The Oskar
Paul interview

Watch
the video interview!
Oskar has
spent the last 2 years mainly writing and producing for
and with new artists geared towards hooky pop material.
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Watch Oskar Paul talking with George Shilling for RecordProduction.com at Strongroom Studios, London
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Oskar
moved to London after a period as chief producer, engineer and
programmer in Syrland studios in Iceland for 5 years.
He
has recently produced the UK’s fastest ever selling single
– ‘Pop Idol’ Will Young’s No 1 ‘Anything is Possible’
with Cathy Denis as well as writing and producing forthcoming
singles with Pop Idol’s Gareth Gates and also for Sarah
Whatmore. Now signed to Sony Publishing UK, Oskar has spent
the last 2 years mainly writing and producing for and with new
artists geared towards hooky Pop material as evidenced by his
success with bands such as Steps and S Club 7.
Oskar
produced S Club 7’s Smash UK and US hit 'Never Had A Dream'
plus tracks on their next album and songs on Hear'Say, Ladies
First and David Chavet’s new albums.
His
next productions are Claire & H for WEA, new Sony artist
Luan Parle and Nana Mouskouri’s daughter Lenou for
Universal, plus he is writing songs with Ian McCulloch of Echo
and the Bunnymen for his solo album and with Richie Neville of
Five and Emma Holland on Jive.
He
has a state of the art writing and pre-production studio in
The Roundhouse Studios in London and is a
multi-instrumentalist.
His
credits include
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Club 7 Prod ‘Never had a Dream Come True’ 19 /
Polydor
‘Two in a Million’ ( 2001 remake ), ‘Boy
Like You’
Will Young Prod ‘Anything Is Possible’ BMG
Steps Co-wrote ‘Turn around’ Buzz / Jive
Gareth Gates Prod / write forthcoming singles BMG
Sarah Whatmore Prod / write forthcoming singles
BMG
S Club Juniors Co-written songs for new album
Polydor
David Charvet. 5 songs co-written and programmed
Mercury
For forthcoming album
Ladies First Co-written songs for new album
Polydor
Mike and The Mechanics Programming last album
Marc Almond ‘Open all night’ mix / programmed
/ co-written
Curve ‘Come Clean’ album recorded / programmed
Universal
Secret Garden recorded / mixed 2 Albums Universal
Depeche Mode Programming Mute
Seal MTV unplugged Pro-Tools / Programming
SJ ‘Shiver’ Mixed React |
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We would like to
warmly thank Strongroom
Studios for all of their help, George
Shilling for asking the questions, Oskar Paul and Stephen
Budd for setting the interview up.