{{Short description|British music producer (1950–2022)}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox artist | name = Mike Pela | image = Mike Pela.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1950|01|13}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|07|23|1950|01|13}} | death_place = Italy | nationality = | spouse = | field = | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | bgcolour = | known_for = }}
'''Mike Pela''' (13 January 1950 – 23 July 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mixmag.net/read/michael-mike-pela-sade-collaborator-producer-grammy-news|title=Producer and long-time Sade collaborator Michael Pela has died|last=Buckle|first=Becky|date=27 July 2022|website=Mixmag}}</ref> was a British record producer and mixer. He worked with various artists including Sade, Maxwell, Savage Garden and others, spanning a wide array of genres.
==Career== Pela started his career in the 1970s working at the CTS / De Lane Lea recording complex in London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mike Pela – recording engineer and music producer at Real World Recording Studios|url=https://www.recordproduction.com/record-producer-features/mike-pela.htm|access-date=18 July 2021|website=www.recordproduction.com}}</ref> He worked on many projects during this time including The Who's ''Tommy'' and the Electric Light Orchestra's ''Eldorado''. He then went into a freelance role where he worked with artists such as Alice Cooper, Stephen Stills, Hawkwind, Nico, and Pete Townshend. In the 1980s he worked out of Robin Millar's Power Plant studios, where he was able to participate in music projects featuring artists such as Boy George, Fine Young Cannibals, Everything but the Girl, Tom Robinson, The Style Council, Gang of Four and Sade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov04/articles/classictracks.htm |title=CLASSIC TRACKS: Sade's 'The Sweetest Taboo' |publisher=Sound on Sound |accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-pela-mn0000418306/credits |title=Mike Pela – Credits – AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref>
Pela won several Grammy Awards, including: 2010 Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for Sade's "Soldier of Love", 2009 Best R&B Album for Maxwell's ''BLACKsummers'night'' and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for Maxwell's "Pretty Wings",<ref>Bhansali, Akshay. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100205193937/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630997/20100201/maxwell.jhtml Maxwell Calls Grammy Wins A 'Blessing']. MTV. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.</ref> 2002 Best Pop Vocal Album for Sade's ''Lovers Rock'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1845783.stm |title=Grammys 2002: The winners |publisher=BBC News Online |date=28 February 2002 |accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> and 1993 Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for Sade's "No Ordinary Love".
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==External links== * {{discogs artist|Mike Pela}} * {{IMDb name|3987479}}
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