Originally from the UK, Roger Fife began his career in 1988 as a recording artist with his band Ruby Blue. Ruby Blue released 4 albums over a 6-year period; they were signed to both Polygram International (now Universal Records) and London's independent Red Flame. He toured with Ruby Blue and had chart positions both in the singles and the album charts with Ruby Blue. Roger has also been signed as a writer to Island Music and Virgin Music Publishing

As well as being a key member of the band, Roger also co-produced all four Ruby Blue albums. He subsequently went on to work in the studio, engineering and mixing for other acts: Tricky, Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim), Butterfly Child, Galliano, Desmond Dekker, The Manic Street Preachers, and for labels such as Island, Virgin, BMG and Chrysalis. Roger also worked on releases for the jazz label Candide, for which he produced Ingrid Laubrock's album, "Who is it?" which won in the best new artist category in the UK in 2001.

Roger started working in New York City in 1998. Since then, he has worked on a variety of projects for a number of the major labels: MCA, Arista, Geffen, Island Def Jam, and Sony as well as a number of independent labels including Secretely Canadian, for whom he produced Antony and the Johnsons. He has also worked with Yoav (now on Verve) and many unsigned artists and Indie labels including Fountainbleu, DP Music and Mar Trax.

In 2003, Roger produced the track, "American Pride," for solo artist Robert Maynard, which became a radio hit and entered the top 20 of the FMQB Billboard charts. It received heavy rotation on a large number of stations.

In 2008, he produced The Orphans, a Russian band based in New York. The song "Come Closer" reached number 1 in the CMJ radio charts and was in the top 5 of the Independent Music network charts in the United States.

Roger has also worked with Cyndi Lauper and co-wrote the song "Lyfe" on her most recent album "Bring Ya to The Brink". The album has charted in 5 different countries including the top 40 in the States and number 5 in Japan.

In addition to all his studio work, Roger has composed music for TV shows, like ESPN2's "Quite Frankly" and "Afterthoughts," where he composed all of the music including the opening and closing themes for each show. Roger has also written music for HBO, FX Network, Court TV and The Discovery Channel.

At the beginning of 2008, Roger moved back to London, where he continues to work as a producer and collaborator on new projects, including up and coming UK bands like The Shills, The Kaleidoscopes and Strobegirl.

Listen to clips at: myspace.com/rofiproductions and myspace.com/rofiproductions2

(Last updated: 2008-12-10)