Richard Warren

Career

Warren signed his first record deal with Heavenly Recordings at the height of Britpop in 1996, as one third of The Hybirds.

In 1999 when the band split, he branched out on his own and away from guitar-led pop, signing to Mute Records as Echoboy after Daniel Miller heard his releases on Earworm Records following his self-released 12" Flashlegs (Suite).

Warren went on to release several self-produced solo albums on Mute as well as Giraffe, which was produced by Flood, and having put together a band he toured extensively with, amongst others, Elastica, Add N to (X) and Broadcast.

Both Echoboy and The Hybirds performed several sessions for John Peel's radio show.

Warren is also known for producing and remixing for other artists (see below).

In 2003, he was asked by Jason Pierce to play bass guitar in Spiritualized, with whom he toured throughout 2003–05. He also played bass on and co-engineered the band's 2008 album Songs in A&E.

During 2005 to 2006, Warren released a set of five limited edition 7" singles under the pseudonym Modlang.

During 2005 to 2009, he played guitar with both Starsailor and Soulsavers with Mark Lanegan, playing guitar on the 2009 Starsailor album All the Plans and on the Soulsavers albums It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land and Broken. He also co-wrote two of the songs on Broken.

In 2008, Warren formed The Cold Light of Day, releasing the limited edition EP Flesh and Blood in April 2009.

In October 2009, he left The Cold Light of Day to pursue other projects and released a solo album Laments in July 2010, which made it into the NME's '50 best albums of the year so far' list.

The Hybirds

Band members

Richard Warren, Louis Divito, Darren Sheldon

Albums

The Hybirds (Heavenly 1997 HVNLP 20CDP)

1. "Ball of Twine"

2. "24"

3. "I'm Coming Out"

4. "See Me Through"

5. "Call Me Blue"

6. "The Only Ones"

7. "Born Yesterday"

8. "The Wanderers"

9. "Stranded"

10. "Words"

11. "Suzy Parker"

12. "I Feel the Weight"

All songs by Richard Warren .

Produced and mixed by Ian Grimble, except 2 produced by Richard Warren/Sebastian Lewsley, mixed by Paul Schroeder, 7 mixed by Richard Warren. Recorded at Chateau de la Rouge Motte France, Abbey Road Studios London, West Heath Yard London.

Strings arranged by Martin Green.

2 feat. Sebastian Lewsley on Moog. 7 feat. Sean Read on Hammond organ and piano.

Mastered at Abbey Road Studios London by Chris Blair.

Artwork by Max Speed.

Photography by Hamish Brown.

EPs

Take You Down (Heavenly 1997 HVN71CD)

1. "Seventeen"

2. "Reeling"

3. "Peter Take Me Down"

4. "The Only Ones (Part Two)"

All songs by Richard Warren.

1-3 produced and mixed by Ian Grimble, 4 produced and mixed by Adi Winman. 1-3 recorded at Chateau de la Rouge Motte France. 4 recorded at Wessex Studio London. Cover art Jill Kennington Parachuting by John Cowan, 1965. Photography by Ellen Nolan.

Singles

The Only Ones (Part Two) (Heavenly 1996 HVN6310)

1. "The Only Ones (Part Two) – Main Mix"

2. "The Only Ones (Part Two)- Instrumental"

3. "The Only Ones (Part Two) – Alternative Mix"

All songs by Richard Warren.

Produced and mixed by Adi Winman.

Recorded at Wessex Studio London.

10" vinyl only, Limited Edition, issued in plain brown sleeve.

Stranded (Heavenly 1997 HVN75CD)

1. "Stranded"

2. "Freedom Fighter"

3. "Morning Song"

All songs by Richard Warren.

Produced and mixed by Ian Grimble.

Recorded at Chateaux de la Rouge Motte France.

Artwork by Max Speed.

Photography by Mark McNulty.

24 (Heavenly 1997 HVN78CD)

1. "24"

2. "Where I Want to Be"

3. "Tell Me"

All songs by Richard Warren.

1 produced by Richard Warren/Sebastian Lewsley, mixed by Paul Schroder.

Echoboy

Band members

Richard Warren, Kev Bales, Tony (Doggen) Foster, Lee Horsley, Leon Tattersall, Chris Moore, John Lord, Sam Hempton, Dan Hayhurst, Pete Bassman

Albums

Echoboy (Pointblank 1999 HELL002)

1. "Flashlegs (Suite)"

2. "Flesh"

3. "Scene 30"

4. "Wrap"

5. "Daylight"

6. "Flight 21"

7. "Mountain Song"

8. "Signs"

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Vocals on 6 by Roy Foster. Photography by Martin Nesbitt. Artwork by Richard Warren and Martin Nesbitt.

Volume 1 (Mute 2000 STUMM180)

1. "55"

2. "Kit and Holly"

3. "Model 352"

4. "Broken Hearts"

5. "Constantinople"

6. "Crocodile Milk"

7. "Walking"

8. "Contact"

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Voice on 7 by Tasha Lee McCluney. Photography by Richard Warren. Design by P.A. Taylor.

Volume 2 (Mute 2000 STUMM192)

1. "Turning On"

2. "Telstar Recovery"

3. "Kelly's Truck"

4. "Siobhan"

EPs

Flashlegs (Suite) (Pointblank 1999 HELL001)

1. "Flashlegs (Suite)"

2. "Breakfast"

3. "11.22"

12" vinyl, numbered limited edition of 250, in hand-printed sleeve. Artwork by Richard Warren.

Frances Says the Knife Is Alive (Mute 1999)

1. "Canada"

2. "Frances Says the Knife Is Alive"

3. "Touched"

4. "Slow Down Sheena"

Double 10" vinyl, cd.

Drums on 3 by Kev Bales. Fender Rhodes piano on 1 by Lee Horsley. Artwork by Richard Warren and Martin Nesbitt.

Pure New Wool (Pointblank 1999 HELL003, for US FU007)

1. "Temporarily Drifting"

2. "57-59 (Bite the Bullet)"

3. "She"

4. "Pure New Wool"

Drums on 1 and 4 by Louis Divito. Bass on 4 by Darren Sheldon. Pedal steel guitar on 4 by B. J. Cole. Artwork by Richard Warren.

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Singles

Scene 30 (Earworm 1999 WORM42)

1. "Scene 30"

2. "Vitamins and Oil"

Limited edition 10" vinyl in hand-printed sleeve.

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Constantinople (Mute 2000 MUTE242)

1. "Constantinople"

2. "Usherettes"

12" vinyl

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Kit and Holly (Mute 2000 MUTE246)

1. "Kit and Holly"

2. "East Sheen"

7" vinyl

1. "Kit and Holly"

2. "Sixteen Drums"

3. "Don't Cross the Sea"

cd

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Photography courtesy of Corbis.

Telstar Recovery (Mute 2000 MUTE256)

1. "Telstar Recovery"

2. "Moving"

3. "Pressure Drop"

4. "Scarab Major 3000"

12" vinyl, cd

Modlang

Band members

Richard Warren

Singles

"Slaughtered by the Sun" (Decimal 2005 POINT001)

"Annie" (Decimal 2005 POINT002)

"New Black Light Machine" (Decimal 2005 POINT003)

"Blackhand" (Decimal 2006 POINT004)

"I Can Only Love You For a Lifetime" (Decimal 2006 POINT005)

All one-sided 7" vinyl, numbered limited editions of 200.

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Drums by Kev Bales. Saxophone on "Blackhand" by Art Tattersall. Artwork by Richard Warren.

The Cold Light of Day

Band members

Richard Warren, Huw Costin, Jim Widdop, Jeff Davenport, Lee Horsley

EPs

Flesh and Blood

"Texan Girls"

"How Could You Be So Blind"

"Sunshine Gone"

"Black Stone Empires"

1, 3 by Huw Costin. 2, 4 by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Artwork by Richard Warren.

Richard Warren

Albums

Laments (2010 TV010)

1. "The Devil's My Shepherd"

2. "How Could You Be So Blind?"

3. "It's a Crying Shame"

4. "No Companion Like Solitude"

5. "Brother Mary"

6. "Fool Killer"

7. "Make My Life Right"

8. "Nature Boy"

9. "For Someone"

10. "Black Stone Empires"

11. "No Angel"

Drums on 3,4,7,8,9 by Kev Bales. Drums on 2 by Jeff Davenport. Piano/organ/Fender Rhodes on 2,3,4,7,8,9,10 by Lee Horsley. Pedal steel guitar on 2,10 by Jim Widdop.

All songs by Richard Warren. Produced and mixed by Richard Warren. Mastered by Noel Summerville (Metropolis). Artwork by Richard Warren and Steve Gullick. Photography by Steve Gullick.

The Wayfarer (2011 TV013)

1. "Rivington Street"

2. "The Lonesome Singer in the Apocalypse Band"

3. "The Wayfarer"

4. "The Backslider"

5. "Johnny Johnny"

6. "Through the Fire"

7. "Wasteland"

Singles

No Angel (2010 TV009)

1. "No Angel (Radio Version)"

2. "I Got Loaded"

3. "No Angel"

1, 3 by Richard Warren. 2 by Camille Bob.

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Artwork by Richard Warren.

The Lonesome Singer in the Apocalypse Band (2011 TV014)

1. "The Lonesome Singer in the Apocalypse Band"

2. "Wasteland"

3. "Wasteland ('stripped down' mix)"

All songs by Richard Warren.

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Artwork by Richard Warren.

The Devil in Concordia Parish (Decimal 2012 POINT006)

Limited edition of 100 hand-numbered cds available exclusively at Rough Trade West on Record Store Day 2012.

Song by Richard Warren.

Produced and mixed by Richard Warren.

Artwork by Richard Warren.

Production

The Hybirds

Echoboy

Modlang

The Cold Light of Day

Electrelane

Punish The Atom

David Viner

Noah Kelly

22-20s

Starsailor

The Kull

Tenebrous Liar

Remixes

Longpigs – "The Frank Sonata (Echoboy Remix)" (Mother Records 1999)

The Paradise Motel – "Derwent River Star (Echoboy Remix)" (Infectious Records 1999)

Luke Slater – "All Exhale (Echoboy Remix)" (Novamute Records 1999)

Omega Amoeba – "Retro Failure (Echoboy Remix)" (Heavenly)

Gerling – "Suburban Jungle Sleeping Bag (Echoboy Remix)" (Infectious Records 2000)

Starsailor – "Good Souls (Echoboy Remix)" (Chrysalis 2001)

Electrelane – "Film Music (Echoboy Remix)" (Let's Rock! Records 2001)

Puressence – "Ironstone Isadora (Echoboy Remix)" (Island Records 2002)

Doves – "Words (Echoboy Remix)" (Heavenly 2003)

Punish the Atom – "Filthy Boy (Echoboy Remix)"

Doves – "Some Cities (Echoboy Remix)" (Heavenly 2005)

King Creosote – "Not One Bit Ashamed (Modlang Remix)" (2005)

Starsailor – "Keep Us Together (Modlang Remix)" (2006)

Delta 5 – "Mind Your Own Business (Echoboy Remix)" (2009)

Engineer/co-engineer

Spiritualized Songs in A & E (Spaceman Records 2008)

Yoko Ono "Walking on Thin Ice (Yoko Ono and Jason Pierce Remix)" from Yes, I'm a Witch (Astralwerks 2007)

Junior Kimbrough "Sad Days and Lonely Nights (performed by Spiritualized)" from Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough (Fat Possum Records 2004)

Guitar/vocals

Spiritualized

Starsailor

Soulsavers

The Sons of T C Lethbridge

The Time and Space Machine

Jon Boden

Original TV music

Revealing Secrets (Channel 4 2001)

Songwriting

Soulsavers – "Death Bells", '"Shadows Fall", from Broken (V2 Records 2009)

The Peel Sessions

The Hybirds

17 September 1997, Maida Vale 4, London

- "24", "The Only Ones", "Stranded", "Born Yesterday"

Richard Warren, Louis Divito, Darren Sheldon, Lee Horsley, Sebastian Lewsley

Echoboy

19 September 1999, Maida Vale 3, London

- "Zero", "Atonal Apples", "Daylight", "Frances Says the Knife Is Alive"

Richard Warren, Doggen Foster, Kev Bales, Lee Horsley

5 November 2000, Maida Vale 4, London

- "Sudwest Funk No.5", "Schram and Sheddle 262", "Turning On", "Siobhan"

Richard Warren, Lee Horsley, Leon Tattersall, Sam Hempton, Dan Hayhurst, Pete Bassman

30 October 2002, Boat Club, Nottingham

- "Automatic Eyes", "Summer Rhythm", "Wasted Spaces", "Lately Lonely"

12 February 2003, Maida Vale 4, London

- "Lately Lonely", "Automatic Eyes", "High Speed in Love", "Wasted Spaces"

Richard Warren, Lee Horsley, Leon Tattersall, Pauline Kirk, Chris Moore

Rough Trade compilations

Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years – "Flashlegs (Suite)" (Mute Records 2001)

Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 05 – "Slaughtered by the Sun" (V2 Records 2006)

Other compilations

The Tell-Tale Signs of Earworm – "Smiler" (Earworm 1999)

Sonar 2000 – "Kit and Holly" (So Dens 2000)

Manchester United – Beyond the Promised Land – "Flashlegs (Suite)" (Virgin Records 2000)

More Tell-Tale Signs of Earworm – "Scene 30" (Earworm 2001)

Textures and Tones – "One Gay Shoe" (Music House 2004)

Where the Sea Meets the Sky – "Death Drums" (Earworm 2005)

Escale #01 – "43" (lecargo.org)