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Joseph Mount
Birth Name:Joseph Patrick Kennith Mount
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Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:11 September 1982
Birth Place:Totnes, Devon, England
Genre:Indie rock, indie pop, new wave, electronic
Occupation:Musician, record producer
Instrument:Vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, bass
Associated Acts:Metronomy

Joseph Patrick Kennith Mount (born 11 September 1982) is an English musician and record producer. He is the founder of British band Metronomy.

Biography

Mount started out as a rock and roll drummer, playing in various bands at school and then in his mid teens with The Upsides and The Customers. He also taught drums to kids in his local area. His first forays into electronic music started with him buying an old G3 computer from his father. It was with this setup that he set about creating beats and discovered he knew a lot more about melody than he thought he did and he began to compose music under the Metronomy moniker.

Mount attended Brighton University; fellow alumni are Samuel Preston, Good Shoes, The Maccabees and DJ Scotch Egg.[1] Speaking of influences, he mentioned "people who’ve written, recorded and produced things all on their own, like Prince," but also "a lot of electronica, like Autechre and Funkstörung, and pop music and bands too, people like David Bowie and The Ramones, and these weird old folk records my parents had, like Blowzabella."[2]

Mount now lives in Paris.[3] He has two sons.[3]

Songwriting and production credits

TitleYearArtist(s)AlbumCreditsWritten withProduced with
"C.R.U.F.F."2008Roots ManuvaSlime & ReasonAdditional producer--
"Let the Spirit"Co-writer/Producer--
"On My Own"CocknBullKidAnita Blay-
"Shake"Anita Blay-
"Dumb"2011AdulthoodAnita BlayLiam Howe
"Make a Scene"Sophie Ellis-BextorMake a SceneSophie Ellis-BextorFuturcut
"I"Nicola RobertsCinderella's EyesNicola Roberts-
"Fish Out of Water"Nicola Roberts-
"Snapshot in LA"2014Marion CotillardProducer--
"La Baie"2018Clara LucianiSainte-VictoireCo-writerClara Luciani-
"Colour Blind"
DiploCalifornia EPCo-writerThomas Pentz, Maxime Picard, Clement Picard, Boaz de Jong, Diego Leanos-
"Missing U"RobynHoneyCo-writer/ProducerRobin Carlsson, Klas AhlundKlas Ahlund, Robyn
"Honey"Producer-Klas Ahlund, Robyn
"Human Being"
Co-writer/ProducerRobin Carlsson-
"Because It's in the Music"Robin Carlsson, Klas AhlundKlas Ahlund
"Baby Forgive Me"Producer-Mr. Tophat
"Beach2k20"Co-writerRobin Carlsson, Klas Ahlund, Rudolf Nordstrom-
"Ever Again"Co-writer/ProducerRobin Carlsson-
"Adore You"2019Jessie WareWhat's Your Pleasure?Jessica Ware-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UP MUSIC MAGAZINE - Absolutely Free Web Based Interactive Music Magazine :: . 18 April 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081024171710/http://www.upmagazine.co.uk/magazine/up5/page12.html . 24 October 2008 .
  2. Web site: Metronomy « Loud And Quiet . Loudandquiet.com . 2016-07-09 . 14 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215201/http://www.loudandquiet.com/2010/01/metronomy/ . dead .
  3. Web site: chic alors: On The Phone: Joseph Mount, the mouth of Metronomy . Chicalors.blogspot.co.uk . 2016-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161013174904/http://chicalors.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-phone-joseph-mount-mouth-of-metronomy.html . 2016-10-13.