Tony Mansfield

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For the Irish hurler and manager, see Tony Mansfield (hurler).

Anthony Charles Mansfield (born 19 January 1955) is an English songwriter, musician and record producer.[1]

Early work

Mansfield was born in

synthpop band that performed from 1979 to 1982.[2] Following their debut hit single "Straight Lines" in 1979, the band had three further UK Top 40 hits in 1980 ("This World of Water", "Sanctuary" and "Living By Numbers"), and released three albums: From A To B (1980), Anywhere (1981) and Warp (1982). The group also released a compilation album for the United States in 1981 known as Sanctuary which consisted of tracks from the first two albums. After the demise of GTO Records, New Musik disbanded.[3]

Productions and collaborations

Mansfield's career as a freelance producer had begun pre-New Musik in the late 1970s, and after the demise of his band he turned exclusively to production. Mansfield became skilled in the use of the

The B-52's,[4] Vicious Pink, Jean Paul Gaultier and After the Fire
.

In the 1990s he produced the No.1 debut album Puntos Cardinales for Ana Torroja and in 2001, Online for the Latvian band Brainstorm amongst other production works.[5]

Mansfield's work has featured in various television productions, advertisements and films including Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) and Hysterical Blindness (2002).

References

  1. ^ "Tony Mansfield". Discogs. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. ^ "New Musik". Люди (in Russian). 19 April 2004. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011.
  3. ^ "New Musik". Discogs. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ISSN 0886-3032
    . Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  5. ^ "TONY MANSFIELD - VARIOUS PRODUCER/SONGWRITER/MUSICIAN PROJECTS". Discog.Info. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

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