James Rutledge

James Rutledge is a London-based musician, producer and remixer. He is from Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

Life

James Rutledge studied English Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford between 1996 and 1999.

Career

James Rutledge recorded initially under the name Pedro,^[1] with his first EP in 1999 launching Manchester's Melodic Records.^[2] The name Pedro was derived from the main protagonist in the Alex Cox film El Patrullero.^[3] He has also recorded as Vowels^[4] and played with Ashbourne's Strongest Man, Chapters and D.O.T.^[5] (the latter in collaboration with Dave Tyack). He has released work on the labels 4AD, Domino, Melodic, Moshi Moshi, Mush, RCA and Warp.^[6]

He has worked with, remixed or been remixed by Bloc Party, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bracken, Danger Mouse, Everything Everything, Fever Ray, Foals, Four Tet, Ellie Goulding, The Kills, MGMT, Telepathe, The Pastels, Post War Years, Prefuse 73 and Radiohead.^[7]

In 2008 he auctioned a four-hour remix of the Radiohead song Videotape recorded on VHS on eBay with the money going to the charity Missing People, in part in memory of Dave Tyack.^[8]

Awards

He was the Remixer Of The Year at the 2011 MPG Awards.^[9]

He was shortlisted for Breakthrough Producer and Remixer Of The Year at the 2012 MPG Awards.^[10]

Discography

Singles and EPs (as Pedro)

• Pedro EP (Melodic Records, 1999)
• Chapel Was My Dream (Melodic Records, 2001)

References

1. http://www.mushrecords.com/artist/Pedro.php. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
2. http://melodic.co.uk/melo001.htm. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The encyclopedia of popular music: Indexes, Volume 10. Oxford University Press. p. 467. ISBN 0195313739.
4. http://www.lorecordings.com/artist/vowels/. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
5. http://www.discogs.com/artist/647321-James-Rutledge. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
6. http://www.jamesrutledge.com/about/. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
7. "James Rutledge". Soundcloud. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
8. Solarski, Matthew. "Radiohead Signed Charity VHS Tape Goes to Auction". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
9. http://uk.novationmusic.com/community/artists/james-rutledge. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
10. http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/mpg-award-noms-announced/. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);