Haydn Bendall
Producer, Mixer & Engineer

Haydn started his musical career at Orange Studios in Soho and then went on to work as a piano tuner for Steinway & Sons. This led to an opportunity at Abbey Road Studios where he worked for seventeen years, the last ten as chief engineer, and during this time was introduced to quite possibly the widest selection of music and productions that any studio in the world could offer. Some of the artists include A-ha, Angelo Badalamenti, Bonnie Tyler, Camel, Cliff Richard, David Gilmour, Elton John, Everything But The Girl, Freddie Mercury, Gary Moore, Kate Bush, Neneh Cherry, Ozzy Osbourne, Pat Metheny, Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sting, Tina Turner and Yusef Islam.

In 1991 Haydn pursued a freelance career and has since worked with artists such as Josh Groban, Dido, Michael Bublé, Shakira, James Blunt, The Priests, Il Divo, Russell Watson and Andrea Bocelli.

Recently Haydn engineered forthcoming albums for Chris Botti (Columbia) together with Bobby Colomby and Walter Afanasieff and Katie Melua (Dramatico) with Mike Batt.  Other projects include mixing and engineering 'La Voce' for Russell Watson (Sony) and 'Noel' for The Priests (Sony) and Haydn also co-produced and mixed a second album for Camila Kerslake (Mercury) with Sally Herbert.

Haydn Bendall Partial Discography

a-ha - East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Marc Almond – Mother Fist & Melancholy Rose
Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman – Time to Say Goodbye (S)
Chris Botti – To Love Again: The Duets & Italia
Sam Brown – Stop (S)
Kate Bush – Red Shoes, The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The Sensual World, Moments of Pleasure, This Woman’s Work & Rubberband Girl
Camel – Stationary Traveller, Echoes: The Retrospective, Pressure Points: Live in Concert, Single Factor & Nude
Mariah Carey & Luther Vandross – Endless Love (S)
Everything But The Girl – Home Movies: The Best of Everything & Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Il Divo – The Promise
Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (S)
Greg Lake – From the Beginning & Greg Lake
Leona Lewis – Spirit & Better in Time
Magazine – Real Life
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy (S)
Katie Melua – Piece by Piece
Pat Metheny – Secret Story
Gary Moore – Still Got the Blues, After Hours & Blues for Greeny
Alan Parsons Project – Ammonia Avenue, Turn of a Friendly Card, Eve, Eye in the Sky, Stereotomy & Gaudi
Pet Shop Boys – PopArt & Behavior
Pope Benedict XVI – Alma Mater: Music From the Vatican
Kiri Te Kanawa – Kiri Selection, Kiri Sings Kern, Porter & Berlin
Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out for a Hero & Total Eclipse of the Heart (S)
Paul McCartney – Press to Play
Freddie Mercury – Time and In My Defense (S)
Olivia Newton-John – Physical (S)
The Priests – Noel, Harmony & The Priests
Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Last Emperor & Film Works (Grammy Award and an Oscar for the best sound recording)
Tina Turner – Simply The Best (S)
Roger Waters – Amused to Death
Russell Watson – La Voce
XTC – Apple Box, Apple Venue Pt 1 & Pt 2, Easter Theater, Waspstrumental & Squared