Nellee Hooper
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Nellee Hooper is a British producer/remixer best-known for his work with Björk, No Doubt, Madonna, U2, Sneaker Pimps, Soul II Soul, and Massive Attack. He was most active during the late 1980s to 1990s.
Biography
Nellee Hooper was born in Bristol, England.
He has been behind some of the most successful and inventive dance pop music throughout the late 1980s and on through the 1990s and to the present.
Hooper began his career as a DJ and as a member of the Wild Bunch (the Bristol-based group that would turn into Massive Attack).
In 1995 the Brit Awards honored Hooper as Best Producer for his work on Massive Attack's Protection, Björk's Post, and Madonna's Bedtime Stories albums.
In 1998 he won a BAFTA Award (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music) for his work arranging the score and soundtrack for Romeo + Juliet, Baz Luhrmann's Modern-Day Adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Hooper in the late 1990s set up the Meanwhile imprint, which is a subsidiary of Virgin Records.
Hooper continued to work steadily into the 2000s. He received a Grammy nomination in 2003 for his work on No Doubt's Rock Steady and Lamya's Learning From Falling albums. His other work has included producing the singles "GoldenEye" (1995) for Tina Turner, "Under the Bridge" (1998) for All saints and "Down Boy" (2002) for Holly Valance as well as providing remixes for artists like Janet Jackson and Sade.
Most recently he has worked with Gwen Stefani on her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. and on U2's 2004 release How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. It has also been reported that he is currently producing the forthcoming solo album of Andrea Corr of Irish band The Corrs.
Hooper has the Centurion Card
Selected Production Credits
- #1 Crush (Garbage)
- What You Waiting For (Gwen Stefani)
- Luxurious (Gwen Stefani)
- The Real Thing (Gwen Stefani)
- Danger Zone (Gwen Stefani)
- Hella Good (No Doubt)
- It's My Life (No Doubt)
- Running (No Doubt)
- Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (U2)
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (U2)
- If God Will Send His Angels (U2)
- GoldenEye (Tina Turner)
- 6 Underground (Sneaker Pimps)
- Keep On Moving (Soul II Soul)
- Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (Soul II Soul)
- Get A Life (Soul II Soul)
- It's Oh So Quiet (Björk)
- Big Time Sensuality (Björk)
- Hyperballad (Björk)
- Venus as a Boy (Björk)
- Violently Happy (Björk)
- Isobel (Björk)
- Human Behaviour (Björk)
- Army of Me (Björk)
- Down Boy (Holly Valance)
- Under The Bridge (All saints)
- Bedtime Story (Madonna)
- I Want You (Madonna feat. Massive Attack)
- Sanctuary (Madonna)
- Inside Of Me (Madonna)
- Forbidden Love (Madonna)
- Got Til It's Gone (Nellee Hooper Master Mix) (Janet Jackson feat. Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell)
- Where Are You Now (Nellee Hooper Mix) (Janet Jackson)
- Feel No Pain (Nellee Hooper Remix) (Sade)
- Empires (Lamya)
- Young Hearts Run Free (Kym Mazelle)
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