Howie Beno | |
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Birth name | Howard Beno Jr. |
Origin | Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
Genres | Pop, dance, rock, industrial |
Occupation(s) | Producer, engineer |
Years active | 1990-present |
Website | Official site |
Howie Beno is a producer, mixing engineer, audio engineer and composer born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and currently based in New York City. He has worked with a wide range of artists in various genres, such as Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, Depeche Mode, Blondie and a long series of rock and industrial bands, including Ministry.
After graduating from Fairfield College Preparatory School and the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music. Beno began his career as a programmer at Chicago Trax Studios working with the band Ministry, on the album Psalm 69, and helped program and edit a remix for the multi-platinum Red Hot Chili Peppers single, Give It Away. Alongside contributing to a number of various Wax Trax! releases, he was the original producer and co-writer for Stella Soleil on the independent Chicago release Drown Me In You. As half of the Grace Productions team with Jeff "Critter" Newell, among the numerous records and remixes they collaborated on were Grace Jones, Sheep on Drugs, Monster Voodoo Machine and Skrew. He also appeared as a musician on various albums,. and is founder and vocalist/ multi-instrumentalist for the industrial rock band 13 mg.