Philip Steir


Philip Steir is a musician, remixer, composer and music producer.

Life and career

As a drummer, he played in the critically acclaimed band Consolidated he co-founded, which was signed to Nettwerk Records and later London Records. Consolidated released five albums between 1990-1996. Steir co-wrote all of the band's material,
as well as doing much of the producing of the band's studio work.
After the success of Steir's first remix for Consolidated, “This Is Fascism”, which went to #1 on the U.S. dance charts, he started receiving phone calls from record labels to remix other artists on their roster. In 1996 he opened his own studio in San Francisco, where he remixed tracks for numerous top artists including No Doubt, New Order, Korn, Moby, Rob Zombie, Foreigner, Smash Mouth, Bush, Live, Cake and others.
Steir's remix of Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride", for the movie Go, set the ball in motion for many classic tracks to be remixed for movies, clubs and TV commercials. His “Magic Carpet Ride” remix was licensed by Dodge and then Skechers for both of the companies major TV ad campaigns. It was also eventually used in other films and TV shows as well.
Steir's reputation as a remixer eventually led to production work. He produced the Grammy-nominated album Arepa 3000 in 2001, for the Venezuelan band, Los Amigos Invisibles. The album was also nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.
Steir also produced the majority of tracks on the Maverick debut album Falling Uphill for Lillix. Falling Uphill was an international success spawning hits in the United States, Canada and Asia. The album has now been certified gold in Japan. The success of the song “What I Like About You,” which Steir produced for the TV show of the same name, was also the hit song in the movie and soundtrack for Freaky Friday. When the band No Doubt started work on their Rock Steady record, they began first in San Francisco recording with Steir at his studio where the song “Hey Baby” was born, and eventually went on to win the Grammy Award for best pop single in 2003.
Steir was also the music producer and music supervisor for The WB TV Network's image campaigns, producing the theme music for 5 seasons of the network's image campaign. The campaigns in which Steir did the music for won both he and the network 4 Promax awards for best Network promo.
Steir is now living in Los Angeles, where his reputation for remixing classic tracks for film and TV led him to develop a project for Warner Brothers Records to remix past hit songs from the Warner Bros tape vaults / back catalog. The album, “What Is Hip?”, released on Warner Bros Records and whose title track was nominated for a Grammy in 2006 features classic songs by America, The Doobie Brothers, Rod Stewart, George Benson, Ambrosia and Tower of Power redone. The album includes remixes by other top producers and DJ's. It was conceived and executive-produced by Steir, as was his remix of the Devo classic “Whip It” and Todd Rundgren’s “Hello It’s Me,” from the project which have been receiving license sync's from film, TV and ad campaigns. Steir's remix of Seals and Crofts's classic hit song “Summer Breeze” was prominently featured in a summer ad campaign for Gap and was a comeback hit on AC radio.
After remixing the same theme song he originally produced for the WB TV series What I Like About You, Steir was asked by the shows producers if he would join the show as composer, music producer, and music supervisor and has just completed his third season on the hit series.
Steir has just recently completed work on a remix project for Rhino/Warner Music Group for which he remixed and executive produced a project featuring classic original hits by the legendary Bee Gees.
In the early 2010s, Steir has co-created 'Flow Play' with Derek Beres. Flow Play fuses yoga together with world music.

Discography

As a producer:
• "Until You", "Remember", and "I Got You" by David de Lautour

• "Ultraviolet" by David de Lautour with Joanna Pacitti

• "The Meaning" by Lillix

• "This Town" by Lillix

• "My Favorite Dream" by Junk

• "Life Is Good" by Junk

• Falling Uphill by Lillix

• Engage by PAX217

• Rock Steady by No Doubt

• Athenaeum by Athenaeum

• Arepa 3000 by Los Amigos Invisibles

• Stand In Traffic by Magnified

• "Horses" by Black Lab

• "My Generation" by Eden's Crush and Hesher

• "Oh, What a Night" by Vitamin C

• Unravel EP by Penny Dreadfuls

• The Distance to Here by Live

• Kiss My Acid Jazz by Junk

• Illusion by Soulstice

• "Mindless" by Mindless from Cool World: Original Soundtrack

• "Laughing" by Traci Lords

• I'd Rather Eat Glass by Bijou Phillips

• "Anywhere But Now" by Butterfly Jones

• "Sex Drive" EP by Grace Jones
As a remixer:
• "To Victory" from 300 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

• "You Should Be Dancing" from Bee Gees Greatest

• "Express Yourself" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

• "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts

• "Whip It" by Devo

• "Hello It's Me" by Todd Rundgren

• "What I Like About You" by Lillix

• "Life Is Good" by Junk for Agent Cody Banks: Original Soundtrack

• "Hey Baby" by No Doubt

• "New" by No Doubt

• "Ex-Girlfriend" by No Doubt

• "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf from Go

• "True Faith" by New Order

• "Make Me Bad" by Korn

• "The Ballad of Joe and Rosa Whore" by Rob Zombie from American Made Music to Strip By

• "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner from Osmosis Jones

• "Stitches" by Orgy

• "Blisters on My Brain" by Lo Fidelity Allstars

• "Synapse" by Bush from Deconstructed

• "More Than I Can" by Jane Jensen

• "Walkin' on the Sun" by Smash Mouth

• "Daria" by Cake

• "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers

• "Gorgeous" by theSTART

• "Steal My Sunshine" / by Len

• "Freaks" by Live

• "Lakini's Juice" by Live

• "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" by Moby

• "Dear God" by Shootyz Groove

• "Have Fun, Go Mad" by Blair

• "I Find " by Getaway Cruiser

• "Let’s Get Down" by Getaway Cruiser

• "Something Got Me" by Lori Carson

• "Did It Again" by Kylie Minogue

• "Too Far" by Kylie Minogue

• "Lenses" by Red Five

• "Sick and Beautiful" by Artificial Joy Club

• "Numb II" by Dink

• "Drive" by Dink

• "Cloud Eyes" by Qkumba Zoo

• "Catch Me" by Chimera

• "Scratch" by Ryan Downe

• "Meltdown" by Lisa Gerrard from The Insider: Original Soundtrack

• "Who’s Feelin' It" by Tom Tom Club from

• "Junkie" / by Slowrush

• "Things I've Seen" by The Spooks

• "Friends' Medley" by Lisa Kudrow

• "Normal Town" by Better Than Ezra from An American Werewolf in Paris: Original Soundtrack

• "Amnesia" by Chumbawamba

• "Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend

• "This Is Fascism" by Consolidated

• "Get Rhythm" by Johnny Cash

Awards and recognition

Awards and Nominations

• Los Amigos Invisibles, "Arepa 3000", 2001, Best Rock Album nominee

• Los Amigos Invisibles, "Arepa 3000", 2001, Best Alternative Latin album nominee

Bammie Awards and Nominations
• Junk, "Kiss My Acid Jazz", 1997, Outstanding Jazz Band nominee

• Junk, "Kiss My Acid Jazz", 1997, Outstanding Jazz Album nominee

Other Recognition
• Winner of 4 Promax awards for best Network promo, The WB TV Network