Who We Are
kevin porée tony barrett john tonks malcolm dixon richard olatunde baker jamie moses matheson bayley neal snyman
A studio has to sound good, and have high-quality, well-maintained equipment; but its greatest asset is its people. Our staff and associates bring an extraordinary range and depth of experience to your projects. Between us we have decades in the business, thousands of clients, and dozens of awards. We are knowledgeable, dedicated, professional and enthusiastic. We believe that it's the quality of our team, and of the work we do, which results in our exceptionally loyal client-base.
Kevin Porée
has been working in production and engineering since the late 1980s, and took over at Berry Street in 1992.
KP has worked at major recording facilities all over the world, with an extensive and diverse group of artists. He brings a wealth of experience and a positive approach to a session. A skilled arranger and multi-instrumentalist, he has a musicality greatly appreciated by clients.
Tony Barrett
is a longtime Berry Street associate from a music retail buying & IT background. A music enthusiast & champion of new artists, he knows more about music and bands than anyone else we know; he goes to two or three gigs a week - every week, and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the studio. He occasionally works on sessions, but his primary role is in client relations and developing new business.
Tony is also writer and producer for Electronica project The Soap Company.
Luke Billing
Luke joined Berry Street in November 2009, joining us from gaining a Distinction in his MA in Media Production at the University of Lincoln. A keyboard player, composer, programmer and producer, Luke has also worked in radio, and in Film & Video Production. Over the course of 2010 he will be the brains behind our Video Production service.
John Tonks
Tonksy is the session-drummer who appears on countless Berry Street recordings. He also works as a Producer, Musical Director, Drummer and Programmer in a wide range of genres. His clients include Gabriella Cilmi, Paul Oakenfold, Neneh Cherry, Tricky, Lamb, Duran Duran, Lulu, Thea Gilmore, Fish, Stina Nordenstam, Lemonjelly, Steve Winwood, Sugababes, CirKus, and Thunder. Although still working in the live arena, his focus has increasingly turned to writing and production, notably collaborating with DJ Hernan Cattaneo on original tracks and high-profile remixes. For more, visit http://www.myspace.com/johntonksremixes.
Richard Olatunde Baker
was formally trained as an SSL engineer at the Matrix studios network in London, between 1995-1997, and has worked with a large cross-section of artists/producers from Sly&Robbie to Spiritualized.
He has worked freelance at Berry St since 1996 and has focused much of his work on various African music; still favouring the drum sound that the studio's live area provides. As a percussionist and multi-instrumentalist, he also records his own live/electronic projects at the studio.
Malcolm Dixon
Engineered full-time at Berry Street from 2006 to 2009, joining us from working Front-of-House at Brighton's Zap Club. With a wide range of engineering and production credits to his name, Malc now undertakes occasional sessions at Berry Street. An accomplished guitarist, he will bring musicality and a coolheaded approach to your session.
Visit his site for more information on Malc's projects.
Jamie Moses
is simply the session guitarist par excellance, and the guitarist on many Berry Street recordings. The second guitarist in Queen since 1993, Jamie has recorded and performed with the Pretenders, Gary Barlow, Chaka Khan, Anastacia, Amy Winehouse, Jamelia, St Etienne, Slash, Sugababes, U2, Suzanne Vega, Bob Geldof, Ronan Keating, Paul Young, Tony Hadley and many, many more.
Visit his site for more Jamie goodies.
Matheson Bayley
is, first and foremost, a composer, arranger, orchestrator and lyricist, having written for film, television, theatre, choirs, orchestras, computer game soundtracks, jazz bands, pop artists & classical instrumentalists throughout the world. With wide-ranging influences and experience in fields as diverse as musical theatre, pop, contemporary Classical choral music & modern jazz, as well as a keen interest in the instrumentation and rhythms of non-Western music, Matheson is widely recognised for his extraordinary versatility, creativity and technical mastery across genres.
Also a multi-instrumentalist, Matheson has played in bands and orchestras, accompanied musical theatre and pop singers, and performed as soloist in shows, concerts and gigs on some 25 musical instruments, and in more than 50 countries, including playing cello on stage with the French entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Matheson is available to work on your Berry Street project. Visit www.mathesonbayley.com for more details of Matheson's work.
Neal Snyman
has been an associate at Berry Street since 1994. In the 1990s he worked at Berry Street and London's Butterfly Studio, but has since returned to his native South Africa, with a base in Cape Town, and is South Africa's most sought-after engineer/producer. On his trips to London he works at Berry Street. Neal's credits are too extensive to list, but include David Bowie, Bjork, Crowded House, Youth, Live, Collective Soul, Black, Rollo, Boy George & Naomi Campbell.