Rich Costey
| Rich Costey | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles, California U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Indie rock, post-punk revival, art rock, Electronica |
| Occupations | Record producer, Mixer, and Engineer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Associated acts | Muse, Foo Fighters, Foster the People, TV on the Radio, Santigold, The Shins, Interpol, Jane's Addiction, Mastodon, The Mars Volta, Glasvegas, Fiona Apple, |
Rich Costey is an American record producer, mixer and engineer, whose credits include Muse, Foster the People, Nine Inch Nails, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Glasvegas, The Mars Volta, Jane's Addiction, TV on the Radio, Interpol, Mastodon, Fiona Apple, Birdy, Rage Against the Machine, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Supergrass, Audioslave, Atreyu, Arctic Monkeys, System of a Down, and Bloc Party.
He produced and mixed Foster the People's latest single "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)" and mixed forthcoming albums from Santigold (Master of My Make-Believe) and The Shins (Port of Morrow).
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[edit] Biography
Rich Costey grew up in Waterbury, Vermont. As a teenager, Costey worked at the Waturbury radio station WDEZ. In his free time he took advantage of the station’s production studio to record the band he was in.
Costey attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a couple years and started working at Q Division Studios as an assistant. There, he not only learned about classic recording techniques, but also started working with producer Jon Brion, whom he credits as an important influence, and future collaborator.
After establishing a reputation in Boston as the go-to local producer for indie bands such as The Swirlies during college, Costey moved to New York in his early twenties. In 1995, he started working at Philip Glass’s studio, and within six months he was the facility’s head engineer.
After relocated to Los Angeles, Costey linked back up with Brion to collaborate on the Fiona Apple track Brion was producing for the soundtrack to Pleasantville. He later engineered and mixed Fiona Apple’s Brion produced album When the Pawn….
His work on the Fiona album attracted the attention of legendary producer Rick Rubin, who loved the sound of When The Pawn... and hired Costey to mix Audioslave’s 2002 self-titled debut and Rage Against The Machine’s 2003 live album, Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium.
In 2003, Muse recruited Costey to produce their breakthrough third LP, Absolution. His most recent credits include The Shins, Santigold, Birdy, Jane's Addiction, Foster the People, and TV on the Radio.
[edit] Production
- Cave In - Antenna, 2003
- Mew - Frengers, 2003
- Muse - Absolution, 2003 (also mixer)
- Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better, 2005 (also mixer)
- Muse - Black Holes and Revelations, 2006 (also mixer)
- Interpol - Our Love To Admire, 2007
- Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, 2008
- Mew - No More Stories..., 2009
- Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist, 2011
- Foster the People - "Houdini", "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)" from Torches, 2011
- Birdy - "1901", "Young Blood", "Terrible Love", "Without a Word", and "Comforting Sounds" from Birdy, 2011
[edit] Co-Production
- Glasvegas - Glasvegas, 2008
[edit] Mixed
- Lilys - Eccsame The Photon Band, 1995
- Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering Worlds of the Salons, 1996
- Jurassic 5 - Quality Control, 1998
- Fiona Apple - When the Pawn..., 1999 (co-mixed with Jon Brion)
- Rage Against the Machine - Renegades, 2000
- Spokane - The Proud Graduates, 2001
- The Apex Theory - Self-Titled EP, 2001 and various tracks Topsy-Turvy 2002
- Injected - Burn It Black, 2002
- Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer, 2002
- Audioslave - Audioslave, 2002
- The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium, 2003
- P.O.D. - Payable on Death, 2003
- Jimmy Eat World - Futures, 2004
- My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, 2004
- The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy, 2004
- 22-20s - 22-20s, 2004
- Ash - Meltdown, 2004
- Bloc Party - Silent Alarm, 2005
- The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute, 2005
- Leaves - "The Angela Test", 2005
- Nine Black Alps - Everything Is, 2005
- Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine, 2005
- My Chemical Romance - Life on the Murder Scene, 2006
- Mastodon - Blood Mountain, 2006
- Muse - Black Holes & Revelations, 2006
- The Mars Volta - Amputechture, 2006
- Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, 2006
- Against Me! - New Wave, 2007
- Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2007
- The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath, 2008
- Weezer - Weezer, 2008
- The Subways - All or Nothing, 2008
- The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, 2008
- Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, 2008
- Marmaduke Duke - Duke Pandemonium, 2009
- The Mars Volta - Octahedron, 2009
- Atreyu - "Congregation of the Damned", 2009
- Arctic Monkeys - "Humbug", 2009
- AFI - "Crash Love", 2009
- Circa Survive - "Blue Sky Noise", 2010
- TV on the Radio - "Nine Types of Light", 2011
- Mona - "Mona", 2011
[edit] External links
- Rich Costey at Allmusic
- Rich Costey (production) at Erik Eger Entertainment
- Rich Costey (mixing) at Erik Eger Entertainment
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