George Shilling
Quick Facts
Biography
George Edward Shilling (born 1966 in Redbridge, Essex) is an English musician, record producer, composer and audio engineer. He is the son of Eric Shilling, formerly of the English National Opera and actress Erica Johns. He studied 'cello at the Royal College of Music and is best known as an audio engineer, a skill he was taught by Jerry Boys of Abbey Road and Livingston Recording Studios in London.
Career
Shilling has worked with a diverse range of musical genres including artists such as Gabrielle, New Radicals, The Corrs, Blur, Texas, Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream, Nicole Appleton, Johnny Hallyday Oasis, Mike Oldfield, Eternal, Boy George, James Brown, Mark Almond, Bernard Butler, The Fall, Steve Winwood and the popular light opera duo Operababes.
His first notable success was engineering the hit single The Only Way Is Up (1988) by Yazz and the Plastic Population and released by Big Life. His credits as Record producer include the Soup Dragons's album Lovegod which included their cover of the Rolling Stones hit I'm Free and the most accomplished of the three albums My Life Story, The Golden Mile. He wrote a significant number of songs and also recorded tracks for the English down-tempo band Sundae Club. He co-wrote "London Fantasy" for the French singer Nolwenn Leroy on her album Histoires Naturelles (2005), which was produced by Laurent Voulzy. In 2009 and 2010 he hosted sessions with Ocean Colour Scene at his studio in the Cotswolds. and played cello on their album Saturday. In 2010 he also recorded and mixed Classical Relief For Haiti's single The Prayer, featuring a host of classical crossover artistes including Darius Campbell, Rhydian, Paul Potts and Julian Lloyd Webber.
Audio engineering and mixing credits
- 1986Measure for Measure [Bonus Tracks] Icehouse (Assistant Engineer)
- 1986Measure for Measure Icehouse (Assistant Engineer)
- 1986Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg (Engineer)
- 1989What's That Noise? Coldcut (Engineer)
- 1990Blissed Out The Beloved (Engineering, Mixing)
- 1991Mothers Heaven Texas (Engineer, Mixing)
- 1995Some Might Say [EP] Oasis (Engineer and Mixing)
- 1996Statuesque [CD #1] Sleeper (Mixing)
- 1996Women of Ireland Mike Oldfield (Remix)
- 1997Kowalski [Creation Records] Primal Scream (Engineer Mixing)
- 1997Kowalski [Sire Records] Primal Scream (B Mixing)
- 1997Lovebugs Lovebugs Engineer, (Mixing)
- 1997Songs from Northern Britain Teenage Fanclub (Engineer, Mixing)
- 1997Star Primal Scream (Mixing, Engineer)
- 1997Vanishing Point Primal Scream (Mixing)
- 1998The Only Way Is Up [Single] Yazz and the Plastic Population (Remix)
- 1998Wanted [Album] Yazz (Mixing)
- 1998Explore Various Artists (Engineer, Mixing)
- 1998People Move On Bernard Butler (Engineer, Mixing)
- 1998Stay [Promotional] Bernard Butler (Engineer and Mixing)
- 2000Friends and Lovers Bernard Butler (Engineer)
- 2000I'd Do It Again If I Could Bernard Butler (Engineer)
- 2001Deeper:The D:Finitive Worship Experience Delirious (Engineer)
- 2001Smiling & Waving Anja Garbarek (B Engineer)
- 2002Cabas Cabas (Mixing)
- 2002Mona Lisa Overdrive [Poptones] Trashmonk (Mixing)
- 2003About Time Steve Winwood (Engineer)
- 2003Contacto Cabas (Engineer)
- 2003Measure for Measure/Primitive Man Icehouse (Engineering assistant)
- 2003Reflections [Special Asian Edition] Paul Van Dyk (Engineer)
- 2003Reflections Paul Van Dyk (Engineer)
- 2003Time of Our Lives: Connected, Vol. 1 Paul Van Dyk (Engineer)
- 2004Exitos Mikel Erentxun (Mixing)
- 2004Reflections [EMI Special Edition] Paul Van Dyk (Engineer)
- 2004Reflections [Mute Records Special Edition] Paul Van Dyk (Engineer)
- 200522-20s 22-20s (Engineer)
- 2005About Time [DualDisc] [Bonus Tracks] Steve Winwood (Engineer)
- 2005Band That Prays Together Stays Together [DVD] Killing Joke (Engineer)
- 2005Chronicles Steve Earle (Engineer)
- 2005Deadwing Porcupine Tree Guitar (Engineer)
- 2005Ocean: Songs for the Night Sea Journey Jennifer Cutting (Engineer)
- 2005There's a Fire Longwave (Engineer)
- 2006Played in Full: 90's – Definitive 12 Collection Various Artists Producer
- 2006Renaissance Opera Babes (Engineer)
- 2006Volume I Billy Bragg (Tape operator)
- 2007Spirit of the GlenThe Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Mixing)
- 2008Copperhead Road [Deluxe Edition] Steve Earle (Engineer)
- 2008Greatest hits of the 80's Various Artists (Engineer)
- 2008Simple Andy Yorke (Engineer, Mixing)
- 2008Great Unwanted [Bonus Tracks] Lucky Soul (Engineer,Mixing)
- 2008Beyond Imagination Opera Babes(Engineer, Mixing)
- 2008Greatest hits of the 80'sVarious Artists (Engineer)
- 2008Simple Andy Yorke (Mixing)
- 2011Amber Smith Amber Smith (Mixing)
- Love Is All We Need Mary J. Blige (Remix)
- The Magic Number De La Soul (Single Mixes)
- I'm No Angel Heather Nova (Single Mixes)
- MotherNew Radicals (Remix)
- The Diver and the Gown Anja Garbarek (Engineering)
- Lifting Me up [Pepsi Ad/Single] The Corrs (Engineering and Mixing)
- You Send Me Flying Billie Myers (Engineering and Mixing)
- Entertain Me Blur [Single Remix]
- Telephone Thing The Fall [Single] (Engineer and Mixing)
- Power of a WomanEternal (R&B Remix)
- Same Thing in Reverse Boy George (12" Mix)
- Brilliant Creatures Marc Almond [Single and Album] (Mixing)
- Chemical Thing Stereo MCs/Blue Pearl (Remix)
- The Payback Mix James Brown (Single UK #12) (Remix)
- Bed Five Thirty (Recording and mixing)
- Airhead Boing (Recording and mixing)
- Modern Pop Music Shine (Engineer and mixing)
- How To Do That Jean-Paul Gaultier (Remix)
- Let The Spirit Move Ya 60ft Dolls (Remix)
Record production credits
- 1990 I'm Free The Soup Dragons
- 1990 Indie Top 20, Vol. 9 Various Artists
- 1990 Lovegod The Soup Dragons
- 1990 Mother Universe The Soup Dragons (Remixing)
- 1996 You're Telling Me Bobby Valentino
- 1997 Golden Mile My Life Story
- 1997 Shorty, Pt. 1 The Wannadies
- 1997 Shorty, Pt. 2 The Wannadies
- 1998 You And Me Song (Lounge Version) The Wannadies [Single]
- 1999 Other Sister Original Soundtrack
- 2000 Yeah [CD Single] Wannadies
- 2004 Transmusicales 25th Various Artists
- 2004 Technostalgia Sundae Club
- 2007 Megaphone Theology: B Sides and Rarities My Life Story
- 2007 Coldcut The Playlist Various Artists
- 2007 Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit-Pop Gems of Various Artists (Mixing)
- 2008 British Summer Time Sundae Club
- 2008 Great Unwanted [Bonus Tracks] Lucky Soul
- 2008 Pleasure [Single] The Soup Dragons
- I'm Free Soup Dragons [Single UK #5]
- Get The Girl And Kill The Baddies Pop Will Eat Itself [Single UK #9]
- Bed Five Thirty
- Airhead Boing
- 2010 Hello Heavy EZ Basic
Percussion, Cello and Keyboard credits
- 1998 People Move On Bernard Butler (Cello)
- 2003 Contacto Cabas (Mezcla)
- 2006 Volume I Billy Bragg (Percussion)
- 2008 Simple Andy Yorke (Cello, accordion)
- 2008 Great Unwanted [Bonus Tracks] Lucky Soul (Percussion and keyboards)
- 2010 Saturday Ocean Colour Scene (Cello)
Other credits
- 2002 Wishbones David Knopfler (Sound Consultant)
External sources
- George Shilling George's own website
- George Shilling video interview at Record production.com
- George Shilling at Allmusic
- George Shilling sound engineer and producer
- Official Sundae Club website