{{short description|Swedish record producer (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | name = Martin Terefe | birth_name = Martin Terefe | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|4|18}} | birth_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden | occupation = Record producer, [[audio engineering|audio engineer]], musician, songwriter | years_active = 1984–present }}
'''Martin Terefe''' (born 18 April 1969, [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]<ref name="a-ha bio">[http://a-ha.com/news/articles/analogue-tracklist-and-producer-information/ Biography on a-ha's official website]</ref>) is a Swedish record producer and songwriter, now living and working in London, who has produced Grammy, Brit and Juno award -winning albums with artists like [[Jason Mraz]], [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]] and [[KT Tunstall]]. He is also a member of the group [[Apparatjik]].
==Biography== Terefe spent his early years in [[Caracas]] in Venezuela, where he learned to play the guitar, before moving back to Stockholm in 1979.<ref name="a-ha bio" /> At the age of 15 he was signed up to a publishing deal and briefly fronted a rock band, but soon realised that he preferred a role writing and producing for other people.<ref>[http://www.martinterefe.com/biography/index.html Biography on Martin Terefe's official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430184726/http://www.martinterefe.com/biography/index.html |date=30 April 2012 }}</ref> He travelled to the UK and the US, where he met Michael Dixon, the manager of singer-songwriter [[Ron Sexsmith]], and who later became Terefe's manager.
Terefe's early productions in Stockholm were for Swedish artists Sara Isaksson, [[Ardis Fagerholm|Ardis]] and André de Lange. In 1996 Terefe moved to London and set up his own recording studio, Kensaltown Studios, named after [[Kensal Town]], the district of west London where the studios are located. He produced several of Sexsmith's albums during the 2000s and has gone on to write and produce songs and albums by [[KT Tunstall]], [[a-ha]], [[Jason Mraz]], [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Salmon |title=James Morrison, ''Undiscovered'' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 July 2006 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/28/popandrock.shopping5 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref> [[Martha Wainwright]], [[Train (band)|Train]], [[Cat Stevens]], [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Jamie Cullum]], Alyssa Bernal, [[Beverley Knight]] and [[Westlife]]. Terefe's productions won two awards at the [[52nd Grammy Awards|2010 Grammy Awards]] as a producer, for "[[Make It Mine]]" by Jason Mraz ([[Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]]) and "[[Lucky (Jason Mraz song)|Lucky]]" by Jason Mraz and [[Colbie Caillat]] ([[Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals]]).<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=jason+mraz&title=&year=2009&genre=All Searchable database, Grammy website]</ref>
In 2008 Terefe and Dixon set up Kensaltown Records. The label's releases included Ron Sexsmith's album ''[[Exit Strategy of the Soul]]'', the debut album by American singer Dawn Kinnard,<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Lester |title=New band of the day No 220: Dawn Kinnard |newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 November 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/06/popandrock2 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref> and the charity album ''[[Songs for Survival]]''. The ''Songs for Survival'' album included the first song by Apparatjik, the [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] of a-ha's [[Magne Furuholmen]], [[Coldplay]]'s [[Guy Berryman]], [[Mew (band)|Mew]]'s [[Jonas Bjerre]] and Terefe. The group continued to work together, releasing their debut album in 2010 and the follow-up in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sean |last=Michaels |title=Coldplay and A-ha side project announce debut album |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 November 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/24/coldplay-a-ha-side-project |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>
In 2009 Martin Terefe was ranked as the Number 10 most successful music producer of hit songs on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/hot-100-producers |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729111424/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/hot-100-producers |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title= Year end charts, Hot 100 Producers 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011 | publisher=Billboard.biz}}</ref>
Terefe and songwriter [[Sacha Skarbek]] (who is also managed by Michael Dixon) wrote the UK's entry for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2012|2012 Eurovision Song Contest]], titled "[[Love Will Set You Free]]" and sung by [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Engelbert Humperdinck to represent UK in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=1 March 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/eurovision.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720081229/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/eurovision.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2012 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Plunkett |title=Engelbert Humperdinck rides to Britain's rescue at Eurovision |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 March 2012 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/01/engelbert-humperdinck-to-sing-for-uk-at-eurovision |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>
In December 2020, Terefe and Bruce Lampcov assembled a band of British jazz musicians to play on the ''[[Bitches Brew]]''-inspired, self-titled album ''[[London Brew]]'', which is set for release on 31 March 2023 by [[Concord Jazz]].
==Discography== Selected production, mixing, recording credits<ref>{{cite web |url= http://martinterefe.com/discography/index.html |title= Martin Terefe Discography |access-date= 28 March 2012 |publisher= MartinTerefe.com |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120404194059/http://www.martinterefe.com/discography/index.html |archive-date= 4 April 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * 1994: Sara Isaksson – ''Red Eden'' (producer, songwriter) * 1994: Sara Isaksson – ''May'' (producer) (single) * 1995: ''Les Héroïnes original soundtrack'' (producer) * 1996: [[Ardis Fagerholm|Ardis]] – ''Woman'' (producer, songwriter) * 1997: Terefe/Whitecross – ''Terefe/Whitecross'' (producer, songwriter) * 1997: Andre de Lang – ''Worth the Wait'' (songwriter) * 1998: Michael Ruff with straitjacket – ''Feels Good'' (songwriter) * 1998: [[Secret Service (band)|Secret Service]] – ''Flash in the night / Oh Susie'' (The [[Antiloop]] Reconstruction) (remixer) (single) * 1999: The Bisons – ''EP'' (remixer) * 1999: Andre de Lang – ''Educate your soul'' (producer, songwriter) * 1999: ''Message in a bottle original soundtrack'' (producer) * 1999: Glen Scott – ''Without Vertigo'' (producer, songwriter) * 2000: Joanna de Seyne – ''Picture This'' (producer, songwriter, mixer) * 2000: Glen Scott – ''The deafening silence'' (producer) * 2000: Amy Giles – ''Other'' (producer) * 2000: Michael Ruff – ''Lovesongs + Lullabies'' (producer, songwriter, mixer) * 2000: [[Ana Egge]] – ''101 Sundays'' (producer) * 2001: [[Shea Seger]] – ''[[The May Street Project]]'' (producer, songwriter, mixer) * 2001: Rosalie Deighton – ''Truth Drug'' (songwriter) * 2001: This is where I belong – ''The songs of Ray Darius + the kinks'' * 2001: Glen Scott – ''Soul Rider'' (producer) * 2001: [[Steve Balsamo]] – ''Sugar for the soul'' (producer, songwriter) * 2001: [[Leona Naess]] – ''[[I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll]]'' (producer) * 2001: The Bisons – ''Compactor'' (producer) * 2002: [[Ron Sexsmith]] – ''[[Cobblestone Runway]]'' (producer) * 2002: [[Elisa (Italian singer)|Elisa]] – ''Come Speak To Me'' (producer, remixer) (single) * 2003: Clarksville – ''The Half Chapter'' (producer, songwriter) * 2003: ''[[Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot]]'' (performer with [[Ron Sexsmith]] on ''Drifters'', producer) * 2003: Staireo – Staireo (producer) * 2003: [[Eloise Laws]] – ''Secrets'' (co-wrote ''Leave The Light On'' and ''Listen to the Moonlight'' with Michael Ruff) * 2003: [[Ron Sexsmith]] – ''[[Rarities (Ron Sexsmith album)|Rarities]]'' (producer) * 2004: [[KT Tunstall]] – ''Black and White'' (producer, songwriter, mixer) (single) * 2004: [[Juliet Turner]] – ''Season of the Hurricane'' (producer, songwriter) * 2004: [[Alex Cuba Band]] – ''Humo De Tabaco'' (producer, mixer) * 2004: Brinkman – ''Where The Years Go'' (producer) * 2004: [[Ron Sexsmith]] and Various Artists – ''For the kids too'' – (producer, mixer) (single) * 2004: [[KT Tunstall]] – ''False Alarm EP'' (songwriter) * 2004: [[Kim Richey]] – ''The Collection'' (producer, mixer) * 2004: [[Ron Sexsmith]] – ''Retriever'' (producer) * 2004: [[Jason Mraz]] – ''(Live) Tonight Not Again'' (songwriter) * 2004: ''[[Beautiful Dreamer (album)|Beautiful Dreamer – The songs of Stephen Foster]]'' compilation album (producer, mixer) * 2004: [[Magne Furuholmen|Magne F]] – ''[[Past Perfect Future Tense]]'' (producer, mixer) * 2004: [[KT Tunstall]] – '' [[Eye to the Telescope]] '' (co-wrote ''Other Side of the World'' and ''Through The Dark'', producer) * 2005: [[Jaci Velasquez]] – ''[[Beauty Has Grace]]'' (producer) * 2005: [[Jason Mraz]] feat. [[Alex Cuba Band]] – ''Dramatica Mujer (The Target Red Room Vol. 4)'' – (producer, songwriter) * 2005: [[Cat Stevens]] – ''[[Gold (Cat Stevens album)|Gold]]'' (produced the track Indian Ocean) * 2005: [[KT Tunstall]] – '' [[Other Side of the World]]'' (producer, songwriter) (single) * 2005: [[a-ha]] – ''[[Analogue (album)|Analogue]]'' (co-wrote and produced ''[[Celice (song)|Celice]]'') * 2006: ''[[Teitur Lassen|Teitur]]'' – ''Stay under the stars'' (producer) * 2006: ''[[Declan O'Rourke]]'' – ''[[Since Kyabram]]'' (producer) * 2006: [[Gareth Gates]] – ''[[Pictures of the Other Side]]'' (co-wrote ''Changes'', ''Lost in You'', ''19 Minutes'', ''Can't Believe It's Over'', ''Afterglow'', ''[[Angel on My Shoulder (Gareth Gates song)|Angel on My Shoulder]]'', producer) * 2006: Cyril Paulus – ''Un Autre Nom'' (producer, songwriter) * 2006: [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]] – ''[[Undiscovered (James Morrison album)|Undiscovered]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2007: [[Ben's Brother]] – ''Beta Male Fairytales'' (producer, songwriter) * 2007: [[Mutya Buena]] – ''[[Real Girl (song)|Real Girl]]'' (producer) (single) * 2007: [[Jamie Scott]] – ''Park Bench Theories'' (producer, songwriter) * 2007: [[Craig David]] – ''[[Trust Me (Craig David album)|Trust Me]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2007: [[KT Tunstall]] – ''[[Drastic Fantastic]]'' (songwriter ''Funnyman'') * 2007: ''Umi no Shanghai'' ([[The Longest Night in Shanghai]] soundtrack) (songwriter and performer with [[Guy Berryman]] and [[Magne Furuholmen]] on ''Bass Theme'' and ''Guy Romance Theme'') * 2008: [[Martha Wainwright]] – ''[[I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too]]'' (producer) * 2008: [[Ron Sexsmith]] – ''[[Exit Strategy of the Soul]]'' (producer) * 2008: [[Corneille (singer)|Corneille]] – ''[[The Birth of Corneillius]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2008: [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]] – ''[[Songs for You, Truths for Me]]'' (co-wrote, produced and played on ''The Only Night'', ''Once When I Was Little'') * 2008: [[Bruce Parry]] Presents: ''[[Songs for Survival|Amazon Tribe – Songs for Survival]]'' compilation (producer, songwriter) * 2008: [[Jason Mraz]] – "[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]" (producer) (single) * 2008: [[Jason Mraz]] – ''[[We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2009: [[Cat Stevens|Yusuf]] – ''[[Roadsinger]]'' (produced five of the tracks, including the first single ''Thinking 'Bout You'') * 2009: [[Train (band)|Train]] – ''[[Save Me, San Francisco]]'' (producer) * 2009: [[Howie Day]] – ''[[Sound the Alarm (Howie Day album)|Sound the Alarm]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2009: [[a-ha]] – "[[Foot of the Mountain]]" (songwriter) (single) * 2009: Gin – ''Holy Smoke'' (producer) * 2009: Waylon – ''Wicked Ways'' (producer, songwriter) * 2009: [[Westlife]] – ''[[Where We Are]]'' (producer) * 2009: Terefe / Whitecross – ''From here to Helsinki'' (artist) * 2009: [[Jamie Cullum]] – ''[[The Pursuit (album)|The Pursuit]]'' (producer) {{col-2}} * 2010: [[Apparatjik]] – ''[[We Are Here (Apparatjik album)|We Are Here]]'' (producer, artist) * 2010: [[a-ha]] – ''[[Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)|Butterfly, Butterfly]]'' (producer) (single) * 2010: [[KT Tunstall]] – ''[[Tiger Suit]]'' (co-wrote ''Lost'' and ''Come On, Get In'') * 2010: [[Joshua Radin]] – ''[[The Rock and The Tide]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2010: Alyssa Bennal – ''Alyssa Bennal EP'' (producer, songwriter) * 2010: Eric Gadd – ''Rise Up!'' (producer, songwriter) * 2010: [[Jason Mraz]] – ''Life is Good'' (songwriter) (single) * 2010: [[Train (band)|Train]] – "[[Hey, Soul Sister]]" (producer)(single). The song reached number three on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and sold over five million digital copies in the US<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jecoup9587.blogspot.it/2011/01/nielsen-soundscans-top-20-digital-songs.html |title= Nielsen-Soundscan's Top 20 Digital Songs / Top 10 Albums for 2010 |date= 6 January 2011 |access-date=28 March 2012 | publisher=Nielsen}}</ref> * 2010: [[Charlotte Church]] – ''[[Back to Scratch]]'' (producer) * 2011: [[Beverley Knight]] – ''[[Soul UK]]'' (produced most of the album) * 2011: [[Apparatjik]] – ''Combat Disco Music'' (artist, producer) (single) * 2011: [[Emma's Imagination]] – ''Stand Still'' (producer) * 2011: [[Greyson Chance]] – ''[[Hold On 'Til the Night]]'' (co-wrote ''Little London Girl'', producer) * 2011: [[Mamas Gun]] – ''The life and Soul'' (producer) * 2011: [[Mads Langer]] – ''Behold'' (producer) * 2011: [[Brett Dennen]] – '' [[Loverboy (Brett Dennen album)|Loverboy]] '' (producer) * 2011: [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]] – ''[[The Awakening (James Morrison album)|The Awakening]]'' (co-wrote the song ''All Around The World'') * 2011: [[Jesse & Joy]] – ''[[¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2011: Alyssa Bernal – ''Love Hangover'' (co-wrote the song ''Soaking Up The Sun'' with [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]]) * 2011: [[Javier Colon]] – ''[[Come Through For You]]'' (co-wrote the song ''Stand Up'' with [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]] and produced ''The Truth'') * 2011: [[Mary J. Blige]] – ''[[My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)|This Live II (Act 1)]]'' (produced the song ''Need Someone'') * 2011: Luca Dirisio – ''Compis (A Pretty Fucking Good Album)'' (producer) * 2012: [[Apparatjik]] – ''[[Square Peg In A Round Hole (album)|Square Peg in a Round Hole]]'' (artist, producer) * 2012: [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] – ''Love Will Set You Free'' (co-wrote with [[Sacha Skarbek]] this song for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2012]]) (single) * 2012: [[Jason Mraz]] – ''[[Love Is a Four Letter Word (album)|Love Is a Four Letter Word]]'' (co-wrote ''Everything is Sound'') * 2012: [[Casey Abrams]] – ''[[Casey Abrams (album)|Casey Abrams]]'' (writer, performer, backing vocals, producer) * 2012: [[Delta Goodrem]] ''I Lost All Love 4 U'' (Child Of the Universe) (Writer, Editor, Producer) * 2013: [[Martin Halla]] – ''Winter Days'' (co-wrote the songs ''Illuminate The Sky'', ''Ignited'', ''The River'', ''He's The One'', ''All The Red Lights'', producer) * 2013: [[Backstreet Boys]] – ''[[In a World Like This]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2013: [[Miguel Bosé]] – ''[[Papitwo]]'' (producer) * 2013: [[James Blunt]]- ''Moon landing'' (producer) * 2013: [[Shane Filan]] – ''[[You and Me (Shane Filan album)|You and Me]]'' (producer) * 2013: [[KT Tunstall]] – ''Feel It All'' single (Mixing / Additional production) * 2013: [[Jesse & Joy]] – ''Corazon De Campeon'' – single for world cup 2014 (producer) * 2013: [[Zaz (singer)|Zaz]] – ''[[Recto Verso (album)|Recto Verso]]'' (songwriter, producer) * 2013: Marius Beck – ''Majors & Minors EP'' (producer) * 2014: [[Ricardo Arjona]] – ''[[Viaje (Ricardo Arjona album)|Viaje]]'' (producer) * 2014: [[Luis Fonsi]] – ''[[8 (Luis Fonsi album)|8]]'' (producer) * 2014: [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] – ''Engelbert Calling'' (producer) * 2014: [[Amaia Montero]] – ''Si Dios Quiere Yo Tambien'' (producer) * 2014: [[Lowell (musician)|Lowell]] – ''We Loved Her Dearly'' (producer, songwriter, engineering, mixing) * 2014: Tini – ''Undo My Heart'' (songwriter, producer) * 2015: [[MisterWives]] – "[[Our Own House (song)|Our Own House]]" (songwriter) * 2015: [[Shawn Mendes]] – ''[[Handwritten (Shawn Mendes album)|Handwritten]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2015: [[Mika (singer)|MIKA]] – ''[[No Place in Heaven]]'' (producer) * 2015: [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]] – ''[[Higher Than Here]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2015: [[Mike Posner]] – [[The Truth (EP)]] (producer) * 2015: [[Concha Buika]] – ''[[Vivir Sin Miedo]]'' (producer) * 2015: [[a-ha]] – ''[[Cast in Steel]]'' (songwriter) * 2015: [[Mike Posner]] – "[[I Took a Pill in Ibiza]]" (producer) * 2015: [[Jesse & Joy]] – [[Un Besito Más]] (producer, songwriter) * 2015: [[Zaz (singer)|Zaz]] – Sur La Route (producer) * 2016: Josh Flowers & The Wild – Let The Dirt Live (producer, songwriter) * 2016: [[Mike Posner]] – ''[[At Night, Alone.]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2016: [[Christina Aguilera]] – "[[Change (Christina Aguilera song)|Change]]" (producer) * 2016: [[Ward Thomas (band)|Ward Thomas]] – ''[[Cartwheels (Ward Thomas album)|Cartwheels]]'' (producer, songwriter) * 2016: [[Abel Pintos]] – ''11'' (producer) * 2016: Fetsum – Light In A Dark Place (producer, songwriter) * 2017: [[James Blunt]] – ''[[The Afterlove]]'' (producer) * 2017: [[Theory of a Deadman]] – ''[[Wake Up Call (Theory of a Deadman album)|Wake Up Call]]'' (producer) * 2017: [[a-ha]] – ''[[MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice|Take On Me (Acoustic)]]'' (producer) * 2017: [[Coldplay]] feat. [[Big Sean]] – "[[Miracles (Someone Special)]]" (additional production) * 2017: [[Robin Schulz]] feat. [[James Blunt]] – "[[OK (Robin Schulz song)|OK]]" (additional production) * 2017: [[Dan Caplen]] – ''Blinded By The Lights'' (additional production) * 2017: [[Anoushka Lucas]] – ''Dark Soul'' (songwriter, producer) * 2017: Josh Flowers – Car You Drive (producer) * 2018: [[Yungblud]] – ''[[21st Century Liability]]'' (producer and additional songwriting) * 2018: [[Amaia Montero]] – Nacidos para Creer (producer)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|others=[[Yungblud]]|title=21st Century Liability|year=2018|type=liner notes|publisher=[[Geffen Records]]}}</ref> * 2018: [[KT Tunstall]] – ''[[Wax (KT Tunstall album)|WAX]]'' (co-wrote ''The River'', ''Dark Side of Me'' and ''Tiny Love'') * 2019: [[Alice Chater]] – ''Tonight'' * 2019: Martin Terefe – ''Some Advice for the Kids'' (songwriter, performer) * 2020: [[Theory of a Deadman]] – ''[[Say Nothing (album)|Say Nothing]]'' (producer) * 2020: Martin Terefe – ''The Involuntary Gardener'' (album: songwriter, performer) * 2021: Brynn Cartelli – ''[[Based on a True Story (Brynn Cartelli EP)|Based on a True Story]]'' * 2022: [[KT Tunstall]] – ''[[Nut (album)|NUT]]'' (producer, co-wrote ''I Am the Pilot'', ''Canyons'' and ''Brain in a Jar'') * 2023: [[Theory of a Deadman]] – ''[[Dinosaur (Theory of a Deadman album)|Dinosaur]]'' (producer) * 2023: [[Jason Mraz]] – ''[[Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride]]'' (producer, songwriter) {{col-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.martinterefe.com/}} * {{Official website|kensaltownrecords.com|Official Kensaltown Records website}} * {{Official website|apparatjik.com|Official Apparatjik website}}
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