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James Ford
James Ford during Melt! Festival 2013
Background information
Born	James Ellis Ford (1978-12-11)11 December 1978 (age 46) Leek, Staffordshire, England
Genres	Synth-pop indie rock indie pop
Occupations	Record producer songwriter remixer
Instruments	Drums percussion keyboards bass guitar pedal steel guitar
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Warp
Member of	Simian Mobile Disco The Last Shadow Puppets
Formerly of	Simian
Website	jamesellisford.com

James Ellis Ford (born 11 December 1978) is an Englishrecord producer and songwriter, known for being a member ofSimian Mobile Disco andthe Last Shadow Puppets as well as his production work withArctic Monkeys,Blur,Depeche Mode,Foals,Florence and the Machine,Haim,Gorillaz,Klaxons,The Last Dinner Party,Jessie Ware,Kylie Minogue,Declan McKenna, thePet Shop Boys,Pulp andGeese.

In 2023 he released a solo albumThe Hum onWarp Records.^[1]

James Ellis Ford was born on 11 December 1978^[2] inStaffordshire.^[3] Ford went toManchester University, along with other members ofSimian.^[4]

Ford was a founding member of the group Simian and later a member the spin-off duoSimian Mobile Disco.^[5]

He produced theKlaxons albumMyths of the Near Future in 2007 which won theMercury Prize.^[6] Also that year, he produced the Arctic Monkeys second album. He has done at least part of the production on each of the band's subsequent albums.^[6]

In 2008, he formedthe Last Shadow Puppets withMiles Kane andAlex Turner, as both drummer and producer.^[7] Their debut album,The Age of the Understatement, earned the group a Mercury Prize nomination and also charted at No. 1 in the UK.^[6] Their second album,Everything You've Come to Expect, was released in 2016. Ford once again produced, also playing drums, percussion and keys. The record earned the group their second UK No. 1.

Ford produced and played keys on Arctic Monkeys' fifth album,AM, released in 2013.

Ford has producedDepeche Mode's 14th studio albumSpirit released on 17 March 2017 as well as their 15th studio albumMemento Mori, which was released on 24 March 2023. He also produced the fourth studio album of the UK bandEverything Everything under the titleA Fever Dream, released on 18 August 2017.

In 2018, Ford co-produced the Arctic Monkeys' sixth studio albumTranquility Base Hotel & Casino, as well asGorillaz' sixth studio albumThe Now Now.

On 14 March 2023, it was announced he would be producing Pet Shop Boys' new album. He also producedthe Last Dinner Party's first single "Nothing Matters", which was released in April 2023. He also co-producedFat Dog’s debut single “King of the Slugs” with the band’s lead singer Joe Love, which was released on 21 August 2023. James Ford also producedBlur's ninth studio album,The Ballad of Darren, released in July 2023.

In 2024 Ford produced The Last Dinner Party's debut albumPrelude to Ecstasy andFontaines D.C.'s fourth studio albumRomance.

In 2025 Ford producedBlack Country, New Road’s third studio albumForever Howlong.

See Discography:Simian &Simian Mobile Disco

• 2023 –The Hum (Warp Records)^[8]

• Fingathing –And the Big Red Nebula Band (co-producer; 2004)
• Garden –Round & Round (2005)
• Test Icicles –For Screening Purposes Only (2005)
• Absentee –Schmotime (2006)
• Duels –The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned (2006)
• Mystery Jets –Making Dens (2006)
• Arctic Monkeys –Favourite Worst Nightmare (co-produced withMike Crossey; 2007)^[6][9]
• The Bumblebeez –Prince Umberto & The Sister of Ill (2007)
• Klaxons –Myths of the Near Future (2007)^[6]
• The Lodger –Grown-Ups (2007)
• The Last Shadow Puppets –The Age of the Understatement (2008)^[10]
• Florence and the Machine –Lungs (4 tracks; co-produced withPaul Epworth,Charlie Hugall, Stephen Mackey andEg White; 2009)^[6]
• Peaches –I Feel Cream (2009)
• Arctic Monkeys –Humbug (3 tracks; co-produced withJosh Homme; 2009)^[6]
• Crocodiles –Sleep Forever (2010)
• Detachments –Detachments (2010)
• Chrome Hoof –Crush Depth (2010)
• Alex Turner –Submarine EP (2011)^[11]
• Beth Ditto –Beth Ditto EP (2011)
• Arctic Monkeys –Suck It And See (2011)
• Birdy –Birdy (2011)
• Florence and the Machine –Ceremonials (2011)
• Little Boots –Nocturnes (2013)
• Bill Ryder-Jones –A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart (additional production; 2013)
• Arctic Monkeys –AM (11 tracks; co-produced withRoss Orton; 2013)
• Haim –Days Are Gone (2 tracks; co-produced withLudwig Göransson,Haim andAriel Rechtshaid; 2013)
• Jessie Ware –Tough Love (2014)
• Mumford & Sons –Wilder Mind (2015)^[12]
• Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons –Message from the Other Side (2015)
• Foals –What Went Down (2015)^[13]
• Florence and the Machine –How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
• Bill Ryder-Jones –West Kirby County Primary (additional production; 2015)
• The Last Shadow Puppets –Everything You've Come To Expect (2016)
• Alexandra Savior –Belladonna of Sadness (co-produced withAlex Turner); (2017)
• Depeche Mode –Spirit (2017)
• Little Dragon –Season High (additional production; 2017)
• Methyl Ethel –Everything Is Forgotten (co-produced with Jake Webb) (2017)
• Shock Machine –Shock Machine (2017)
• Declan McKenna –What Do You Think About the Car? (2017)
• Everything Everything –A Fever Dream (2017)
• Arctic Monkeys –Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (co-produced withAlex Turner; 2018)
• Gorillaz –The Now Now (co-produced withDamon Albarn; 2018)
• Matthew Dear –Bunny (1 track, co-produced with Jas Shaw; 2018)
• Florence and the Machine –Moderation (non-album single, co-produced with Matthew Daniel Siskin; 2019)
• Friendly Fires –Inflorescent (2 tracks, one co-produced withMark Ralph; 2019)
• Foals –Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 (additional production; 2019)
• Foals –Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 (additional production; 2019)
• Jessie Ware –What's Your Pleasure? (11 tracks out of 12; 4 co-produced; 2020)
• Gorillaz –Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (3 tracks co-produced; 2020)
• Shame –Drunk Tank Pink (2021)
• Kylie Minogue –Disco: Guest List Edition (2021)
• Birdy –Young Heart (4 tracks; 2021)
• Arctic Monkeys –The Car (2022)^[9]
• The WAEVE –The WAEVE (2023)
• Depeche Mode –Memento Mori (2023)^[14]
• Jessie Ware –That! Feels Good! (6 tracks; 2023)
• Geese –3D Country (2023)
• Blur –The Ballad of Darren (2023)
• Bill Ryder-Jones –Iechyd Da (mixing; 2024)
• The Last Dinner Party –Prelude to Ecstasy (2024)
• Pet Shop Boys –Nonetheless (2024)
• Beth Gibbons –Lives Outgrown (2024)
• The WAEVE –City Lights (2024)
• Moon Diagrams -Cemetery Classics (2024)
• Fontaines D.C. –Romance (2024)
• Black Country, New Road -Forever Howlong (2025)
• Pulp -More (2025)

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