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Joe D'Ambrosio Management | Tony Visconti

Visconti has been called one of the most important producers in the history of rock by some of the most influential music critics. And for once, the critics are right. Consider just a few of the classic musical moments Visconti’s helped to create. T. Rex’s “Get It On (Bang A Gong)” is a true cornerstone of rock and roll. David Bowie’s “Young Americans,” “Heroes” and “The Man Who Sold The World” are masterpieces. The Moody Blues’ “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” and “Your Wildest Dreams” are indelibly etched into our memory. And there are so many more.

Tony is enjoying worldwide success as producer of David Bowie’s first new album of music in a decade: The Next Day (Iso/Columbia). This is Visconti’s thirteenth CD he has produced for David Bowie.

For the upcoming holiday season, David Bowie is releasing The Next Day Extra. This set includes the original 14-track CD, a 10-track CD of bonus tracks and a DVD of the four promotional films made for the album: “Where Are We Now?”, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”, “The Next Day” and “Valentine’s Day”. The 10 track bonus CD includes four previously unreleased tracks, two new mixes and “God Bless The Girl,” the track that was only released on the Japanese issue of The Next Day. The remaining tracks gather up the bonus tracks from the deluxe version of the album.

In 2012, Tony produced Big Station (Concord), his third straight album for legendary rocker Alejandro Escovedo. Prior to that he produced six songs on The Future is Medieval for The Kaiser Chiefs.

Alejandro Escovedo recently said “Tony, historically, is an iconic producer. He brings a lot of great things to a recording session. Not only his vast vocabulary of music and arrangement on rock n’ roll records that he’s made, but he’s a great guy. Passionate. And I think he’s there for the right reason, he’s there for the songs. I love how he makes music.”

At the 2011 Music Producers Guild Awards – an annual event that recognizes the skill and talents of music recording professionals – Tony won The Joe Meek Award for Innovation In Production. Tony was shortlisted up against Bjork and Trevor Horn.

For Warner Bros./Germany, Tony’s produced the debut album by Debbie Clarke, an artist he discovered in Wales, for her debut release.

Tony produced Alejandro Escovedo’s 2010 critically-acclaimed release entitled Street Songs of Love (Concord) featuring special appearances by Bruce Springsteen and Ian Hunter, produced and mixed Lucy Woodward’s debut release Hooked! (Verve) and produced and mixed Kristeen Young’s sixth long player V For Volcanic.

In 2009, Tony arranged several tracks for the #1 Fall Out Boy release, Folie A Deux (Island) and “Belle of the Boulevard” from Dashboard Confessional’s After The Ending CD. This year also saw the release of Australian singer/songwriter Danielle Spencer’s Calling All Magicians.

Earlier in the year, Tony produced Kristeen Young’s upcoming fifth CD release, Music for Strippers, Hookers and the Odd On-Looker.

Previously, Tony produced and mixed Anti-Flag’s The Bright Lights of America (RCA) and Alejandro Escovedo’s critically-acclaimed Real Animal (Backporch/Bluenote). Tony also produced and mixed, “Mercury Jim,” off the Razorlight CD, Slipway Fires (Vertigo/Mercury).

Tony produced and mixed Angelique Kidjo’s Djin Djin, with guest artists Alicia Keys, Josh Groban, Peter Gabriel, Carlos Santana, Joss Stone and Ziggy Marley. Djin Djin (Razor and Tie) won Tony his first Grammy for Best Contemporary World Music Album. It is her best selling album ever!

Tony released his autobiography, Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy (Harper Collins UK), written with Richard Havers.

Tony enjoyed a #1 release with the Morrissey release, Ringleader of The Tormentors, which he produced and mixed in Rome at Ennio Morricone’s famed Forum Studios.

One of Tony’s most lauded productions is David Bowie’s critically acclaimed Reality (Iso/Columbia) CD. During its first week of release, Reality debuted at #1 on the Billboard Euro Charts. This comes on the heels of David Bowie’s platinum-plus Heathen release.

Tony, who did the original mixes for the T. Rex concert film, Born To Boogie, was called upon to remix the soundtrack to the seminal T. Rex film in both stereo and 5.1 for its DVD release. In 2006, this DVD release won Best Overall DVD/Creative at the HEW (Home Entertainment Week magazine) Awards in London. In the 5.1 realm, Tony’s completed eleven (11) 5.1 mixes including six titles for David Bowie (Young Americans, David Live In Dublin, Stage, Heathen, Reality and Live At The Tower) and T. Rex’ landmark rock masterpiece, Electric Warrior.

Previously, Tony produced tracks for The Manic Street Preachers’ Lifeblood (Sony/UK), The Dandy Warhols’ Welcome To The Monkey House (Capitol), L’Avventura (JetSet) for Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham of Luna, arranged and produced tracks for The Finn Brothers’ Everyone Is Here (Nettwerk) and arranged “Never Deny You” on Ziggy Marley’s Dragonfly (Private Music).

Most successful rock producers can be easily pigeonholed. They offer distinctive sonic styles that, while exciting, can also make everything they work on sound similar. Not Tony. From Thin Lizzy to Luscious Jackson, The Strawbs to U2, Gentle Giant to Mercury Rev, this underground legend consistently produces music that sounds as unique as the artists themselves. Complimentarity is Visconti’s highest goal; he never allows his own personality to overwhelm the task at hand. For proof, listen to Sparks. Or Badfinger. Or The Alarm. Or Ziggy Marley. Or D-Generation. Or Kristeen Young.

Producer, arranger, musician, mixer, exemplary collaborator-Tony is all of these. He is also among the greatest and most genuine musical souls of our industry.