Music
Bernard Butler has won the Producer of the Year prize at the Music Producers' Guild awards.
The former Suede guitarist produced Duffy's award-winning debut Rockferry, as well as albums by Black Kids and Tricky.
The award doubles up as the Brit Award for best producer, and Duffy presented both to the former Tears man, the BBC reports.
Butler said: "Pop music has currency that goes beyond lots of other art forms.
"If you can help lift somebody for three minutes out of a dreary existence, then I think that's a major achievement."
He added that it was not awards but instead the accomplishment of making a great record that is the "real prize" of production.
Brian Eno was given the Joe Meek Award for Innovation in Production, while Danger Mouse and Paul Epworth won the International and Newcomer awards respectively.
Last year, Duffy revealed that she and Butler had spent four years writing and recording her first album, and added that the LP was made "on a shoestring".
The former Suede guitarist produced Duffy's award-winning debut Rockferry, as well as albums by Black Kids and Tricky.
The award doubles up as the Brit Award for best producer, and Duffy presented both to the former Tears man, the BBC reports.
Butler said: "Pop music has currency that goes beyond lots of other art forms.
"If you can help lift somebody for three minutes out of a dreary existence, then I think that's a major achievement."
He added that it was not awards but instead the accomplishment of making a great record that is the "real prize" of production.
Brian Eno was given the Joe Meek Award for Innovation in Production, while Danger Mouse and Paul Epworth won the International and Newcomer awards respectively.
Last year, Duffy revealed that she and Butler had spent four years writing and recording her first album, and added that the LP was made "on a shoestring".
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