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‘Julian Cope told me: you’re unemployable in the real world’: David Wrench, the Welsh studio wizard behind pop’s A-list
Wrench has mixed music for Frank Ocean, FKA twigs, Blur and dozens more – all drawn to what have been called ‘the finest ears ever’. He explains how he went from the dole to the big time
“Sometimes it can be a subtle process, or for some artists it’s very much an exploratory part of the creative process.” When FKA twigs asks for her vocals to sound like a sunset on her debut album, Wrench is the man to make that magic happen. He’s also been sought out by Frank Ocean, David Byrne, Blur and Erasure; his sonic fingerprints are all over 2024, having mixed tracks on new or forthcoming releases by Jamie xx, Sampha, Blossoms, Ezra Collective, Kelly Lee Owens, Primal Scream and the 1975’s George Daniel. In the 00s, Wrench become deeply immersed in the Welsh language music scene, producing the indie-pop of Race Horses and Topper; psychedelic folk records by Georgia Ruth and Lleuwen; hip-hop and pop by MC Mabon and Swci Boscawen alongside more mainstream acts such as Bryn Fon and Tebot Piws.
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