Mike Pickering
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| occupation = Disc jockey, record producer, A&R Executive, songwriter
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| label = Deconstruction, Sony Music
| associated_acts = Quando Quango T-CoyM-People Calvin Harris Ting Tings Kasabian
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Mike Pickering is an English musician, DJ, songwriter, A&R Executive from Manchester, UK.
Career
Pickering was a DJ at The Haçienda's Nude and Hot nights, and later Shine. He worked for Factory Records,{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p44953/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: M People|last=Bush|first=John|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2 June 2010}} where he signed Happy Mondays, To Hell with Burgundy and James, among others. With Hillegonda Rietveld, he was joint founder, writer and producer of Quando Quango, and he later founded M People, for whom he wrote and produced many songs and played saxophone live.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1039936.stm|title=BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Haçienda mementos sold|date=25 November 2000|accessdate=15 July 2020|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}
Pickering then worked for 20 years as A&R within the Columbia label of Sony BMG,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fluxmagazine.com/music-generation-interview-with-mike-pickering/|title=The Attention Deficit Generation: interview with Mike Pickering|website=Fluxmagazine.com|date=22 April 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2020}} where he worked with the Gossip, Calvin Harris, Kasabian, and the Ting Tings.
In other media
Pickering appeared as himself in the film 24 Hour Party People. He supports Manchester City Football Club, and appeared in the documentary film about the club, Blue Moon Rising in 2010 alongside Noel Gallagher.
References
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Category:English rock saxophonists
Category:British male saxophonists
Category:English record producers
Category:English male songwriters
Category:Musicians from Manchester
Category:People from Accrington
Category:21st-century British saxophonists
Category:21st-century British male musicians
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