Cenzo Townshend


Vincenzo Capellini Townshend is an English music producer, mixer, and audio engineer, and has worked with artists and bands including The Rolling Stones, a-ha, Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Snow Patrol, Florence + the Machine, Friendly Fires, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Maccabees, Jamie Cullum and Thirty Seconds to Mars. Townshend was awarded 'Mix Engineer Of The Year' for two successive years by the Music Producers Guild Awards in 2009 and 2010, and nominated again in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Townshend began his career by working at Trident Studios in London in the late 1980s, eventually working as an assistant engineer for Alan Moulder and Mark 'Spike' Stent. Following this, Townshend worked independently with producer Ian Broudie for 8 years and then joined producer Stephen Street at The Bunker in Olympic Studios in London where he maintained residency until its closure in 2009. Townshend currently mixes from his Decoy Studios in Woodbridge Suffolk and is represented by Jax Management.

Selected discography (mixing)

YearArtistAlbumSong
2020The Rolling StonesTBA"Living in a Ghost Town"
2017Everything EverythingA Fever Dream
2017Rat BoySCUM
2017Maxïmo ParkRisk to Exist
2017You Me At SixNight People"Take on the World"
2017Amy MacdonaldUnder Stars
2017James BluntThe AfterloveMake Me Better
2016The CourteenersMapping the Rendezvous
2016PassengerYoung as the Morning, Old as the Sea
2016Sophie Ellis-BextorFamilia
2016Jake BuggOn My One
2016SuedeNight Thoughts
2016Kaiser ChiefsStay Togethervarious
2016The FeelingThe Feeling
2015Nothing but ThievesNothing but Thievesvarious
2015a-haCast in Steel"Cast in Steel" "Mythomania" "She's Humming A Tune" "Giving Up The Ghost" "The End Of The Affair"
2015The MaccabeesMarks to Prove It
2015Everything EverythingGet to Heavenvarious
2015SOAKBefore We Forgot How to Dream"Sea Creatures" "B a noBody"
2015All We AreAll We Arevarious
2015RhodesWhishes-
2015FFSFFSvarious
2014George EzraWanted on Voyage
2014Jamie TCarry on the Grudge
2014Junglesingle"Time"
2014Port Islasingle"In The Long Run"
2014FoxesGlorious
2014SivuSomething On Highvarious
2014The Family RainUnder the Volcano
2014Dotan7 Layers
2014Ward Thomassingle"Push For The Stride"
2014PassengerWhisperssingles
2013Tom OdellLong Way Downtracks
2013LissieBack to Forever
2013Together PangeaBadillac
2013SkatersManhattan
2013DevlinA Moving Picturetracks
2012The VaccinesCome of Age
2012KensingtonVultures-
2012Tom JonesSpirit in the Room"Hit or Miss"
2012Miles KaneFirst of My Kind
2012Sharon Van EttenTrampsingles
2012King CharlesLoveBlood
2012Kaiser ChiefsStart the Revolution Without Me
2012Paper RouteThe Peace of Wild Things
2012The MaccabeesGiven to the Wild
2012Snow PatrolFallen EmpiresVarious
2012Kate Miller-HeidkeNightflight
2011Ben HowardEvery Kingdom"The Fear", "Diamonds" & "Keep Your Head Up"
2011Alex WinstonVelvet Elvis EP
2011Eskimo JoeGhosts of the Past
2011Crystal CastlesCrystal Castles II"Not In Love"
2011GuillemotsWalk the River"I Must Be A Lover"
2011Patrick WolfLupercalia
2011Friendly FiresPala
2011The FeelingTogether We Were Made
2011The HorrorsSkying"Changing the Rain"
2010Zebra & GiraffeThe Inside
2010Bryan FerryEvery Kingdom
2010DevlinBud, Sweat and Beers
2010Grinderman'"Palaces of Montezuma"
2010Detroit Social ClubExistence
2010Tom JonesPraise & Blame"Did Trouble Me"
2010Yeasayer'"Madder Red"
2010Jamie CullumThe Pursuit"Don't Stop the Music"
2010Corinne Bailey RaeThe Sea"Paris Nights/New York Mornings"
2009Thirty Seconds to MarsThis Is War
2009StarsailorAll the Plans
2009Florence + The MachineLungs
2009Hockey'"Too Fake"
2009U2No Line on the HorizonVarious
2009Franz Ferdinand'
2009Jamie TKings & Queens"various"
2009Ida MariaFortress Round My Heart
2009EditorsIn This Light and on This Evening
2009Late Of The PierFantasy Black Channel
2008Snow PatrolA Hundred Million Suns
2008Elbow'"One Day Like This"
2008Infadels'"Make Mistakes"
2008Infadels'"Free Things For Poor People"
2008Primal ScreamBeautiful Future"Beautiful Future" & "Can't Go Back"
2007The MaccabeesColour It In"Toothpaste Kisses"
2007Jamie TPanic Prevention"various"
2007Peter Bjorn and JohnWriter's Block"Young Folks" ft. Victoria Bergsman
2007Kaiser ChiefsYours Truly, Angry Mob
2007AthleteBeyond the Neighbourhood
2007BabyshamblesShotter's Nation
2007Bloc PartyA Weekend in the City
2007EditorsAn End Has a Start
2007InterpolOur Love to Admire"No I In Threesome"
2007The MaccabeesColour It In"About Your Dress"
2007Mystery JetsDiamonds in the Dark EP
2006The ZutonsTired of Hanging Around"Valeria"
2006Snow PatrolEyes Open
2006Graham Coxon'"What Ya Gonna Do Now?"
2006BabyshamblesThe Blinding EP
2006Mystery JetsFloatsam and Jetsam EP
2006Graham CoxonLove Travels at Illegal Speeds
2006EditorsThe Back Room
2005New OrderWaiting for the Sirens' Call
2005Kaiser ChiefsEmployment