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Guy Sigsworth

Guy Sigsworth is an English record producer and songwriter. During his career, he has worked with many artists, including Seal, Björk, Goldie, Madonna, Britney Spears, Kate Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Bebel Gilberto, Mozez, David Sylvian, Alanis Morissette, Eric Whitacre, Alison Moyet, and AURORA . He has also collaborated with many celebrated instrumental musicians, including Talvin Singh, Jon Hassell, and Lester Bowie. He was previously a member of the band Frou Frou together with Imogen Heap.[1]

Guy Sigsworth
Sigsworth in 2007
Background information
OriginIlkley, England
Instrument(s)
Labels
  • Mercury KX
  • Decca
  • Universal Classics
Member ofFrou Frou
Formerly ofAcacia
Websiteguysigsworth.co.uk

Early life

Sigsworth grew up in Ilkley, where he developed a youthful passion for early music, especially the 14th-century composer Guillaume de Machaut. His earliest musical heroes were the multi-instrumentalist David Munrow and the maverick field recordist and composer David Fanshawe. He was a pupil at Leeds Grammar School in the 1970s. He studied the harpsichord, first at summer schools at the Casa de Mateus in Portugal, and later for a year at the Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands. He toured Europe playing harpsichord for the European Union Baroque Orchestra.

Sigsworth has worked with various engineers and programmers of distinction. During the late 1990s, he worked with Damian Taylor, who has since engineered, programmed, and performed live with Björk; in the early 2000s, he worked with Sean McGhee, who has since produced Temposhark; and most recently, he has worked extensively with Andy Page, who has previously worked with Sasha, BT, and Harry Gregson-Williams.

Career

Seal

After returning to the UK, Sigsworth moved to London and made a sudden change of direction. He became fascinated with the burgeoning acid house sound, and immediately bought a Roland sampler and an Atari computer. He met musician Seal, co-writing four songs on his debut album: "Crazy", "The Beginning", "Wild", and "Violet", plus the B-side, "Sparkle". The album's producer, Trevor Horn, was the first pop record producer Sigsworth had ever met.

Bomb the Bass / Hector Zazou

Tim Simenon was also involved in work on Seal's song "Crazy", and Sigsworth soon became part of the regular production team of Simenon's band, Bomb the Bass, co-writing the UK No. 7 hit single "Winter in July". He also worked with Simenon on Hector Zazou's 1992 album Sahara Blue, performing alongside celebrated French actor Gérard Depardieu on the track "I'll Strangle You". Sigsworth subsequently contributed to Zazou's 1994 album Chansons des mers froides, accompanying Björk.

Talvin Singh

While working on sessions for Japanese drummer/producer Gota Yashiki, Sigsworth met virtuoso tabla player Talvin Singh. He subsequently played synthesizer and harpsichord for Singh's live shows, and later played and contributed remixes on Singh's debut album, OK.

"Survival Game"

In 1993, Sigsworth produced the benefit song "Survival Game" for the relief organization Menschen für Menschen in Ethiopia, founded by actor Karlheinz Böhm. The song was written by Mike Turtle and Dean Frederick. The track was later remixed by Paul Dakeyne and hit the charts in South America and Europe.

Björk

While working with Talvin Singh, Sigsworth met Björk, becoming keyboard player, and later music director, of her live band for two albums. Sigsworth brought his early music sensibility to Björk's live performances and recordings, adding harpsichord, clavichord, regal, and positive organ accompaniments to her music. His harpsichord can be heard on the song "Cover Me" from the album Post; the clavichord on the song "All Is Full of Love"; and organ on the "Unravel" from Homogenic. "Unravel" was Sigsworth's first co-written song with Björk. Sigsworth also played celesta on Björk's cover of Joni Mitchell's "The Boho Dance"; the celesta later became a feature on both Selmasongs (where he also contributed a string arrangement) and Vespertine, on which he co-wrote "Hidden Place", "An Echo, A Stain", "Sun in My Mouth", and "Harm of Will".

Imogen Heap

Sigsworth first met Imogen Heap in 1996 after a friend played him a demo of her song "Come Here Boy". He immediately fell in love with her distinctive voice. He was also amazed to hear that she shared his idiosyncratic love of melodies featuring wide, angular intervals—especially major 7ths and minor 9ths—which are not so common in pop. They wrote two songs together, "Getting Scared" and "Airplane", which Sigsworth produced for her debut album, I Megaphone. In return, Heap sang backing vocals on Sigsworth's band project with Alexander Nilere, Acacia.

G:MT

In 1999, Sigsworth scored the movie G:MT - Greenwich Mean Time, which included musical contributions from Imogen Heap, Talvin Singh, and free jazz virtuoso Lester Bowie.

Madonna

Sigsworth co-produced the 1998 Mandalay album Empathy, which attracted the attention of Madonna. This in turn led to him co-writing the song "What It Feels Like for a Girl" with Madonna and David Torn, for her 2000 album Music. Sigsworth also wrote the song "Nothing Fails" with Jem for Madonna's 2003 album American Life.

Frou Frou

One night in Mumbai, India, where he was producing a song for British artist Amar, Sigsworth composed a tune on his Yamaha QY20 pocket sequencer. As soon as he arrived back in London, he took it to Imogen Heap, and asked her to write a top line for it. It became "Flicks", their first song for what would become the Frou Frou album Details. Originally, there was no plan for Sigsworth and Heap to form a band. It was simply a matter of Sigsworth wanting to hear various song ideas properly realized. As Heap said: "Every month or so, Guy would phone me up and say 'I've got a new song, would you come in and sing it?', and then before we knew it, we'd already started the album."

As a linking concept for the emerging set of songs, Sigsworth suggested two ideas for the lyrics:

  1. They should feel like one half of a conversation rather than singer-on-a-soapbox declarations. Sigsworth's inspiration for this was the 1932 Jean Cocteau play La voix humaine (the entire text of the play consists of one side of a telephone conversation between a woman and her former lover. Her lover's words are never heard but are inferred from her words).
  2. The word "love" should be used as often as possible.

Sigsworth wrote the lyrics to the songs "Breathe In", "Only Got One", and "The Dumbing Down of Love", and co-wrote the lyrics to "Let Go", "It's Good to Be in Love", and "Psychobabble" on Details. Heap wrote the remaining lyrics, apart from "Maddening Shroud", which was texted by Alexander Nilere.

After eleven songs had been completed, Heap and Sigsworth set about finding a name for their collaborative effort. Sigsworth, a fan of all things French, came up with "Frou Frou", which Heap loved. The name comes from Rimbaud's 1870 poem "Ma Bohème", and is a French onomatopoeic word originally meaning the swishing noise made by skirts on dancing women. The album title, "Details", was a reference to the way the songs were constructed in the studio, by layering momentary details of sounds and performances to create a web of sound.

The album was released in 2002 on Universal Records.[1] It was critically acclaimed, but did not achieve mass sales. "Breathe In" was released as the first single internationally, and reached number two on the Italian radio airplay charts, but follow-up singles "Must Be Dreaming" and "It's Good to Be in Love" were never commercially released in the UK. A video was also made for "The Dumbing Down of Love", directed by Joel Peissig (who later directed Heap's solo video "Hide and Seek"). After touring the record extensively across the United States, where the duo had established a cult fan base, Frou Frou disbanded in 2003.

Heap and Sigsworth temporarily reformed Frou Frou to record a cover version of "Holding Out for a Hero", originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler, for the Shrek 2 soundtrack. The duo were approached by the music director of the film, who had been a fan of their album. The resulting track is played during the end credits of the film. Frou Frou also experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2004, when Scrubs star Zach Braff chose album track "Let Go" for his independent film Garden State. Other Frou Frou tracks have been included on television series, such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Roswell High.

Post-Frou Frou

Since Frou Frou, Sigsworth has returned to producing and co-writing for other artists.

Chelsia Chan

Sigsworth has remixed a song by Hong Kong-based actress and singer-songwriter Chelsia Chan. The song's lyrics are a Mandarin-language adaptation of a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Bebel Gilberto

Sigsworth has contributed to two albums for Brazilian artist Bebel Gilberto, co-writing and producing the song "Cada Beijo" and remixing the song "O Caminho" for her 2004 album Bebel Gilberto. He also produced five songs for her 2007 album Momento.

Josh Groban

Sigsworth produced the vocals on Josh Groban's single "You Are Loved", taken from his 2006 album Awake.

Kate Havnevik

Sigsworth has worked extensively with Norwegian singer-songwriter Kate Havnevik. On her first album, Melankton (2006), he co-wrote and produced four tracks, including the single "Unlike Me" (which was featured in an a cappella version on the US hit TV show Grey's Anatomy, along with "Kaleidoscope"), "Not Fair", "Kaleidoscope", and "You Again". Another Sigsworth collaboration, entitled "So:Lo", was released on iTunes in late 2006, and appeared on the US version of Melankton in 2007, and was also used in Grey's Anatomy. Sigsworth produced and co-wrote Kate's second album, You, released in 2012, with songs like "Halo", also used in Grey's Anatomy.

Juliet

Sigsworth co-wrote and produced the song "New Shoes" for Juliet's 2005 album Random Order.

Mirah

Sigsworth has remixed Mirah's song "La Familia" for her 2006 collection Joyride: Remixes.

Alanis Morissette

Sigsworth produced and co-wrote the music for the entire 2008 Alanis Morissette album Flavors of Entanglement and for some of the music on her 2012 album Havoc and Bright Lights. On Havoc, he both produced songs independently and co-produced them with Joe Chiccarelli and Morissette.

VersaEmerge

Sigsworth collaborated with VersaEmerge on the intro music for their song "Up There" from the album Fixed at Zero. It was mentioned in an interview that this was the first internet writing session either of the artists had taken part in, collaborating internationally via Skype.

Alison Moyet

Sigworth co-wrote and produced all the songs recorded for Alison Moyet's 2013 album The Minutes and the 2017 follow-up album Other.

Mozez

Sigsworth co-wrote and produced two songs for former Zero 7 singer Mozez's 2005 album So Still: "Feel Free" and "Venus Rise". "Venus Rise" features a trumpet performance by Jon Hassell.

Robyn

Sigsworth produced two songs for Robyn's 2002 album Don't Stop the Music: "Should Have Known" and "Blow My Mind".

Britney Spears

Sigsworth has produced several tracks for Britney Spears. The first, "Everytime", appeared on her album In the Zone. The song reached number one on the UK and Australian singles charts, and number fifteen on the US Billboard Hot 100. A track Imogen Heap and Sigsworth had worked on for the In the Zone album entitled "Over to You Now" was also released on the UK and Japanese bonus EP Chaotic of the DVD release of her reality TV show, Britney & Kevin: Chaotic, as well as on the Japanese "Someday (I Will Understand)" single. Sigsworth produced the song "Out from Under" and co-wrote and produced the song "My Baby" for Spears' 2008 album Circus.

Amy Studt

Sigsworth produced and co-wrote the song "My Paper Made Man" for Amy Studt's 2008 album My Paper Made Men.

Sugababes / Mutya Buena

Sigsworth worked on two albums for the UK group Sugababes. He co-wrote and produced the song "Maya" for their 2003 album Three, and the song "Bruised" for their 2005 album Taller in More Ways, (co-written with Cathy Dennis). The song "Like the Weather", also co-written with Dennis, appears on the B-side of the song "Push the Button". Sigsworth also produced the song "Wonderful" for ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena's solo album Real Girl.

David Sylvian

Sigsworth remixed David Sylvian's song "Godman", from the 1999 album Dead Bees on a Cake.

Temposhark

Sigsworth produced the song "It's Better to Have Loved" and co-wrote and produced the song "Winter's Coming" for Temposhark's 2008 debut album The Invisible Line. Sigsworth's former engineer and collaborator Sean McGhee produced nine songs on the album.

Richard Walters

Sigsworth co-wrote and produced three songs for Richard Walters' 2006 Pilotlights EP: "Elephant in the Room", "Iceskaters", and "Garden Song".

Vanessa Williams

Sigsworth wrote a song called "Closer to You" with Bebel Gilberto and produced it for Vanessa L. Williams' eighth studio album, The Real Thing.

Eric Whitacre

Sigsworth produced Eric Whitacre's song "Virtual Choir #4: Fly to Paradise", as well as playing the keyboard and electronica on the track.

Discography

Production/songwriting/performance credits

  • Seal Seal (1991)
    • "Crazy" (co-written/production)
    • "The Beginning" (co-written)
    • "Wild" (co-written)
    • "Violet" (co-written)
  • Bomb the Bass Winter in July (1991)
    • "Winter in July" (samples/production/keyboards)
  • Bomb the Bass The Air You Breathe (1991)
    • The Air You Breathe" (Real Mellow Mix) (remix/additional production)
  • Bomb the Bass Love So True (1991)
    • "Love So True" (12" Mix) (keyboards/additional keyboards)
  • Bomb the Bass Unknown Territory (1991)
    • "Winter in July" (7" Mix) (samples/production/keyboards)
    • "The Air You Breathe" (keyboards)
    • "Love So True" (12" Mix) (keyboards)
  • Adamski & Jimi Polo Never Goin' Down! (12 inch vinyl) (1991)
    • "Born to Be Alive!" (Spike's Edit) (additional programming)
  • Adamski Naughty (1992)
    • "Born to Be Alive!" (programming)
    • "Time Capsule" (programming)
    • "Newsflash" (programming)
    • "Head-on-Collision-Ism" (programming)
  • Hector Zazou Sahara Blue (1992)
  • Hector Zazou I'll Strangle You (1992)
    • "I'll Strangle You" (Radio Edit) (keyboards)
    • "I'll Strangle You" (Extended Remix) (keyboards)
    • "I'll Strangle You" (Filmic Mix) (keyboards)
  • Naked Truth Read This (EP) (1992) (production)
  • Bomb the Bass "Keep Giving Me Love" (single) (1992) (keyboards)
  • Nokko Call Me Nightlife (1993)
    • "Crazy Clouds" (keyboards)
  • Acacia Maddening Shroud (EP) (1994) (co-written/production/co-instrumentation)
  • Acacia "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" (Vinyl single) (1994) (co-written/production/co-instrumentation)
  • Hector Zazou Sahara Blue (1994) (keyboards)
  • Hector Zazou Chansons des mers froides (1995) (keyboards)
  • Björk Post (1995)
    • "Cover Me" (harpsichord)
    • "Isobel" (harpsichord)
  • Björk Homogenic (1997)
    • "Unravel" (co-written/co-production)
    • "All Is Full of Love" (clavichord/keyboards/pipe organ)
    • "All Is Full of Love" (Guy Sigsworth Remix) (production) ("All Is Full of Love" B-side)
  • Acacia "Hate" (single) (1996)(co-written/production/co-instrumentation/remixes)
  • Acacia "Sway" (single) (1996) (co-written/production/co-instrumentation/remixes)
  • Acacia "Maddening Shroud" (single) (1997) (co-written/production/co-instrumentation/remixes)
  • Acacia "Wired" (single) (1997)(co-written/production/co-instrumentation/remixes)
  • Acacia Cradle (1997)
    • All album tracks (co-written/production/co-instrumentation)
  • Imogen Heap I Megaphone (1998)
    • "Getting Scared" (co-written/production)
    • "Airplane" (co-writing/production) ("Shine" B-side)
    • "Aeroplane" (Frou Frou Remix) (co-written/production) (Japan re-release bonus track)
  • G:MT "Greenwich Mean Time OST (1998)
    • G:MT & Imogen Heap "Meantime" (written/production/instrumentation)
    • G:MT & Hinda Hicks "Tears Are Waiting" (written/production/co-instrumentation)
    • G:MT & Hinda Hicks "Where Is the Love" (written/production/co-instrumentation)
    • G:MT & Hinda Hicks "Please Can I Go Now?" (written/production/co-instrumentation)
    • G:MT & Hinda Hicks "Who Would You Have Me Love" (written/production/co-instrumentation)
    • G:MT & Hinda Hicks "Succumb to You" (written/production/co-instrumentation)
    • G:MT & Lester Bowie "Rachel's Song" (instrumental)(written/production/co-instrumentation)
  • Mandalay Empathy (1998)
    • "This Life" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Flowers Bloom" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Insensible" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Another" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Enough Love" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "All My Sins" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Opposites" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "This Time" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Kissing the Day" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Beautiful" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "About You" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
  • Badmarsh & Shri "The Air I Breathe" (single) (1998)
  • Goldie Saturnz Return (1998)
    • "Mother" (keyboards)
  • Talvin Singh OK (1998)
    • "Sutrix" (sound effects (distortion)/keyboards)
    • "OK" (sound effects (distortion)/keyboards)
    • "Vikram the Vampire" (Heavy Rotation Refixx) (remix/additional production)
  • David Sylvian "God Man" (Guy Sigsworth Remix) (remix/additional production/additional instrumentation) (1999)
  • UNKLE featuring Ian Brown "Be There" (1999) (co-producer/mellotron)
  • Björk Selmasongs (2000)
    • "I've Seen It All" (co-written)
  • Madonna Music (2000)
  • Amar "Sometimes It Snows in April" (2000) (production)
  • Björk Vespertine (2001)
    • "Hidden Place" (programming/choir arrangement)
    • "It's Not up to You" (celeste, clavichord)
    • "An Echo, a Stain" (co-written/programming/celeste/choir arrangement)
    • "Sun in My Mouth" (co-written/celeste)
  • Mandalay Solace (2001) (USA-only compilation featuring tracks from 1998's Empathy)
    • "Beautiful" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "This Life" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Flowers Bloom" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Enough Love" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Insensible" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
    • "Kissing the Day" (co-production/rhodes/sampler/synth/wurlitzer/piano)
  • Lamb What Sound (2001)
    • "One" (co-production/programming)
    • "Heaven" (co-production/programming)
    • "Small" (co-production/programming)
    • "Written" (co-production/programming)
    • "Gabriel" (co-production/programming)
    • "Just Is" (co-production/programming)
  • Robyn Don't Stop the Music (2002)
    • "Blow My Mind" (production/instrumentation)
    • "Should Have Known" (production/instrumentation)
  • Frou Frou Details (2002)
    • "Let Go" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Breathe In" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "It's Good to Be in Love" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Must Be Dreaming" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Psycobabble" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Only Got One" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Shh" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Hear Me Out" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Maddening Shroud" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Flicks" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "The Dumbing Down of Love" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation)
    • "Old Piano" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation) (Details UK/Japan bonus track)
    • "Close Up" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation) ("Breathe In" B-side)
    • "Deal With It" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation) (Was to be on the "It's Good To Be in Love" single, but was never released)
    • "Guitar Song" (co-written/co-production/co-instrumentation) (unreleased)
  • Baz Psychedelic Love (2002) (production)
  • Madonna American Life (2003)
    • "Nothing Fails" (co-written)
  • Britney Spears In the Zone (2003)
  • Sugababes Three (2003)
    • "Maya" (co-written/production)
    • "Million Different Ways" (production)
  • Shrek 2 OST (2004)
    • "Holding Out for a Hero" (co-production/co-instrumentation)
  • Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto (2004)
    • "Cada Beijo" (co-written/production)
  • Juliet Random Order (2005)
    • "New Shoes" (co-written/production)
  • Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto Remixed (2005)
    • "O Caminho" (Guy Sigsworth Remix) (remix/additional production/additional instrumentation)
  • Britney Spears Britney & Kevin: Chaotic (2005)
  • Sugababes Taller in More Ways (2005)
    • "Bruised" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "Like the Weather" (co-written/production/instrumentation) ("Push The Button" B-side)
  • Mozez So Still (2005)
    • "Feel Free" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "Venus Rise" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
  • Temposhark It's Better to Have Loved (2005)
    • "It's Better to Have Loved" (Guy Sigsworth Mix) (production/instrumentation)
  • Kate Havnevik Melankton (2006/2007)
    • "Unlike Me" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "Not Fair" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "You Again" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "Kaleidoscope" (production/instrumentation/mixing)
    • "Sleepless" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "So:Lo" (production/co-written) (USA & iTunes only)
  • Josh Groban Awake (2006)
    • "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" (vocal production)
  • Mirah Joyride: Remixes (2006)
    • "La Familia" (Guy Sigsworth Remix) (remix/additional production)
  • Bebel Gilberto Momento (2007)
    • "Momento" (production/instrumentation)
    • "Cade Voce" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "Azul" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
    • "Close to You" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
  • Mutya Buena Real Girl (2007)
    • "Wonderful" (production)
  • Temposhark The Invisible Line (2007)
    • "It's Better to Have Loved" (Album version) (production/instrumentation)
    • "Winter's Coming" (co-written/production/instrumentation)
  • Amy Studt My Paper Made Men (2008)
    • Paper Made Men (co-written/production/instrumentation)
  • Alanis Morissette Flavors of Entanglement (+ B-sides) (2008)
    • "Citizen of the Planet"
    • "Underneath"
    • "Versions of Violence"
    • "Moratorium"
    • "Giggling Again for No Reason"
    • "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man"
    • "Straitjacket"
    • "On the Tequila"
    • "Tapes"
    • "Incomplete"
    • "Not As We"
    • "Torch"
    • "20/20"
    • "Limbo No More"
    • "The Guy Who Leaves"
    • "Madness"
    • "Orchid"
    • "It's a Bitch to Grow Up"
    • "Break"
    • "Asylum" (unreleased)
    • "I Am" (unreleased)
    • "Wounded Leading Wounded" (unreleased)
    • "Separate" (unreleased)
  • Britney Spears Circus (2008)
  • Kate Havnevik Me (2009)
    • "Show Me Love" (co-written/production)
    • "Halo" (co-written/production)
    • "Think Again" (co-written/production)
    • "Disobey" (co-written/production)
    • "Soon" (co-written/production)
  • Alanis Morissette, Havoc and Bright Lights (+ B-sides) (2012)
    • "Into a King" (co-written/production)
    • "Guardian" (co-written/additional production/keys)
    • "Woman Down" (co-written/co-production/keys/drum programming)
    • "'Til You" (co-written/keys)
    • "Celebrity" (co-written/co-production/keys/drum programming)
    • "Empathy" (co-written)
    • "Lens" (co-written/additional production/keys)
    • "Spiral" (co-written/additional production/keys)
    • "Numb" (co-written/keys/drum programming)
    • "Havoc" (co-written/co-production/keys)
    • "Win and Win" (co-written/keys)
    • "Receive" (co-written)
    • "Edge of Evolution" (co-written/keys)
    • "Will You Be My Girlfriend?" (co-written/additional production)
    • "Magical Child" (co-written/additional production)
    • "Big Sur" (co-written/additional production)
    • "Guru" (co-written/production)
    • "Permission" (co-written/production)
    • "No" (co-written/production)
    • "Tantra" (co-written/production)
    • "Jekyll and Hyde" (co-written/production)
    • "Naysayers" (co-written/production)(leaked)
  • SingerSen Sirens EP (2011)
    • "Drunk"
    • "Sirens"
    • "Snow Queen"
  • SingerSen The World in My Eyes (2012)
    • "Shadows"
    • "Cable"
    • "Shadows"
    • "Ghost Street"
    • "Heartbeats"
  • Guy Sigsworth STET (2019)

References

  1. ^ a b Jeffries, Vincent. "Biography: Frou Frou". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 July 2010.

External links

  • Official website
  • Guy Sigsworth discography at Discogs

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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Guy Sigsworth news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Guy Sigsworth is an English record producer and songwriter During his career he has worked with many artists including Seal Bjork Goldie Madonna Britney Spears Kate Havnevik Imogen Heap Bebel Gilberto Mozez David Sylvian Alanis Morissette Eric Whitacre Alison Moyet and AURORA He has also collaborated with many celebrated instrumental musicians including Talvin Singh Jon Hassell and Lester Bowie He was previously a member of the band Frou Frou together with Imogen Heap 1 Guy SigsworthSigsworth in 2007Background informationOriginIlkley EnglandInstrument s KeyboardsharpsichordclavichordguitarLabelsMercury KXDeccaUniversal ClassicsMember ofFrou FrouFormerly ofAcaciaWebsiteguysigsworth wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Seal 2 2 Bomb the Bass Hector Zazou 2 3 Talvin Singh 2 4 Survival Game 2 5 Bjork 2 6 Imogen Heap 2 7 G MT 2 8 Madonna 3 Frou Frou 4 Post Frou Frou 4 1 Chelsia Chan 4 2 Bebel Gilberto 4 3 Josh Groban 4 4 Kate Havnevik 4 5 Juliet 4 6 Mirah 4 7 Alanis Morissette 4 8 VersaEmerge 4 9 Alison Moyet 4 10 Mozez 4 11 Robyn 4 12 Britney Spears 4 13 Amy Studt 4 14 Sugababes Mutya Buena 4 15 David Sylvian 4 16 Temposhark 4 17 Richard Walters 4 18 Vanessa Williams 4 19 Eric Whitacre 5 Discography 5 1 Production songwriting performance credits 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sigsworth grew up in Ilkley where he developed a youthful passion for early music especially the 14th century composer Guillaume de Machaut His earliest musical heroes were the multi instrumentalist David Munrow and the maverick field recordist and composer David Fanshawe He was a pupil at Leeds Grammar School in the 1970s He studied the harpsichord first at summer schools at the Casa de Mateus in Portugal and later for a year at the Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands He toured Europe playing harpsichord for the European Union Baroque Orchestra Sigsworth has worked with various engineers and programmers of distinction During the late 1990s he worked with Damian Taylor who has since engineered programmed and performed live with Bjork in the early 2000s he worked with Sean McGhee who has since produced Temposhark and most recently he has worked extensively with Andy Page who has previously worked with Sasha BT and Harry Gregson Williams Career EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Seal Edit After returning to the UK Sigsworth moved to London and made a sudden change of direction He became fascinated with the burgeoning acid house sound and immediately bought a Roland sampler and an Atari computer He met musician Seal co writing four songs on his debut album Crazy The Beginning Wild and Violet plus the B side Sparkle The album s producer Trevor Horn was the first pop record producer Sigsworth had ever met Bomb the Bass Hector Zazou Edit Tim Simenon was also involved in work on Seal s song Crazy and Sigsworth soon became part of the regular production team of Simenon s band Bomb the Bass co writing the UK No 7 hit single Winter in July He also worked with Simenon on Hector Zazou s 1992 album Sahara Blue performing alongside celebrated French actor Gerard Depardieu on the track I ll Strangle You Sigsworth subsequently contributed to Zazou s 1994 album Chansons des mers froides accompanying Bjork Talvin Singh Edit While working on sessions for Japanese drummer producer Gota Yashiki Sigsworth met virtuoso tabla player Talvin Singh He subsequently played synthesizer and harpsichord for Singh s live shows and later played and contributed remixes on Singh s debut album OK Survival Game Edit In 1993 Sigsworth produced the benefit song Survival Game for the relief organization Menschen fur Menschen in Ethiopia founded by actor Karlheinz Bohm The song was written by Mike Turtle and Dean Frederick The track was later remixed by Paul Dakeyne and hit the charts in South America and Europe Bjork Edit While working with Talvin Singh Sigsworth met Bjork becoming keyboard player and later music director of her live band for two albums Sigsworth brought his early music sensibility to Bjork s live performances and recordings adding harpsichord clavichord regal and positive organ accompaniments to her music His harpsichord can be heard on the song Cover Me from the album Post the clavichord on the song All Is Full of Love and organ on the Unravel from Homogenic Unravel was Sigsworth s first co written song with Bjork Sigsworth also played celesta on Bjork s cover of Joni Mitchell s The Boho Dance the celesta later became a feature on both Selmasongs where he also contributed a string arrangement and Vespertine on which he co wrote Hidden Place An Echo A Stain Sun in My Mouth and Harm of Will Imogen Heap Edit Sigsworth first met Imogen Heap in 1996 after a friend played him a demo of her song Come Here Boy He immediately fell in love with her distinctive voice He was also amazed to hear that she shared his idiosyncratic love of melodies featuring wide angular intervals especially major 7ths and minor 9ths which are not so common in pop They wrote two songs together Getting Scared and Airplane which Sigsworth produced for her debut album I Megaphone In return Heap sang backing vocals on Sigsworth s band project with Alexander Nilere Acacia G MT Edit In 1999 Sigsworth scored the movie G MT Greenwich Mean Time which included musical contributions from Imogen Heap Talvin Singh and free jazz virtuoso Lester Bowie Madonna Edit Sigsworth co produced the 1998 Mandalay album Empathy which attracted the attention of Madonna This in turn led to him co writing the song What It Feels Like for a Girl with Madonna and David Torn for her 2000 album Music Sigsworth also wrote the song Nothing Fails with Jem for Madonna s 2003 album American Life Frou Frou EditMain article Frou Frou band One night in Mumbai India where he was producing a song for British artist Amar Sigsworth composed a tune on his Yamaha QY20 pocket sequencer As soon as he arrived back in London he took it to Imogen Heap and asked her to write a top line for it It became Flicks their first song for what would become the Frou Frou album Details Originally there was no plan for Sigsworth and Heap to form a band It was simply a matter of Sigsworth wanting to hear various song ideas properly realized As Heap said Every month or so Guy would phone me up and say I ve got a new song would you come in and sing it and then before we knew it we d already started the album As a linking concept for the emerging set of songs Sigsworth suggested two ideas for the lyrics They should feel like one half of a conversation rather than singer on a soapbox declarations Sigsworth s inspiration for this was the 1932 Jean Cocteau play La voix humaine the entire text of the play consists of one side of a telephone conversation between a woman and her former lover Her lover s words are never heard but are inferred from her words The word love should be used as often as possible Sigsworth wrote the lyrics to the songs Breathe In Only Got One and The Dumbing Down of Love and co wrote the lyrics to Let Go It s Good to Be in Love and Psychobabble on Details Heap wrote the remaining lyrics apart from Maddening Shroud which was texted by Alexander Nilere After eleven songs had been completed Heap and Sigsworth set about finding a name for their collaborative effort Sigsworth a fan of all things French came up with Frou Frou which Heap loved The name comes from Rimbaud s 1870 poem Ma Boheme and is a French onomatopoeic word originally meaning the swishing noise made by skirts on dancing women The album title Details was a reference to the way the songs were constructed in the studio by layering momentary details of sounds and performances to create a web of sound The album was released in 2002 on Universal Records 1 It was critically acclaimed but did not achieve mass sales Breathe In was released as the first single internationally and reached number two on the Italian radio airplay charts but follow up singles Must Be Dreaming and It s Good to Be in Love were never commercially released in the UK A video was also made for The Dumbing Down of Love directed by Joel Peissig who later directed Heap s solo video Hide and Seek After touring the record extensively across the United States where the duo had established a cult fan base Frou Frou disbanded in 2003 Heap and Sigsworth temporarily reformed Frou Frou to record a cover version of Holding Out for a Hero originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler for the Shrek 2 soundtrack The duo were approached by the music director of the film who had been a fan of their album The resulting track is played during the end credits of the film Frou Frou also experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2004 when Scrubs star Zach Braff chose album track Let Go for his independent film Garden State Other Frou Frou tracks have been included on television series such as CSI Crime Scene Investigation and Roswell High Post Frou Frou EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Since Frou Frou Sigsworth has returned to producing and co writing for other artists Chelsia Chan Edit Sigsworth has remixed a song by Hong Kong based actress and singer songwriter Chelsia Chan The song s lyrics are a Mandarin language adaptation of a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Bebel Gilberto Edit Sigsworth has contributed to two albums for Brazilian artist Bebel Gilberto co writing and producing the song Cada Beijo and remixing the song O Caminho for her 2004 album Bebel Gilberto He also produced five songs for her 2007 album Momento Josh Groban Edit Sigsworth produced the vocals on Josh Groban s single You Are Loved taken from his 2006 album Awake Kate Havnevik Edit Sigsworth has worked extensively with Norwegian singer songwriter Kate Havnevik On her first album Melankton 2006 he co wrote and produced four tracks including the single Unlike Me which was featured in an a cappella version on the US hit TV show Grey s Anatomy along with Kaleidoscope Not Fair Kaleidoscope and You Again Another Sigsworth collaboration entitled So Lo was released on iTunes in late 2006 and appeared on the US version of Melankton in 2007 and was also used in Grey s Anatomy Sigsworth produced and co wrote Kate s second album You released in 2012 with songs like Halo also used in Grey s Anatomy Juliet Edit Sigsworth co wrote and produced the song New Shoes for Juliet s 2005 album Random Order Mirah Edit Sigsworth has remixed Mirah s song La Familia for her 2006 collection Joyride Remixes Alanis Morissette Edit Main article Flavors of Entanglement Sigsworth produced and co wrote the music for the entire 2008 Alanis Morissette album Flavors of Entanglement and for some of the music on her 2012 album Havoc and Bright Lights On Havoc he both produced songs independently and co produced them with Joe Chiccarelli and Morissette VersaEmerge Edit Sigsworth collaborated with VersaEmerge on the intro music for their song Up There from the album Fixed at Zero It was mentioned in an interview that this was the first internet writing session either of the artists had taken part in collaborating internationally via Skype Alison Moyet Edit Sigworth co wrote and produced all the songs recorded for Alison Moyet s 2013 album The Minutes and the 2017 follow up album Other Mozez Edit Sigsworth co wrote and produced two songs for former Zero 7 singer Mozez s 2005 album So Still Feel Free and Venus Rise Venus Rise features a trumpet performance by Jon Hassell Robyn Edit Sigsworth produced two songs for Robyn s 2002 album Don t Stop the Music Should Have Known and Blow My Mind Britney Spears Edit Sigsworth has produced several tracks for Britney Spears The first Everytime appeared on her album In the Zone The song reached number one on the UK and Australian singles charts and number fifteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 A track Imogen Heap and Sigsworth had worked on for the In the Zone album entitled Over to You Now was also released on the UK and Japanese bonus EP Chaotic of the DVD release of her reality TV show Britney amp Kevin Chaotic as well as on the Japanese Someday I Will Understand single Sigsworth produced the song Out from Under and co wrote and produced the song My Baby for Spears 2008 album Circus Amy Studt Edit Sigsworth produced and co wrote the song My Paper Made Man for Amy Studt s 2008 album My Paper Made Men Sugababes Mutya Buena Edit Sigsworth worked on two albums for the UK group Sugababes He co wrote and produced the song Maya for their 2003 album Three and the song Bruised for their 2005 album Taller in More Ways co written with Cathy Dennis The song Like the Weather also co written with Dennis appears on the B side of the song Push the Button Sigsworth also produced the song Wonderful for ex Sugababe Mutya Buena s solo album Real Girl David Sylvian Edit Sigsworth remixed David Sylvian s song Godman from the 1999 album Dead Bees on a Cake Temposhark Edit Sigsworth produced the song It s Better to Have Loved and co wrote and produced the song Winter s Coming for Temposhark s 2008 debut album The Invisible Line Sigsworth s former engineer and collaborator Sean McGhee produced nine songs on the album Richard Walters Edit Sigsworth co wrote and produced three songs for Richard Walters 2006 Pilotlights EP Elephant in the Room Iceskaters and Garden Song Vanessa Williams Edit Sigsworth wrote a song called Closer to You with Bebel Gilberto and produced it for Vanessa L Williams eighth studio album The Real Thing Eric Whitacre Edit Sigsworth produced Eric Whitacre s song Virtual Choir 4 Fly to Paradise as well as playing the keyboard and electronica on the track Discography EditProduction songwriting performance credits Edit This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is Formatting non use of wikitable s laundry list appearance unreferenced Please help improve this section if you can August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Seal Seal 1991 Crazy co written production The Beginning co written Wild co written Violet co written Bomb the Bass Winter in July 1991 Winter in July samples production keyboards Bomb the Bass The Air You Breathe 1991 The Air You Breathe Real Mellow Mix remix additional production Bomb the Bass Love So True 1991 Love So True 12 Mix keyboards additional keyboards Bomb the Bass Unknown Territory 1991 Winter in July 7 Mix samples production keyboards The Air You Breathe keyboards Love So True 12 Mix keyboards Adamski amp Jimi Polo Never Goin Down 12 inch vinyl 1991 Born to Be Alive Spike s Edit additional programming Adamski Naughty 1992 Born to Be Alive programming Time Capsule programming Newsflash programming Head on Collision Ism programming Hector Zazou Sahara Blue 1992 Hector Zazou I ll Strangle You 1992 I ll Strangle You Radio Edit keyboards I ll Strangle You Extended Remix keyboards I ll Strangle You Filmic Mix keyboards Naked Truth Read This EP 1992 production Bomb the Bass Keep Giving Me Love single 1992 keyboards Nokko Call Me Nightlife 1993 Crazy Clouds keyboards Acacia Maddening Shroud EP 1994 co written production co instrumentation Acacia The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get Vinyl single 1994 co written production co instrumentation Hector Zazou Sahara Blue 1994 keyboards Hector Zazou Chansons des mers froides 1995 keyboards Bjork Post 1995 Cover Me harpsichord Isobel harpsichord Bjork Homogenic 1997 Unravel co written co production All Is Full of Love clavichord keyboards pipe organ All Is Full of Love Guy Sigsworth Remix production All Is Full of Love B side Acacia Hate single 1996 co written production co instrumentation remixes Acacia Sway single 1996 co written production co instrumentation remixes Acacia Maddening Shroud single 1997 co written production co instrumentation remixes Acacia Wired single 1997 co written production co instrumentation remixes Acacia Cradle 1997 All album tracks co written production co instrumentation Imogen Heap I Megaphone 1998 Getting Scared co written production Airplane co writing production Shine B side Aeroplane Frou Frou Remix co written production Japan re release bonus track G MT Greenwich Mean Time OST 1998 G MT amp Imogen Heap Meantime written production instrumentation G MT amp Hinda Hicks Tears Are Waiting written production co instrumentation G MT amp Hinda Hicks Where Is the Love written production co instrumentation G MT amp Hinda Hicks Please Can I Go Now written production co instrumentation G MT amp Hinda Hicks Who Would You Have Me Love written production co instrumentation G MT amp Hinda Hicks Succumb to You written production co instrumentation G MT amp Lester Bowie Rachel s Song instrumental written production co instrumentation Mandalay Empathy 1998 This Life co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Flowers Bloom co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Insensible co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Another co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Enough Love co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano All My Sins co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Opposites co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano This Time co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Kissing the Day co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Beautiful co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano About You co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Badmarsh amp Shri The Air I Breathe single 1998 Goldie Saturnz Return 1998 Mother keyboards Talvin Singh OK 1998 Sutrix sound effects distortion keyboards OK sound effects distortion keyboards Vikram the Vampire Heavy Rotation Refixx remix additional production David Sylvian God Man Guy Sigsworth Remix remix additional production additional instrumentation 1999 UNKLE featuring Ian Brown Be There 1999 co producer mellotron Bjork Selmasongs 2000 I ve Seen It All co written Madonna Music 2000 What It Feels Like for a Girl co written co production Amar Sometimes It Snows in April 2000 production Bjork Vespertine 2001 Hidden Place programming choir arrangement It s Not up to You celeste clavichord An Echo a Stain co written programming celeste choir arrangement Sun in My Mouth co written celeste Mandalay Solace 2001 USA only compilation featuring tracks from 1998 s Empathy Beautiful co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano This Life co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Flowers Bloom co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Enough Love co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Insensible co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Kissing the Day co production rhodes sampler synth wurlitzer piano Lamb What Sound 2001 One co production programming Heaven co production programming Small co production programming Written co production programming Gabriel co production programming Just Is co production programming Robyn Don t Stop the Music 2002 Blow My Mind production instrumentation Should Have Known production instrumentation Frou Frou Details 2002 Let Go co written co production co instrumentation Breathe In co written co production co instrumentation It s Good to Be in Love co written co production co instrumentation Must Be Dreaming co written co production co instrumentation Psycobabble co written co production co instrumentation Only Got One co written co production co instrumentation Shh co written co production co instrumentation Hear Me Out co written co production co instrumentation Maddening Shroud co written co production co instrumentation Flicks co written co production co instrumentation The Dumbing Down of Love co written co production co instrumentation Old Piano co written co production co instrumentation Details UK Japan bonus track Close Up co written co production co instrumentation Breathe In B side Deal With It co written co production co instrumentation Was to be on the It s Good To Be in Love single but was never released Guitar Song co written co production co instrumentation unreleased Baz Psychedelic Love 2002 production Madonna American Life 2003 Nothing Fails co written Britney Spears In the Zone 2003 Everytime production instrumentation Sugababes Three 2003 Maya co written production Million Different Ways production Shrek 2 OST 2004 Holding Out for a Hero co production co instrumentation Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto 2004 Cada Beijo co written production Juliet Random Order 2005 New Shoes co written production Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto Remixed 2005 O Caminho Guy Sigsworth Remix remix additional production additional instrumentation Britney Spears Britney amp Kevin Chaotic 2005 Someday I Will Understand production instrumentation Over to You Now co written production instrumentation UK Japan only Sugababes Taller in More Ways 2005 Bruised co written production instrumentation Like the Weather co written production instrumentation Push The Button B side Mozez So Still 2005 Feel Free co written production instrumentation Venus Rise co written production instrumentation Temposhark It s Better to Have Loved 2005 It s Better to Have Loved Guy Sigsworth Mix production instrumentation Kate Havnevik Melankton 2006 2007 Unlike Me co written production instrumentation Not Fair co written production instrumentation You Again co written production instrumentation Kaleidoscope production instrumentation mixing Sleepless co written production instrumentation So Lo production co written USA amp iTunes only Josh Groban Awake 2006 You Are Loved Don t Give Up vocal production Mirah Joyride Remixes 2006 La Familia Guy Sigsworth Remix remix additional production Bebel Gilberto Momento 2007 Momento production instrumentation Cade Voce co written production instrumentation Azul co written production instrumentation Close to You co written production instrumentation Mutya Buena Real Girl 2007 Wonderful production Temposhark The Invisible Line 2007 It s Better to Have Loved Album version production instrumentation Winter s Coming co written production instrumentation Amy Studt My Paper Made Men 2008 Paper Made Men co written production instrumentation Alanis Morissette Flavors of Entanglement B sides 2008 Citizen of the Planet Underneath Versions of Violence Moratorium Giggling Again for No Reason In Praise of the Vulnerable Man Straitjacket On the Tequila Tapes Incomplete Not As We Torch 20 20 Limbo No More The Guy Who Leaves Madness Orchid It s a Bitch to Grow Up Break Asylum unreleased I Am unreleased Wounded Leading Wounded unreleased Separate unreleased Britney Spears Circus 2008 Out from Under My Baby Kate Havnevik Me 2009 Show Me Love co written production Halo co written production Think Again co written production Disobey co written production Soon co written production Alanis Morissette Havoc and Bright Lights B sides 2012 Into a King co written production Guardian co written additional production keys Woman Down co written co production keys drum programming Til You co written keys Celebrity co written co production keys drum programming Empathy co written Lens co written additional production keys Spiral co written additional production keys Numb co written keys drum programming Havoc co written co production keys Win and Win co written keys Receive co written Edge of Evolution co written keys Will You Be My Girlfriend co written additional production Magical Child co written additional production Big Sur co written additional production Guru co written production Permission co written production No co written production Tantra co written production Jekyll and Hyde co written production Naysayers co written production leaked SingerSen Sirens EP 2011 Drunk Sirens Snow Queen SingerSen The World in My Eyes 2012 Shadows Cable Shadows Ghost Street Heartbeats Guy Sigsworth STET 2019 References Edit a b Jeffries Vincent Biography Frou Frou Allmusic Retrieved 23 July 2010 External links EditOfficial website Guy Sigsworth discography at Discogs 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