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{{confused|Howard Bernstein}}
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| birth_name = Howard Bernstein
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| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
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| genre = [[Trip hop]], [[electronica]]
| occupation = Music producer
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'''Howard Bernstein''' (born 18 April 1963,<ref>[[BBC Radio 6 Music]], Gilles Peterson, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041j8cq Howie B in conversation]", interview with Howie B, 19 April 2014</ref> [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]), professionally known as '''Howie B''', is a musician and producer, who has worked with artists including: [[Björk]], [[U2]], [[Robbie Robertson]], [[Elisa Toffoli|Elisa]], [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], [[Mukul Deora]] and [[The Gift (band)|The Gift]].

==Upbringing==

Born into a Jewish family amidst the Catholic/Protestant sectarianism of Glasgow,<ref name="That's - Howie B interview">[http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/articles/14765 Howie B interview] That's. Retrieved 2013-16-12.</ref> Bernstein attended socialist Jewish youth clubs in the city while finding a musical education in [[John Peel]]'s radio shows, recording tracks from the show on a two-track tape recorder and making rudimentary mixes from them.<ref name="Insights into fatherhood">[http://www.scmp.com/article/214895/insights-fatherhood Insights into fatherhood] SCMP. Retrieved 2013-16-12.</ref>

Later, he spent a year in Israel working on a [[kibbutz]] as part of Jewish cultural youth movement [[Habonim Dror|Habonim]]<ref name="The comedy gang">[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/the-comedy-gang-the-jewish-youth-group-that-made-sacha-baron-cohen-2278836.html The comedy gang: The Jewish youth group that made Sacha Baron Cohen] The Independent. Retrieved 2013-16-12.</ref> before living for a period in the United States.

==Early career==

Once back in the UK, he moved to a squat in Limehouse, London with a desire to work in the music industry, and after establishing himself as a DJ, eventually found a job working as a teaboy at Lillie Yard studios – owned by legendary film composer [[Hans Zimmer]]. He worked his way up there between 1984 and 1986, from teaboy to tape operator to assistant engineer to engineer.<ref name="SoundOnSound">[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun02/articles/howieb.asp Howie B: Electronic Music For Live Performance] Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2013-16-12.</ref> "I could see myself DJ-ing forever, but I wanted to learn a skill, I wanted to take it seriously," he said of his decision to move into the world of music production. "And so I went into apprenticeship in a studio. When I began working there I was so intimidated. I did not know what the hell I was meant to do or what any of the technical stuff meant. Because of this I had a completely different attitude to equipment, but I did learn all the technical details and procedures. Lillie Yard was a film studio, so working there was a bit crazy: one minute I'd be recording a jingle for McDonalds, the next a jingle for Danone, and then I'd be recording a 20-piece choir or a small orchestra. I'd often record and mix 40 minutes of music in one day."

His most notable work at Lillie Yard was recording [[Soul II Soul]]'s seminal ''[[Club Classics Vol. One]]'', after he befriended the group during regular visits to their legendary parties at London's Africa Centre.<ref name="Africa Centre">[http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/10/soul_ii_soul/ Soul II Soul: The Day Of The Funki Dred] Blues & Soul. Retrieved 2013-17-12.</ref> Following the success of this collaboration, he left Lillie Yard to go freelance.

==Artist production, engineering and collaboration==

He has worked with Björk on several projects, engineering her third studio album ''[[Post (Björk album)|Post]]'' and co-writing "[[I Miss You (Björk song)|I Miss You]]", and co-produced, engineered and mixed [[U2]]'s electronically focused ninth studio album ''[[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]'' in 1997 alongside producer [[Flood (producer)|Flood]] after having worked on their 1995 album ''[[Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1]]'' alongside [[Brian Eno]].<ref name= "Sound On Sound">[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/jul97/flood_u2.html Flood & Howie B: Producing U2's 'Pop'] Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2013-17-12.</ref> "At the beginning they were trying to find a role for me" he said of the beginning of the project. "My original title was 'DJ and Vibes'. It was a bit of a difficult title to be given, because some of the tunes didn't need that kind of input – it's not as though there's scratching and loops all over the record. And vibes... that's a really difficult word to describe, and to put your finger on. So it was a bit ad hoc at first. As we got further and further into the project, the role I was playing came out – I was co-producer, engineer, and mixer. I gave the band a direct line into club culture and freestyle DJing."

Other notable credits include producing Tricky's 'Ponderosa',<ref name= "Tricky">[http://www.discogs.com/Tricky-Ponderosa/master/50388 Tricky: Discogs] Discogs. Retrieved 2014-07-02.</ref> performing 'noises' on [[Marlene Kuntz]]'s ''Ricoveri Virtuali E Sexy Solitudini'',<ref name= "Marlene Kuntz">[http://www.discogs.com/Marlene-Kuntz-Ricoveri-Virtuali-E-Sexy-Solitudii/release/2566389 Marlene Kuntz: Discogs] Discogs. Retrieved 2014-07-02.</ref> producing two albums (''Reale'' and collaborative album ''Not in the Face'') for Italian funk rock group Casino Royale.,<ref name= "Casino Royale">[http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/howie-b-vs-casino-royale Clash Music: Howie B vs Casino Royale] Clash Music. Retrieved 2014-07-02.</ref> producing and co-writing ''[[Take Your Partner by the Hand]]'' with [[Robbie Robertson]] for his own album [[Turn the Dark Off]],<ref name="Sound On Sound" /> producing [[Sly and Robbie]]'s album ''Drum & Bass Strip to the Bone'',<ref name= "EW">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,274073,00.html Drum & Bass Strip To The Bone by Howie B review] Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-07-02.</ref> producing a solo project for [[U2]]'s [[The Edge]] and producing for [[Hal Wilner]].<ref name= "wilner">[http://www.pomegranatearts.com/project-hal_willner/artists.html Hal Wilner: Pomegranate Arts] Pomegranate Arts. Retrieved 2014-07-02.</ref>

==Solo career==

He has been releasing music under his own name since the early 1990s, as well as under other various monikers and as part of groups including ambient/electronica [[Skylab (band)|Skylab]]. His productions appeared on seminal electronic labels including Mo'Wax and Eye Q, while he signed to major label Polydor for a deal that spanned four full-length albums and several singles.

As a DJ, he mostly notably compiled and mixed ''[[FabricLive.05]]'' for London nightclub [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]'s nascent label in 2002.

A new album, ''Down with the Dawn'', was announced in late 2013<ref name="Down With The Dawn">[http://digitalwarble.com/howie-b-announces-down-with-the-dawn/ Howie B announced Down With The Dawn] Digital Warble. Retrieved 2013-17-12.</ref> and released on 9 April 2014.<ref>[http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/19441/1/howie-b-down-with-the-dawn "Dazed preview"] John-Paul Pryor, 'Howie B – Down with the Dawn', Dazed Digital, 3 April 2014.</ref>

==Film scores, TV, advertising music and theatre==

He produced a remix of the cover version of [[Theme from Mission: Impossible]] for [[Mission: Impossible (film series)|the 1996 feature-film remake]], called ''Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)'' performed by [[U2]] members [[Adam Clayton]] and [[Larry Mullen, Jr.]], which peaked at No. 7 in both the UK and US charts and sold over 500,000 copies.

He 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''.<ref name="IMDB">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103082/ Howie B. filmography] IMDB. Retrieved 2013-18-12.</ref> He frequently collaborated with director [[Run Wrake]], who would animate short films and music videos set to accompany Howie B's music.<ref name="bfi">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/obituary-run-wrake|title=Run Wrake, 1965-2012|last=Thomas|first=Gary|date=31 March 2014|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> He also soundtracked a pornographic film directed by Jacob Pander.<ref name="Time Out">[http://www.timeout.com.hk/clubs/features/29072/howie-b-interview.html Howie B interview] Time Out Hong Kong. Retrieved 2013-18-12.</ref>

His TV work includes creating music for [[BBC One]]'s [[Imagine (TV series)|Imagine]] documentary on [[The Royal Ballet]]'s principal guest artist [[Carlos Acosta]], for a [[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]] short film project ''Stop for a Minute''<ref name="Stop For A Minute">[http://www.angelfire.com/film/harmonykorine/ArtStopMinute.html Stop For A Minute] Angelfire. Retrieved 2014-18-02.</ref> and for a Dazed series on [[Channel 4]].<ref name="Dazed C4">[http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/renegade-masters/1121389.article Renegade Masters] Design Week. Retrieved 2014-18-02.</ref>

His work for advertising campaigns includes creating music for Maserati,<ref name="Seven Notes">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103082/ Seven Notes: Howie B Live At Abbey Road Studios] WhatCulture!. Retrieved 2013-18-12.</ref> Hyundai,<ref name="Hyundai">[http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1226074/ Hyundai launches latest Europe-wide campaign] Campaign. Retrieved 2014-04-02.</ref> Range Rover, Hugo Boss and BUPA.<ref name="BUPA">[http://www.songofthesalesman.co.uk/ad.aspx?let=BUPA Song Of The Salesman: BUPA] Song of the Salesman. Retrieved 2014-04-02.</ref>

He also collaborated with Argentine theatre group De La Guarda on an album produced by one of their members, Gaby Kerpel, who he also mentored.<ref name="De La Guarda">[http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/gaby-kerpel Gaby Kerpel: Nonesuch Records] Nonesuch Records. Retrieved 2014-07-02.</ref>

==Pussyfoot Records and HB records==

His label, Pussyfoot Records, ran from 1994 to 2002 and released over 20 albums and compilations and around 50 singles.

He set up HB Records in 2013 to release new album ''[[Down with the Dawn]]''.

==Discography==

===Albums===
* ''[[Music for Babies]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Turn the Dark Off]]'' (1997) – [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] No. 58<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
* ''[[Snatch (album)|Snatch]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Sly and Robbie drum & bass Strip to the Bone by Howie B]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Folk (album)|Folk]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Another Late Night: Howie B]]'' ([[DJ mix|DJ mix album]], 2001)
* ''[[FabricLive.05]]'' ([[DJ mix|DJ mix album]], 2002)
* ''[[Last Bingo in Paris]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Music for Astronauts and Cosmonauts]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Howie B vs Casino Royale: Not in the Face - Reale Dub Version]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Good Morning Scalene]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Down with the Dawn]]'' (2014)

===Chart singles===
*"Angels Go Bald: Too" (1997) – [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] No. 36
*"Switch" (1997) – UK No. 62
*"Take Your Partner By the Hand" (1998) – UK No. 74 †

† Howie B featuring [[Robbie Robertson]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 35}}</ref>

===Remixes===
* [[Angélique Kidjo]]{{dash}}"Agolo (How's Tricks mix)"<ref>{{cite web| url= http://last.fm/music/Angélique+Kidjo/_/Agolo+(How%27s+Tricks+mix)| title= Angélique Kidjo – Agolo (How's Tricks mix)| website= [[Last.FM]]| publisher= Last.FM| accessdate= 19 December 2013}}</ref>{{better source| date= December 2013| reason= Wants 'good source' or rightsholder source}}
* [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]{{dash}}"[[Cherry Lips]] (Go Baby Go!)" (Howie B remix)
* [[Unkle]]{{dash}}"The Time Has Come" (Howie B vs U.N.K.L.E. remix)
* [[Björk]]{{dash}}"[[Hyperballad]]" (Robin Hood Riding Through The Glen mix)
* [[Annie Lennox]]{{dash}}"Waiting in Vain" (Howie B Sub Aqua remix)
* [[Simply Red]]{{dash}}"You Make Me Believe" (Howie B remix)
* [[New Order (band)|New Order]]{{dash}}"[[Age of Consent (song)|Age of Consent]]" (Howie B remix)
* Model 500{{dash}}"The Flow" (Howie B mix)
* [[U2]]{{dash}}"[[Discothèque (song)|Discothèque]]" (Howie B Hairy B mix)
* [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]{{dash}}"[[Pure Morning]]" (Howie B remix)
* [[Steve Reich]]{{dash}}"[[Eight Lines]]" (Howie B remix)
* [[Leftfield]]{{dash}}"[[Dusted (song)|Dusted]]" (Howie B vocal remix)
* [[Jeff Beck]]{{dash}}"What Mama Said" (remix)
* [[Serge Gainsbourg]]{{dash}}"Ballade De Melody Nelson" (Howie B remix)
* Ofeliadorme{{dash}}"Paranoid Park" (Howie B remix)<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/Hg0rMxhbCY8| title= Ofelia Dorme – Paranoid Park (Howie B remix) video| website= [[NME]]| publisher= NME| accessdate= 2014-01-10}}</ref>
* [[Metric (band) | Metric]] {{dash}} "The Police and the Private" (Howie B Remix)

==Production==
*[[East 17]] – All I Want
*[[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] – Aftermath
*Tricky – Ponderosa
*[[Björk]] – [[Post (Björk album)|Post]]
*Tricky – [[Maxinquaye]]
*[[Everything but the Girl]] – Flipside
*[[Adam Clayton]] & [[Larry Mullen, Jr.]] – [[Theme from Mission: Impossible]]
*[[U2]] – [[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]
*Björk – [[Homogenic]]
*The Gift – [[Film]]
*[[Overunit Machine]] – [[Ungod EP]]
*Casino Royale – [[Reale]]

==Participations==
*''[[Emmaus Mouvement]]'' – Emmaus Mouvement 50th anniversary record (1999)

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website| HowieB.com}}
* {{discogs artist| artist= Howie B.| name= Howie B}}
* {{url| Last.FM/music/Howie+B| Howie B}} statistics, tagging and previews at [[Last.fm]]

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