Cenzo Townshend
Vincenzo Capellini Townshend (born 28 October 1963) is an English record producer, mixer, and audio engineer, and has worked with artists and bands including the Rolling Stones, a-ha, Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Snow Patrol, Florence and the Machine, Friendly Fires, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, the Maccabees, Jamie Cullum and Thirty Seconds to Mars.[2][3][4] Townshend was awarded 'Mix Engineer of the Year' for two successive years by the Music Producers Guild Awards in 2009 and 2010, and nominated again in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[5][6][7][8]
Cenzo Townshend | |
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| Birth name | Vincenzo Capellini Townshend |
| Born | 28 October 1963[1] |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Mixer, audio engineer |
Early life
He is the only child of Antonio Capellini and Lady Carolyn Townshend,[9] the eldest daughter of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend.[10] After his parents divorced in 1971, his mother remarried to Edgar Bronfman Sr. in 1973,[11] but they separated after only 10 days and the marriage was annulled in 1974.[12]
Townshend was educated at Milton Abbey School in Dorset.[12]
Career
Townshend began his career by working at Trident Studios in London in the late 1980s, eventually working as an assistant engineer for Alan Moulder and Mark 'Spike' Stent. Following this, Townshend worked independently with producer Ian Broudie for 8 years and then joined producer Stephen Street at The Bunker in Olympic Studios in London where he maintained residency until its closure in 2009.[3]
As of 2012, Townshend mixed from his Decoy Studios in Woodbridge Suffolk.
Selected discography (mixing)
References
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- "Cenzo Townshend Joins GPS Client Roster". Ymlp.com. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- "Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Cenzo Townshend". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "Cenzo Townshend | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "Muse thank Rick Rubin for teaching them 'how not to produce' at Music Producers Guild Awards", NME, 11 February 2010, retrieved 2011-06-10
- "Waves Artist Feature". Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "Cenzo Townshend Case Study". MediaPros. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- "The Shortlists for The MPG Awards 2017!". The Music Producers Guild. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- Taylor, Angela (21 August 1966). "Work, It Has Been Said, Is Ennobling...; ... And Many Modern Nobles Seem to Act Accordingly". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- "Lady Carolyn Townshend to Wed". The New York Times. 26 October 1973. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- Kandell, Jonathan (22 December 2013). "Edgar M. Bronfman, Who Built a Bigger, More Elegant Seagram, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 volume 3, page 3923.