Paul Epworth

Paul Epworth is a British music producer,musician and songwriter. His production credits include many successful U.K. acts, including Bloc Party, The Futureheads, Babyshambles, White Rose Movement, Maxïmo Park,Kano, Sons and Daughters, The Rakes and Kate Nash.

He is also well known for his remix work under the name Phones. He began to gain recognition with this moniker based on his work on Bloc Party's track "Banquet". He has since provided remix work for New Order, U2, P-Diddy, Goldfrapp, Simian Mobile Disco, The Streets, Tom Vek, Death from Above 1979, and Annie. His debut of original material under the Phones name, "Sharpen The Knives/Worryin", was released on French label Kitsuné in November 2006.

From 2002-2004 Paul provided lead vocals & guitar for the band Lomax. He later remixed two songs from the band's catalog - "Reiterator" and "Modern Life".

In early 2006 Paul Epworth began making music under another alias, Epic Man. His debut single, "More is Enough", featured Plan B and was released on Epworth's own Good & Evil Records, a subsidiary of 679 Records. He has since returned to his Phones name and there are no known plans to release under Epic Man again.

In 2007, Epworth produced the #1 debut album for Kate Nash having co-written the #2 hit single Foundations for which he was nominated for an Ivor Novello songwriters award.

2008 saw Paul Epworth produce much of Sam Sparro's eponymous debut album which entered the charts at # 4. He also produced the forthcoming Primal Scream single, "Cant Go Back", along the the title track of their forthcoming album "Beautiful Future".

Summer 2008 and Paul is currently in the studio with Bloc Party recording their forthcoming 3rd album.

Discography

Singles (as Phones)

* 2006 "Sharpen The Knives / Worryin"

ingles (as Epic Man)

* 2006 "More Is Enough" (feat. Plan B)

Production

* 2004 The Futureheads - "The Futureheads" (679 Recordings)
* 2004 Babyshambles - "Killamangiro" (Single) (Rough Trade Records)
* 2005 Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm" (V2)
* 2005 Death from Above 1979 - "Romance Bloody Romance" (one track "You're Lovely (But You've Got Problems)") (Vice Records)
* 2005 Maxïmo Park - "A Certain Trigger" (Warp Records)
* 2005 The Rakes - "Capture/Release" (V2)
* 2005 The Long Blondes - "Separated by Motorways" (Single) (Rough Trade Records)
* 2005 Kano - "Home Sweet Home" (one track "I Don't Know Why") (679 Recordings)
* 2006 Acoustic Ladyland - "Skinny Grin" (6 tracks) (V2)
* 2006 The Rapture - "Pieces of the People We Love" (Motown/Universal)
* 2006 White Rose Movement - "Kick" (Independiente)
* 2007 Black Strobe - "Burn Your Own Church" (Playlouderecordings)
* 2007 Kate Nash - "Made of Bricks" (Polydor)
* 2007 Shy Child - "Noise Won't Stop" (2 tracks) (Play It Again Sam)
* 2008 Sam Sparro -" Sam Sparro" (2 tracks) (Island Records)
* 2008 Primal Scream -Beautiful Future (2 tracks-single and title track) (B-Unique)
* 2008 Bloc Party - Intimacy
* 2008 Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool (XL Recordings)

Remixes

* 2004 Annie - "Heartbeat"
* 2004 Bloc Party - "Banquet"
* 2004 Death from Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights"
* 2004 The Futureheads - "Decent Days and Nights"
* 2004 The Streets - "Fit But You Know It"
* 2004 The Futureheads - "Hounds of Love"
* 2005 Gang of Four - "Not Great Men"
* 2005 Goldfrapp - "Ooh La La"
* 2005 The Kills - "Love Is a Deserter"
* 2005 New Order - "Krafty"
* 2005 The Killers - "Smile Like You Mean It"
* 2005 The Others - "This Is for the Poor"
* 2005 The Rakes - "Retreat"
* 2005 Tom Vek - "I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes"
* 2005 Tom Vek - "Nothing But Green Lights"
* 2005 White Rose Movement - "Alsatian"
* 2005 U2 - "City of Blinding Lights"
* 2006 Black Strobe - "Shining Bright Star"
* 2006 Bloc Party - "The Prayer"
* 2006 Muse - "Supermassive Black Hole"
* 2006 Wolf & Cub - "Thousand Cuts"
* 2007 Peter Bjorn and John feat. Victoria Bergsman - "Young Folks"
* 2007 Diddy-"Tell Me"
* 2007 New Young Pony Club - "The Bomb"
* 2007 Nine Inch Nails - "Capital G"
* 2007 Roxy Music - "Editions of You"
* 2007 Interpol - "Heinrich Maneuver"
* 2007 Dead Soul Bros -"Come On Now"
* 2008 Pin Me Down - "Cryptic"
* 2008 Jape - I Was A Man
* 2008 The Black Ghosts - "Repetition Kills You"
* 2008 Bloc Party - "Talons"

External links

* [http://www.paulepworth.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.kitsune.fr/ Kitsune Records]
* [http://www.goodandevilrecords.com/ Good & Evil Records]
* [http://www.northernights.co.uk/listings.php?id=665 Short Interview (2007)]
* [http://allthatwewant.over-blog.com/article-4202480.html Interview (2006)]