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, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Beth Orton, Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Selena Gomez, All Saints, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mansun, Maroon 5, Muse, Lily Allen, Peter Gabriel, Gwen Stefani, Moby, No Doubt, Lenka, Usher, Kaiser Chiefs, Linkin Park, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, Bastille, Diana Vickers and Take That.[1]
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Birth name | Mark Stent |
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Born | (1965-08-03) 3 August 1965 (age 59) Alton, Hampshire, England |
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Years active | 1985–present |
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Website | markspikestent.com |
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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 at Olympic Studios in Barnes, South London. While at Olympic, Stent worked with artists such as Massive Attack, Bjork, Madonna, U2, Keane, and Oasis.[citation needed] Radiohead enlisted him to produce their 2007 album In Rainbows, but the collaboration was unsuccessful.[2]
Stent works at two studios: Mix Suite LA in EastWest Studios and Mix Suite UK.
Grammy Awards
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Billboard Music Awards
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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 |
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Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards
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2011 | Recording Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won | [16] |
2014 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won | |
2015 | Mix Engineer of the Year MPG Awards | Won | [17] |
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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
Sound on Sound magazine, January 1999 (link). Retrieved March 2006. "Awards". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017. "MPG 2011". Music Radar. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.