Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid | |
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 Ariel Rechtshaid in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | March 23, 1979 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter, audio engineer, mixing engineer |
| Instruments | |
Ariel Rechtshaid (born March 23, 1979) is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. His production, songwriting, and mixing credits include HAIM, Vampire Weekend, Madonna, Usher, Adele, Brandon Flowers, Charli XCX, Kelela, Cass McCombs, Solange Knowles, Tobias Jesso Jr., Murs, Sky Ferreira, We Are Scientists, Kylie Minogue, U2, Glasser, Alex Clare, and Major Lazer. Rechtshaid co-wrote and produced Usher's 2012 single "Climax", which won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. Rechtshaid was nominated for the 2014 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year and won a Grammy for his production on the Vampire Weekend album Modern Vampires of the City,[1] the Adele album 25, [2] and again for the Vampire Weekend album Father of the Bride.[3] He also produced the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1-charting single "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's in 2007. Rechtshaid is the former lead singer and guitarist of the ska/pop-punk band The Hippos and the bassist and producer of indie folk-rock group Foreign Born.
Early life
Rechtshaid was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, a first-generation American born to Israeli immigrants.[4] He attended Hamilton High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he would form his first band, the Hippos.[5] One of Rechtshaid's high school classmates was rapper Murs with whom he would later record and produce.[6]
Career
The Hippos
Rechtshaid would help form the band in 1995, while he and other members were still in high school. He fronted the band as the singer and guitarist with friends James Bairian on bass, Louis Castle on trumpet, Brandon Bairian on percussion, Roman Fleysher on saxophone, Danny Rukasin on trombone, and Kyle Briggs on drums. They began to play shows around southern California, and recorded and self-released cassette demos titled Spreading the Cheese and Attack of the Killer Cheese. Shortly after this they were joined by Rich Zahniser on trombone. Despite their proximity to the Orange County ska scene, they found themselves shut out since they were from Los Angeles. Still, through perseverance and talent, they established themselves among a ska scene including bands such as Reel Big Fish, No Doubt, Dance Hall Crashers, and The Aquabats. The band would go on to release two full-length albums on Fueled By Ramen/Vagrant Records and Interscope, as well as a self-released third full length consisting of demos produced by Rechtshaid from their later years.[7]
Foreign Born
Rechtshaid joined the band as a bassist and producer in Los Angeles in late 2003. They self-released their first 12" single ("We Had Pleasure" b/w "Escape"), followed by their debut EP "In the Remote Woods" via StarTime International Records. While touring the US and UK with St. Vincent, Grizzly Bear, Vampire Weekend, Rogue Wave, Jason Collett, Cold War Kids, Giant Drag, and We Are Scientists, they recorded their first full-length album, On the Wing Now, in the fall/winter of 2005, and officially released the album with Dim Mak on August 21, 2007. They released their second album, Person to Person, on Secretly Canadian on June 23, 2009.
Production, writing, and mixing
Rechtshaid's production, songwriting, and mixing is found on a wide range of albums and genres. He has written with and produced for Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Usher, Blood Orange, Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Vampire Weekend, HAIM, Plain White T's, Cass McCombs, Theophilus London, Glasser, We Are Scientists, Major Lazer, Foreign Born, Valencia, and Murs.[8][9][10] He is also a partner in music publishing and production company Heavy Duty.[11]
Personal life
During the production of Haim's second studio album Something to Tell You (2017), Rechtshaid was diagnosed with stage I testicular cancer.[12] In August 2017, it was reported that he is in a relationship with Haim frontwoman Danielle Haim.[13]
Discography
Producer and writer discography
| Year | Artist | Title | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | HAIM | "Los Angeles"
"The Steps" "I Know Alone" "Up From A Dream" "Gasoline" "3 AM" "Don't Wanna" "Another Try" "Leaning On You" "I've Been Down" "Man from the Magazine" "All That Ever Mattered" "FUBT" "Now I'm In It- Bonus Track" "Hallelujah- Bonus Track" "Summer Girl- Bonus Track" |
Women in Music Pt. III |
| 2019 | Vampire Weekend | "Harmony Hall"
"Sympathy" "Hold You Now" feat. Danielle Haim "Bambina" "This Life" "Big Blue" "How Long?" "Stranger" "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin" "Unbearably White" "Rich Man" "Married in a Gold Rush" feat. Danielle Haim "My Mistake" "Sunflower" feat. Steve Lacy "2021" "Spring Snow" "Flower Moon" feat. Steve Lacy |
Father of the Bride |
| 2017 | U2 | "Lights of Home" | Songs of Experience |
| Kelela | Take Me Apart | Warp Records | |
| HAIM | "Right Now"
"Nothing's Wrong" "Little of Your Love" "You Never Knew" "Kept Me Crying" "Found It In Silence" "Ready For You" "Something to Tell You" "Night So Long" |
Something to Tell You | |
| "Want You Back" | |||
| 2015 | Adele | "When We Were Young" | 25 |
| HAIM | "Cause I'm a Man (Remix)" | non-album | |
| Little Boots | "Better in the Morning" | Working Girl | |
| Brandon Flowers | The Desired Effect | Island | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | "All That", "When I Needed You" - E•MO•TION | Interscope | |
| Tobias Jesso Jr. | "Without You" - Goon | True Panther Sounds | |
| Rae Morris | Unguarded | Atlantic | |
| Madonna | "Living for Love" - Rebel Heart | Interscope | |
| 2014 | Charli XCX | "Doing It" featuring Rita Ora - Sucker | Atlantic |
| Beyoncé | "Ring Off" - Beyoncé | Columbia | |
| Charli XCX | "Kingdom" featuring Simon Le Bon - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 | Republic | |
| Calvin Harris | "Pray to God" featuring HAIM - Motion | Columbia, Fly Eye | |
| Rae Morris | "Do You Even Know?", "Closer" | Atlantic | |
| Kylie Minogue | "If Only", "Golden Boy" - Kiss Me Once | Parlophone | |
| 2013 | Sky Ferreira | Night Time, My Time | Capitol |
| Jagga | "Brutal Beauty" | ||
| HAIM | Days Are Gone | Polydor/Columbia | |
| Mikky Ekko | "Kids" | RCA | |
| Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City | XL | |
| HAIM | Falling EP | Polydor/Columbia | |
| Charli XCX | True Romance | Atlantic | |
| YADi | "The Blow" | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Snoop Lion | Reincarnated | RCA | |
| Major Lazer | "You're No Good", "Reach for the Stars" - Free the Universe | Secretly Canadian | |
| Little Boots | "Satellite" - Nocturnes | On Repeat | |
| Solange Knowles | True (EP) | Terrible | |
| 2012 | No Doubt | "Push and Shove" featuring Busy Signal and Major Lazer - Push and Shove | Interscope |
| Sky Ferreira | "Everything is Embarrassing" | EMI | |
| Charli XCX | You're The One (EP) | IAMSOUND, Atlantic | |
| Usher | "Climax" - Looking 4 Myself | RCA | |
| Justin Bieber | "Thought of You" - Believe | Island | |
| 2011 | Theophilus London | "Why Even Try" featuring Sara Quin, "Stop It" - Timez Are Weird These Days | Warner Bros. Records, Reprise |
| Cass McCombs | Wit's End | Domino | |
| Blood Orange | Coastal Grooves | Domino | |
| Alex Clare | The Lateness of the Hour | Island | |
| Active Child | You Are All I See" | Vagrant | |
| Cass McCombs | Humor Risk | Domino | |
| 2010 | We Are Scientists | Barbara | PIAS Recordings |
| Rolo Tomassi | Cosmology | Hassle | |
| Glasser | Ring | True Panther Sounds | |
| 2009 | Cass McCombs | Catacombs | Domino |
| Foreign Born | Person to Person | Secretly Canadian | |
| 2008 | Valencia | We All Need a Reason to Believe | Columbia Records |
| We Are Scientists | Brain Thrust Mastery | Virgin EMI | |
| 2007 | Foreign Born | On the Wing Now | Dim Mak |
| 2006 | We Are Scientists | Crap Attack | Virgin EMI |
| The Blood Arm | Lie Lover Lie | City Rockers/Because Music | |
| Plain White T's | Hey There Delilah | Hollywood Records | |
| Plain White T's | Every Second Counts | Hollywood Records | |
| 2005 | We Are Scientists | With Love and Squalor | Virgin EMI |
| Plain White T's | All That We Needed | Fearless | |
| Foreign Born | In the Remote Woods | StarTime International | |
| 2004 | Solea | Solea | Textbook Music |
| 2003 | Murs | The End of the Beginning | Definitive Jux |
| Armor for Sleep | Dream to Make Believe | Equal Vision |
With The Hippos
- 2003: The Hippos, Olympic Records (LP)
- 1999 August: Heads Are Gonna Roll, Interscope (LP)
- 1997 February: Forget the World Fueled By Ramen/Stiff Dog/Vagrant Records (LP)
With Foreign Born
- 2009 June: Person to Person, Secretly Canadian (LP)
- 2007 August: On the Wing Now, Dim Mak (LP)
- 2005 June: In the Remote Woods, StarTime International Records (EP)
References
- ^ "56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/59th-annual-grammy-awards-2016.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-winners-list.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Powell, Mike. ""The Band Leader"". grantland.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Battan, Carrie. ""Update: Ariel Rechtshaid"". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha. ""Lend Me Your Ears"". newyorker.com. the New Yorker.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Ariel Rechtshaid". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Aaron Frank. "Ariel Rechtshaid Is the Indie Super-Producer". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ Havens, Lyndsey (June 22, 2020). "Inside Haim's Most Daring and Raw Album Yet: 'It Was Literally Us Looking in a Mirror'". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Spanos, Brittany (June 15, 2020). "Haim Bottle L.A. Lightning on the Provocative 'Women in Music Pt. III'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Heavy Duty". heavydutymusic.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ Murphy, Sarah (2017-07-07). "Ariel Rechtshaid Reveals He Was Battling Testicular Cancer While Recording HAIM's New Record". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ^ Reilly, Nick (4 August 2017). "Haim's second album was put on hold after Ariel Rechtshaid's cancer battle". NME. TI Media. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
| International | |
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| Artists | |
- 1979 births
- Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles) alumni
- American people of Israeli descent
- Record producers from California
- Grammy Award winners
- Jewish American musicians
- Jewish rock musicians
- Jews in punk rock
- Living people
- Musicians from Los Angeles
- Songwriters from California
- Testicular cancer survivors