Steve Rodway (born in Cambridgeshire),^[1] also known under the alias Motiv 8 or Motiv8, is an Electronic dance music record producer, songwriter, remixer and sound engineer. Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Electronic dance music is a broad set of percussive music genres that largely inherit from 1970s disco music and, to some extent, the experimental pop music of Kraftwerk. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition (chords) or melody to songs, or both. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means. ...

While known for many remixes, including those produced for the Spice Girls, The Doobie Brothers, Robert Palmer, Saint Etienne, Pulp, and Pet Shop Boys, as well as his own singles such as "Rockin' for Myself", "Break The Chain" and "Searching For The Golden Eye", his highest-profile work was composing and producing the song "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit" for Gina G. The song was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 and a subsequent UK number 1 and international hit.^[2] The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English pop group formed in 1994. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Robert Palmer can refer to: Robert Palmer (British singer) Robert Palmer (author/producer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Saint Etienne are an English indie dance act, fronted by Sarah Cracknell (born April 12, 1967, Chelmsford, Essex). ... Pulp were a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ... Pet Shop Boys are an English dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals. ... Ooh Aah. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. ...

Biography

Motiv 8

Rodway started his musical career as a vocalist and drummer before settling as a keyboardist for Billy Ocean. An early release, "Mission", was licensed by Go! Beat Records. Rodway then started independent record label 'Nuff Respect Records, in preparation for distributing another single, "Rockin' for Myself". While the success of these early singles was limited to club play, Rodway's subsequent contract with Warner Bros. Records and a re-release of "Rockin' for Myself" took the single to #18 (week of May 7, 1994)^[3] on the UK Singles Chart. For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. ... Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950, Fyzabad, Trinidad[1] [2]) is a UK-based popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues-tinged international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Go! Beat Records was launched as a subsidiary of Go! Discs Records for dance artists like Gabrielle and Portishead. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... Laser lights illuminate the dance floor at a Gatecrasher dance music event in Sheffield, England A nightclub (or night club or club) is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... Warner Bros. ... is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... British Hit Singles redirects here. ...

Afterwards, Rodway began his remixing career, with an early remix of "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers (peaking at #37 UK, only a week after "Rockin' for Myself" peaked)^[4] opening up further opportunities. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Rodway's distinctive style of crossover remixes soon became in demand and his talents came to the attention of Jarvis Cocker of the group Pulp. Cocker and bassist Steve Mackey personally met with Rodway requesting a complete overhaul of "Common People" in the Motiv8 style; the resulting classic remix went on to replace the original version on BBC Radio 1's playlist. Following the success of "Common People", Rodway remixed "Disco 2000". This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963, in Sheffield, England) is an English musician, best known for fronting the band Pulp. ... Pulp were a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ... Steve Mackey (born 10 November 1966 in Sheffield, England) is a British musician, best known for playing bass guitar in Britpop band Pulp. ... Common People is a song by the band Pulp. ... BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ...

More involved was a 1995 production for Saint Etienne called "He's on the Phone", created by Rodway through a considerable rework of the song "Accident" from the Saint Etienne and Étienne Daho collaboration EP Reserection and used as the new single included on the Too Young to Die singles compilation. Time stretching and pitch shifting of a vocal sample from the song were used to create a new melody on the final product. Saint Etienne are an English indie dance act, fronted by Sarah Cracknell (born April 12, 1967, Chelmsford, Essex). ... Étienne Daho (born January 14, 1956 in Oran) is a French singer who has racked up an extensive number of pop hits in the French-speaking world since 1981. ... Reserection EP was a 1995 release by French pop star Étienne Daho, working alongside English dance-pop band Saint Etienne. ... Too Young to Die is a compilation album released by Saint Etienne in 1995. ... Time stretching is the process of changing the speed or duration of an audio signal without affecting its pitch. ...

In 1997, Rodway took on remixing "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer, the best known song he had worked on to date. For this remix he insisted on using multitracks from the original version rather than a recent re-recorded version. Scene from the video. ... For other persons of the same name, see Robert Palmer. ... The Tascam 85 16B analogue tape recorder can record 16 tracks of audio on 1 inch (2. ...

Motiv 8 was also responsible for additional production work on the single mix of "A Red Letter Day" by Pet Shop Boys (see below). A red letter day is a single by British Electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. ... Pet Shop Boys are an English dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals. ...

Spice Girls

In 1995 Rodway was asked to remix "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls. At this stage little was known about the group other than they were a future priority for their record company Virgin Records. Because the original down tempo of "Wannabe" was too slow for club play, Rodway re-recorded the girls' vocals and produced a new faster version of the track aimed specifically at club and radio play. The Motiv8 "Vocal Slam" mix was the only dance version of the song commercially available. When "Wannabe" was eventually released in 1996 as the Spice Girls' debut single, it became a huge hit on club and radio play around the world helping to establish the girls' own brand of Girl Power. Look up Wannabe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English pop group formed in 1994. ... Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... A 2002 anime DVD The phrase Girl Power, as a term of empowerment, expressed a cultural phenomenon of the mid-late 1990s to the early 2000s and is also linked to third-wave feminism. ...

Gina G

One of Rodway's other objectives was to work with new recording artists. In December 1995, he was introduced to Australian singer Gina G, who had come across Rodway through an early demo called "Just a Little Bit" produced by Rodway and Simon Tauber. The demo was eventually developed into the song "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit". Rodway produced a brand new version which went on to be selected as the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see demo. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. ...

In conjunction with the May contest, "Ooh Aah..." was released as a single in March 1996, hitting #1 in the UK in May and receiving BPI Platinum certification;^[5] #12 on the Billboard Hot 100; and selling 2 million copies worldwide. It was performed six times on Top of the Pops from March to May, and yet again on the year-end episode.^[6] "Ooh Aah's" stateside success brought Rodway both a Grammy nomination and an ASCAP award. The British Phonographic Industry was founded in 1973 to represent the interests of British music companies and to fight the growing problem of music piracy. ... “Golden record” redirects here. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...

Pet Shop Boys

Rodway provided additional production on the Pet Shops' 1997 hit "A Red Letter Day". The duo became admirers of the Motiv8 sound and Neil Tennant visited Rodway at work in his studio during the remix. Ironically after it was finished and delivered, Tennant insisted a synth line which Rodway had come up with on the Motiv8 version, should be used on the Pet Shop Boys' own main mix. After trying unsuccessfully to recreate Rodway's riff it eventually had to be sampled from the Motiv8 mix. Thus it appears on both the Pet Shop Boys' main version as well as the Motiv8 remix Neil Tennant (right) with collaborator Chris Lowe (left) Neil Francis Tennant (born July 10, 1954 in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England) is an English musician, who, with his colleague Chris Lowe, makes up the successful pop duo, Pet Shop Boys. ... This article is about reusing existing sound recordings in creating new works. ...

Kylie Minogue

In 2000 Rodway began to experiment with changes to the Motiv8 sound. Although the vocals were still kept and the song preserved, he began using combinations of clean synth lines layered with deliberately distorted acoustic instruments to produce a more forceful rhythm. Parallel compression was then applied. The synthesizer riffs in "On A Night Like This" are good examples of his technique. This version together with the Motiv8 remix of Billy Piper's "Something Deep Inside" are regarded as clear departures from the previous Motiv8 style. Due to the popularity of the remix, a video of "On a Night Like This" was also dubbed from an edited version of the Motiv8 Nocturnal Vocal Mix. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Audio level compression. ... In sound recording, dubbing is the transfer of recorded audio material from one medium to another of the same or a different type. ...

Music

Motiv 8 remixes have a reputation for being focused on songwriting and composition, generally keeping the full vocal track — an approach that Rodway attributes to coming from a background of songwriting, as opposed to DJing. Often all the backing tracks are discarded in favor of an entirely new set built from the vocals alone; one exception was "Addicted to Love", in which maintaining the "essence" of the song was a concern due to the iconic nature of the song. Musical characteristics of Motiv 8 remixes include arpeggios playing during verses, and loops overlaid on programmed drum samples. A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Various arpeggios as seen on a staff Notation of a chord in arpeggio In music, an arpeggio is a broken chord where the notes are played or sung in succession rather than simultaneously. ... In electronic music, a loop is a sample which is repeated. ...

Discography

Singles

• 1992 "Mission"
• 1993 "Rockin' for Myself" (featuring Angie Brown)
• 1995 "Break the Chain"
• 1995 "Searching for the Golden Eye" (featuring Kym Mazelle)
• 2005 "Riding on the Wings"

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Selected remixes

• 1993 Shawn Christopher – "Make My Love"
• 1994 The Doobie Brothers – "Listen to the Music"
• 1994 Mozaic – "Nothing In The World"
• 1994 Saint Etienne – "Hug My Soul"
• 1994 N-Trance – "Turn Up the Power"
• 1995 Pulp – "Common People"
• 1995 Pulp – "Disco 2000"
• 1995 Saint Etienne – "He's on the Phone"
• 1995 Let Loose - "Everybody Say Everybody Do"
• 1995 Mary Kiani– "When I Call Your Name"
• 1995 Kelly Llorenna - "Brighter Day"
• 1995 2 In A Room - "Giddy Up"
• 1995 Childliner DJ's - "The Gift Of Christmas"
• 1995 Diana - "All I Need Is Love"
• 1995 Sleazesisters with Vikki Sheppard - "Sex"
• 1995 Teez - "Should Have Known Better"
• 1995 J-Pac - "Nutter"
• 1996 Gina G - "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit"
• 1996 Spice Girls – "Wannabe"
• 1996 Diana Ross – "I Will Survive"
• 1996 Dubstar – "Stars"
• 1996 Mary Kiani - "Let The Music Play"
• 1996 Mary Kiani - "100%"
• 1996 Crush - "Jellyhead"
• 1996 Neuronic - "Heaven"
• 1996 Open Arms - "Hey Mr DJ"
• 1996 Sparks - "Now That I Own The BBC"
• 1996 Heaven 17 – "Designing Heaven"
• 1996 West End - "It's Raining Men"
• 1996 Nightcrawlers - "Let's Push It"
• 1996 Johnna - "Pride"
• 1996 Dana Dawson - "Show Me"
• 1996 Sean Maguire - "Good Day"
• 1996 Michelle Gayle - "Baby Don't Go"
• 1996 Ann Consuelo - "See The Day"
• 1997 Nightcrawlers – "Lift Me Up"
• 1997 Robert Palmer – "Addicted to Love"
• 1997 Pet Shop Boys – "A Red Letter Day"
• 1997 Gala – "Let A Boy Cry"
• 1998 Alabama 3 – "Ain't Going to Goa"
• 1998 Blue Beat - "Big Times"
• 2000 Mero - "It Must Be Love"
• 2000 Buffalo G - "We're Really Saying Something"
• 2000 Scooch – "For Sure"
• 2000 Kaci – "Paradise"
• 2000 Billie Piper – "Something Deep Inside"
• 2000 Kylie Minogue – "On A Night Like This"
• 2000 Erasure – "Freedom"
• 2000 Precious – "New Beginning"
• 2000 A1 – "Same Old Brand New You"
• 2000 Kristine W – "Lovin' You"
• 2001 Dreamworld – "Movin' Up"
• 2001 KT Oslin – "Come On A My House"
• 2001 Brooklyn Bounce – "Bass, Beats & Melody"
• 2001 Kaci – "Tu Amor"
• 2001 Taylor Caine – "Bombshell Cabaret"
• 2001 LeAnn Rimes – "But I Do Love You"
• 2004 Phixx – "Strange Love"
• 2005 Carlos Adolfo Dominguez – "Boobies"
• 2005 Sun – "Without Love"
• 2005 Carlos Adolfo Dominguez – "Boobies"
• 2005 Motiv8 – "Riding On The Wings"

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Compilations

• 1999 Motiv8tion: The Official Motiv 8 Remix Collection, Volume 1

Notes

References

• Bell, Matt (June 1996), "Motivating the Mix", Sound on Sound 11 (8): 72-76, ISSN, <http://www.geocities.com/motiv8site/interviews.htm>
• Masterson, Ian (May 1996), "High energy", Future Music (no. 43): 64-65, <http://www.geocities.com/motiv8site/interviews.htm>
• Smith, Nick (September 1997), "Mr Motiv8-or: Steve Rodway", The Mix (no. 40): 76-81, ISSN, <http://www.geocities.com/motiv8site/interviews.htm>
• White, Paul (August 1994), "Remixing with Mr Motiv8", Sound on Sound 9 (10): 126-131, ISSN, <http://www.geocities.com/motiv8site/interviews.htm>

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External links

• Motiv 8 / Steve Rodway Site
• Motiv 8 at Discogs