Fred Thomas has produced music for artists such as Abel Selaocoe, Elina Duni, The Magic Lantern, Alice Zawadzki, Lily Luca, Kadialy Kouyate, Barnaby Keen, Quest Ensemble, Phaedra Ensemble, Balladeste, Max Baillie, Adam Beattie, Fernando Egozcue, Sophie Fetokaki, Peter Beatty and Miranda Joy, as well as most of his own music. His extremely flexible production technique ranges from co-writing with artists, arranging with Sibelius notation software, recording instruments himself, all the way to editing and mixing at the end of the process. Fred also collaborates with long-standing mixing and mastering colleagues all over the world, and has worked in legendary studios such as La Buissonne, Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI and Abbey Road.

At his studio Fred has a multitude of instruments at his disposal: Steinway Patent Grand piano, Bechstein upright piano, organ, electronic harpsichord, pump organ, synth, cello, viola, violin, double basses (Mittenwald 1800 and Piedmont 1850), bass viola da gamba, vielle (made by Fabio Galgani), Hofner Senator electric bass, 1950s Hofner electric guitar, spanish guitar, steel string guitar, cavaquinho, tenor banjo, drum kit and percussion. He has an extensive mic collection, including Neumann U67, Nuemann TLM 102, AKG 414, Line Uadio CM4, Line Audio Omni Pair, Universal Audio 6176 Vintage Tube Channel Strip and Universal Audio Audio Interface.

Fred approaches recording as a totally independent art form, seeking to fulfil the artist’s intentions as well as contribute his own musical experience. He works with Reaper or ProTools.

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“Fred Thomas is invaluable as a producer, preserving the artist’s vision in taking time to understand their cultural context and giving a genuine insight into the process of making an album. His versatility and honest approach brings a lot of joy to our work together. He also understands the musicians he works with so well, bringing the best out of them in many different situations.”
Abel Selaocoe

“I have had the great joy of working with Fred as a producer on a number of albums and musical projects. He is without doubt the most inventive, original and accomplished musical mind I have worked with. Whether it was writing whole arrangements for songs, playing any number of instruments or just helping me to get the best take – his calm and organised approach and absolute dedication made it possible to realise the music I heard in my heard. I can’t recommend him enough.”
Jamie Doe (The Magic Lantern)

“I have had such a good time working with Fred: his work is both creative and original but all with the purpose of highlighting mine. What else could I ask? The best listener ever.“
Lily Luca

“Fred has a great sense of transforming a song into something you never expected but always wanted, while keeping the essence of where it started. Plus all the imagination and skills necessary to deliver.”
Adam Beattie

“The amazing energy, skill and artistry Fred poured into the journey of producing an album made it a truly joyful process. He places understanding an artist and their music at the very centre, helping to create an environment where you perform at your best. As an incredibly talented arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Fred also offers an immeasurable spectrum of creativity and possibility, and he strikes a brilliant balance between encouraging exploration of ideas and keeping the goal, and the means with which to achieve it, in sight. Which is why he is so capable at helping to realise the vision that has been laid out.”
Peter Beatty

“I found it very enjoyable and rewarding to work with Fred as a producer. He really took the time to understand and support me in realising my own creative vision for the music and was always ready with great ideas when I needed them. He takes a lot of pride in his work and I appreciated that he really wanted to get it right. On top of all that, he’s a bloody incredible musician, so I knew I was in safe hands.”
Simone Alexander

“Ridiculously beautiful…one of the most intelligent and subtle albums I have ever heard” Wallis Bird

“A truly astounding piece of work” Fortitude Magazine

“This is a beautifully recorded album… All the instrumentation is perfectly captured… Thoughtful, subtly arranged songs, distinctively sung, finely played by all involved and stunningly recorded and produced. Between them, Adam Beattie and Fred Thomas have created something rather lovely here” Paul Jackson, FATEA

“The Road Not Taken is not a journey of straight streets where the end is in sight. The music takes you on an intricate path through all the alleyways of mystery, small paths that open onto an amazing vista” Bluesdoddles

“Adam has teamed up with acclaimed jazz musician Fred Thomas to make his most beautifully intricate album to date. “The Road Not Taken” is an album to savour” Woodburner

“Warmly intoxicating” fRoots Magazine

“Adam Beattie has teamed up with Fred Thomas to make his most beautifully intricate album to date” No Depression

“Co-produced by highly respected jazz musician Fred Thomas, the album was mostly recorded at his studio. Thomas studied piano and composition at the Royal Academy of Music and is one of London’s most sought after multi-instrumentalists and composer/arranger/producers” Folking

“Incredibly beautiful” Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 6

“His efforts have not been wasted: The Road Not Taken deserves wider attention” Belfast Telegraph

“Fred Thomas is an arranger full of surprises, a versatile musician and creative artist blessed with an abundance of imagination” Hexagone

“The production entrusted to Fred Thomas is of fine craftsmanship. The ambiences are rich and sonorous. They always support the lyrics of Lily Luca” Annie-Clair Hilga