See also: My Bloody Valentine discography. Kevin Shields is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer who has released one collaborative album and scored the film Lost in Translation, in addition to a prolific career as a producer and mixer. He began performing in the late 1970s and formed the Dublin-based punk rock band The Complex with drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig and guitarist Liam Ó Maonlaí. Following Ó Maonlaí's departure, Shields and Ó Cíosóig recruited vocalist David Conway and formed a new band, My Bloody Valentine, in 1983.
After a number of minor mini-album/EPs and singles, the band released their first two full-length studio albums, Isn't Anything (1988) and Loveless (1991)—both of which pioneered an alternative rock subgenre known as shoegazing.[1] During this time, Shields created a guitar technique known as "glide guitar", which includes extensive use of the tremolo arm while strumming and features reverse reverb sourced from his Yamaha SPX90 processing unit.
Following My Bloody Valentine's disbandment in 1997, Shields began a career as a producer and mixer, with a number of artists, including Yo La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr., The Go! Team, The Pastels, Le Volume Courbe and Spacemen 3.[2] [3] He contributed guitar and also co-producing to two Primal Scream albums, XTRMNTR (2000) and Evil Heat (2002), and became a touring member of the band between 1996 and 2006. During this time, Shields composed music for the Canadian contemporary dance group La La La Human Steps and recorded four songs for Sofia Coppola's 2003 film Lost in Translation—which earned him nominations for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Film Music,[4] an Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) award for Best Music in a Film,[5] and an Online Film Critics Society award for Best Original Score.[6] In 2008, Shields released The Coral Sea, a collaborative live album with Patti Smith, on which he provided musical accompaniment to Smith's reading of her book of the same name.
| Year | Single | Album | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "City Girl" | Lost in Translation: Original Soundtrack | [8] | |
| 2017 | "Only Once Away My Son" with Brian Eno | N/A | [9] | |
| 2018 | "The Weight of History" with Brian Eno | N/A |
| Song(s) | Album | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Outro" | Geographic Compilation | [10] | |
| 2003 | "City Girl" "Goodbye" "Ikebana" "Are You Awake?" | Lost in Translation: Original Soundtrack | [11] |
| Album | Artist | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Strange Familiar | Russell Mills & Undark | [12] | |
| Beyond the Pale | Experimental Audio Research | [13] | ||
| 1997 | The Köner Experiment | [14] | ||
| Hand It Over | Dinosaur Jr. | [15] | ||
| 1999 | Subliminal Minded | DJ Spooky | [16] | |
| Afterglow | Dot Allison | [17] | ||
| 2000 | XTRMNTR | Primal Scream | [18] | |
| More Light | J Mascis + The Fog | [19] | ||
| 2001 | Gift | Curve | [20] | |
| Ear-Bleeding Country: The Best of Dinosaur Jr. | Dinosaur Jr. | [21] | ||
| Know Your Enemy | Manic Street Preachers | [22] | ||
| 2002 | Evil Heat | Primal Scream | [23] | |
| 2003 | Live in Japan | [24] | ||
| 2006 | I Killed My Best Friend | Le Volume Courbe | [25] | |
| 2008 | The Hollow of Morning | Gemma Hayes | [26] | |
| 2010 | Wake Up the Nation | Paul Weller | [27] | |
| 2013 | More Light | Primal Scream | [28] | |
| 2014 | Auto Music | Brian Reitzell | [29] |
| Album | Artist | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "How Do You Do It?" | The Impossibles | [30] | |
| 1995 | Appeal to Human Greed | God | [31] | |
| 1997 | Hand It Over | Dinosaur Jr. | ||
| 1998 | Kicking a Dead Pig | Mogwai | [32] | |
| 1999 | Afterglow | Dot Allison | ||
| 2000 | More Light | J Mascis + The Fog | ||
| 2001 | Ear-Bleeding Country: The Best of Dinosaur Jr. | Dinosaur Jr. | ||
| 2002 | Evil Heat | Primal Scream | ||
| 2003 | The John Peel Sessions | J Mascis | [33] | |
| 2004 | American Whip | Joy Zipper | [34] | |
| 2005 | Blackrays Defence | The Beat Up | [35] |
| Album | Artist | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Unfair Kind of Fame | The Pastels | [36] | |
| Autumn Sweater | Yo La Tengo | [37] | ||
| 1998 | "No Flies on Frank" | Damian O'Neill | [38] | |
| Kicking a Dead Pig | Mogwai | |||
| Illuminati | The Pastels | [39] | ||
| 1999 | Only The Strongest Will Survive | Hurricane #1 | [40] | |
| 2000 | XTRMNTR | Primal Scream | ||
| "Accelerator" | [41] | |||
| 2003 | Live in Japan | |||
| The John Peel Sessions | J Mascis | |||
| 2004 | Thunder, Lightning, Strike | The Go! Team | [42] | |
| American Whip | Joy Zipper | |||
| 2005 | Blackrays Defence | The Beat Up | ||
| "Ladyflash" | The Go! Team | [43] | ||
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | Bow Wow Wow | [44] | |
| 2010 | All Rise | Wounded Knees | [45] | |
| 2023 | House of Cards | Eyedress | [46] |
| Song | Artist | |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Londinium (Kevin Shields Mix)" | Archive |
| 1997 | "Autumn Sweater (Kevin Shields Mix)" | Yo La Tengo |
| "Cycle (My Bloody Valentine Remix)" | The Pastels | |
| 1998 | "Magic Nights (My Bloody Valentine Remix)" | The Pastels |
| "Mogwai Fear Satan (My Bloody Valentine Remix)" | Mogwai | |
| "Coming Up Roses (Kevin Shields Mix)" | Curve | |
| "If They Move Kill 'Em (My Bloody Valentine Arkestra)" | Primal Scream | |
| "La Piscine (My Bloody Valentine Mix)" | The Little Rabbits | |
| 1999 | "Rising Sign (My Bloody Valentine Mix)" | Hurricane #1 |
| "Sweetness And Light (The Orange Squash Mix)" | Lush | |
| 2000 | "Take Me Through This Life (Remixed By Kevin Shields)" | The Frank and Walters |
| 2001 | "Pure Morning (M B V Remix)" | Placebo |
| 2004 | "Sinc (Kevin Shields Mix)" | Mercedes |
| 2005 | "Thunder, Lightning, Strike - Kevin Shields Mix" | The Go! Team |
| "Huddle Flash (Kevin Shields Vs. The Go! Team)" | The Go! Team | |
| 2006 | "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" | Bow Wow Wow |
| "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix)" | Bow Wow Wow | |
| 2010 | "Living Room (Kevin Shields Remix)" | David Holmes Featuring Carl Hancock Rux |
| 2016 | "Get Over You (Kevin Shields 2016 Remix)" | The Undertones |
| 2023 | "House Of Cards (Kevin Shields Rainbow Belts Remix)" | Eyedress |