Chris Hughes

Best known as producer of Tears for Fears’ platinum selling ‘Songs from the Big Chair’ album and co-writer of ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’, Chris has an impressive background as a musician, songwriter and producer. His career began with Adam and the Ants as drummer and producer of ‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’. Yielding 3 hit singles, the distinctive sound of this highly influential album earned Chris Music Week’s Producer of the Year award.

At db records he worked on the early development of Tom McCrae and The Electric Soft Parade, producing debut albums that were both nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.

The first solo release by Chris Hughes - Shift – a re-working of compositions by Steve Reich was originally released on the Fontana label in February 1994 and was re-issued by Helium Records in July 2008.