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Mickey Mann, a Scottish sound engineer and producer whose credits included Orbital, Basement Jaxx and Aphex Twin, has died at the age of 64. A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to cover funeral expenses and bring his family to London.
Mann suffered a heart attack on 3 June and died in hospital on 9 June, a week before his 65th birthday, according to a post on GoFundMe. He was born in Aberdeen in June 1960.
His career in music began in 1985 when he joined The Shamen on tour after meeting Colin Angus and Will Sinnott at Aberdeen’s Royal Cornhill Hospital, where all three were employed. Mann went on to become the duo’s manager and booked Orbital as a support act, his sister Jane Mann said.
He went on to work as a sound engineer for a wide range of electronic and alternative acts, including Basement Jaxx, Aphex Twin, Moby, Rachid Taha, System 7, Megadog, Drum Club, Meat Beat Manifesto, Ultramarine and Curve. In 1993, he formed the dark electronic project Pressure of Speech, which he fronted.
The GoFundMe campaign, launched to “give him the goodbye he deserves,” has raised 95% of its £10,000 target. The funds will pay for Mann’s funeral and travel costs for his family to London, where he was based.
