Ian Dench

Ian Dench (born 7 August 1964, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is a British songwriter and musician. Dench was the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF, who scored a major international hit reaching number 1 in the United States with "Unbelievable" in 1991. He recently co-wrote 'Bedroom Hymns' from Florence and the Machine's 'Ceremonials' album and 'Piece by Piece' and 'Fall On Me" for German X-Factor winner David Pfeffer. He is currently writing with Kelly Rowland, Wally Lopez and Anna F. Ian has worked with Amanda Ghost since 1995 when they started writing for her Ghost Stories album which was released in 2000 on Warner Bros. Records In 2007 they wrote the duet "Beautiful Liar" for Beyoncé and "Shakira", and "Tattoo" for American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. Beyoncé's 2008 album I Am Sasha Fierce saw a further three Dench/ Ghost collaborations: Disappear, Ave Maria, and Satellites. From March 2009 till November 2010 he was Vice President of A&R at Epic Records in New York where he A&R'd albums by Alice Smith and Augustana and signed acts Progress in Color and HeyHiHello.