Spike Stent
Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including: Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Beth Orton, Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Selena Gomez, All Saints, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mansun, Maroon 5, Muse, Lily Allen, Gwen Stefani, Moby, No Doubt, Lenka, Usher, Kaiser Chiefs, Linkin Park, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, Bastille, Diana Vickers, and Take That.[1]
Mark "Spike" Stent | |
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| Birth name | Mark Stent |
| Also known as | Spike, Spikey Mikey |
| Born | 3 August 1965 Alton, Hampshire, England |
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| Occupation(s) | Mixer, producer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Warner Bros., Epic Interscope Records |
| Associated acts | The KLF, Madonna, Marshmello, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Mansun, Muse, Lily Allen, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, Usher, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Bastille, Kaiser Chiefs, Alt J, Diana Vickers, Harry Styles, 5 Seconds of Summer, EOB |
| Website | www |
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 | [2] |
| 1998 | Homogenic | Björk | Grammy Best Alternative Music Performance | Nominated | [3] |
| 2001 | Music | Madonna | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | [4] |
| 2001 | Music | Madonna | Grammy Record of the Year | Nominated | [4] |
| 2002 | Vespertine | Björk | Grammy Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated | [3] |
| 2005 | Medulla | Björk | Grammy Best Alternative Album | Nominated | [3] |
| 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 | [3] |
| 2008 | Neon Bible | Arcade Fire | Grammy Best Alternative Album | Nominated | [5] |
| 2009 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album | Won | [6] |
| 2009 | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Grammy Album of the Year | Nominated | [6] |
| 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 | [7] |
| 2010 | The Resistance | Muse | Grammy Best Rock Album | Won | [8] |
| 2010 | Head First | Goldfrapp | Grammy Best Dance/Electronica Album | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Raymond V Raymond | Usher | Grammy Best Contemporary R&B Album | Participation Certificate | [9] |
| 2012 | Channel Orange | Frank Ocean | Grammy Best Urban Contemporary Album | Won | [10] |
| 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 | [11] |
| 2015 | x | Ed Sheeran | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | [12] |
| 2015 | x | Ed Sheeran | Grammy Album of the Year | Nominated | [12] |
| 2016 | "Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | Grammy Record of the Year | Nominated | [12] |
| 2016 | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | Florence and the Machine | Grammy Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | [13] |
| 2016 | "What Kind of Man" | Florence and the Machine | Grammy Best Rock Song | Nominated | [13] |
| 2017 | "Tearing Me Up" | Bob Moses | Grammy Best Dance Recording | Nominated | [14] |
| 2018 | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | Grammy Best Pop Album | Won |
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 |
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 |
| Björk | Selmasongs | 2000 | Dancer in the Dark |
| Madonna | "Die Another Day" | 2002 | Die Another Day |
Selected discography
2020s
- 2020: Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
- 2020: 5 Seconds of Summer – Calm[17]
- 2020: Niall Horan - Heartbreak Weather[18]
- 2020: Ted When - Edge Off
2010s
- 2019: Charli XCX featuring Lizzo - "Blame It on Your Love"
- 2018: Post Malone – "Stay"
- 2018: Cardi B – "Thru Your Phone"
- 2018: Elton John – "REVAMP" tracks "Your Song" Featuring Lady Gaga & Bennie & The Jets featuring Pink & Logic
- 2018: Pale Waves – "Heavenly"
- 2018: Jade Bird – "Lottery"
- 2018: Chvrches – "Love is Dead"
- 2018: Years & Years – "Sanctify"
- 2018: Rudimental – "These Days Featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen"
- 2018: Marshmello Featuring Anne Marie – "Friends"
- 2017: Kesha – "This is Me from The Greatest Showman"
- 2017: Miguel – "War & Leisure"
- 2017: Bishop Briggs – "Dream"
- 2017: Jessie Ware – "Glasshouse (album)"
- 2017: PVRIS – "All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell"
- 2017: Justin Bieber and BloodPop– "Friends"
- 2017: Muse – "Dig Down"
- 2017: Mondo Cozmo – "Plastic Soul"
- 2017: Niall Horan – "Slow Hands"
- 2017: Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
- 2017: Harry Styles – Harry Styles[19]
- 2017: Ed Sheeran – ÷[20]
- 2017: Julia Michaels – "Issues"
- 2017: Julia Michaels – "Uh Huh"
- 2017: Julia Michaels – "Nervous Systems"
- 2017: Rita Ora – "Your Song"
- 2017: Liam Gallagher – "As You Were"
- 2017: DreamCar – "Dreamcar"
- 2017: Take That - “Giants”
- 2016: Gwen Stefani – This Is What the Truth Feels Like[20]
- 2015: Selena Gomez – Revival
- 2015: Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
- 2015: CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye[21]
- 2015: Grimes – Art Angels
- 2015: Duran Duran – Paper Gods
- 2014: Coldplay – Ghost Stories[20]
- 2014: Ed Sheeran – x[20]
- 2014: The Script – No Sound Without Silence
- 2014: Kasabian – 48:13
- 2013: Biffy Clyro – Opposites[20]
- 2013: Bastille – Bad Blood[20]
- 2013: Rudimental – Home[20]
- 2013: White Lies – Big TV[20]
- 2013: Haim – Days Are Gone[20]
- 2013: Moby – Innocents[20]
- 2013: John Newman – Tribute[20]
- 2013: One Direction – Midnight Memories[20]
- 2012: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange[20]
- 2012: No Doubt – Push and Shove
- 2012: Taylor Swift – Red[20]
- 2012: Muse – The 2nd Law[20]
- 2011: Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
- 2011: Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
- 2011: Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
- 2010: Lights – The Listening ("Ice")
- 2010: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond
- 2010: Nelly Furtado - The Best of Nelly Furtado ("Girlfriend in the City")
- 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
- 2010: The Script – Science and Faith
- 2010: Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
- 2010: Christina Aguilera – Bionic ("Little Dreamer", "Kimono Girl", "Birds of Prey")
2000s
- 2009: Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown ("Last of the American Girls", "21 Guns", "Rain on Me")
- 2009: Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster ("Bad Romance", "Telephone" Featuring Beyoncé)
- 2009: Tegan & Sara – Sainthood ("Hell")
- 2009: Muse – The Resistance
- 2009: Vedera – Stages ("Satisfy", "Loving Ghosts", "Back to the Middle")
- 2009: Cheryl Cole – 3 Words ("Fight for This Love")
- 2009: Ciara – Fantasy Ride ("G Is for Girl")
- 2009: Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand ("Katherine")
- 2009: FrankMusik – Complete Me ("Confusion Girl")
- 2009: The Yeah You's – Looking Through You
- 2009: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz
- 2009: Lenka – Trouble Is a Friend
- 2009: Sean Garrett – Turbo 919 ("Why", "What You Doin' Turbo 919")
- 2009: Lily Allen – It's Not Me, It's You ("Everyone's at It", "The Fear")
- 2008: The Script – The Script ("Breakeven", "Talk You Down", "The Man Who Can't Be Moved")
- 2008: Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System ("Kansas City", "UFO")
- 2008: The Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination ("When I Grow Up")
- 2008: CSS – Donkey
- 2008: Pink – Funhouse
- 2008: Beyoncé – I Am... Sasha Fierce
- 2008: Madonna – Hard Candy
- 2007: M.I.A – Kala ("Boyz", "Jimmy")
- 2007: Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long
- 2007: Arcade Fire – Neon Bible ("Black Mirror", "No Cars Go")
- 2007: Hard-Fi – Once Upon a Time in the West ("Suburban Knights")
- 2007: Stereophonics – Pull The Pin ("Rewind")
- 2007: Natasha Bedingfield – N.B
- 2007: Björk – Volta
- 2006: Depeche Mode – The Complete Depeche Mode ("A Pain That I'm Used To")
- 2006: The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home
- 2006: Keane – Under the Iron Sea
- 2006: Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
- 2005: Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
- 2005: Goldfrapp – Supernature
- 2005: Fischerspooner – Odyssey
- 2005: Kaiser Chiefs – Employment ("Everyday I Love You Less and Less")
- 2005: Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful ("Easier to Lie")
- 2005: Dave Mathews Band – Stand Up
- 2005: The Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business
- 2004: Björk – Medúlla
- 2004: Keane – Hopes and Fears
- 2004: Gwen Stefani – Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
- 2004: Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
- 2003: Massive Attack – 100th Window
- 2003: Madonna – American Life
- 2003: Dave Mathews Band – Some Devil
- 2003: The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
- 2002: Linkin Park – Reanimation
- 2002: Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
- 2001: No Doubt – Rock Steady
- 2001: Björk – Vespertine
- 2000: All Saints – Saints & Sinners ("Black Coffee", "Pure Shores")
- 2000: Madonna – Music
- 2000: Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
- 2000: Oasis – Familiar to Millions
1990s
- 1998: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
- 1998: Mansun – Six
- 1997: U2 – Pop
- 1997: Spice Girls – Spice World
- 1997: Erasure – Cowboy
- 1997: Björk – Homogenic
- 1996: Spice Girls – Spice
- 1994: Massive Attack – Protection
- 1994: Madonna – Bedtime Stories
- 1993: Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion
- 1991: The KLF – The White Room
1980s
- 1989: ABC – Up
- 1988: The Mission – Tower of Strength
- 1987: Erasure – It Doesn't Have to Be
- 1985: The Cult – Love
Notes and references
- Sound on Sound magazine, January 1999 (link). Retrieved March 2006.
- "Grammys 1996". CNN. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Bjork Grammy Nominations". Bork. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Madonna Awards and Nominations". Madonna Awards and Nominations. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Arcarde Fire Grammy Nominatoins". Grammys. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Grammys 2009". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "Grammys 2010 Gaga". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "Grammys Muse 2010". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "Usher Grammy". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "Grammy Frank". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "2nd Law Nominations". Muse. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Grammy Awards 2016". Grammys. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "Florence and The Machine Grammy Nominations". Grammy Nominations. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Awards". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- "MPG 2011". Music Radar. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "MPG Awards 2015". MPG. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "Calm - 5 Seconds of Summer (Credits)". AllMusic. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- Heartbreak Weather (Media notes). Niall Horan. Neon Haze Music / Capitol Records. 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
- "Harry Styles - Harry Styles | Credits". AllMusic. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- "Mark "Spike" Stent". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- Snapes, Laura (22 June 2015). "Keeping it Unreal: In the Studio with Chvrches". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Article by Paul Tingen from 1999: Spike Stent / The Work Of A Top-flight Mixer
- Article by Paul Tingen in Sound on Sound magazine, February 2010: Spike Stent on his mix of Muse's album The Resistance
- Spike Stent discography at Discogs
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