Trevor Horn became a member of what organization or association in 1998?
Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn ( born 15 July 1949 ) is a British music producer , label and recording studio owner , songwriter , singer and bassist . He is best known for his production work in the 1980s , and for being one half of the new wave band the Buggles ( with Geoff Downes ) . Horn took up the bass guitar at an early age and taught himself the instrument and to sight-read music . In the 1970s , he worked as a session musician , built his own studio , and wrote and produced singles for various artists . Horn and Downes gained international fame in 1979 with the Buggles hit single Video Killed the Radio Star . This was followed by their one-year tenure with the progressive rock band Yes , with Horn becoming their lead singer . In 1981 , Horn became a full-time producer , working on commercially successful songs and albums for numerous artists , among them Dollar , ABC , Malcolm McLaren , Yes , and Frankie Goes to Hollywood . He ventured into business with his wife Jill Sinclair , purchasing SARM West Studios and establishing the publishers Perfect Songs and their own label , ZTT Records . In the following year , Horn co-formed the electronic group Art of Noise . In the 1990s , Horns success continued with his association with Seal . He has been a member of the supergroup Producers , later known as the Trevor Horn Band , since 2006 . Horn has won numerous awards , including three Brit Awards for Best British Producer in 1983 , 1985 , and 1992 . He won a Grammy Award for producing Seals 1994 hit Kiss from a Rose . In 2010 , Horn received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music . His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called The Man Who Invented the Eighties . Early life . Trevor Charles Horn was born on 15 July 1949 to John and Elizabeth Horn in Hetton Le Hole , in the North East of England and grew up near the Stonebridge Pub , Durham City . The second of four children , Horn has two sisters and a brother , Ken Horn . His father was a civil engineer at the neighbouring dairy and a semi-professional musician who played the double bass in the Joe Clarke Big Band during the week . Horn attended Johnston Grammar School in Durham . At around eight years of age , Horn took up the double bass and was taught the basics by his father , including the concept of playing triads . He then taught himself the bass guitar and became confident in sight-reading music , using guide books and practising on his fathers four-string guitar in the spare room of the house . In his early teens , Horn would fill in for his father on the double bass in the Joe Clarke band when he was late for a gig . At school Horn was given a recorder which he picked up with little effort as he already had music knowledge , and performed in the local youth orchestra . His interests soon turned to contemporary rock acts such as the Beatles , the Rolling Stones , and Bob Dylan . At fourteen Horn played electric guitar in his first group , the Outer Limits , named after the 1963 television series of the same name , playing mainly covers by the Kinks . Horn went on to pursue a succession of day jobs , including one at a rubber company . He also put on a Bob Dylan imitation act for two nights a week with a harmonica around my neck , and played the bass at odd gigs . Then , at seventeen , Horn decided to pursue a career in music and woke my parents up at 4am to tell them . They were reluctant at first as they wanted him to become a chartered accountant as he performed well in maths , but Horn had failed the required exams . Horns parents pleaded with him to try one more job , but three months into his role as a progress chaser in a plastic bag factory , he was fired . I said , Thats it , Im never going into that world again! , and the next day , received an offer to play the bass in a local semi-professional band at a Top Rank Ballroom , playing top 40 and dance music for £24 a week for five nights work . Horn also received airplay on BBC Radio Leicester , performing self-written songs on a guitar . Career . 1971–1979 : Early work . At 21 , Horn relocated to London and took up work by playing in a band which involved re-recording top 20 songs for BBC radio due to the needle time restrictions then in place . This was followed by a one-year tenure with Ray McVays big band , and earning as a session musician , producing jingles , records , and working with rock groups . His time with Ray McVay included performances at the world ballroom dancing championship and the television show Come Dancing . At 24 , Horn began a period of work in Leicester where his growing interest in recording studios led to his assistance in the construction of a studio in the city , while playing the bass at Baileys club for seven nights for money . Upon completion of the studio , Horn produced songs for local artists , including a song for Leicester City F.C . By 1976 , Horn had returned to London . He played bass in Northern Lights , a covers band , which also featured keyboardist Geoff Downes and disco singer Tina Charles . Horn went on to form Tracks , a jazz fusion band inspired by Weather Report and Herbie Hancock , with future Shakatak drummer Roger Odell , before he left the group to play in Tina Charless backing band . The two entered a short relationship , and Horn learned a lot from her inspiring producer Biddu . Also featured in Charless band were Horns future Buggles partners , keyboardist Geoffrey Downes and guitarist Bruce Woolley . In the mid-1970s , Horn worked for a music publishers on Denmark Street in London , producing demos which sometimes had Horn in charge of producing a master if a deal for a demo was made . From 1977 to 1979 , Horn worked on various singles either as a songwriter , producer , or orchestra director , without ever making any money out of it . Among his first was Natural Dance by Tony Cole and Dont Come Back by Fallen Angel and the T.C . Band , featuring Woolley as songwriter , which Horn produced under the name T.C . Horn . He wrote Boot Boot Woman , the B-side to the Boogatti single Come Back Marianne , under his real name . In 1978 , Horn wrote , sang , and produced Caribbean Air Control under the pseudonym Big A , which features Horn pictured as a pilot on the front sleeve . In 1979 , a full studio album by Chromium , a sci-fi disco project named Star to Star was released that featured Horn and Downes as songwriters and producers , and Horns future Art of Noise bandmate Anne Dudley on keyboards . Other artists that Horn worked with included Woolley , John Howard , Dusty Springfield ( Baby Blue ) and the Jags ( Back of My Hand ) . Horn scored his first production hit when Monkey Chop by Dan-I reached No . 17 on the UK singles chart in 1979 . 1978–1981 : The Buggles and Yes . In 1978 , Horn and Downes formed the new wave band the Buggles with early contributions from Woolley . They secured a recording deal with Island Records and spent much of 1979 recording their debut album , The Age of Plastic ( 1980 ) . The credits list Horn with co-production , lead vocals , guitar and bass . Its lead single Video Killed the Radio Star was released in September 1979 and reached No . 1 in the UK , propelling Horn , then aged 30 , and Downes to mainstream fame . In August 1981 , the song was the first music video to air on MTV . The success of Video Killed the Radio Star led to Horn and Downes secure management from Brian Lane , who was also managing the progressive rock band Yes . They were in need of a singer and keyboardist following the departures of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman , which led to Horn and Downes pitching We Can Fly from Here , a demo that they had written with Yes in mind . Both accepted to join Yes and work got underway on Drama ( 1980 ) with Horn on lead vocals and fretless bass . Horn spent much of his time on the album , and cut his wedding reception short in order to resume working on it . Horn sang on the bands 1980 tour of North America and the UK , after which he left to become a full-time producer . In 1981 , he completed a second Buggles album Adventures in Modern Recording largely on his own following Downess decision to form Asia . Horn resumed working with Yes as a producer on their albums 90125 ( 1983 ) and Big Generator ( 1987 ) . Horn rated Owner of a Lonely Heart , the lead single from 90125 , as technically his best work . 1981–present : Producer and other projects . 1980s . In early 1981 , Horn left Yes and became a full-time producer . His wife advised him to branch off from being an instrumental musician as he could reach greater success in production , and subsequently she became Horns manager . He assembled a studio rig which included a Roland TR-808 drum machine and sequencer and a set of Simmons electronic drum modules . He spent £18,000 on a Fairlight CMI synthesiser , one of four in the country at the time . I knew what it was capable of , because I understood what it did . Most other people didnt understand at the time – sampling was like a mystical world . Horn realised he needed full-time assistance in operating the machine and hired J . J . Jeczalik to programme it . For his use of the Fairlight , Horn is credited as the key architect in incorporating sampling into the language of pop . Horn had commercial success with his first project , The Dollar Album ( 1982 ) by pop duo Dollar , which his wife had assigned him to work on . He co-wrote and produced four songs that follow a love story across them : Mirror Mirror , Hand Held in Black and White , Give Me Back My Heart , and Videotheque . All four became top 20 hits in the UK . The potent production work made him noticed by other bands and it was followed by even greater success with The Lexicon of Love ( 1982 ) by ABC , which reached No . 1 on the UK albums chart . It was during these sessions that Horn acquired a LinnDrum drum machine , and assembled a team that would characterise and define the sound of much of his work in the 1980s , with Dudley on keyboards and arrangements , Gary Langan and later Stephen Lipson as chief engineer , Jeczalik as programmer , backing vocalist Tessa Webb , and percussionist Luis Jardim . In 1982 , Horn and his wife formed a music publishing company , Perfect Songs . This coincided with their then recent acquisition of Basing Street Studios , which also housed the fledgling publishing company . Perfect Songs was able to harness and develop the up-and-coming young artists working in the recording studio . The first to be signed were Frankie Goes to Hollywood , followed by Art of Noise and Propaganda . These first few signings to the company were instrumental in establishing the company ethos of innovation and artiste development , taking risks and signing acts far into the left field . In 1983 , Horn and his wife purchased Basing Street Studios in west London from Chris Blackwell and renamed it SARM West Studios . The deal included the rights for them to operate a record label through Island Records distribution which led to the formation of ZTT Records with NME writer Paul Morley . It is named after the sound poem of the same name by Italian futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti . During 1982 and 1983 , Horn worked with Malcolm McLaren and Anne Dudley , writing numerous worldwide hits including Buffalo Gals , Double Dutch , Duck for the Oyster and the Duck Rock album . In 1983 , Horn also co-formed Art of Noise , co-writing several hits including Close ( To the Edit ) , Beat Box , Moments in Love , and Slave to the Rhythm . This was originally intended as Frankie Goes to Hollywoods second single , but was instead given to Grace Jones . Horn and his studio team reworked and reinterpreted it , jazz style , into six separate songs to form Joness album Slave to the Rhythm . Horn got David Gilmour to play the guitar . In 1984 , Horn was approached by Bob Geldof to produce the song Do They Know Its Christmas? , but he was unavailable . Instead , he gave use of SARM West Studio free of charge to the project for 24 hours , which Geldof accepted , assigning Midge Ure as the producer instead . The song was recorded and mixed on 25 November . Horn produced the B-side featuring messages from artists who had and had not made the recording , including David Bowie , Annie Lennox , Paul McCartney , Big Country , and Holly Johnson . They were also recorded over the same backing track as the Do They Know Its Christmas ? Several musicians have described Horns style of production as dominating . Frankie Goes to Hollywoods debut album Welcome to the Pleasuredome barely featured any of the bands performances , instead featuring Horn and session musicians ( lead single Relax cost £70,000 spent across three sessions that included scrapped versions by the band and by Ian Durys backing band , before Horn re-recorded the song himself ) ; and the Pet Shop Boys remarked that although Horn had promised to complete their single Left to My Own Devices in a couple of weeks , it took several months for them to receive the final mix due to the lavish live orchestration and studio work . In the late 1980s , Horn relocated to Bel Air , Los Angeles where he established Sarm West Coast LA , a residential recording studio . 1990s . In 1990 , Horn produced English musician Seals eponymous debut album . This began a multi-album collaboration which Horn reasoned down to his liking of Seals voice and a musical empathy with how he works and the songs he writes . Seal reached No . 1 in the UK and lead single Crazy went to No . 2 . The album marked a turning point in Horns production method , switching typical studio hardware for computers , and recorded tracks on Seal using MIDI and Studio Vision software . Horn was pleased with the results and sold his PC equipment for an Apple Macintosh . At this stage of his career , Horn had lost his enthusiasm for producing 12-inch mixes of songs and brought in other remixers to make them , while concentrating on albums . He also produced half of the songs on Marc Almonds 1991 album Tenement Symphony , including the three singles on the album : Jacky , My Hand Over My Heart and The Days of Pearly Spencer , which reached #4 in the UK charts . In the 1990s , Horn wrote two songs for solo female singers . Riding into Blue ( Cowboy Song ) was recorded by Inga Humpe and Docklands was recorded by Betsy Cook . He also co-wrote two songs with Terry Reid for his 1991 album , The Driver and The Shape of Things to Come for Chers 1995 album Its a Mans World . Horn co-produced Mike Oldfields 1992 album Tubular Bells II alongside Oldfield and Tom Newman . Horn co-wrote the theme song Everybody Up to the TV programme The Glam Metal Detectives , a comedy sketch show which appeared on BBC Two in 1995 . This was another collaboration with Lol Creme . Horns songwriting can be heard on numerous film soundtracks . In 1992 , Horn collaborated with composer Hans Zimmer to produce the score for the film Toys , which included interpretations by Tori Amos , Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby . In the mid-1990s , Horn bought Hook End Manor and renamed its recording facility SARM Hook End . He put the property on sale in 2007 for £12 million and relocated to Primrose Hill in London . In 1995 , Horn produced The Carpet Crawlers 1999 , a rerecording of The Carpet Crawlers by Genesis which featured vocals from their former singers Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins . It was released on their ( 1999 ) box set . 2000s . In the 2000s , Horn provided additional production on three international hits for t.A.T.u. , All the Things She Said , Not Gonna Get Us , and Clowns ( Can You See Me Now ) . He also produced the theme tune to the 2000 film Coyote Ugly , Cant Fight the Moonlight , recorded by Leann Rimes , co-wrote Pass the Flame ( the official torch relay song for the 2004 Olympics in Athens ) in collaboration with Lol Creme and co-wrote the title track from Lisa Stansfields 2004 album The Moment . He co-wrote Sound the Bugle , performed by Bryan Adams and featured on the Spirit : Stallion of the Cimarron soundtrack . and : produced 3 tracks ( La Sombra del Gigante , Un Angel No Es and Mujer Amiga Mia ) of Stilelibero ( Freestyle ) Estilolibre by Eros Ramazzotti , released on 29 May 2001 . On 11 November 2004 , a Princes Trust charity concert celebrating Horns 25 years as a record producer took place at Wembley Arena . Performers at the show included the Buggles , Bruce Woolley , ABC , Art of Noise , Belle & Sebastian , Lisa Stansfield , Pet Shop Boys , Seal , Dollar , Propaganda , t.A.T.u. , Yes , Grace Jones and Frankie Goes to Hollywood ( with Ryan Molloy replacing original vocalist Holly Johnson ) . A double album , Produced by Trevor Horn , was released in conjunction with the concert . An edited version of the concert has been broadcast on television in several countries under the title 25 Years of Pop : Produced by Trevor Horn , and a DVD release of the full concert called Slaves to the Rhythm is available . In 2006 , Horn co-formed the supergroup Producers , in which Horn plays with various musicians/producers , namely Lol Creme , producer Steve Lipson , drummer Ash Soan and initially singer/songwriter Chris Braide . The band performed its first gig at the Camden Barfly in November 2006 . They continue to perform , now under the name the Trevor Horn Band . On 22 May 2006 , the Pet Shop Boys released their album Fundamental which was produced by Horn . The album reached No . 5 in the UK chart . In the same month , he featured in a Pet Shop Boys concert specially recorded for BBC Radio 2 . Horn produced an album version of the event , Concrete , released on 23 October 2006 . Horn also produced Captains debut album , This is Hazelville , released late 2006 . He has also worked with John Legend and David Jordan . For the 2008 movie Wanted ( starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie ) , Horn produced Danny Elfmans vocals on the closing credits song The Little Things . In 2009 , Horn produced the album Reality Killed the Video Star for Robbie Williams . Aside from the album title paying homage to Horns hit single with the Buggles back in 1979 , it also reflects Horn and Williams mutual disdain for the ongoing crop of reality television and music contest programmes in the UK and elsewhere . Ironically , the album was Williams first studio album not to reach number 1 in the UK , beaten to the top spot by the debut album by JLS , who were runners-up on televisions The X Factor in 2008 . 2010s . Horn was also the executive producer of Jeff Becks album , Emotion & Commotion , released in early 2010 . He returned to work with Yes again , producing their new album from October 2010 . That album , 2011s Fly From Here , is a reunion of sorts for Horns former bandmate Geoff Downes ; not only is Downes a member of the bands current incarnation , but the album also takes its title from a song written by Horn and Downes and performed by Yes during their original stint with the band in 1980 . In 2017 , Horn wrote the music for the Stan Lee co-produced anime The Reflection – Wave One , the soundtrack being released , the first album under Trevor Horns name . In January 2018 , Horn played the bass with Dire Straits Legacy for their Brazilian tour . He continued to tour with the band throughout the year . Horn re-mixed 2011s Fly From Here with Yes , adding new vocals and editing parts . The album is called Fly from Here – Return Trip and was released in March 2018 . He has also been working on musicals , including one called The Robot Sings . In November 2018 , Horn performed a one-off concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London . Horns new album , Trevor Horn Reimagines the Eighties , was released on 25 January 2019 . A single , Everybody Wants to Rule the World , with vocals by Robbie Williams , was released on 24 October 2018 . Further guests include Rumer , All Saints , Simple Minds and Gabrielle Aplin . Horn has been touring as the bass player in Dire Straits Legacy in 2019–20 . Influence . Producer Nigel Godrich credits Trevor Horn as an influence . Awards . - BRIT Award 1983 – Best British Producer - BRIT Award 1985 – Best British Producer - BRIT Award 1992 – Best British Producer - Grammy Award 1995 – Record of the Year ( as producer of Kiss From A Rose ) - Horn was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the music industry . - Honorary degree of Doctor of Music ( 2012 ) by Southampton Solent University , England . Personal life . Horn met his future wife Jill Sinclair , a former mathematics teacher and business partner , in 1977 . They married in 1980 and became business partners . They have four children : two sons , Aaron and Will , and two daughters , Gabriella and Alexandra , the latter of whom has worked as a trainee solicitor . Aaron ( known in the industry as Aaron Audio ) , like his father , is a musician and producer . He was in the band Sam and the Womp and frequently DJs around London . Both Aaron and Ally Horn are co-directors of Sarm Studios . , Horn has three grandsons . He is not Jewish , but has attended synagogue with his children , who were raised in his wifes faith . In a 2019 interview , he said that he believes in [ Judaism ] more than anything else . On 25 June 2006 , while at home from Goldsmiths College , University of London , Aaron was practising with his air rifle , not realising his mother was close by . A 4.5 mm ( .177 calibre ) air gun pellet accidentally hit Jill in the neck , severing an artery and causing irreversible brain damage from hypoxia , leaving only her lower brain functions and no chance for recovery . She was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital intensive care unit where her condition was described as critical but stable . Communication from ZTT Records confirmed on 1 September 2006 that Jill was in a natural coma and had been moved to a rehabilitation centre . In September 2009 , Horn told The Times confirmed that she was still in a coma . In June 2012 , Horn told The Sunday Times that his wife was not in a coma , but , She cannot speak , move , or smile . The only expression she can show is of discomfort . Jill Sinclair died of cancer on 22 March 2014 , aged 61 . In late 2017 , Horns home and recording studio in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles were destroyed by the Skirball Fire . Horn indicated via Twitter that he intended to rebuild at the property . External links . - Official website