Jon Cotton is a British music producer and entrepreneur. He is CEO of production companies Poseidon and Mesmerica/Moodswings LLC.
His previous production work includes producing 2007’s Ivor Novello winner ‘Elusive’ by Scott Matthews (San Remo / Island), producing Scottish singer Jo Hamilton and work with 2009 Mercury Prize nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim.
Jon is also heavily involved in music for television and film. He produced the original soundtrack to the 2009 BAFTA award-winning feature film ‘Nativity’ starring Alan Carr and Martin Freeman (Decca) and has co-written the music to several current BBC series including Inside Out (BBC1), Nation on Film (BBC2), all 6 series of Richard Hammond’s Helicopter Heroes (BBC1) and A History of the World in 100 objects (BBC2) as well as numerous advertisements.
He has also consulted to Ragdoll (creators of the Teletubbies and In The Night Garden) and written a number of technical articles for Sound on Sound magazine.