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Daniel Lanois (bo rn September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec) is a French Canadian producer and musician. He has produced albums for a wide variety of artists and produced a limited number of albums of his own work. He has worked with Bob Dylan, U2, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Ron Sexsmith & Nash The Slash. He started his production career working in his own studio in Grand Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Canada, working with a number of local bands, most notably Martha and the Muffins, for whom his sister Jocelyne played bass. After being discovered by Brian Eno and working collaboratively with him on some of Eno's own projects, his career was given a huge boost when Eno invited him to co-produce U2's album The Unforgettable Fire. As well as being a producer, Lanois plays the guitar and dobro, as well as sings and writes songs, his wide range of talents being put to use on many of the albums he produces where he often leaves his signature sound. He is now working with Dashboard Confessional on their new album. More information about Daniel Lanios Daniel Lanois Biography - Canadian producer. Daniel Lanois is lucky that he has time to make records. Well, he’s lucky when he finds time to make his records. Producing songs and albums for the likes of U2, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Willie Nelson, the Neville Brothers, and Emmylou Harris can keep a producer busy indeed. Although, whenever Lanois isn’t making records for other people, he is writing and recording his own material for subsequent release. Rolling Stone called him "the most important record producer to emerge in the Eighties". He records unlike many producers today in the way that he uses reverb, delay, keyboards and effects to color his sounds. Also unlike most producers, he hails from Canada. The cold must have awakened his creative spirit though, because one finds him producing deep, atmospheric records, one where it sounds as if the musicians are standing at one end of a long tunnel and the listener is on the other end. Instruments washed in reverb and echo, vintage equipment conquering digital, soft ethereal keyboards- these are the sounds of Daniel Lanois. Born on September 19, 1951, in Hull, Quebec, his mother was a singer and his father and grandfather were proficient violin players. At 13, Lanios moved to Hamilton, Ontario, picking up guitar at the customary age. Daniel and his brother Robert started to make home recordings on their horrible little cassette player. Soon enough, they graduated to a four track recording machine, charging local friends and bands $60 a pop to record at their home. Not only were they recording local band’s music, on occasion, they would arrange and compose songs as well. Building up their client base meant that they were doing great work, which allowed them to move into their first professional studio, Grant Avenue Studios. It was here that they would produce sessions for Ian Tyson as well as Raffi and it was here that Daniel would meet Brain Eno. Eno, known for his work with Roxy Music and David Bowie became Daniels mentor as well as his long-time collaborator. In 1984, Eno worked with Lanois on a Michael Brook album called Hybrid. It was during these frequent collaborations that they would manipulate various instruments, effects and the like, resulting an ambient records that were highly experimental. After these initial albums, Eno asked Daniel to come work with him on the Irish band U2’s forth album, The Unforgettable Fire. Eno and Lanios would turn U2 from a heavy rock band into a heavy rock band that was electronic, experimental, and moody. Renting out Slane Castle outside of Dublin for some of the sessions, it was here that Lanios would help shape one of U2’s landmark albums, including the hit song “Pride: In the Name of Love”. It seems that all of Daniels hard work had paid off when he got a call from famous artist Peter Gabriel, asking him to co-produce the soundtrack to the motion picture Birdy. It was also Lanios and his talents that helped to make Gabriel’s next album So, such a huge success in 1986. After that, Daniel worked furiously on what would be his, U2’s and Brian Eno’s labor of love: The Joshua Tree. Mixing sonic textures with gritty rock n roll and shimmering guitars, Eno and Lanios created a sonic texture in which U2 felt free to explore, wherever it might lead. The Grammy winning Joshua Tree would lead him to work with The Band’s guitarist, Robbie Robertson on his long-awaited self-titled debut. Finding himself in the States, Lanios settled in New Orleans, opening up his Kingsway Studio in a mansion in the heart of town. At that time, he was fortunate enough to work with Bob Dylan on 1989’s Oh Mercy. This album, many have said, was the best they’d heard Dylan in a decade. Not stopping there, Daniel also worked with The Neville Brothers on their watershed album Yellow Moon, also in New Orleans. It was here, in his mansion, that he would record his long-awaited solo record, Acadie, in 1989. In the early 90’s, he was back at the helm with Eno & U2 for the Berlin influenced Achtung Baby. Some say its U2’s best. In 1992, he was reunited with friend Peter Gabriel, for the smash album Us. Later on in the decade he worked on Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball, Luscious Jackson’s Fever In, Fever Out, and Bob Dylan’s Grammy winning Time Out of Mind. In between, he released a second solo record, For the Beauty of Wynona. The turn of the century saw him teaming up once-again with Eno and U2 for their acclaimed All That You Can’t Leave Behind. In 2003, Daniel released his most popular solo release to date, Shine, featuring Bono and Emmylou Harris. In 2004, he helped U2 release their best work in ten years, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, featuring “Vertigo” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”. After working with U2 on their track, "Love and Peace or Else", Lanois released his 5th solo outing in 2005 titled Belladonna. Belladonna is a collection of instrumental pieces, on many of which Lanois plays pedal-steel guitar.

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