Pimpled, understated Mike Thorne first sprang to prominence as a thin, pale tape op on Deep Purple and Fleetwood Mac sessions in London during the early seventies. This natural career interlude between a physics degree and classical composition study led erratically to definitive eighties record productions such as Tainted Love (Soft Cell), Bad Day (Carmel), Voices Carry (Til Tuesday), Don't Leave Me This Way (The Communards), Nunsexmonkrock (Nina Hagen), Parting Should Be Painless (Roger Daltrey) and Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat).

Productions around these pop music landmarks include, work with John Cale, Kit Hain, Marianne Faithfull, Blur, Soft Machine, B-Movie, Holly and the Italians, The The, Lene Lovich, Information Society, Swans Way, Laurie Anderson, The Uptown Horns, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sir Michael Tippett, BETTY, Peter Murphy, Marc Almond and China Crisis.

From then 1994-1996 he was with Warner Music International as Director, New Music Media Development. The Stereo Society studio was built to embrace interactive multimedia from the mid-nineties.

Launched in 1999, slightly too far ahead of the beat, the Stereo Society online label has now issued eight self-produced, uncompromisingly distinctive and utterly different CDs. With the wired world becoming a reality, the Stereo Society can at last connect.

Visit his web site at http://www.stereosociety.com/index.html

Sarah Jane says,
' Mike Thorne is not only a dear dear friend but an amazing pianist and wonderful producer and working with him is always like going into the sandpit to play and discover.'
Mike asked her to co-write three tracks with him for his Contessa's Party CD and she did lots of vocals on his 1st solo album Sprawl ( all of which are available through Stereo Society). Mike and Sarah Jane are already talking about their new project together so watch this space.'