Steve Turner CV
A little introduction….
Driven by a passion for music my career has taken me around the world and onto the recordings and stages of many leading artists
I began my writing and recording career in the mid 1990s with producer F J Carter (Blapps) creating instrumental hip-hop with a raw UK edge for the label Ninja Tune under the monikers LFA and Mad Dr X. This music has been picked up internationally by film and documentary makers, it's dark energy making it perfect for underscore
Following an introduction to producer Aston Harvey, a love of synths and electronica led me to writing and producing House music, joining the internationally acclaimed production team Uno Clio (with Aston and Gareth Cooke) remixing singles for major labels - artists including Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson and Mary J Blidge
With a desire to travel I jumped at the opportunity to get on the road. My first tour in the late 90's was with Louise Nerding (Eternal). That started the ball rolling, and over the last fifteen years I've toured the world playing festivals and arenas with many major bands and artists including Sugababes, Allsaints, Anastacia, ELO, and four tours with Kylie Minogue. I joined an augmented band for the London leg of Jay-Z's Kingdom Come tour accompanying special guest Beyoncé
I've also had some memorable live TV performances including The Tonight Show (NBC), The Late Show (CBS), and Saturday Night Live (NBC)
As a composer I write stunning string arrangements for films, TV and pop & gospel artists and producers, examples of which can be found
here
I teamed up recently with producer Richard Erskine for an exciting and intriguing project creating an album of electro-ska production music for the label TPML
www.theperfectmusiclibrary.com
Recent events include two seasons in the house band for the BBC series The Voice and world tours with Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds', Clannad (winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 'Lifetime Achievement Award') and the fabulous Jeff Lynne's ELO
TOURS & CONCERTS
- Louise – UK tour 1997
- Honeyz – Various shows and live promo 1998
- Kele Le Roc – Various shows and live promo 1998 to 2000
- Heather Small – UK, Australia, S.America 2000 to 2002
- Allsaints – UK & Europe summer festivals tour 2000
- Kylie – World tours 2001 to 2007 incl. (Guest artists: Bono, Danni Minogue)
- Hear'say - UK tour 2001
- Sugababes – UK shows 2002
- Jocelyn Brown – Cannes Film Festival 2004, Jazz Café 2018
- Tunde – UK & Europe live promo 2004
- Simon Webbe – Promo/ festivals/ UK tour (feat. Beverley Knight) 2005 to 2007
- Jay-Z - Kingdom Come - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (feat. Nas, Beyoné & Chris Martin) 2006
- The War of the Worlds (Jeff Wayne) – World tours 2007 to 2013
- Anastacia – European promo tour 2008
- Alesha Dixon – Enrique support, UK headline tour/ festivals/ shows 2009 to 2014
- Bond – Tours: Mexico 2010, Columbia 2012, Central America 2014
- Gloria Gaynor - Europe 2012
- Matt Goss – UK album launch 2013
- Clannad - World tour 2013 to 2014
- Aljaz & Jannette (Strictly Come Dancing) - UK tour 2017
- 80's Invasion (house band) - UK tour 2017
- Rewind festival (house band) 2017
- Tony Hadley - Summer festivals 2018
- Jeff Lynne's ELO - World tour 2018, USA 2019
- Emeli Sandé and Lemar with LCGC - Royal Albert Hall 2018
- Pixie Lott - London 2019
- Beverley Knight - shows 2019
- Mica Paris - shows 2019
Heritage festival artists:
- Midge Ure, ABC, Go West, Tom Robinson, Nik Kershaw, Belinda Carlisle, Alison Limerick, Artful dodger
- Five Star, Peter Cox, Jason Donovan, Nik Hayward, China Crisis, Tony Hadley, Katrina
- Martika, Toyah, Paul Young, Altered Images, Dr & The Medics, Tony Christie, Claire Grogan
- Heaven 17, Imagination, Kim Wilde, Sonia, Carol Decker, Chairmen Of The Board
- Clem Curtis, Eddie Holman, Gwen Dickey, Heatwave, Jaki Graham, Junior, Kenny Thomas, Sonia
- Mary Wilson, Melba Moore, Musical Youth, Precious Wilson, Sheila Ferguson, Thelma Houston, The Trammps
TV
Live-play:
- The Voice UK (BBC) Series 3 & 4 (house band)
- The Tonight Show (NBC) – Kylie
- The Late Show (CBS) – Kylie
- Saturday Night Live (NBC)– Kylie
- Good Morning America (ABC) – Kylie
- TOTP (BBC) – Heather Small, E-17, Kele Le Roc, Kylie
- Jools Holland (BBC) – Allsaints
- MTV – Louise, Kele Le Roc, Honeyz, Heather Small
- The Priory (CH4)– Kylie
- Jonathan Ross (ITV) – Kylie, Il Volo
- The One And Only (ITV)– Allsaints
- The Best Christmas Ever (BBC)- Alexander Armstrong
- BBC Hogmonay Live (BBC) - Alesha Dixon
- Jeff Lynne's ELO 'BBC R2 In Concert' (BBC)
- ABC - The Lexicon of Love (Sky Arts)
Playback:
Shows - Graham Norton, Alan Carr, The Crush,
Paul O’Grady, Rob Brydon, The Green Room,
Loose Women, GMTV, Parkinson, Divas,
World Music Awards, Pepsi Chart, National Lottery,
This Morning, Des & Mel, CDUK, T4,
Popworld, Children In Need…..
Artists- Will Young, Kylie, Anastacia, Faith Hill,
Simon Webbe, Louise, Alesha Dixon, Tunde, E17,
Allsaints, KeleLeRoc
DVDs
- Kylie – Live In Sydney/ Fever/ Body Language/ Showgirl/ White Diamond/ Ultimate
- Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
- Riversongz – Declaring His Power
- The War of the Worlds - Live at the O2
LIVE RADIO
- BBC Radio 1 – Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon, Allsaints, Honeyz, Louise, Artful Dodger, Simon Webbe, R.O.C
- BBC Radio 2 - Alesha Dixon, Clannad, Hurts, Il Divo, Alexander Armstrong, Jeff Lynne's ELO 'In Concert'
- Capital – Louise, Alesha Dixon, Tom Tyler
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles:
- M-People – Itchycoo Park
- Tom Jones & Cerys Mathews – Baby It’s Cold Outside
- Lee Griffiths – Morning After
- Bizarre Inc. – Sunshine Street
- No Angels – I Don’t Know Why
- Tunde– Great Romantic
- Clannad - Brave Enough
- LFA:
- What's All The Fighting For
- Can Ya Understand
- Life Ain't Pretty
- Knee Deep In Beats
- Parachute
- Armanos - Get It On
- Funky Porcini & Blapps - Inside
- Uno Clio - Are You Man Enough
- Que Pasa - Dream On
Remixes (international release):
- Michael Jackson - This Time Around
- Luther Vandross – Power Of Love
- Eternal – Sweet Funky Thing
- Louise – In Walked Love
- Mary J Blidge – Be Happy
- Brownstone:
- If You Love Me
- I Can’t Tell You Why
- Grapevyne
- M People:
- Love Rendezvous
- Padlock
- Debra Cox – Sentimental
- Ace Of Base – Beautiful Life
- Nightcrawlers – Should I Ever
(plus Pauline Henry, Rebecca Deruvo, Strike, Kenny Thomas, Todd Terry …)
Albums:
- Jocelyn Brown – True Praises (Kingsway)
- Lee Griffiths – Northern Songs (ZTT)
- LFA:
– London Funk Vol. 1 (Ninja Tune)
– Flesh Eating Zombies (Ninja Tune)
- Mad Doctor X:
– Mad Doctor X (Blapps)
– Picnic With The Greys (Freskanova)
– Chillinometry (Marble Bar)
- Riversongz:
– Restoration (RS)
– Declaring His Love (RS)
– Declaring His Power (One Voice)
- Kingdom choir – Smile (Integrity)
- Grace Ashton – All the Things You Never Say
- R1 Live Lounge – Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon (BBC)
- Freestylers - Adventures In Freestyle (Soyus Music)
- Clannad - Nadur (ARC)
- Freestylers - Adventures In Feeestyle
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
- Kylie – Chloe show, Paris ’03, Barcelona, ’04
- Tunde (Lighthouse Family) – Live promo ’04
- Honeyz – Radio 1 live session
- Kele Le Roc –Album launch & live-play TV shows
- Lee Griffiths – Various shows and live promo
- Thunderbugs – Various shows and live promo
- Simon Webbe – Tours ‘06/ ‘07
- Alesha Dixon – Enrique support/ summer festivals ’09
- Bond – Tours: Mexico 2010, Columbia 2012
- Pixie Lott - London show 2019
PROGRAMMER (live shows)
- Heather Small - show track programming
- Thunderbugs - show track programming
- Lee Griffiths - show track programming
- Tunde (Lighthouse Family) – show track prog
- Simon Webbe – show track programming
- Alesha Dixon – show track programming
- Tom Tyler – show track programming
- The War Of The Worlds tours - Mainstage prog
- Clannad tours - Mainstage programming
- Emili Sandé and Lemar with LCGC - Royal Albert Hall
- Clannad - Farewell world tour 2020-2021
STRING ARRANGER
FILM & TV MUSIC
- Property Of The State (film, dir. Kit Ryan)
- Penance (film, dir. Tom Collins)
- Yaar Ivargal (film, dir. Balaji Sakthivel)
- The Irish Revolution (TV documentary - RTE)
- Dhaakad (film dir. Razneesh Ghai)
- Saga home insurance (advert)
- Chai (Promo campaign film)
- Forgotten Memories (animation)
- As If There Were Trees (dir. Gary McKendry)
