Andrew Wyatt
Encyclopedia
Andrew Wyatt is an American musician
and producer
. Born and raised in Manhattan
, he has played in New York bands such as The A.M.
, and is currently vocalist in the electronic pop band Miike Snow
. He has worked extensively with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with Carl Barat
, Mark Ronson
, Dragons of Zynth
, Coco Sumner
, and others.
in the 1980s. At 18, he and Greg Kurstin
of The Bird and the Bee
formed the short-lived experimental pop band Funkraphiliacs, whereupon he was signed to Capitol Records
as a solo artist. He worked on the album in Bath, UK at Peter Gabriel
's Real World studios for about one year, with Pet Shop Boys
and Siouxie Sioux producer Stephen Hague
, until chemical dependency and psychological issues forced him into hospitalization at New York's Paine Whitney clinic. Surmising that a major label release with its incumbent pressures was not realistic, it was decided that a period of respite was needed. Wyatt moved to a small mountain town in Colorado
for several years.
After briefly studying at classical conservatory, he returned to New York City and shortly thereafter formed the group The A.M.
with Michael Tighe
and Parker Kindred
, formerly of Jeff Buckley
's band. The group released one album on Universal UK
before disbanding in 2005.
He is currently the lead singer and co-songwriter for the Swedish band Miike Snow
.
He has also worked extensively with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with Carl Barat
, Mark Ronson
, Tiggers, Dragons of Zynth
, Coco Sumner
, and many others. He has also in recent years begun doing sound installations for galleries and video art, and debuted Waves, a collaboration with photographer / video artist Sebastian Mlynarski, at The New Museum in New York.
Sound Installations
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. Born and raised in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, he has played in New York bands such as The A.M.
The A.M.
The A.M. was a New York band formed in 2002 by rock musician Michael Tighe, formerly of the Jeff Buckley Band. Members also included bassist Andrew Wyatt and drummer Parker Kindred.-History:...
, and is currently vocalist in the electronic pop band Miike Snow
Miike Snow
Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt.-Early years:Miike Snow was formed in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden....
. He has worked extensively with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with Carl Barat
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
, Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....
, Dragons of Zynth
Dragons of Zynth
Dragons of Zynth is an American indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio.-History:Dragons of Zynth's frontmen, Aku and Akwetey, are twins and were raised in Cleveland, OH. The group first won notice opening for TV on the Radio in 2005...
, Coco Sumner
Coco Sumner
Eliot Paulina Sumner , also known as Coco, is an English musician recording under the band name I Blame Coco. I Blame Coco's debut album, The Constant, was released in the UK on 8 November 2010...
, and others.
History
Wyatt grew up on Perry Street in ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
in the 1980s. At 18, he and Greg Kurstin
Greg Kurstin
Gregory Allen "Greg" Kurstin is an award-winning American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In 2009 Kurstin received a Grammy Award nomination for Producer of the Year. That same year he won three Ivor Novello awards for his work with Lily Allen, including Songwriters of the Year for "The Fear"...
of The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee is an American indie pop musical duo from Los Angeles, California, consisting of musicians Inara George and Greg Kurstin...
formed the short-lived experimental pop band Funkraphiliacs, whereupon he was signed to Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
as a solo artist. He worked on the album in Bath, UK at Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
's Real World studios for about one year, with Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
and Siouxie Sioux producer Stephen Hague
Stephen Hague
Stephen Hague is an American music producer most active with various British acts in the 1980s. He was an influential figure in the synthpop movement.-Early career:...
, until chemical dependency and psychological issues forced him into hospitalization at New York's Paine Whitney clinic. Surmising that a major label release with its incumbent pressures was not realistic, it was decided that a period of respite was needed. Wyatt moved to a small mountain town in Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
for several years.
After briefly studying at classical conservatory, he returned to New York City and shortly thereafter formed the group The A.M.
The A.M.
The A.M. was a New York band formed in 2002 by rock musician Michael Tighe, formerly of the Jeff Buckley Band. Members also included bassist Andrew Wyatt and drummer Parker Kindred.-History:...
with Michael Tighe
Michael Tighe
Michael Tighe is an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, and actor.-Biography:As a teenager, Tighe was in many New York Downtown theater productions in the 1990s, where he met Jeff Buckley. Though having had no experience, he was drafted into Buckley's band, with which he toured until the...
and Parker Kindred
Parker Kindred
Parker Kindred is an American drummer who played in the band of Jeff Buckley, appearing on his unfinished second album, Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk in 1997, as well as playing live with Buckley and the rest of his band at Arlene's Grocery on February 9, 1997...
, formerly of Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
's band. The group released one album on Universal UK
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
before disbanding in 2005.
He is currently the lead singer and co-songwriter for the Swedish band Miike Snow
Miike Snow
Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt.-Early years:Miike Snow was formed in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden....
.
He has also worked extensively with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with Carl Barat
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
, Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....
, Tiggers, Dragons of Zynth
Dragons of Zynth
Dragons of Zynth is an American indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio.-History:Dragons of Zynth's frontmen, Aku and Akwetey, are twins and were raised in Cleveland, OH. The group first won notice opening for TV on the Radio in 2005...
, Coco Sumner
Coco Sumner
Eliot Paulina Sumner , also known as Coco, is an English musician recording under the band name I Blame Coco. I Blame Coco's debut album, The Constant, was released in the UK on 8 November 2010...
, and many others. He has also in recent years begun doing sound installations for galleries and video art, and debuted Waves, a collaboration with photographer / video artist Sebastian Mlynarski, at The New Museum in New York.
Discography
Studio Albums (selected)- 2004: The A.M.The A.M.The A.M. was a New York band formed in 2002 by rock musician Michael Tighe, formerly of the Jeff Buckley Band. Members also included bassist Andrew Wyatt and drummer Parker Kindred.-History:...
- 2007: Coronation Thieves by Dragons of ZynthDragons of ZynthDragons of Zynth is an American indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio.-History:Dragons of Zynth's frontmen, Aku and Akwetey, are twins and were raised in Cleveland, OH. The group first won notice opening for TV on the Radio in 2005...
(co-production of "Get Off") - 2009: Miike SnowMiike Snow (album)Miike Snow is the self-titled debut album by the Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. It was released in the United States on 9 June 2009 by Downtown Records and in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2009 by Columbia Records, reaching number ninety-five on the UK Albums Chart. A deluxe edition was...
- 2010: Carl BarâtCarl Barât (album)Carl Barât is the debut solo album by Libertines co-frontman Carl Barât. It was released on 4 October 2010 in the UK. The album was mastered in New York and was the first album released through his own self-funded record label Arcady, but distributed through PIAS Recordings...
(writer, co-production of "Ode To a Girl", "The Magnus", "Je Regrette, Je Regrette", "What Have I Done?") - 2010: Record CollectionRecord Collection (album)-Track listing:-Musicians:*Mark Ronson - vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards, drum machine, bass, bell ringing*Nick Movshon - bass, drums*Victor Axelrod - keyboards, percussion*Homer Steinwess - drums-Additional personnel:...
by Mark RonsonMark RonsonMark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....
(writer and vocals of "Somebody to Love MeSomebody to Love Me (song)"Somebody to Love Me" is the third single taken from Record Collection, the third studio album by Mark Ronson, released under the moniker Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. The song features Boy George and Andrew Wyatt on vocals.-Music video:...
", "You Gave Me Nothing")
Sound Installations
- 2010: Waves at The New Museum: Initiation w/Sebastian Mlynarski
Further reading
External links
- Andrew Wyatt on Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Miike Snow homepage