Paul Savage - Chem19 Recording Studio Engineer & Producer

Franz Ferdinand, Brakes, The Delgados, Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, Arab Strap, The Pastels, Camera Obscura, King Creosote, Shirley Manson and 14 tracks for Ballads of the Book CD including Mike Heron, Trash Can Sinatras, Malcolm Middleton, Aereogramme and Vashti Bunyan make up some of the list of artists Paul has recorded and produced in recent years.

He also shares co-production credits with Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev), Tony Doogan (Belle and Sebastian, Dirty Pretty Things) and Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Beth Orton) on various albums.

Paul confesses that he was first drawn to music by Abba. Playing stacks of old 45's introduced him to sixties beat groups and Tamla Motown. Despite this grounding his first LP purchase was Journey's Escape which he now blames on peer pressure from his school friends at the time in Rohnert Park, California.

He was introduced to the guitar at the age of 10 by his dad who showed him 3 chords and left him to it. Nothing much happened until back home in Scotland where he formed various bands with pals from school and university. Stewart Henderson, Alun Woodward and Emma Pollock would eventually form The Delgados with Paul in 1994 until the group split in 2005. This was quickly followed by a rebuild of Chem19 Studios and Paul has been engineering and producing on a full time basis ever since.