Howie B saved to buy an album a week and then listened to it all day long.
16 Facts About Howie B
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Howie B worked his way up there between 1984 and 1986, from teaboy to tape operator to assistant engineer to engineer.
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Howie B learnt there all the technical details and procedures.
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Howie B started working; mixing and engineering with Siouxsie and the Banshees, on their 1988 singles "Peek-a-Boo" and "The Killing Jar".
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Howie B then engineered and mixed on Soul II Soul's debut album Club Classics Vol.
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Howie B worked as a programmer for Bjork on several albums, engineering on 1995's Post and co-writing "I Miss You".
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Howie B supervised their side-project Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1 alongside producer Brian Eno.
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Howie B heavily involved in the U2's electronically focused Pop in 1997, co-producing it with Flood.
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In 2021, Italian duo Pinhdar released the album Parallel, produced by Howie B and including his significant musical contributions.
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Howie B's productions appeared on seminal electronic labels including Mo'Wax and Eye Q, while he signed with major label Polydor for a deal that spanned four full-length albums and several singles.
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Howie B produced a remix of the cover version of Theme from Mission: Impossible for the 1996 feature-film remake, called Mission: Impossible Theme performed by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.
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Howie B has produced, co-produced, composed and written a number of scores and soundtracks for full-length feature and short films alike, including The End of Violence with Ry Cooder, Dollhouse, How To Sell A Banksy, Double Xposure, Lost in Thailand, Made in China and Rabbit.
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Howie B frequently collaborated with director Run Wrake, who would animate short films and music videos set to accompany Howie B's music.
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Howie B soundtracked a pornographic film directed by Jacob Pander.
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Howie B collaborated with Argentine theatre group De La Guarda on an album produced by one of their members, Gaby Kerpel, who he mentored.
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Howie B set up HB Records in 2013 to release a new album Down with the Dawn.