Steve Anderson (musician)


Stephen John Anderson is a British musician, songwriter and record producer, whose most recognisable work is as Kylie Minogue's collaborator on her tours and previous albums. He has also worked on songs and albums for many recording artists such as Britney Spears, Westlife, Christophe Willem, Judy Tzuke and Susan Boyle.

Life and career

Early years – Brothers in Rhythm

Remixes and releases

Steve Anderson began his musical career at DMC Studios as one half of remix/production team Brothers in Rhythm with Dave Seaman. They went on to work with artists including Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Janet Jackson, Sting and Paul McCartney. Anderson's role at DMC was initially as an apprentice or, as he described it, "tea-boy creating some mixes for their subscription service". Anderson's first remix for Kylie Minogue under the DMC label was her 1990 disco single "Step Back In Time".
Though this remix was not officially serviced, it has been suggested that it later provided inspiration for the successful Harding/Curnow remix of the "Rhythm of Love" single.
Further, it would lead to Anderson collaborating with Minogue on her ballad "Finer Feelings" in 1991. Recalling the important influence of the band Massive Attack's music at the time, Anderson stated in an interview:
Finer Feelings came from someone at PWL loving what we were doing with Brothers In Rhythm, which up until then had been predominantly house music, so taking on a gorgeous mid tempo was quite a risk but of course we loved the song and just embellished what was there with a whole load of piano, strings and choir… On the original 1992 remix it was purely about making the rhythm section tougher and the orchestration more lush - everyone was influenced by Massive Attack then, so that’s where we were headed”

This led to production work for the Pet Shop Boys, Take That and Minogue's debut album for Deconstruction Records in 1994, including "Confide In Me" which he co-wrote and produced. Extensively collaborating with Dave Seaman, Brothers in Rhythm also had mainstream hits in their own right with Peace and Harmony and Such a Good Feeling, the latter reaching number 1 in the Billboard Dance Club Songs charts. Peace and Harmony secured greater exposure when it re-appeared as the B-side to Such a Good Feeling.
In 1994, the follow-up to Such a Good Feeling, Forever and a Day, was released in the U.K via Stress Records, with vocals from Charvoni, charting at number 51.

Production work

Around the time of the Brothers in Rhythm release Forever and a Day, Seaman and Anderson featured on the first Kylie Minogue album since leaving her label PWL. The two co-wrote and produced her first single Confide In Me, which went to no. 2 in the U.K charts and signified a “reinvention” of Minogue's image and sound. According to Lee Barron, he felt the image of the music video was an example and opening of "Indie Kylie"; an image that later progressed through the work of her 1997 album Impossible Princess. Brothers in Rhythm also produced four additional songs on the album, namely Love is Waiting, Dangerous Game, Automatic Love and Where is the Feeling.
After the release of their 1994 Brothers in Rhythm single Forever in a Day, Anderson and Seaman concentrated on writing, producing and recording Minogue's second album for Deconstruction Records/Sony BMG, Impossible Princess. Temporarily retitled Kylie Minogue in the UK and Europe, this was Minogue's sixth studio album, released on 22 October 1997 by Sony BMG and Deconstruction Records in Japan. Minogue had co-written all the songs on the album, with additional credits in production and composition; the album was also assisted by Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk, Brothers in Rhythm and Rob Dougan, among others.
The album received a polarized response from music critics. Commercially, the album reached number 10 in Australia, Scotland and the UK, but was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for physical shipment of 70,000 units.
After the release of Impossible Princess, Brothers in Rhythm continued to collaborate, having their remixes on single releases by D Ream, M People, Placebo, Garbage and Alanis Morissette.
While the Brothers in Rhythm never officially split up, the beginning of the millennium saw Dave Seamen concentrate on his DJ career while Anderson consolidated his career in music production, song-writing and theatre.

Production and songwriting

Steve Anderson has written and co-written songs and produced music for recording artists including Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Markus Feehily, Holly Valance, Take That, Susan Boyle and Delta Goodrem.
After completing Impossible Princess for Minogue in 1997, Anderson continued to write with Minogue for the album that became Light Years. Recalling a sense of freedom during the early period of recording in 1999, Anderson states:
The thing is, when we get together to write, we just do what we feel like. We never try to pitch at an album or sound, so often we write something we love that happily sits on a b-side, and that’s fine with us. If you take something like Harmony for instance - the sun was shining at Real World and we just wanted to do something really bright, warm and summery with a lovely lyric. We knew there was no way it was going to fit on an album, but that's not a good enough reason not to write it.

Released in 2000 through Parlophone and widely seen as Minogue's comeback album, Light Years features three songs composed by Anderson. He also co-wrote Dancefloor and Give It To Me on the follow-up album Fever, which reached the number one slot in the UK, Australian, Austrian, German and Irish album charts and number 3 on the US Billboard 200.
Anderson also worked on songs for Britney Spears, including "Breathe on Me" for her 2003 album In The Zone and two unreleased songs originally intended for her album Blackout.
In 2003, he produced and co-wrote three songs for the Holly Valance album State of Mind, released on Warner Bros. Records. He also co-wrote and produced "Everything You Ever Wanted" for the English-Irish Pop Girl group Girls Aloud's debut album Sound of the Underground.
In 2009, he produced "Talk Me Down" for the Irish boy band Westlife's Where We Are album. He co-wrote and produced the song "Entre Nous et le Sol" for French singer Christophe Willem's album Caféine, "Soy Como Soy".
In 2011, he was reunited with Christophe Willem, producing his entire Prismophonic album for Columbia / Sony Music.
In 2012, he also produced the English version of Willem's album, Love Shot Me Down. As part of Kylie Minogue's K25 celebrations, Anderson also produced The Abbey Road Sessions album, on which he co-wrote the single "Flower".
In 2013 he produced Susan Boyle's Home for Christmas album. In 2014 he produced Boyle's next album, Hope.
In 2015 he produced songs on Westlife's Markus Feehily album Fire and numerous songs for Kylie Minogue's Christmas album, Kylie Christmas.
In 2016 he wrote and produced Paola Iezzi's single "Lovenight". He also became heavily involved in the production, arrangement and release of new singer Harriet and her self-titled debut album. He also produced Boyle's Christmas album A Wonderful World, featuring covers of Madonna, Robbie Williams and ABBA songs. Anderson also produced Minogue's expanded re-release of her Christmas album, Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition.
In 2018, he produced and wrote a couple of tracks on the solo debut album of Steps' singer Claire Richards. He also co-produced the debut album ‘Brave’ by 15 year old Beau Dermott for Records with Cliff Masterson

Music director – pop concert tours

Though its chart performance was somewhat lackluster, a key success of Kylie Minogue's Impossible Princess era was her live tour Intimate and Live in 1998. Performing to sell out shows in Australia and London, Minogue selected Anderson as its musical director for all corresponding concerts. This relationship continues with Anderson providing essential arrangement production work for Kylie Minogue's On a Night Like This tour, KylieFever tour, Money Can't Buy, ', ', KylieX2008, For You, for Me, Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour, Anti Tour, Kiss Me Once Tour and A Kylie Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall. Outside his live work for Minogue, Anderson has scored the live arrangements for tours and shows by Westlife, Delta Goodrem, Leona Lewis and most recently Lush in October 2016. He has also scored notable radio and T.V shows including Live Lounge for Leona Lewis and Little Mix and An Audience With Kylie Minogue which featured a duet with Kermit the Frog.

Music supervisor – theatre

In 2007, alongside working on the, Anderson and others from Kylie Minogue's creative team, including choreographer Ashley Wallen, vocal arranger Terry Ronald and creative director William Baker, opened their re-worked version of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent, Rent: Remixed at London's Duke of York's Theatre. The show starred Luke Evans, and Siobhan Donaghy as Mimi. While the show's stripped down adaptation drew criticism, Sam Marlow, theatre critic for the Times, stated
Anderson has done a cracking job of funking up Larson’s score, replacing overweening guitar rock with pumping gay club anthems and diva pop, flavoured with rippling keyboards and electronica.

The same creative team would reunite for several versions of The Hurly Burly Show, a Burlesque Revue playing at various West End theatres between 2010 and 2012, starring the British Neo-Burlesque performer Miss Polly Rae. The show was well received by Theatre critics, with The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer giving it a four-star rating, noting the quality of the show's musical numbers, while The Guardian's Michael Billington praised its slick direction.
Three successful incarnations of the show led to further theatrical outings for Anderson. Collaborations to date include:
In 2014 it was announced that Anderson was working on a new musical based on the music of Minogue. In September 2015 Minogue herself confirmed that the musical had "momentum" once again, after being "in talks". A successful trademark registration by Minogue's family company from 2012 indicates that the musical's working title is Lucky: The Kylie Minogue Musical.
Anderson is currently working on a new musical, The Most Beautiful Man In New York, with long time collaborators Ian Masterson and Terry Ronald.

Discography

With Brothers in Rhythm

Singles

As producer and songwriter (selected discography)

Year ReleaseArtistFormatLabelSong titleRole
1992Make It On My OwnAlison LimerickSingleAristaMake It On My OwnWriter and Producer
1994Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionConfide in MeWriter and Producer
1994Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionDangerous GameWriter and Producer
1994Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionAutomatic LoveProducer
1994Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionLove Is WaitingProducer
1994Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionWhere Is the Feeling?Producer
1994Confide In MeKylie MinogueSingleDeconstructionConfide In MeWriter and Producer
1995Where Is The Feeling?Kylie MinogueSingleDeconstructionWhere Is The Feeling?Producer
1997Some Kind Of BlissKylie MinogueSingleDeconstructionLove Takes Over Me Writer and Producer
1997Did It AgainKylie MinogueSingleDeconstructionDid It AgainWriter and Producer
1998Impossible PrincessKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionDid It AgainWriter and Producer
1998Impossible PrincessKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionCowboy StyleWriter and Producer
1998Impossible PrincessKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionDrunkWriter and Producer
1998Impossible PrincessKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionDreamsWriter and Producer
1998Impossible PrincessKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionToo FarProducer
1998Impossible PrincessKylie MinogueStudio albumDeconstructionSay HeyProducer
1998Cowboy StyleKylie MinogueSingleDeconstructionCowboy StyleWriter and Producer
1998Cowboy StyleKylie MinogueSingleDeconstructionLove Takes Over Me Writer and Producer
2000Hits +Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumDeconstructionConfide In MeWriter and Producer
2000Hits +Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumDeconstructionTake Me With YouWriter and Producer
2000Hits +Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumDeconstructionStay This WayWriter and Producer
2000Hits +Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumDeconstructionDid It AgainWriter and Producer
2000Hits +Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumDeconstructionAutomatic Love Producer
2000Hits +Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumDeconstructionIf You Don't Love MeProducer
2000Hits +Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumDeconstructionWhere Is The FeelingProducer
2000Spinning AroundKylie MinogueSingleParlophone RecordsCover Me With Kisses Writer and Producer
2000Spinning AroundKylie MinogueSingleParlophone RecordsPaper Dolls Writer and Producer
2000On a Night Like ThisKylie MinogueSingleParlophone RecordsOcean BlueWriter and Producer
2000Light YearsKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone RecordsBittersweet GoodbyeWriter and Producer
2000Light YearsKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone RecordsButterflyWriter
2000Light YearsKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone RecordsSo Now GoodbyeWriter
2000Please StayKylie MinogueSingleParlophone RecordsGood Life Writer and Producer
2000Please StayKylie MinogueSingleParlophone RecordsSanta Baby Producer
2001FeverKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone RecordsGive It To MeWriter
2001FeverKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone RecordsDancefloorWriter and Producer
2002In Your EyesKylie MinogueSingleParlophone RecordsNever Spoken Writer and Producer
2002In Your EyesKylie MinogueSingleParlophone RecordsHarmony Writer and Producer
2002Feels So GoodAtomic KittenStudio albumInnocentFeels So GoodWriter and Producer
2003In the ZoneBritney SpearsStudio albumJive RecordsBreathe on meWriter and Producer
2003State of MindHolly ValanceStudio albumLondon RecordsHypnoticWriter and Producer
2003State of MindHolly ValanceStudio albumLondon RecordsCuriousWriter and Producer
2003State of MindHolly ValanceStudio albumLondon RecordsRoll OverWriter and Producer
2003Sound of the UndergroundGirls AloudStudio albumPolydorEverything You Ever WantedWriter and Producer
2004You Stood UpVStudio albumUniversalStop the TearsWriter
2004Two ShotsMatt DuskStudio albumDeccaDon't Go LookingWriter and Producer
2006The Magic Roundabout Kylie MinogueCompilation AlbumMilan RecordsThe Magic RoundaboutVocal Producer
2007RyanDan RyanDanStudio albumUniversal MusicEntire albumProducer
2007RyanDan RyanDanStudio albumUniversal MusicDentro MeWriter and Producer
2007RyanDan RyanDanStudio albumUniversal MusicStay With YouWriter and Producer
2007RyanDan RyanDanStudio albumUniversal MusicYou Needed MeWriter and Producer
2007Kylie MinogueLive AlbumParlophoneEntire AlbumProducer
2007Kylie MinogueLive AlbumParlophoneDreamsWriter and Producer
2007Kylie MinogueLive AlbumParlophoneConfide in MeWriter and Producer
2007Kylie MinogueLive AlbumParlophoneCowboy StyleWriter and Producer
2007Radio 1 Established 1967Various ArtistsCompilation albumUniversal MusicKylie Minogue: Love Is The DrugVocal Producer
2008Beautiful People Various ArtistsCompilation AlbumEMIKylie Minogue and Dannii Minogue: The Winner Takes It AllProducer
2009Where We AreWestlifeStudio albumS, RCA, Sony MusicTalk Me DownProducer
20091000 StarsNatalie BassingthwaighteStudio albumEpicSupersensualWriter and Producer
2009CaféineChristophe WillemStudio albumColumbiaEntre Nous et le SolWriter and Producer
2009Live In New YorkKylie MinogueLive AlbumParlophoneEntire albumProducer
2009Live In New YorkKylie MinogueLive AlbumParlophoneConfide in MeWriter and Producer
2010Now Is the HourJennifer RushStudio albumAriolaAin't Loved You Long EnoughWriter and Producer
2010SafeWestlifeSingleSycoPlease Stay Producer
2010HeartboxChristophe WillemStudio albumColumbiaState of GraceWriter and Producer
2010GravityWestlifeStudio albumSycoI Will Reach YouWriter
2010GravityWestlifeStudio albumSycoBefore It's Too LateWriter
2010Nueva PielEdurneSingleSony MusicSoy Como SoyWriter
2010Moon On A MirrorballJudy TzukeCompilation AlbumWrasse RecordsIf Writer and Producer
2011CoolChristophe WillemSingleSony MusicCoolProducer
2011PrismophonicChristophe WillemStudio albumSony MusicSi Mes Larmes TombentWriter and Producer
2011PrismophonicChristophe WillemStudio albumSony MusicJamais DuWriter and Producer
2011PrismophonicChristophe WillemStudio albumSony MusicEnnemis In L.O.V.E.Writer and Producer
2011PrismophonicChristophe WillemStudio albumSony MusicJe Rejoins La SceneWriter and Producer
2011PrismophonicChristophe WillemStudio albumSony MusicLe Temps Qu'il ResteWriter and Producer
2011PrismophonicChristophe WillemStudio albumSony MusicEquilibreWriter and Producer
2011PrismophonicChristophe WillemStudio albumSony MusicCoolProducer
2012The Abbey Road SessionsKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneEntire AlbumProducer
2012The Abbey Road SessionsKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneFlowerWriter and Producer
2012The Abbey Road SessionsKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneConfide in MeWriter and Producer
2012FlowerKylie MinogueSingleParlophoneFlowerWriter and Producer
2013Home for Christmas Susan BoyleStudio albumSycoEntire AlbumProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoWish You Were HereProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoI can Only ImagineProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoAngelProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoAbide With MeProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoImagineProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoWill The Circle Be UnbrokenProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoBridge Over Troubled WaterProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoThe Impossible DreamProducer
2014HopeSusan BoyleStudio albumSycoOh Happy DayProducer
2015FireMarkus FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentLove Is a DrugWriter and Producer
2015FireMarkus FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentSanctuaryWriter and Producer
2015FireMarkus FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentOnly YouWriter and Producer
2015FireMarkus FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentLove Me Or Leave MeWriter and Producer
2015FireMarkus FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentWash The Pain AwayWriter
2015Winter StoriesHarrietAlbumn/aEntire AlbumProducer
2015Winter StoriesHarrietAlbumn/aMaybe This ChristmasWriter and Producer
2015Kylie ChristmasKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone, Warner Bros.Entire AlbumProducer
2015Kylie ChristmasKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone, Warner Bros.100 DegreesWriter and Producer
2015Kylie ChristmasKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone, Warner Bros.Oh SantaWriter and Producer
2015Kylie ChristmasKylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone, Warner Bros.Christmas isn't Christmas 'Til You Get HereWriter and Producer
2016100 Degrees Kylie Minogue and Dannii MinogueSingleParlophone100 Degrees Writer and Producer
2016LovenightPaola IezziSingleBMG Rights Management ItalyLovenightWriter and Producer
2016Broken For YouHarrietSingleBrightstar RecordsBroken For YouWriter and Producer
2016First And LastHarrietSingleBrightstar RecordsFirst and LastWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsEntire AlbumProducer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsAfterglowWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsWhat's Mine Is YoursWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsBroken For YouWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsCan I Keep YouWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsFirst And LastWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsPermission To KissWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsUnlove YouWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsLove Will BurnWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsFlyWriter and Producer
2016HarrietHarrietStudio albumBrightstar RecordsWhoever You AreWriter and Producer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneIt's The Most Wonderful Time Of The YearProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneSanta Claus Is Coming To TownProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneWinter WonderlandProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneOnly YouProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneStay Another DayProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneChristmas WrappingProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneWonderful ChristmastimeProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneI'm Gonna Be Warm This WinterProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone100 DegreesProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneLet It SnowProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophone2000 MilesProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneSanta BabyProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneChristmas Isn't Christmas 'Til You Get HereProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneHave Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneOh SantaProducer
2016Kylie MinogueStudio albumParlophoneEverybody's Free Producer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentMerry Christmas BabyProducer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentRiverProducer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentHave Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasProducer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentThis ChristmasProducer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentMiss You Most at Christmas TimeProducer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentO Holy NightProducer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentSilent Night Producer
2017ChristmasMark FeehilyStudio albumHarmoney EntertainmentO Holy NightWriter
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicForever Ends With YouProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicOn My OwnProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicEnd Before We StartProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicDeep WatersProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicLiarProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicBraveProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicMy Wildest DreamsProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicDon't Leave Me in This AloneProducer
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicEnd Before We StartWriter
2018My Wildest Dreams Claire RichardsStudio albumSony MusicMy Wildest DreamsWriter
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