Markus Dravs

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Markus Dravs
Genres
engineer
Years active1992–present
Websitemarkusdravs.com

Markus Dravs is a British music producer, songwriter, programmer, engineer and mixer. His credits include

Florence + the Machine, The Maccabees and Kings of Leon
.

He has won three

.

Dravs won

Grammy Awards
in 2013.

Career

After hearing

Hookend Manor and learnt his initial skills from the then owners, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, before moving to Metropolis, where he assisted under Gary Langan, before working under Brian Eno for the next few years. He went on to get his first co-production credit on Eno's album Nerve Net in 1992 and they subsequently worked together on productions, including 12" remixes for Depeche Mode, The Grid, and 808 State
.

His work on albums include

.

He worked with Coldplay on their 2008 album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, and their 2011 album Mylo Xyloto. According to Markus: "Chris Martin called me and told me he had a conversation with Win Butler, who suggested, He'll kick you into shape, which was poetic for "He will do his utmost in helping you to develop your artistic horizon".

In 2011 Dravs received acclaim for producing

.

In conjunction with

, released on 1 June 2015. He has also co-written two tracks on the album, "Queen of Peace" and "Various Storms & Saints".

Dravs produced Kings of Leon's Walls album released in October 2016, which went on to be the band's first joint UK and US number-one record.

Arcade Fire's Everything Now was released in June 2017 and featured tracks co-produced by Dravs.

Dravs produced the second

Hozier record Wasteland, Baby!
released in March 2019. The record scored number one chart positions in the US.

Dravs co-produced the track "Baby Mine" by Arcade Fire from Tim Burton's

Dumbo
released in March 2019.

Dravs produced Wolf Alice's third album, Blue Weekend, released in June 2021.[1]

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 "Viva la Vida" Record of the Year Nominated
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Best Rock Album Won
Album of the Year Nominated
2011
The Suburbs
Won
2012 "The Cave" Record of the Year Nominated
2013 Babel Album of the Year Won
Mylo Xyloto Best Rock Album Nominated
Himself Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Blue Weekend - Wolf Alice". Wolf Alice. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

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