Katana VentraIP

Spike Stent

Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, Beth Orton, Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Selena Gomez, All Saints, Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mansun, Maroon 5, Muse, Lily Allen, Peter Gabriel, Gwen Stefani, Moby, No Doubt, Lenka, Usher, Kaiser Chiefs, Linkin Park, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Oasis, Keane, Massive Attack, Bastille, Diana Vickers and Take That.[1]

Spike Stent

Mark Stent

  • Spike
  • Spikey Mikey

(1965-08-03) 3 August 1965
Alton, Hampshire, England

  • Mixer
  • producer

1985–present

Career[edit]

Stent grew up in Hampshire, England and first gained experience as an engineer at Jacob Studios as a teenager before a two-year stint at Trident Studios. After Trident, Stent worked at Olympic Studios in Barnes, South London. While at Olympic, Stent worked with artists such as Massive Attack, Bjork, Madonna, U2, Keane, and Oasis. Radiohead enlisted him to produce their 2007 album In Rainbows, but the collaboration was unsuccessful.[2]


Stent works at two studios: Mix Suite LA in EastWest Studios and Mix Suite UK.

Official website

Article by Paul Tingen from 1999: Spike Stent / The Work Of A Top-flight Mixer

Article by Paul Tingen in Sound on Sound magazine, February 2010: Spike Stent on his mix of Muse's album The Resistance

discography at Discogs

Spike Stent