Born and raised in Barnsley, Kieron loved skateboarding, Joy Division, The Smiths and The Fall. But it was hearing The Art of Noise on the Tube in 1984 that started his lifelong fascination with how music was produced, rather than just how it sounded.

Kieron spent 4 years in Liverpool, and came home with dreadlocks, a degree in Electronics, a love of the KLF, and of dance music generally. He liked to remind people he was at the opening night of Cream.

He started working for Drawmer in 1993, designing sound processing & music production equipment for recording studios. He worked there until his untimely death in December 2024. The equipment he designed is in use in studios around the world today, and will be a continuing legacy.

Kieron was a father, a son, a husband and a friend, but most of all, just a wonderful person. Funny, intelligent, generous and kind. You couldn’t know Kieron without immediately liking him, and couldn’t know him well without loving him. A night out was always made brighter if Kieron was alongside, and the days are always a little duller now he’s gone.