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'''Daniel Lanois''' ({{pron-en|lænˈwɑː}}, {{Respell|lan-{{sm|wah}}}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/sayhow.html|title=NLS Other Writings: Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures|date=December 17, 2008|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=2009-07-24}}</ref> (born September 19, 1951 in [[Hull, Quebec|Hull]], [[Quebec]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] record producer, [[guitarist]], vocalist, and [[songwriter]]. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including [[Bob Dylan]], [[Neil Young]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Willie Nelson]], and [[Ron Sexsmith]]. Lanois is best known for his work, with [[Brian Eno]], producing a number of [[Platinum (music sales)|platinum]] albums for [[U2]], including ''[[The Joshua Tree]]''. Three albums produced or co-produced by Lanois have won the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Album of the Year (Grammy)|Album of the Year]]. |
'''Daniel Lanois''' ({{pron-en|lænˈwɑː}}, {{Respell|lan-{{sm|wah}}}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/sayhow.html|title=NLS Other Writings: Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures|date=December 17, 2008|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=2009-07-24}}</ref> (born September 19, 1951 in [[Hull, Quebec|Hull]], [[Quebec]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] record producer, [[guitarist]], vocalist, and [[songwriter]]. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including [[Bob Dylan]], [[Neil Young]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Willie Nelson]], and [[Ron Sexsmith]]. Lanois is best known for his work, with [[Brian Eno]], producing a number of [[Platinum (music sales)|platinum]] albums for [[U2]], including ''[[The Joshua Tree]]''. Three albums produced or co-produced by Lanois have won the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Album of the Year (Grammy)|Album of the Year]], and four others recieved nominations.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year - List of Album of the Year Winners and Nominees</ref> |
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==As producer== |
==As producer== |
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Lanois started his production career working in his own studio with his brother [[Bob Lanois]] in the basement of their mother's [[Ancaster, Ontario]] home, recording |
Lanois started his production career working in his own studio with his brother [[Bob Lanois]] in the basement of their mother's [[Ancaster, Ontario]] home, recording local artists including [[Simply Saucer]]. Later Daniel started Grant Avenue Studios in an old house he purchased in Hamilton, Ontario.<ref name=Lanois>{{Cite web| title = Grant Avenue Studios/ Daniel Lanois| url=http://www.grantavestudio.com| accessdate = 2007-01-24}}</ref> He worked with a number of local bands, including [[Martha and the Muffins]] (for whom his sister [[Jocelyne Lanois|Jocelyne]] played bass), [[Ray Materick]], as well as the Canadian children's singer [[Raffi Cavoukian|Raffi]]. |
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Lanois worked collaboratively with [[Brian Eno]] on some of Eno's own projects, one of which was the theme song for David Lynch's [[Dune (film)|film adaptation]] of Frank Herbert's ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]''. Eno invited him to co-produce U2's album ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]''. Along with Eno, he went on to produce U2's ''The Joshua Tree'', the 1987 [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]], and some of the band's other works including ''[[Achtung Baby]]'' and ''[[All That You Can't Leave Behind]]''. From June 2007 – December 2008, Lanois collaborated with U2 and Brian Eno on ''[[No Line on the Horizon]]'', where he was involved in the songwriting process as well as mixing and production.<ref name="No Line U2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.u2.com/discography/index/album/albumId/4083/tagName/studio_albums |title=No Line on the Horizon |publisher=U2.com |accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref> |
Lanois worked collaboratively with [[Brian Eno]] on some of Eno's own projects, one of which was the theme song for David Lynch's [[Dune (film)|film adaptation]] of Frank Herbert's ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]''. Eno invited him to co-produce U2's album ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]''. Along with Eno, he went on to produce U2's ''The Joshua Tree'', the 1987 [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]], and some of the band's other works including ''[[Achtung Baby]]'' and ''[[All That You Can't Leave Behind]]'', both of which were nominated but did not win. From June 2007 – December 2008, Lanois collaborated with U2 and Brian Eno on ''[[No Line on the Horizon]]'', where he was involved in the songwriting process as well as mixing and production.<ref name="No Line U2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.u2.com/discography/index/album/albumId/4083/tagName/studio_albums |title=No Line on the Horizon |publisher=U2.com |accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref> |
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Lanois' work with U2 led to him being hired to produce albums for other top-selling artists. [[Bono]] recommended Lanois to [[Bob Dylan]] in the late 1980s; in 1989 Lanois produced Dylan's ''[[Oh Mercy]]''. Eight years later Dylan and Lanois worked together on ''[[Time Out of Mind]]'' which won another Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997. In his autobiographical ''[[Chronicles, Vol. 1]]'', Dylan describes in depth the contentious but rewarding working relationship he developed with Lanois.<ref name="chronicles">{{Cite book |last=Dylan |first=Bob |authorlink=Bob Dylan |title=Chronicles, Vol. 1 |pages=176ff |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]}}</ref> |
Lanois' early work with U2 led to him being hired to produce albums for other top-selling artists. [[Bono]] recommended Lanois to [[Bob Dylan]] in the late 1980s; in 1989 Lanois produced Dylan's ''[[Oh Mercy]]''. Eight years later Dylan and Lanois worked together on ''[[Time Out of Mind]]'' which won another Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997. Love and Theft, another Dylan album produced by Lanois, was nominated in 2002, but did not win. In his autobiographical ''[[Chronicles, Vol. 1]]'', Dylan describes in depth the contentious but rewarding working relationship he developed with Lanois.<ref name="chronicles">{{Cite book |last=Dylan |first=Bob |authorlink=Bob Dylan |title=Chronicles, Vol. 1 |pages=176ff |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]}}</ref> |
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In 1986, Lanois produced [[Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel's]] |
In 1986, Lanois produced [[Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel's]] Grammy nominated album [[So (album)|So]]. ''[[Wrecking Ball (Emmylou Harris album)|Wrecking Ball]]'', his 1995 collaboration with [[Emmylou Harris]], won a 1996 [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album]]. In 1998, he produced and appeared on [[Willie Nelson]]'s album [[Teatro]]. |
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Lanois was working on [[Neil Young]]'s record ''[[Le Noise]]'' in June 2010 when he was hospitalized after suffering multiple injuries in a motorcycle crash in the [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silverlake]] area of Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2010/06/08/daniel-lanois-motorcycle-accident.html Daniel Lanois injured in motorcycle crash]</ref> |
Lanois was working on [[Neil Young]]'s record ''[[Le Noise]]'' in June 2010 when he was hospitalized after suffering multiple injuries in a motorcycle crash in the [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silverlake]] area of Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2010/06/08/daniel-lanois-motorcycle-accident.html Daniel Lanois injured in motorcycle crash]</ref> |
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== As recording artist == |
== As recording artist == |
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As well as being a producer, Lanois is also a songwriter and recording artist. A number of his songs have been covered by other artists, and his albums have had some success, particularly in Canada. Lanois plays the guitar, [[pedal steel]], and [[Drum kit|drums]]. In 1993, Lanois was a featured live act in the [[Another Roadside Attraction (festival)|Another Roadside Attraction]] tour in Canada, and collaborated with [[The Tragically Hip]], [[Crash Vegas]], [[Hothouse Flowers]], and [[Midnight Oil]] on the one-off single "[[Land (song)|Land]]" to protest forest [[clearcutting]] in [[British Columbia]]. |
As well as being a producer, Lanois is also a songwriter and recording artist. A number of his songs have been covered by other artists, and his albums have had some success, particularly in Canada. Lanois plays the guitar, [[pedal steel]], and [[Drum kit|drums]]. In 1993, Lanois was a featured live act in the [[Another Roadside Attraction (festival)|Another Roadside Attraction]] tour in Canada, and collaborated with [[The Tragically Hip]], [[Crash Vegas]], [[Hothouse Flowers]], and [[Midnight Oil]] on the one-off single "[[Land (song)|Land]]" to protest forest [[clearcutting]] in [[British Columbia]]. ''Belladonna'', an instrumental album released in 2005, is widely considered to be super awesome.[citation needed] Lanois also provided an instrumental score for ''LOUDquietLOUD'', a documentary about the [[Pixies]]. |
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| ⚫ | Lanois premiered a documentary entitled ''Here Is What Is'' at the [[Toronto Film Festival]] on September 9, 2007. The film chronicles the recording of his album of the same name, and includes footage of the actual recording. The album ''[[Here Is What Is]]'' was released, first by download, then in compact disc, in late 2007 and early 2008. Soon after, Lanois released a three disc recording called ''Omni''. |
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In October 2009, Lanois started a project called [[Black Dub]] which features Lanois on guitar, [[Brian Blade]] on drums, and [[Daryl Johnson (musician)|Daryl Johnson]] on bass, along with [[multi-instrumentalist]]/singer [[Trixie Whitley]]. They released a self-titled album in 2010. |
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==Recognition== |
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== Other achievements == |
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[[File:Daniel Lanois star on Walk of Fame.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Daniel Lanois' star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]].]] In 2005 he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.<ref>[http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/daniel-lanois Canadaswalkoffame.com]</ref> |
[[File:Daniel Lanois star on Walk of Fame.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Daniel Lanois' star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]].]] In 2005 he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.<ref>[http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/daniel-lanois Canadaswalkoffame.com]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Lanois premiered a documentary entitled ''Here Is What Is'' at the [[Toronto Film Festival]] on September 9, 2007. The film |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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Daniel Lanois (Template:Pron-en, lan-wah)[1] (born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Ron Sexsmith. Lanois is best known for his work, with Brian Eno, producing a number of platinum albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree. Three albums produced or co-produced by Lanois have won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and four others recieved nominations.[2]
As producer
Lanois started his production career working in his own studio with his brother Bob Lanois in the basement of their mother's Ancaster, Ontario home, recording local artists including Simply Saucer. Later Daniel started Grant Avenue Studios in an old house he purchased in Hamilton, Ontario.[3] He worked with a number of local bands, including Martha and the Muffins (for whom his sister Jocelyne played bass), Ray Materick, as well as the Canadian children's singer Raffi.
Lanois worked collaboratively with Brian Eno on some of Eno's own projects, one of which was the theme song for David Lynch's film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. Eno invited him to co-produce U2's album The Unforgettable Fire. Along with Eno, he went on to produce U2's The Joshua Tree, the 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and some of the band's other works including Achtung Baby and All That You Can't Leave Behind, both of which were nominated but did not win. From June 2007 – December 2008, Lanois collaborated with U2 and Brian Eno on No Line on the Horizon, where he was involved in the songwriting process as well as mixing and production.[4]
Lanois' early work with U2 led to him being hired to produce albums for other top-selling artists. Bono recommended Lanois to Bob Dylan in the late 1980s; in 1989 Lanois produced Dylan's Oh Mercy. Eight years later Dylan and Lanois worked together on Time Out of Mind which won another Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997. Love and Theft, another Dylan album produced by Lanois, was nominated in 2002, but did not win. In his autobiographical Chronicles, Vol. 1, Dylan describes in depth the contentious but rewarding working relationship he developed with Lanois.[5]
In 1986, Lanois produced Peter Gabriel's Grammy nominated album So. Wrecking Ball, his 1995 collaboration with Emmylou Harris, won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 1998, he produced and appeared on Willie Nelson's album Teatro.
Lanois was working on Neil Young's record Le Noise in June 2010 when he was hospitalized after suffering multiple injuries in a motorcycle crash in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles.[6]
As recording artist
As well as being a producer, Lanois is also a songwriter and recording artist. A number of his songs have been covered by other artists, and his albums have had some success, particularly in Canada. Lanois plays the guitar, pedal steel, and drums. In 1993, Lanois was a featured live act in the Another Roadside Attraction tour in Canada, and collaborated with The Tragically Hip, Crash Vegas, Hothouse Flowers, and Midnight Oil on the one-off single "Land" to protest forest clearcutting in British Columbia. Belladonna, an instrumental album released in 2005, is widely considered to be super awesome.[citation needed] Lanois also provided an instrumental score for LOUDquietLOUD, a documentary about the Pixies.
Lanois premiered a documentary entitled Here Is What Is at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9, 2007. The film chronicles the recording of his album of the same name, and includes footage of the actual recording. The album Here Is What Is was released, first by download, then in compact disc, in late 2007 and early 2008. Soon after, Lanois released a three disc recording called Omni.
In October 2009, Lanois started a project called Black Dub which features Lanois on guitar, Brian Blade on drums, and Daryl Johnson on bass, along with multi-instrumentalist/singer Trixie Whitley. They released a self-titled album in 2010.
Recognition
In 2005 he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.[7]
Discography
| Year | Album |
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| 1989 | Acadie |
| 1993 | For the Beauty of Wynona |
| 1996 | Sweet Angel Mine |
| Lost in Mississippi | |
| Sling Blade (soundtrack) | |
| 2003 | Shine |
| 2004 | Rockets |
| 2005 | Belladonna |
| 2007 | Here Is What Is |
| 2008 | The Omni Series (Box Set) |
| 2010 | Black Dub |
Videography
| Year | Title |
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| 1993 | Rocky World |
| 2007 | Here Is What Is |
Production credits
- Demo – Simply Saucer, 1974 (not released commercially until 1989, on the album Cyborgs Revisited)
- Blues and Sentimental – Jackie Washington, 1976 (As "Dan Lanois")
- More Singable Songs – Raffi, 1977 (Recording credit as "Dan Lanois")
- Can't Wait For Summer – Ron Neilson, 1978
- Choice Cuts – Crackers, 1978 (As "Dan Lanois")
- This is the Ice Age – Martha and the Muffins, 1981
- Dream Away – Bernie LaBarge, 1981
- Mama Quilla, KKK, Angry Young Woman – 3-song 12" Album- 1982, Mama Quilla II
- Dance After Curfew – Nash the Slash, 1982
- Danseparc – Martha and the Muffins, 1982
- Ambient 4/On Land – Brian Eno, 1982
- Parachute Club – Parachute Club, 1983
- Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks – Brian Eno, 1983
- The Pearl – Harold Budd and Brian Eno, 1984
- Mystery Walk – M + M, 1984
- The Unforgettable Fire – U2, 1984
- Secrets and Sins – Luba, 1984
- Thursday Afternoon – Brian Eno, 1985
- Hybrid – Michael Brook, 1985
- Birdy – Peter Gabriel, 1985
- Voices – Roger Eno, 1985
- Power Spot – Jon Hassell, 1986
- So – Peter Gabriel, 1986
- The Joshua Tree – U2, 1987
- Robbie Robertson – Robbie Robertson, 1987
- Acadie – Daniel Lanois, 1989
- Oh Mercy – Bob Dylan, 1989
- Yellow Moon – Neville Brothers, 1989
- Home – Hothouse Flowers, 1990
- Achtung Baby – U2, 1991
- Flash of the Spirit – Jon Hassell and Farafina, 1992
- Us – Peter Gabriel, 1992
- The Last of the Mohicans – movie soundtrack, 1992
- For the Beauty of Wynona – Daniel Lanois, 1993
- Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith, 1994
- Wrecking Ball – Emmylou Harris, 1995
- Night to Night – Geoffrey Oryema, 1996
- Fever In Fever Out – Luscious Jackson, 1996
- Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan, 1997
- Brian Blade Fellowship – Brian Blade, 1998
- 12 Bar Blues – Scott Weiland, 1998
- Teatro – Willie Nelson, 1998
- The Million Dollar Hotel – movie soundtrack, 2000
- All That You Can't Leave Behind – U2, 2000
- How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2, 2004 (track "Love and Peace or Else")
- Dusk & Summer – Dashboard Confessional, 2006 (also produced by Don Gilmore)
- loudQUIETloud, A film about the pixies – movie soundtrack, 2006
- Back Where You Belong – Sinéad O'Connor, 2007.
- Snake Road – Bob Lanois
- No Line on the Horizon – U2, 2009 (plus songwriting credits).
- "Mind Games" & "Night Nurse" - Sinéad O'Connor, 2009.
- Mercy – Rocco DeLuca and the Burden, 2009.
- Flamingo – Brandon Flowers, 2010 (also produced by Stuart Price, Brendan O'Brien)
- Le Noise – Neil Young, 2010.
See also
References
- ^ "NLS Other Writings: Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures". Library of Congress. December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year - List of Album of the Year Winners and Nominees
- ^ "Grant Avenue Studios/ Daniel Lanois". Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ^ "No Line on the Horizon". U2.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Dylan, Bob (2004). Chronicles, Vol. 1. Simon & Schuster. pp. 176ff.
- ^ Daniel Lanois injured in motorcycle crash
- ^ Canadaswalkoffame.com
External links
- 1951 births
- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Canadian folk singers
- Canadian rock singers
- Canadian folk guitarists
- Canadian rock guitarists
- Canadian male singers
- Canadian record producers
- Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Gatineau
- People from Hamilton, Ontario
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- Living people
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