His success with Tears for Fears brought many opportunities to the table and his production and mix work during this time reads like a veritable who’s who of the ‘80s and 90s. He engineered the band’s multi-million selling album “Songs From The Big Chair” that reached #1 on album charts all around the world enjoyed a five-week stretch at the top of the Billboard album chart and featured the era-defining hits “Shout” and “Everyone Wants To Rule The World.” His importance to the band was solidified when they asked him to co –produce their follow up platinum selling album “The Seeds of Love.” Within a year he had required a good enough reputation to go freelance as an engineer and had started working with Echo & The Bunnymen.īut it was with Tears For Fears that Bascombe’s career commenced an exponential rise. A job as a runner at Maison Rouge Studios have him the invaluable opportunity to learn the secrets of the recording studio and it wasn’t long before he’d made a name for himself on the local scene by recording bands in the studio’s downtime. On a Folk tip, Dave has also mixed the forthcoming Wildwood Kin LP for Sony and tracks for American folk artist Jess & The Bandits, as well as keeping mixing tracks for Feeder, Ron Sexsmith, Tony Hadley, and electro pop artist Lou Hayter.īascombe’s illustrious career in the music business had humble roots.

In something of a homage to his huge successes of the 80s, he has been busy mixing radio singles for 80s superstar’s ABC’s comeback record, as well as 80’s chartreuse Elkie Brooks where his mixes secured Radio 2 A list placement. His reputation has continued to soar through recent work with Goldfrapp, Ironik, Royksopp, Lady Antebellum, Kyla La Grange and Pendulum. His work in the ‘80s established a defining sound for artists such as Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears, Peter Gabriel, Human League, ABC and Erasure, and established them as global heavyweights with millions of album sales. Clients include: Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears, Peter Gabriel, Human League, ABC, Erasureĭave Bascombe is undisputedly one of the finest mix engineers working in England today.

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