Nigel Powell: Discography and Sound Samples

Nigel Powell - photo by Ben Morse
Photo by Ben Morse

This page is to showcase the music and production work of Nigel Powell. The name "The Sad Song Co." comes from my solo project, but since it's mostly on ice I thought I'd repurpose this web page to show a wider range of what I can do.
Click HERE (or a pdf here) for a biography - slightly drum-centric at the moment (it's the same one I've provided to Sabian, ProMark and DrumTuna who I endorse) but it'll do for now. There's a more extensive discography on Wikipedia if you're that way inclined.

as Producer / Engineer
as Musician / Writer

Artist Product Year Role Sound Clips / Notes
Frank Turner England Keep My Bones 2011 Drums / Backing Vocals / Mandolin
mp3s to follow after June 6th release of album
Dive Dive Potential 2010 Drums / Backing Vocals / Co-production / Co-mixing
Mr. 10% featured in the new documentary Anyone Can Play Guitar
Let's Swap Places engineered by Ben Lloyd, mixed by Nigel Powell
Indifference Unreleased track from Potential sessions
Josienne Clarke One Light Is Gone 2010 Drums
On The Ropes Overdubbed onto completed tracks, produced by the excellent Ben Lloyd
Dial 'F' For Frankenstein Demo 2009 Production / Engineering / Mix
New Song
Red Song
Oxford Royale Academy Website Tracks 2009 Production / Engineering / Mixing / Programming / Writing
Corporate Commisioned for commercial website films at Oxford-Royale.co.uk
Young Prodigies
Lazare Album 2009 Drumming / Backing Vocals
Hotel Moskva
Bad Moon Rising
Frank Turner Poetry Of The Deed 2009 Drumming / Backing Vocals / Arranging
Sons Of Liberty
Live Fast, Die Old check out the many clips on Frank's youtube channel
Various artists Ciao! My Shining Star - The Songs Of Mark Mulcahy 2009 Producer / Mixer / Piano / Keyboards / Drums (2 tracks)
The Quiet One
Ciao, My Shining Star! from the excellent Mark Mulcahy tribute album that you should go out and buy right now.
Frank Turner Take To The Road 2009 Drums / Mixing 5.1 and Stereo for DVD
Father's Day (live)
Nashville, Tennessee (live) These tracks also mixed in 5.1 for the DVD release
Inspected By Ten Demo 2008 Production / Engineering / Mix
Life Of Crime
Frank Turner Love, Ire and Song 2008 Drumming / Keyboards / Backing Vocals
Love, Ire and Song
Photosynthesis
Andy Yorke Simple 2008 Production / Playing
Rise and Fall
Surrender
Frank Turner The First Three Years 2008 Drums / Backing Vocals
This Town Ain't Big Enough For The One Of Me From the Campfire Punkrock E.P., Frank's first solo release
Heartless Bastard Motherfucker B-side of The Real Damage E.P.
Dive Dive Revenge Of The Mechanical Dog 2007 Production / Engineering / Mixing / Writing / Arranging / Playing
Holding Back The Broken Door Mixed this also
The Game Video on YouTube
Frank Turner Sleep Is For The Week 2007 Drumming / Keyboards / Backing Vocals
Back In The Day
Must Try Harder
The Sad Song Co. Poignant Device 2007 Production / Engineering / Writing / Arranging / Playing
The Healing
Dressing Down
Milow The Bigger Picture 2006 Production / Engineering / Writing / Arranging / Playing / String Arrangements
Born In The Eighties Also available on the international release of Milow's second album
Landslide I played bass, elec piano and drums for this, and scored the strings
Until The Morning Comes All Milow songs taken from Belgium certified gold record 'The Bigger Picture'
Dive Dive Tilting At Windmills 2005 Production / Engineering / Writing / Arranging / Playing
Good Show Top ten UK indie chart hit
The Sorry Suitor Top 5 UK indie chart hit
Tetsu0 Website Tracks 2005 Production / Programming / Mixing / Writing
Gauge Idle techno experiments
Wolff-Biederman More idle techno experiments
Emm Gryner The Great Lakes 2005 Drums
The Sad Song Co. miseryguts 2003 Production / Engineering / Writing / Arranging / Playing
Beginning To Wonder
Gulag Parenting
Jonny Greenwood Bodysong Soundtrack 2003 Percussion
Early recording session, not used on final album
Emm Gryner Asianblue 2002 Percussion
Unbelievable Truth Misc. Music 2001 Production / Engineering / Mixing / Writing / Arranging / Playing / String Arrangements
Everyone Has To Eat Mixed this in addition to my other duties
Nightlight My first proper pro mix, and I'm very happy still.
Unbelievable Truth sorrythankyou 2000 Production / Engineering / Writing / Arranging / Playing / String Arrangements
Hypnotist
Landslide
Unbelievable Truth Almost Here 1998 Production / Engineering / Writing / Arranging / Playing / String Arrangements
Building Played everything except bass on this one
Solved Top 40 hit in the UK. You can find videos to this, other singles and a bunch of live shows on my YouTube channel
Mundaka Remixed Demos 1997 Production / Engineering / Mixing / Programming / Writing / Arranging / Playing
Bird
New Whizzy Demo that never got vocals attached

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Nigel Powell uses:
Sabian Cymbals  ProMark Sticks  DrumTuna tympanic drum tuning gauges

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