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Subject: Martin Rushent, influential music producer, dies at 63
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/11 at 1:18 am
Music producer Martin Rushent, who worked with bands including the Human League and the Stranglers, has died aged 63.
His son, James, confirmed on his Facebook and Twitter pages that his father had died on Saturday.
Rushent started as an engineer in the 1970s, working on records by T-Rex and Fleetwood Mac among others.
He produced the Human League's hit album Dare, which contained the classic "Don't You Want Me?".
Rushent also worked with the Stranglers, Buzzcocks, XTC, Generation X, the Go-Go's and Altered Images.
A tribute page has been set up on Facebook called Martin Rushent Memories.
His son, James, guitarist for the band Does It Offend You, Yeah?, who he also produced, paid tribute on the page.
"I will miss him, so so much, he was my best mate," he said.
The Stranglers paid tribute to him on their official website, saying: "We have just received the sad news that another early band collaborator, Martin Rushent, passed away yesterday aged 63."
Rushent produced the band's first three albums, Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black and White.
Rushent, from Reading, Berkshire, leaves behind wife Ceri, sons James and Tim and daughters Amy and Joanne.
Subject: Re: Martin Rushent, influential music producer, dies at 63
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 06/06/11 at 3:19 pm
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Martin Rushent 3 January 1948 – 4 June 2011
R.I.P.
I will always remember him as the producer of The Human League's "Dare!" album which fueled my love for synth-pop in the early eighties.
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And it was daring of Rushent to invest so much studio time with his expensive cutting edge technology on an amateurish pop group who had yet to demonstrate they could make money...but his gamble produced an iconic genre-shaping album every kid with a Casio loves thirty years later!
Subject: Re: Martin Rushent, influential music producer, dies at 63
Written By: whistledog on 06/06/11 at 9:28 pm
Martin Rushent produced and played keyboards on one of the best early tracks of the 80s (and it's accompanying album of the same name) ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HwmO_GZfzI
'Hopmosapien' was banned by the BBC and in several other parts of the world, but didn't stop it from becoming a Top 10 hit in Canada. To me, it is one of the all time greatest songs of the 80s.
R.I.P. Martin Rushent. You produced some great music.
Subject: Re: Martin Rushent, influential music producer, dies at 63
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 06/06/11 at 10:38 pm
Martin Rushent produced and played keyboards on one of the best early tracks of the 80s (and it's accompanying album of the same name) ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HwmO_GZfzI
'Hopmosapien' was banned by the BBC and in several other parts of the world, but didn't stop it from becoming a Top 10 hit in Canada. To me, it is one of the all time greatest songs of the 80s.
R.I.P. Martin Rushent. You produced some great music.
I love that song!
Here's another great one Martin Rushent produced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA7tEUOkzNw&feature=related
(That's "Head Over Heels")