Mike Howlett is a Fijian-born musician, producer and teacher based in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the late 1960s Howlett was the bassist in Sydney pop band The Affair which travelled to England after winning a music competition. He then settled in London and in 1973 joined renowned British progressive rock group Gong, which had been founded by another Australian expatriate, Daevid Allen.

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  • Mike Howlett is a Fijian-born musician, producer and teacher based in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the late 1960s Howlett was the bassist in Sydney pop band The Affair which travelled to England after winning a music competition. He then settled in London and in 1973 joined renowned British progressive rock group Gong, which had been founded by another Australian expatriate, Daevid Allen. Howlett remained with Gong until 1977, recording several albums with them and co-writing much of their material later in this period with drummer Pierre Moerlen. After leaving Gong, Howlett formed the short-lived band Strontium 90 in 1977, bringing together Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers for the first time; the latter trio would later achieve massive success as The Police. Howlett originally intended Strontium 90 to consist of himself, Sting, Summers and drummer Chris Cutler, but Cutler was unavailable and so Copeland was recruited, brought in by Sting, with whom he had already been playing in an early incarnation of The Police. Howlett taped several demos of the band, including the very first version of Sting's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" which was the first recording of the song ever made; he also taped a Paris Gong reunion concert in May 1977, which marked the first time that the future Police played together live. An archival collection of Strontium 90 material was released as the album Strontium 90: Police Academy in 1997. Howlett became an in-demand producer with a string of notable credits. He produced many hit singles and albums for leading New Wave music acts including: Fischer Z The Teardrop Explodes (When I Dream) Sniff 'n' the Tears Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Enola Gay and Souvenir) Martha & The Muffins (Echo Beach) Tears for Fears Gang of Four (band) (I Love a Man in a Uniform) Blancmange (band) (Living on the Ceiling) Comsat Angels (Independence Day) China Crisis Berlin (band) John Foxx (former lead singer of Ultravox) A Flock of Seagulls (numerous recordings, including their biggest hit, I Ran) Thompson Twins Joan Armatrading The Alarm Hunters & Collectors (Payload EP). Gong performs occasional reunion gigs around the world, and Mike usually joins them. In recent years he also launched a record label, Mauve, which released albums by singer-songwriters: Rafa Russo, Debbie Cassell and Jay Fisher. Howlett has lectured in music technology at several universities, including the University of Glamorgan and Thames Valley University, Ealing, and has recently accepted a university position in Brisbane, Australia.. He is married and has three adult children.
  • Mike Howlett ist Musiker und Produzent. Bekannt wurde er in der ersten Hälfte der 1970er Jahre als Bassist der Band Gong, später brachte er in seiner Band Strontium 90 die drei späteren Musiker von The Police erstmals zusammen und danach trat er überwiegend als Produzent von New-Wave-Bands in Erscheinung.
  • Mike Howlett (né le 27 avril 1950) est un musicien et producteur de musique, né à Fiji et habitant au Royaume-Uni. En 1977, il présenta Sting (bassiste et chanteur du futur groupe Police) à Andy Summers (guitariste du même groupe) en 1977. Après avoir joué de nombreuses années avec le groupe GONG, dont il formait avec Pierre Moerlen la colonne rythmique, il fut également le producteur artistique du groupe FISHER Z à la fin des années 80.
  • Mike Howlett - brytyjski muzyk rockowy oraz producent. Howlett znany jest jako basista progresywnego zespołu Gong. W 1977 utworzył grupę Strontium 90, która stała się początkiem sukcesu The Police. Jako producent muzyczny wyprodukował wiele albumów oraz singli, głownie z nurtu new wave, takich artystów jak Tears for Fears, Gang of Four czy Berlin.
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  • Mike Howlett is a Fijian-born musician, producer and teacher based in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the late 1960s Howlett was the bassist in Sydney pop band The Affair which travelled to England after winning a music competition. He then settled in London and in 1973 joined renowned British progressive rock group Gong, which had been founded by another Australian expatriate, Daevid Allen.
  • Mike Howlett ist Musiker und Produzent. Bekannt wurde er in der ersten Hälfte der 1970er Jahre als Bassist der Band Gong, später brachte er in seiner Band Strontium 90 die drei späteren Musiker von The Police erstmals zusammen und danach trat er überwiegend als Produzent von New-Wave-Bands in Erscheinung.
  • Mike Howlett (né le 27 avril 1950) est un musicien et producteur de musique, né à Fiji et habitant au Royaume-Uni. En 1977, il présenta Sting (bassiste et chanteur du futur groupe Police) à Andy Summers (guitariste du même groupe) en 1977. Après avoir joué de nombreuses années avec le groupe GONG, dont il formait avec Pierre Moerlen la colonne rythmique, il fut également le producteur artistique du groupe FISHER Z à la fin des années 80.
  • Mike Howlett - brytyjski muzyk rockowy oraz producent. Howlett znany jest jako basista progresywnego zespołu Gong. W 1977 utworzył grupę Strontium 90, która stała się początkiem sukcesu The Police. Jako producent muzyczny wyprodukował wiele albumów oraz singli, głownie z nurtu new wave, takich artystów jak Tears for Fears, Gang of Four czy Berlin.
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