Philip
Steir
Philip
Steir is an accomplished musician, remixer, composer
and music producer. He co-founded and played drums
in the critically acclaimed band Consolidated, which
was signed to Nettwerk Records and later London Records.
Consolidated released five albums between 1990-1996.
Philip co-wrote all of the band’s material,
as well as doing much of the producing of the bands
studio work.
After
the success of Philip’s first remix for
Consolidated, “This Is Fascism”, which
went to #1 on the U.S. dance charts, he started receiving
phone calls from record labels to remix other artists
on their roster. In 1996 he opened his own studio in
San Francisco (Toast), where he remixed tracks for
numerous top artists including No Doubt,
New Order, Korn, Moby, Rob Zombie, Foreigner, Smashmouth,
Bush,
Live, Cake and others.
Philip’s remix of Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet
Ride", for the movie "Go," set the ball
in motion for many classic tracks to be remixed for
movies, clubs and TV commercials. His “Magic
Carpet Ride” remix was licensed by Dodge and
then Skechers for major TV ad campaigns. The remix
was later used in other films and TV shows. Philip’s reputation as a remixer eventually
led to production work. He produced the Grammy
nominated album “Arepa 3000” (best alternative Latin
album) in 2001, for the Venezuelan band, Los
Amigos Invisibles. The album was also nominated for a Latin
Grammy Award (best rock album).
Philip also produced the majority of tracks
on the Maverick debut album “Falling Uphill” for
Lillix. “Falling Uphill” was an international
success spawning hits in the United States, Canada
and Asia. The album has now been certified
gold in
Japan. The success of the song “What I Like About
You,” which Philip produced for the TV show of
the same name, was also the hit song in the movie and
soundtrack for “Freaky Friday.” When
the band No Doubt started work on their Rock Steady
record, they began first in San Francisco recording
with Philip at his studio where the song “Hey
Baby” was born, and eventually went on to win
the Grammy Award for best pop single in 2003.
In addition to his remix and production work,
Philip was the music producer and music
supervisor for The
WB TV Network's image campaigns, producing the theme
music for
five seasons of the network’s image campaign.
For his work, Philip and The WB won four Promax
awards for best Network promo.
In 2002, Philip developed a project for Warner
Brothers Records to remix past hit songs
from the Warner Bros
tape vaults / back catalog. The album, “What
Is Hip?”, released on Warner Bros Records and
whose title track was nominated for a Grammy
in 2006 features remixes of classic songs by America, Doobie
Brothers, Rod Stewart, George Benson, Ambrosia and
Tower of Power. The album includes remixes by Philip
as well as by other top producers and DJ’s. It
was conceived and executive-produced by Philip, as
was his remix of the Devo classic “Whip It” and
Todd Rundgren’s “Hello It’s Me,” from
the project which have been receiving license sync’s
from film, TV and ad campaigns. Philip’s remix
of Seals & Crofts’ classic hit song “Summer
Breeze” was prominently featured in a summer
ad campaign for Gap and was a come back hit on AC radio.
After remixing the same theme song he originally
produced for the WBTV series “What I Like About You,” Philip
was asked by the shows producers if he would join the
show as composer, music producer and music
supervisor which he did for the final three seasons. In February of 2006, Philip was hired as a consultant
by the ad agency Chiat Day in Los Angeles as a music
supervisor and researcher on their Apple computer account.
In June of 2006, Chiat Day hired Philip to be lead
music supervisor and researcher for that falls upcoming
ipod TV spot, featuring the electronic artist Cut Chemist.
In
2007, Philip executive produced and remixed
the classic original hits of the 70s by the legendary
Bee
Gees. The project for Rhino/Warner Music Group was
released in conjunction with their greatest hits package
and included his number one iTunes song (“You
Should Be Dancing” remix).
Philip’s
most current project has been producing the
new branding image campaign for the 2009 season
for Lifetime TV network. As a music supervisor,
music producer, remixer and composer Philip has been
busy
completing the more than 100 spots that will make up
the networks new branding/image sound and look for
on air promos as well as advertising on other networks
and in other markets.
P=produced
AP=add'l production
E=engineered
M=mixed
W=Wrote
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Selected
PRODUCTION credits:
- Modern Water Orchestra -
"Get It Om," "Fade Into You," "This Is Your Life"
from 'Advanced Music
For Yoga' (P-M)
- David Delatour - "Until
You", "Remember", "I Got You"
from 'What I Like About You' TV series (Warner
Bros.) (P)
- David Delatour w/ Joanna Pacitti - "Ultraviolet"
from 'What I Like About You' TV series (Warner
Bros.) (P)
- Lillix - "The Meaning" for the 'Princess Diaries
2' soundtrack (Disney) (P)
- Lillix - "This Town" (MTV series them song) (P)
- Junk - My Favorite Dream (Spirit) (P)
- Junk - "Life Is Good" for 'Agent Cody Banks' (MGM
Films) (P-RM)
- Lillix - seven tracks from Falling Uphill (Maverick) (P-M)
including the hit "What I Like About You"
- PAX 217 - Engage (Forefront/EMI) (P-M)
- No Doubt - “Hey Baby” from Rock Steady (AP)
Nominated for two Grammys,
including Best Pop Performance
By a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Athenaeum - Athenaeum (Atlantic) (P)
- Los Amigos Invisibles - Arepa 3000 (Luaka Bop) (P)
Grammy Nominee and Latin
Grammy Nominee (2001)
- Magnified - Stand In Traffic (TVT Records) (P)
- Black Lab - “Horses” from the Permanent Midnight
soundtrack (Geffen) (P)
- Eden’s Crush and Hesher - “My Generation” (WBTV
Theme) (P)
- Vitamin C - “Oh What A Night” (WBTV theme) (P)
- Penny Dreadfuls - Unravel EP (Restless) (P)
- Live - “Voodoo Lady” from Distance To Here (Radioactive)
(AP)
- Junk - Kiss My Acid Jazz (Fafco/City Hall) (P)
nominated for a Bammie
for outstanding jazz album
- Soulstice - two tracks for Illusion (OM Records) (P)
- Mindless - “Mindless” from
the Cool World soundtrack (Warner Bros.) (P-W)
- Traci Lords - “Laughing” (Radioactive) (P)
- Bijou Phillips - several tracks for I’d Rather Eat
Glass (Almo) (AP)
- Butterfly Jones - Anywhere But Now (Vanguard) (AP)
- Grace Jones - “Sex Drive” EP (P) #1
dance single
Selected REMIX credits
- The
Spinners - "It's A Shame" from the
motion picture The Three Stooges
(20th Century Fox)
- Dean Martin - "For Once In
My Life"
(Universal)
- Watchmen:
Original Motion Picture Score Remix - "Prison Fight"
(Warner Bros.)
- Johnny
Cash - "Get Rhythm" from Johnny
Cash Remixed (Compadre)
- Bee Gees - Greatest Hits (Rhino/WMG)
#1 at iTunes "You
Should Be Dancing"
- Bee Gees - "Stayin Alive" (Rhino/WMG)
- Bee Gees - "Too Much Heaven" (Rhino/WMG)
- The Pipettes - "Pull Shapes" Club mix (Interscope)
- 300: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "To Victory" (Sacrifice
for Sparta remix) (Warner Bros.)
- Charles Wright - "Express Yourself" club remix
(Warner Bros.)
- Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze" (Warner Bros.)
- Devo - "Whip It" (Warner Bros.)
- Todd Rundgren - "Hello It's Me" (Warner Bros.)
- Lillix - "What I Like About You" remix for the
theme of the TV series (Warner Bros. Television)
- No Doubt - “Hey Baby” (Interscope)
- No Doubt - “New” for the Go soundtrack (Work)
- No Doubt - “Ex-Girlfriend” (Interscope)
- New Order - “True Faith” (Warner Bros.)
- Korn - “Make Me Bad” (Epic)
- Rob Zombie - “The Ballad Of Joe and Rosa Whore”
for the album American Made Music to Strip By (Geffen)
- Foreigner - “Hot Blooded” for the Osmosis Jones
soundtrack
- Orgy - “Stitches” (Reprise)
- Steppenwolf - “Magic Carpet Ride” for the Go
soundtrack (Work)
- Lo-Fidelity Allstars - “Blisters On My Brain” (Columbia)
- Bush - “Synapse” featured on the album, “Deconstructed” (Trauma)
- Jane Jensen - “More Than I Can Give” (Interscope)
- Smashmouth - “Walkin’ On The Sun” (Interscope)
- Cake - “Daria” (Capricorn)
- Butthole Surfers - “Pepper” (Capitol)
- The Start - “Gorgeous” (Geffen)
- Len - “Steal My Sunshine” (Work)
- Live - “Freaks” (Radioactive)
- Live - “Lakini’s Juice” (Radioactive)
- Moby - “That’s when I Reach For My Revolver” (Elektra)
- Shootyz Groove - “Dear God” (Kinetic/Reprise)
- Blair - “Have Fun, Go Mad” (Jersey/MCA)
- Getaway Cruiser - “I Find I’m Fine” (Sony/550)
- Getaway Cruiser - “Let’s Get Down” (Sony/550)
- Lori Carson - “Something Got Me” (Restless)
- Kylie Minogue - “I Did It Again” (Deconstruction)
- Kylie Minogue - “Too Far” (Deconstruction)
- Red Five - “Lenses” (Interscope)
- Artificial Joy Club - “Sick & Beautiful” (Interscope)
- Dink - “Numb” (Capitol)
- Dink - “Drive” (Capitol)
- Qkumba Zoo - “Cloud Eyes” (Arista)
- Chimera - “Catch Me” (Grass)
- Ryan Down - “Scratch” (Rocket/Island)
- Lisa Gerrard - “Meltdown” The Insider soundtrack
(Sony)
- Tom Tom Club - “Who’s Feelin’ It” American
Psycho soundtrack (Koch)
- Slowrush - “Junkie” (Epic)
- Spooks - “Things I’ve Seen” (Artemis)
- Lisa Kudrow - “Friends’ Medley” (Reprise)
- Better Than Ezra - “Normal Town” from the American
Werewolf In Paris soundtrack (Elektra)
- Chumbawamba - “Amnesia” (Universal)
- Pete Townsend - “Let My Love Open The Door”
- Consolidated - “This Is Fascism” (Nettwerk)
P=produced
/ AP=add'l production / E=engineered / M=mixed
/ W=wrote
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