He is the only child of Antonio Capellini and Lady Carolyn Townshend,[9] the eldest daughter of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend.[10] After his parents divorced in 1971, his mother remarried to Edgar Bronfman Sr. in 1973,[11] but they separated after only 10 days and the marriage was annulled in 1974.[12]
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.[3]
As of 2012, Townshend mixed from his Decoy Studios in Woodbridge Suffolk.
Selected discography (mixing)
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