, ▁the ▁Play ground , ▁designed ▁by ▁Ac oust ician ▁Andy ▁Mun ro , ▁in ▁nearby ▁Cam den ▁Town ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁The ▁C ure ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁with ▁the ▁Associ ates ▁and ▁Si ou xs ie ▁and ▁the ▁B ans he es . ▁ ▁Career ▁Mike ▁Hed ges ▁started ▁as ▁a ▁t ape - op ▁at ▁Morgan ▁Studios ▁in ▁London ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁Having ▁graduated ▁to ▁engineer , ▁he ▁went ▁fre el ance ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁and ▁became ▁an ▁engineer / produ cer . ▁ ▁His ▁subsequent ▁cred its ▁have ▁included ▁Si ou xs ie ▁& ▁the ▁B ans he es , ▁U 2 , ▁D ido , ▁The ▁Und ert ones , ▁Man ic ▁Street ▁Pre ach ers , ▁Tra vis , ▁Texas , ▁The ▁Beautiful ▁South , ▁and ▁The ▁Pri ests . ▁He ▁produced ▁Man ic ▁Street ▁Pre ach ers ' ▁Everything ▁Must ▁Go , ▁which ▁was ▁voted ▁best ▁album ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁by ▁Q , ▁V ox , ▁Select ▁and ▁Music ▁Week , ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁BR IT ▁Award ▁for ▁Album ▁Of ▁The ▁Year . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁Hed ges ▁opened ▁his ▁own ▁recording ▁studio , ▁Ch ate au ▁de ▁la ▁Rou ge ▁Mot te , ▁in ▁Norm andy , ▁France . ▁The ▁studio ▁is ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 6 ▁channel ▁E MI ▁T G 1 2 3 4 5 ▁Mark ▁IV ▁mixing ▁des k ▁which