John
Rowley: was a guitarist in the 80s Indie outfit Red
Guitars (check out Warner Brothers John Peel tribute album,
Right Time, Wrong Speed) and got the recording bug
making 7 singles and two albums with the band in studios like
Townhouse and Air in London and Amazon in Liverpool. When the
band split in the mid 80s he spent time working as a freelance
engineer in local studios before forming the Reelsound
Mobile in the late 80s. The mobile is one of the busiest
and best equipped mobiles in the country specialising in choirs,
brass bands, jazz and orchestral recording but with loads of
experience in location sound recording for TV, video and voice
over work.
John
Spence: After playing guitar with bands during the
1970’s, John spent two years touring with a concert PA
system working with The Specials and Selector on the famous
2-Tone tour, The Blues Band, Bad Manners, Southern Death Cult,
Sex Gang Children and Geno Washington, before moving into studio
work in the late 70s. Early clients included The Sisters of
Mercy, The Three Johns, March Violets and The Mekons, all of
whose influence helped to fashion John’s approach to making
records and through the eighties he produced work for The Comsat
Angels, The Rezillos, John Parr (two albums featuring amongst
others The Phoenix Horns).In 1988 he recorded the seminal “Bummed”
album by Happy Mondays working alongside the late legendary
producer Martin Hannet and since 1989 has enjoyed a creative
and inspiring relationship with Bill Nelson (Bebop Deluxe/Red
Noise). With Bill as producer John has recorded and mixed albums
for international artists such as Roger Eno, Kate St.John, Yumiko
Morioka, Nautilus Pompelius and Channel Light Vessel as well
as Bill’s own “Practically Wired” and “After
the satellite sings” albums.
John continued working at Fairview through the ninties and the
last few years have seen work with the Beautiful South and Paul
Heaton's solo project along with several emerging bands such
as Turismo, Computerman (now signed), Dirty Dreamers, Footloose
and The Paddingtons (Mercury Records).
