Saturday, January 10, 2009

The producer of last year's Nationwide Mercury Prize winner, Myths of the Near Future by Klaxons, reckons this could be Portishead's year.


James Ford is one of the UK's most in demand producers, having worked with Mystery Jets on their debut album Making Dens and the Arctic Monkeys' second album Favourite Worst Nightmare - itself a Mercury nominee last year.

Ford, one half of electronic house outfit Simian Mobile Disco, who had a massive hit with the Justice remixed We Are Your Friends, has also just started work on Klaxons' second album.

Klaxons
Klaxons celebrate last year's win

It could be Ford's year again as he has worked with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner on The Age of the Understatement, the debut album by The Last Shadow Puppets.

It has been nominated this year and is an early favouite to win.

But speaking before the shortlist was announced, Ford told Radio 1's Huw Stephens that another band deserves the honour.

Click for more

No comments:

 
Fast-G-Rank | Free linkexchange, ink swap and link trade directory