Joe Wilson (musician)

Joe Wilson
Birth nameJoseph Roy Chester Wilson
Born (1973-02-01) 1 February 1973 (age 51)
Occupation(s)Professor, musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass, programming, synthesizer

Joseph Roy Chester Wilson is a British record producer and musician best known for his work with Sneaker Pimps.[1] He has exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and The CCA in Glasgow. as well as producing music for films for Channel 4 and the BBC. He also has worked with Simon Faithfull on the film 13.[2]

He has produced for Sneaker Pimps, Client, Trash Money and occasionally produces remixes and music as Omega Man for artists such as IAMX. Along with Liam Howe, he wrote and produced an album for the German twins Claudia and Connie Holzer as Ultrafox.[3] Currently along with Chris Tate, he writes and produces for the band Trash Money.[4] Trash Money received a 4 out 5 review in The Guardian.[5] He was also a lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire in Popular Music.[6] until he made the move to Leeds college of Music in 2012. He was profiled by the Times Higher Education in 2007.[7] Trash Money's track "Million Pound Note", was used in the trailer for the 2010 film The A-Team.[8] In 2013, he left the University of Gloucestershire. He is now Director of Curriculum at Leeds College of Music,[9] a conservatoire specialising in popular music, production, classical and jazz. He was made a Professor in 2014.[10]

  1. ^ "Interview with Technique". Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Simonfaithfull.org". Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Loserfriendlyrecords.com". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Interview with BBC Blast". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ Petridis, Alexis (31 August 2006). "CD: Trash Money, Trash Money". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ^ "University of Gloucestershire - together we make an unstoppable team". Glos.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "'Like all art, pop music deserves discussion'". Timeshighereducation.com. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  8. ^ "La Chunga : music publishing GmbH". La-chunga.com. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Leeds Conservatoire | Specialist Music & Performing Arts Conservatoire". Leeds Conservatoire. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Leeds College of Music | Professor Joe Wilson". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.