Stephen Lipson

Lipson (born 16 March 1954) is an english music producer and guitarist, bassist and keyboard player.

Lipson started out as an engineer for [a=The Rolling Stones] and later went on to become a producer. His career as a producer really began during his time with [a=Trevor Horn] at [l=ZTT] Records (Zang Tuum Tumb).

During the 1980s, S.J. Lipson performed production and engineering duties for a number of artists, including [a=Grace Jones] ([r=204497], 1985), [a=Propaganda] ([r=26297], 1985), [a=Frankie Goes To Hollywood] ([r=66734], 1986), Pet Shop Boys ([r=58656], 1988), [a=Paul McCartney] (Flowers in the Dirt, 1989) and [a=Annie Lennox] ([r=139878], 1992, [r=139915], 1995). Lipson also produced [r=224686] (1989 EP) and [r=251642] (1991) for [a=Simple Minds], Street Fighting Years (1989) with [a=Trevor Horn].

Lipson also co-wrote [r=204497] in addition to playing lead guitar, bass guitar and keyboards, with [a=Trevor Horn] handling production.

He also pioneered a tapeless sequencing technique which he shared with Horn. The complex process was prone to crashes, especially during the work on "[r=26790]", a fact verified in an interview with [a=Ralf Dörper] years later.