Ross Cullum
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| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) Fulham, London, England |
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Ross Cullum (born 1957) is an English composer, record producer, and audio engineer, known for working with Enya, Tears for Fears, Moya Brennan, and several other artists.
Career
[edit]Cullum became an assistant at George Martin's AIR Studios, where he worked on recordings by Roxy Music and others.[1]
In the 1980s, after touring the world mixing live shows, he formed a production collaboration with Chris Hughes. Together they worked with Adam and the Ants, Wang Chung, Ric Ocasek and others.[1] The duo worked together with Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears on The Hurting (1983). In an interview with Wyndham Wallace, Orzabal recalled discussions like "a two-against-two battle throughout the album", with Wallace writing that "it all proved worthwhile."[2] Hughes and Cullum used high-tech production techniques on the Paul McCartney song "Motor of Love", according to Mike Evans, giving it a synthesiser sound, with a "lush backing of electronic effects".[3]
He worked with Enya and Nicky Ryan on her second studio album Watermark (1988). James E. Perone notes that Enya's vocals are bathed in reverb leading to a "hazy and impressionistic" sound.[4] Cullum is mentioned by his first name in the lyrics of "Orinoco Flow".[5]
The Moya Brennan Grammy Award-nominated studio album Two Horizons (2003), which Cullum produced and co-composed, was described by Greg Quill as "an ethereal and juiced-up orchestral concept album"[6]
Other artists he has worked with include Tori Amos, Miguel Bosé, Howard Jones, the Human League, the Afro Celt Sound System, Chris Hughes (Shift – a tribute to Steve Reich), Robert Plant, Perry Blake, Mary-Jess Leaverland, Jana Kirschner, Rufus Wainwright, Zucchero Fornaciari, and Phildel.[1]
Selected discography
[edit]- 1983, The Hurting by Tears for Fears
- 1984, Points on the Curve by Wang Chung
- 1988, Watermark by Enya
- 1989, "Motor of Love" from Flowers in the Dirt by Paul McCartney
- 2003, Two Horizons by Moya Brennan
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Ross Cullum | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ Wallace, Wyndham (9 August 2021). "Making Tears For Fears: The Hurting". Classic Pop. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ Evans, Mike (2021). Paul McCartney: The Stories Behind the Classic Songs. Welbeck Publishing Group. pp. 108–109. ISBN 9781802791563.
- ↑ Peron, James E. (2012). The Album. Praeger. ISBN 978-0313379062.
- ↑ Bailie, Stuart (8 July 2023). "40 Years of Enya: It's the ruby anniversary of Ireland's most popular solo artist". Belfast Telegraph. ProQuest 283439915. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ Quill, Greg (4 March 2004). "Clannad voice goes solo ; Moya Brennan tours new disc Plays Hugh's Room Saturday". Toronto Star. 438694986.
External links
[edit]- Ross Cullum at AllMusic
- Ross Cullum discography at Discogs
- Ross Cullum at IMDb
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