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| Robbie meets Take That in studio | Robbie meets Take That in studio |
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| Robbie Williams has started recording his new solo album - at the same studio complex where Take That are working. | Robbie Williams has started recording his new solo album - at the same studio complex where Take That are working. |
| Williams' album, due out this autumn, is being produced by Trevor Horn, who has crafted hits for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, ABC and Seal. | Williams' album, due out this autumn, is being produced by Trevor Horn, who has crafted hits for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, ABC and Seal. |
| Horn's west London headquarters is also being used by Gary Barlow. | Horn's west London headquarters is also being used by Gary Barlow. |
| "They're all in the building. Gary is in one of the rooms and Robbie's there, so they bump into each other and they get on brilliantly well," Horn said. | "They're all in the building. Gary is in one of the rooms and Robbie's there, so they bump into each other and they get on brilliantly well," Horn said. |
| Horn, whose Sarm West complex has four recording studios, described Williams and his former bandmates as "really good friends". | Horn, whose Sarm West complex has four recording studios, described Williams and his former bandmates as "really good friends". |
| Williams recently said it would be "fun" to rejoin his old bandmates, and that a return was "looking more likely by the week". | Williams recently said it would be "fun" to rejoin his old bandmates, and that a return was "looking more likely by the week". |
| Take That are going on a stadium tour this summer | Take That are going on a stadium tour this summer |
| It is possible that the fivesome will get back together on stage as a one-off appearance, potentially during the group's summer stadium tour. | It is possible that the fivesome will get back together on stage as a one-off appearance, potentially during the group's summer stadium tour. |
| But Williams' spokesman stressed that there were no current plans for him to take part in full concerts with the group or record new material with them. | But Williams' spokesman stressed that there were no current plans for him to take part in full concerts with the group or record new material with them. |
| "He is fully focused on getting the album together and there are no plans for a Take That reunion," the spokesman said. | "He is fully focused on getting the album together and there are no plans for a Take That reunion," the spokesman said. |
| Speaking to BBC News, Horn described Williams as "without a doubt one of the best singers I've ever worked with". | Speaking to BBC News, Horn described Williams as "without a doubt one of the best singers I've ever worked with". |
| Williams has been largely out of the spotlight since 2006, when he released his last album Rudebox and went on a world tour. | Williams has been largely out of the spotlight since 2006, when he released his last album Rudebox and went on a world tour. |
| Trevor Horn was in Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise | Trevor Horn was in Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise |
| Rudebox was a relative commercial and critical disappointment, ending up as the 41st best selling album of 2006 in the UK. | Rudebox was a relative commercial and critical disappointment, ending up as the 41st best selling album of 2006 in the UK. |
| The forthcoming release will be his last album under his current contract with EMI. | The forthcoming release will be his last album under his current contract with EMI. |
| Horn has been in the bands The Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise, and won the Brit Award for best British producer three times in the 1980s and '90s. | Horn has been in the bands The Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise, and won the Brit Award for best British producer three times in the 1980s and '90s. |
| He helped shape the 1980s pop sound through production work including Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax and Two Tribes, and ABC's chart-topping 1982 album The Lexicon of Love. | He helped shape the 1980s pop sound through production work including Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax and Two Tribes, and ABC's chart-topping 1982 album The Lexicon of Love. |
| He won a Grammy Award in 1995 for Seal's Kiss from a Rose and produced the Pet Shop Boys' 2006 album Fundamental. | |
| On Friday, Horn received a lifetime achievement award from the Radio Academy at its Radio & Music Forum in London. | On Friday, Horn received a lifetime achievement award from the Radio Academy at its Radio & Music Forum in London. |