The Brit Awards has announced that Inflo is the recipient of the Producer Of The Year award for 2022.
“As the first black music producer to ever win a BRIT for Best Producer, I feel honoured to be a part of change,” said Inflo.
“All the black producers before me, I’m in awe and have studied you. I am you. Thank you for both paving the way and for your integral contribution to British music.”
Inflo has produced and co-written for some of the biggest names in British music including Adele, Little Simz and Michael Kiwuanuka, and is the mastermind behind alternative band SAULT and their four critically acclaimed albums.
Dean Josiah Cover, aka Inflo, is a British musician, songwriter and record producer who came to prominence in 2014 when he produced and co-wrote The Kooks’ album Listen, before producing and co-writing Kiwanuka’s second album Love and Hate, of which the single Black Man in a White World won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Song.
He later went on to produce and co-write the Mercury Prize winning follow-up, Kiwanuka.
In 2019, Inflo produced the Ivor Novello Award-winning Grey Area by Little Simz, and in 2021 he produced her latest album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - along with Adele’s new album 30 - both which are nominated for Mastercard Album of the Year at this year’s BRIT Awards.
“Flo is a true creative in every sense of the word,” said Little Simz. “Music is in his DNA. He really loves, lives and breathes this. There is no one more deserving of this award.”
“As a producer, Inflo is a breath of fresh air to an artist trying to find their own voice,” added Kiwanuka.
“He helps you find what it is you want to say, and always puts his stamp on the work which always elevates the music.”
The BRIT Award for Best British Producer has been voted on by a panel of A&R executives drawn from across the recorded music sector.
Inflo will be presented with his award during the Red Carpet show on ITV2 7-8pm on February 8 at The O2 arena, broadcast exclusively on ITV and ITV Hub.