in the Dark |
Selected discography
2010s
- 2010: The Script – Science and Faith
- 2010: Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
- 2010: Christina Aguilera – Bionic (Little Dreamer, Kimono Girl & Birds of Prey)
- 2010: Lights – The Listening (Ice)
- 2010: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond
- 2010: Hurts – Happiness
- 2010: Goldfrapp – Head First
- 2010: Ellie Goulding – Lights
- 2010: P Diddy – Last Train to Paris (Hello Good Morning)
- 2010: Take That – Progress
- 2010: James Blunt – Some Kind of Trouble
- 2010: The Wanted – The Wanted
- 2010: N.E.R.D – Nothing
- 2010: Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
- 2011: Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
- 2011: Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
- 2012: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
- 2012: No Doubt – Push and Shove
- 2012: Taylor Swift – Red
- 2012: Muse – The 2nd Law
- 2013: Biffy Clyro – Opposites
- 2013: Bastille – Bad Blood
- 2013: Rudimental – Home
- 2013: White Lies – Big TV
- 2013: Haim – Days Are Gone
- 2013: Moby – Innocents
- 2013: John Newman – Tribute
- 2013: One Direction – Midnight Memories
- 2014: Coldplay – Ghost Stories
- 2014: Coldplay – A Sky Full of Stars
- 2014: Ed Sheeran – X
- 2014: The Script – No Sound Without Silence
- 2014: Kasabian – 48:13
- 2015: Duran Duran – Paper Gods
- 2015: Grimes – Art Angels
- 2015: CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye
- 2015: Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- 2015: Selena Gomez – Revival
- 2016: Gwen Stefani – This Is What the Truth Feels Like
2000s
- 2000: Madonna – Music
- 2000: Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
- 2000: Oasis – Familiar to Millions
- 2000: All Saints – All Saints (Black Coffee & Pure Shores)
- 2001: Björk – Vespertine
- 2001: No Doubt – Rock Steady
- 2002: Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
- 2002: Linkin Park – Reanimation
- 2003: The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
- 2003: Dave Mathews Band – Some Devil
- 2003: Madonna – American Life
- 2003: Massive Attack – 100th Window
- 2004: Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
- 2004: Gwen Stefani – Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
- 2004: Keane – Hopes and Fears
- 2004: Björk – Medulla
- 2005: The Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business
- 2005: Dave Mathews Band – Stand Up
- 2005: Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (Easier to Lie)
- 2005: Kaiser Chiefs – Employment (Everyday I Love You Less and Less)
- 2005: Fischerspooner – Odyssey
- 2005: Goldfrapp – Supernature
- 2005: Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
- 2006: Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
- 2006: Keane – Under the Iron Sea
- 2006: The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home
- 2006: Depeche Mode – The Complete Depeche Mode (A Pain That I'm Used To)
- 2007: Björk – Volta
- 2007: Natasha Bedingfield – N.B
- 2007: Stereophonics – Pull The Pin (Rewind)
- 2007: Hard-Fi – Once Upon a Time in the West (Suburban Knights)
- 2007: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (Black Mirror & No Cars Go)
- 2007: Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long
- 2007: M.I.A – Kala (Boyz & Jimmy)
- 2008: Madonna – Hard Candy
- 2008: Beyoncé – I Am... Sasha Fierce
- 2008: Pink – Funhouse
- 2008: CSS – Donkey
- 2008: The Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination (When I Grow Up)
- 2008: Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System (Kansas City & UFO)
- 2008: The Script – The Script (Breakeven, Talk You Down & The Man Who Can't Be Moved)
- 2009: Lily Allen – It's Not Me, It's You (Everyone's at It & The Fear)
- 2009: Sean Garrett – Turbo 919 (Why & What You Doin' Turbo 919)
- 2009: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz
- 2009: The Yeah You's – Looking Through You
- 2009: FrankMusik – Complete Me (Confusion Girl)
- 2009: Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (Katherine)
- 2009: Ciara – Fantasy Ride (G Is for Girl)
- 2009: Cheryl Cole – 3 Words (Fight for This Love)
- 2009: Vedera – Stages (Satisfy, Loving Ghosts & Back to the Middle)
- 2009: Muse – The Resistance
- 2009: Tegan & Sara – Sainthood (Hell)
- 2009: Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster (Bad Romance & Telephone Featuring Beyoncé)
- 2009: Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (Last of the American Girls, 21 Guns & Rain on Me)
1990s
- 1993: Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion
- 1994: Madonna – Bedtime Stories
- 1994: Massive Attack – Protection
- 1996: Spice Girls – Spice
- 1997: Björk – Homogenic
- 1997: Erasure – Cowboy
- 1997: Spice Girls – Spice World
- 1997: U2 – Pop
- 1998: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
1980s
- 1985: The Cult – Love
- 1987: Erasure – It Doesn't Have to Be
- 1988: The Mission – Tower of Strength