Steve Chrisanthou
Steve Chrisanthou is a
Early life
Chrisanthou was born in
Personal life
Chrisanthou married award-winning wildlife artist Stella Mays [6] in 2005. They have two children, one named Edward. Chrisanthou also has a child to a previous partner. He is based in Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire, England.
Music career
Chrisanthou began his production career around 1998 with a number of local artists and eventually signed a production/publishing agreement to Goodgroove Songs[7] in 2004. Goodgroove is part-owned by ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies.
Fellow Bradfordian songwriter/producer
In 2005, John Beck (songwriter) and Chrisanthou, along with writer Charles Hutchinson, wrote "Show A Little Faith" which appeared on the Charlotte Church album, Tissues and Issues.
In 2007, Chrisanthou recorded "River" with Corinne Bailey Rae for Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters.
Chrisanthou produced four tracks on Bailey Rae's second album The Sea released in January 2010.[1] The album was nominated for a Mercury Prize.
Chrisanthou has gone on to produce and co-write with many artists
Chrisanthou co-wrote and co-produced two songs from third album by Bailey Rae called The Heart Speaks in Whispers, which was released on 13 May 2016. Both songs were the first singles off the new album. He also has co-produced two further songs on the album. Chrisanthou produced Davy Knowles' album 'The Outsider' in 2015[18] and continues to nurture up-and-coming artists.[19]
Chrisanthou co-wrote, mixed and produced "Show Me" by Gabrielle released in May 2018, her first release in nine years and it was featured on BBC Radio 2. Chrisanthou has also co-written, mixing and produced "Take A Minute", "Young and Crazy" and "Stronger" from Gabrielle's album Under My Skin, released on 17 August 2018.
Chrisanthou has also been working with UK based American singer Kate Earl and up-and-coming Scottish singer/songwriter Callum Beattie. Chrisanthou co-wrote and co-produced the song "Mouth Of A Tiger" with Callum and Jim Duguid on the new album People Like Us, released in May 2020. He also co-wrote/produced Braveheart with Beattie in 2018.
2020 has seen Chrisanthou involved with writing and production for new American neo soul artist, Nyah Grace. He co-wrote and produced eight songs on her album Honey-Coloured released in July 2020; "Honey Coloured", "Magnolia", "My Sista Told Me" (with Corinne Bailey Rae), "Sunday", "I Just Wish You Call Me", "And I Love Him", "Sooner or Later" and "Summer Luvin'". He mixed all the songs on the album.
Chrisanthou has formed a publishing company called Trinity Songs with John Beck (songwriter) and Matthew Rumbold.
References
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- ^ "Archived copy". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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- ^ "2006: Rihanna, Akala, Corinne Bailey Rae and Lemar | MOBO Awards". Mobo.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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- ^ "North Central College presents blues, rock guitarist Davy Knowles Nov. 7". Positivelynaperville.com. 9 September 2015.
- ^ "Steve taps into Calder Valley's musical talent". Hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2020.