Jacknife Lee

Garret "Jacknife" Lee is a Grammy Award winning music producer and remixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including U2, R.E.M., Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, The Hives, Weezer, Vega4 and Editors.

Biography

Irish producer Lee started as a guitarist for the punk band Compulsion, he pursued a solo career in the field of electronica after the band's break-up. His first solo work, the EP "Cookies", was released under the name "Jacknife Lee" in 1999 by Pussyfoot Records, a label founded by Howie B.

His first album "Muy rico" (also released in 1999) was heavily influenced by big beat and was positively received by DJs around the world. His second album "Punk Rock High Roller" took a different turn though, mixing big beat with 70's funk and various other musical styles, as well as seeing his debut as a singer. The record broke sales records for the label. It was a similar story with his third album "To Hell With You I'll Make My Own People" which was recorded under the alter-ego "Jack Planck" for the One Little Indian label which also broke sales records. Jacknife Lee released his self titled fourth solo album in 2007.

Jacknife Lee has also remixed a variety of artists work including aversion of Run-DMC's "It's Tricky 2003", The Future Sound of London's "The Mello Hippo Disco Show" and versions of U2's "Vertigo" which was limited released onto 7", 10" and 12" vinyl.He produced R.E.M.'s newest album "Accelerate", released in April 2008. Bloc Party's next album will be released in Autumn 2008 and will be co-produced by Jacknife. Hadouken! are the latest to be aided by Jacknife.

Also, Lee has produced two tracks on Weezer's sixth album, "Troublemaker" and "Pork and Beans". [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/04/01/spring-music-preview-weezer-unveil-familiar-title-for-new-album/ Spring Music Preview: Weezer Unveil Familiar Title for New Album : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily ] ] Sources from the Weezer camp have also named Lee as the producer for the band's seventh album, recording of which is due to being in late 2008.

Works produced

Albums

* Weezer - "Weezer's Seventh Studio Album" (TBA)
* Snow Patrol - "One Hundred Million Suns" (2008)
* Bloc Party - "Intimacy" (2008) (Co-produced with Paul Epworth)
* Weezer - "The Red Album" (2008)
* Hadouken! - "Music For An Accelerated Culture" (2008)
* R.E.M. - "Accelerate" (2008)
* PlayRadioPlay! - "Texas" (2008)
* The Hives - "The Black and White Album" (2007)
* Editors - "An End Has A Start" (2007)
* Bloc Party - "A Weekend In The City" (2007)
* Snow Patrol - "Eyes Open" (2006)
* Vaux - "Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice" (2006)
* Vega4 - "You and Others" (2006)
* Kasabian - "Kasabian" (2004)
* U2 - "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" (2004)
* Aqualung - "Still Life" (2004)
* Snow Patrol - "Final Straw" (2003)
* 28 Days Later OST Enhanced - "Ave Maria" (2002)

ingles

*Weezer - "Troublemaker" (2008)
*Bloc Party - "Mercury" (2008)
*Weezer - "Pork and Beans" (2008)
*The Hives - "Tick, Tick, Boom" (2007)
*Bloc Party - "Flux" (2007)
*Snow Patrol - "Signal Fire" (2007)
*Green Day & U2 - "The Saints Are Coming" (2007)
*Editors - "Bullets" (2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.jacknifelee.com Official Jacknife Lee site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jacknifelee Official Jacknife Lee MySpace site]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jacknife+Lee Discogs listing of all Releases, Remixes, Production, Co-production, and Mixes by Jacknife Lee]
* [http://www.biglifeproducers.com/producers2.php?fproducer_id=9 BigLife Producers on Garret Lee (aka Jacknife Lee) - Producer/Songwriter/Remixer]
* [http://www.indian.co.uk/jackplanck/ Official Jack Planck site]