Lee Fletcher (musician, producer)
Lee Fletcher is an award winning English record producer, arranger, musician, songwriter, mix & mastering engineer, also known (though perhaps less so) for creating music-related video. Recently he has emerged as an artist in his own right, releasing a debut solo album, 'Faith in Worthless Things, in conjunction with long-term MusicAL cohorts Lisa Fletcher and Markus Reuter.
Background
Lee has a long association with German touch-style guitarist Markus Reuter, with whom he has collaborated on numerous projects; The first substantial case being 2003's 'The Scent of Crash And Burn' (a joint-venture between Markus's band Centrozoon and No-Man singer Tim Bowness), which he co-produced and mixed. Lee went on to contribute to a further two Centrozoon albums, a digital-only remix EP, plus an exclusive track that appeared on the Ozella label sampler 'Night', as well as providing strategic support for other releases. Since 2011 he has been the band's mastering engineer of choice. Markus is the principal featured guitarist on Lee’s 2012 solo debut ‘Faith in Worthless Things’.
Another frequent collaborator is Lee's wife Lisa Fletcher who has performed vocals on a number of associated projects. Several titles by the duo (also featuring Reuter) produced under the [halo] name were made available online during the mid-late noughties. The pair featured on Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter's second studio album under the band name Tuner, which was entitled 'Pole'. This CD was subsequently ranked amongst the "50 all-time Prog Classics" by US Modern Drummer magazine. Lisa is a co-featured artist on ‘Faith in Worthless Things’, contributing the majority of vocals and co-writing one song.
Present / Future
Recent audio works have included contributions to recordings by David Lynch protégé Chrysta Bell (mastering of the as-yet-unreleased 'Strange Darling' album), and This Fragile Moment, an improv ensemble fronted by Toyah Willcox, (production assistance and mastering).
Lee's avant-garde documentary film OLDER THAN GOD (originally announced in early 2010) has been re-imagined as a series of monthly webisodes beginning in October 2012. The project promises to explore the creative worlds of (longtime collaborator) Markus Reuter, in a manner reflective of the tonal quality of his work.
In late 2011 / early 2012 Lee produced, co-arranged and mixed an album entitled 'Propeller' for singer/songwriter GRICE. Contributing artists included renowned pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole, touch guitarist Markus Reuter, saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft, and freeform trumpeter Luca Calabrese, as well as Lee himself who provided additional bass guitar, soundscapes, programming, and further compositional elements. The album was described by UK 'PROG Magazine' as “a genuinely extraordinary slice of experimental rock”.
Most recently Lee's focus has been his own project 'Faith in Worthless Things' which features a rich pool of musical contributors including guitarists Tim Motzer (David Sylvian / Nine Horses), BJ Cole, Robert Fripp, uilleann piper Alan Burton, violinist Steve Bingham (No-Man), trumpeter Luca Calabrese, and the aforementioned Markus and Lisa amongst others.
On 1 November 2012 Lee was presented with the 'Best Producer 2012' award (following a combined public / music industry vote) at the second annual South West Music Awards.
Partial discography
Albums / EPs
Year |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 |
Centrozoon |
The Cult Of: Bibbiboo |
Burning Shed |
Lee Fletcher credited with "strategic support" |
2003 |
Centrozoon (feat. Tim Bowness) |
The Scent of Crash And Burn |
Burning Shed |
Co-produced, mixed, & partially arranged by Lee Fletcher |
2003 |
Various, (inc. Centrozoon) |
Night |
Ozella Music |
'The Hopeless Kind' produced & mixed by Lee Fletcher |
2003 |
Centrozoon (feat. Tim Bowness) |
Ten Versions of America (Digital EP) |
(None) |
'Secret Prayers Mix' produced, arranged, & mixed by Lee Fletcher / 'TRG Radio Edit' co-produced, arranged & mixed by Lee Fletcher and Philipp Muench |
2004 |
Centrozoon (feat. Tim Bowness) |
Never Trust The Way You Are |
Resonancer |
'Like A 1000 Stars', 'Not You', 'Song Unsung', 'Mother's Call' and 'The Scent of Crash And Burn' produced, arranged and mixed by Lee Fletcher |
2004 |
Tim Bowness |
My Hotel Year |
One Little Indian Records |
'The Me I Knew' – Lee Fletcher credited with "reverse technology" |
2007 |
Tuner (Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter) |
Pole |
Unsung Records |
'So High' and 'Down Below' co-written by Markus Reuter, Lisa Fletcher & Lee Fletcher. Vocal arrangements and mixing on these titles by Lee Fletcher, with vocals performed by Lisa Fletcher |
2007 |
Richie Nieto |
Giant Robots And Sunsets |
Satellites Sound Post Inc |
'The Hill of Holes' co-written by Richie Nieto & Lee Fletcher. This piece was produced, arranged & mixed by Lee Fletcher, with vocals performed by Lisa Fletcher. Lee also contributes additional keyboards & programming |
2007 |
Centrozoon (feat. Tim Bowness) |
Never Trust The Things They Do (Vinyl) |
Tonefloat Records |
'Talkover' produced, arranged and mixed by Lee Fletcher / Incidental voices (on other titles) by Ian Boddy, Lee Fletcher, Philipp Quaet-Faslem, Noelle Mastelotto and Centrozoon |
2008 |
Tovah |
Escapologist |
Lola |
Vocals arranged and engineered by Lee Fletcher. Lee also contributes additional lyrics and backing vocals |
2009 |
This Fragile Moment (feat. Toyah Willcox) |
This Fragile Moment |
Unsung Records |
Production assistance, and mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2009 |
Tuner (Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter) |
ZWAR (Live) |
Unsung Records |
Mastering & sequencing by Lee Fletcher |
2009 |
Blld (05Ric & Markus Reuter) |
Materia Prima (CD EP) |
Squatter Madras |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2010 |
Moonbound |
Peak of Eternal Light |
Unsung Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2010 |
05Ric (featuring Gavin Harrison, Markus Reuter, Suzanne Barbieri & Lisa Fletcher) |
BubbleBurstFlow |
Burning Shed |
A charity single in aid of bassist Mick Karn who was diagnosed with advanced stage cancer in June 2010 / Mastering by Lee Fletcher. Lee also engineered & edited Lisa Fletcher's original vocal session |
2010 |
Chrysta Bell |
Strange Darling *Complete, but as yet unreleased |
(TBC) |
Originally scheduled for release during 2010, though currently still unreleased / Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Yoshi Hampl |
ATX (Digital Single) |
Unsung Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Premonition Factory |
The Sense of Time |
Premonition Factory |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Moonbound |
Our Day Will Come (Digital Single) |
Unsung Records |
Mastering (inc. exclusive b-side: 'Just One Step Away') by Lee Fletcher / Video production also by Lee, (see Video / Film section) |
2011 |
Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter) |
''Absalom |
Stick Men Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Zero Ohms & Markus Reuter |
The Sun Is Just The Sun But The Stars They Call The Heavens (Digital Album) |
DiN Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter) |
Live in Buenos Aires (Digital Album) |
Stick Men Records |
Mastering & post-production by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Lake Cisco |
Permanent Transient |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
|
2011 |
Judy Dyble |
Starcrazy – An Introduction To |
Future Publishing |
'Heart of Stone' & 'Crystal Voices' produced, arranged, mixed & co-written by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Apple Juice |
Rediscover The Beatles |
Apple Juice |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Markus Reuter featuring Sha |
0000 |
Unsung Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Markus Reuter |
Kopfmensch |
Unsung Productions |
'Mariola' (on the CD version only) produced, arranged, & mixed by lee Fletcher / 'Swansong' co-written by Markus Reuter, Lisa Fletcher & Lee Fletcher. Mixed by Lee Fletcher / All tracks mastered by Lee Fletcher |
2011 |
Springere |
Recall |
Springere |
'Sister' & 'Cowboy' co-written by Lee Fletcher (words / spoken voice) & Will Cruttenden (music) |
2011 |
GRICE |
Patiently (radio edit) (Digital Single) |
Hungersleep Records |
Produced, mixed & co-arranged by Lee Fletcher. Lee also contributes soundscapes, string arrangements, digital editing & treatments |
2012 |
Zweiton |
Form |
Unsung Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Centrozoon |
Boner |
Unsung Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Quartet for the End of Time |
Modus Novus |
Unsung Records |
Co-produced & mastered by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
GRICE |
Propeller |
Hungersleep Records |
Produced, mixed & co-arranged by Lee Fletcher. Lee also contributes bass guitar, electronic percussion, soundscapes, backing vocal arrangements, string & French horn arrangements, digital editing & treatments. '214 Squadron' & 'Propeller (Coda)' co-written by GRICE & Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Adrian Benavides |
Same Time Next Life |
Unsung Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter) |
Open |
Stick Men Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Centrozoon |
''Fire |
Unsung Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Lee Fletcher (featuring Markus Reuter & Lisa Fletcher) |
Faith in Worthless Things |
Unsung Records |
Produced, arranged, mixed & mastered by Lee Fletcher. Lee also writes the majority of the material and appears as a core performer throughout |
2012 |
Prog Magazine |
Cod Bluff |
Future |
'Highly Strung' (by GRICE) produced, mixed & co-arranged by Lee Fletcher. Lee also contributes electronic percussion, programming, digital editing and treatments |
2012 |
Ila & The Happy Trees |
Believe It |
Mokili |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter) |
Deep |
Stick Men Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Various Artists |
Unsung Records Christmas Compilation |
Unsung Records |
'A Life on Loan' written, produced, arranged, mixed, and mastered by Lee Fletcher. Lee also performs bass, keyboards, & programming. 10 (of 19) tracks are mastered by Lee, with a further piece co-produced by him & Markus Reuter |
2013 |
Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter) |
Deep – 2 Disc CD/DVD Edition |
Stick Men Records |
Mastering (CD & DVD live music) by Lee Fletcher |
2013 |
Namgar |
The Dawn of the Foremothers |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
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2013 |
Lee Fletcher (featuring Markus Reuter & Lisa Fletcher) |
The Cracks Within – FiWT Remixes |
Originally produced, arranged and mixed by Lee Fletcher. (Remix with Additional Production and Arrangements by: Tim Motzer, Tobias Reber, Worldengine, Hollowcreature, Ingo Vogelmann, Adrian Benavides, Branwen Somatik, Fabio Trentini). Compiled and mastered by Lee Fletcher. 'The Inner Voice' co-written by Lee Fletcher, Lisa Fletcher & Markus Reuter, and 'Faith in Worthless Things' written by Lee, who also performs throughout |
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2013 |
The Crimson ProjeKCt (Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Julie Slick, Tobias Ralph) |
Official Bootleg Live 2012 |
TCP Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2013 |
Fletcher, Fletcher, Reuter |
Islands (Digital Single) |
Unsung Productions |
Produced, arranged, and mixed by Lee Fletcher. Lee also contributes as a key performer |
2013 |
Troy Jones |
New Peace |
Unsung Records |
Mixed and mastered by Lee Fletcher. Lee also provides sonic treatments throughout |
2013 |
Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter |
Colour Division |
DiN Records |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2013 |
Chris Herb |
Death To False Techno |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
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2013 |
The Eclipse Trio |
Frailty of Dreams |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
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2013 |
Tobias Reber |
Kola |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
|
2013 |
The Terrible Lizards |
Die Martian Bastards |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
|
2014 |
The Crimson ProjeKCt (Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Julie Slick, Tobias Ralph) |
Live in Tokyo |
Inside Out Music |
Mastering and editing / sequencing by Lee Fletcher |
2014 |
Glistening Leotard |
Changing Course |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
|
2014 |
Pat Mastelotto & Tobias Ralph |
RAMA |
7d Media |
Mastering by Lee Fletcher |
2014 |
Billy Bottle & The Multiple |
Unrecorded Beam |
Leo Records |
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Lee Fletcher. Lee also contributes soundscapes, treatments, additional arrangements and digital editing |
Video / Film
Year |
Artist |
Title |
Role |
|---|---|---|---|
2009 |
[halo] |
Above My Eyes (Promo Video) |
Directed, shot & edited by Lee Fletcher / 'Above My Eyes' co-written (with Mathew Spittle), produced, arranged & mixed by Lee Fletcher |
2009 |
Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter |
Joker (Promo Video) |
Directed, shot & edited by Lee Fletcher / 'Joker' single edit created by Markus Reuter & Lee Fletcher |
2010 |
Too Late (Promo Video) *Unreleased |
Originally scheduled for release Spring 2010 / Directed, shot & edited by Lee Fletcher This promo is currently unreleased |
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2011 |
Our Day Will Come (Promo Video) |
Directed, shot & edited by Lee Fletcher |
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2011 |
Propeller (Album Teaser) |
Edited by Lee Fletcher |
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2012 |
Lee Fletcher (featuring Markus Reuter & Lisa Fletcher) |
Faith in Worthless Things (Album Teaser) |
Edited by Lee Fletcher |
2012 |
Various, (inc. Markus Reuter, Pat Mastelotto, Chrysta Bell) |
OLDER THAN GOD (Documentary Film Series) |
Launched online October 2012 / Directed, shot & edited by Lee Fletcher |