After a false start last week I am back in the studio and very excited to continue working with Sumudu producing her new album. Please check out http://www.sumudu.com and have a listen to Water of Tyne” to give you a flavour of what we are up to down here in SurreyShire!! She is an amazing singer musician and person and the music we are making is a bright reflection of these characteristics. I have also been collecting a fantastic group of songs for an album I am hoping to start in March with Russian superstar Valeriya. The 1st song we are beginning with is a song I have co-written with Greg Fitzgerald of Kylie Minogue and Madonna fame and Holly Rubenstein. I have been listening to John Mayers new album “Battle Studies” which is a real grower and I also want to record a cover of Love Train by the O’Jays, as I love its optimism and my 2 children love it!!! Have a loving, peaceful and musical 2010. Kip X

so it was time to finally up date my page. Currently locked away in my studio with a great new artist from Australia called Atlanta Morey. We are making some great music, fusing sequencers with rock guitars and funky drums, just wait and hear. Lots of projects are finished, Esther Alexanders album The Long Way Home is now released and we are doing some gigs as a band starting at The Bedford on December 1st, check out her site www.estheralexander.com . Also Portland the band I mixed at Lower Barn are receiving great press and radio support and are on Bob Harris in session this Saturday on Radio 2 check out www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n6v9l. I am about to start mixing the album for Misa Relic which has been ongoing and is now ready to put to bed, it is sounding awesome!! A new artist to check out who I am planning to start work with soon is Ewing. This guy has it, say no more, check out www.myspace.com/ewingsmusic. The Holly Rubenstein project is gaining momentum with lots of industry interest and many gigs coming up so keep an eye on www.myspace.com/hollyrubenstein. Mike Lindup of Level 42 fame is also about to do a soft release of his EP that I produced earlier in the year, so that just needs a bit of mastering, I will let you know about that asap.

Hi, A very busy 2 months since I last wrote. I have been mixing an album for a great new band called Portland. I absolutely love their music and was very happy to be a part of the process. Will advise on its release. I have had a great couple of weeks working with Serbian artist Misa Relic which has been fun and very productive although we have a few months of work still ahead of us. I start mixing Esther Alexanders album today, which is exciting as it is a project very close to my heart. I begin cutting tracks with Holly Rubenstein in March. She is an up and coming artiste with a unique twist and a huge talent. She will be gigging in April and the first songs will be mixed, I love a good deadline!! I have also been writing a song for a sensational new singer called Charice, she is outrageous, check her out at www.charicepempengco.com/. 1000 Years, the song I wrote with Sting on Brand New Day is going to be performed by Sting with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra in May. This will be a new arrangement by legendary arranger and friend Dave Hartley. My intention is to be there to hear the new version. I hope you are enjoying life as we enter this gorgeous new season. My best Kip

Despite all the doom and gloom I am feeling very optimistic and excited about 2009. I am kicking off this year working with Esther Alexander producing her second album. We are recording the basic tracks with a live band and a really interesting variety of approaches. We are using a string quartet, accordian, trombone and a woodwind section plus Miles Bould and Mark Neary as the rhythm section. David Clifton on guitars and myself on keys and programming, I will post some music when we start to mix, we are very excited! I am also working with the european artist Misa Relic in February, completing his album before the summer. This year should see the completion of the huge film project “Anima” that I have been working on for the last year and a half. We have recorded the underscore with the LSO at Abbey Road and completed all the rough mixes in Milan which Fabrizio Ferri will film to. A new song that I co-wrote with Sting and Fabrizio called “Where Do They Go” is a standout moment. I trust you will have a peaceful and healthy year ahead. My best Kip

I have been very busy with an exciting variety of projects. I finished Clay Aikens album “On My Way Here” in April and we enjoyed huge success with the album peaking at No 4 in the US Billboard charts. I also wrote the song “You’re Everything I Don’t Need” with Judie Tzuke and James Morrison which is a stand out track on the album, check it out on iTunes. I have also been continuing to work on the soundtrack for the film Anima
due for release 2009. I co wrote a brand new song for the film with Fabrizio Ferri and Sting called “Where Do They Go”. Sting sings the song in the film and Chris Botti came and played on an instrumental version of the song with the London Orchestra at Abbey Road. I am currently in the middle of producing a solo album for Mike Lindup of Level 42 fame which is sounding fantastic and is serious old school in a Stevie Wonder way, due to be finished by the end of the year, a very exciting project. A new young artist that I produced called Matthew Macaulay has his debut album released in September called “As For Me” release info to follow. I also begin work with Esther Alexander on completing her album. She took a break to have her baby and is now ready to record having written another batch of songs with myself and Dave Clifton, this will be finished by Christmas. My current favourite listen is Into The Light” by John Mayer, I believe a giant of his generation, a new Sting if ever there could be one. My best to you Kipper x