# Dan Austin

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'''Dan Austin''' is a sound engineer and music producer<ref>[http://www.xsnoize.com/album-review-love-amongst-ruin-lose-your-way/ "ALBUM REVIEW: LOVE AMONGST RUIN – “LOSE YOUR WAY”"]. ''XS Noise'', August 30, 2015 by Amanda Stock</ref> and mixer working in the United Kingdom.<ref>[http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-band/Swarathma/3470 "Swarathma"]. ''Planet City''.{{Dead link|date=November 2016}} (not on the Wayback Machine either)</ref><ref>[http://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/monarks-you-were-my-fire-video/ "Monarks premiere new video for ‘You Were My Fire’"]. ''Upset Magazine''.</ref> Austin also performs as a bassist.<ref>[http://www.gigwise.com/features/2751/words-with-the-cooper-temple-clause "Words With: The Cooper Temple Clause"]. ''Gigwise''</ref>

==Early life==
Austin attended The George Ward School and Lowbourne Junior School in Wiltshire. While in school he formed a band called Four Parts Water, towards the end of his time studying at The George Ward School he began working part-time at [Moles Studio](/source/Moles_(nightclub)) in [Bath, Somerset](/source/Bath%2C_Somerset).<ref name=wilt>[http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/2298607.dan_scoops_top_music_award/ "Dan scoops top music award"]. 29 May 2008 / Craig Evry</ref>

==Career==
In 2004, Austin played bass with the band the Cooper Temple Clause. He also produced a number of recordings with the group. He produced the band [Cherry Ghost](/source/Cherry_Ghost) album, ''A Thirst For Romance'' and the follow-up albums ''Beneath this Burning Shoreline'' and ''Herd Runners''.<ref>[http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/cherry-ghost-herd-runners "Cherry Ghost – Herd Runners"]. ''Music OMH'', by Graeme Marsh | 6 May 2014</ref> In 2008 a song he produced for this band won the Ivor Novello award.<ref name=wilt />

Austin has contributed to the Doves' ''Kingdom Of Rust''<ref>[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul09/articles/doves.htm "Doves: Producing Kingdom Of Rust"]. ''Sound on Sound'', July 2009, Tom Doyle</ref><ref>[http://rollingstoneindia.com/soundpad/ "Soundpad"]. ''Rolling Stone India'', November 08, 2008</ref> and new tracks on the Best Of release which he produced. Austin has also produced an album for US act Evaline, and he has also mixed tracks for [Morning Parade](/source/Morning_Parade) and Young Rebel Set.

In 2010 Austin was producing and recording at the Moles Studio in Bath.<ref>[http://www.musictech.net/2010/09/dan-austin-interviewed/ "Producing Great Tones With Dan Austin" ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509170357/http://www.musictech.net/2010/09/dan-austin-interviewed/# |date=2016-05-09 }} ''MusicTech'' Sep 10th, 2010</ref> He produced the debut album for [Airship](/source/Airship_(band)),<ref>[http://staff.australian-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Dan+Austin "Dan Austin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044322/http://staff.australian-charts.com/showperson.asp?name=Dan+Austin |date=2016-03-04 }}. ''Australian Charts''.</ref><ref>[http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16463/reviews/4143469 "Airship: Stuck In This Ocean"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109153100/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16463/reviews/4143469 |date=2016-11-09 }}. ''Drowned in Sound'',</ref> as well as two EPs for this group.<ref>[http://www.getreadytorock.com/reviews2011/single_reviews0611.htm "AIRSHIP Kids"]. ''Get Ready to Rock'', Review by Pete Whalley. June 2011</ref>

Austin was shortlisted for a Music Producers Guild Award in 2013.<ref>[http://www.recordoftheday.com/news-and-press/the-music-producers-guild-announces-shortlist-for-2013-awards- "The Music Producers Guild Announces Shortlist For 2013 Awards"]. ''Record of the Day'', 12 December 2012</ref>

Since 2013 Austin has worked with [Gil Norton](/source/Gil_Norton) on albums by [Twin Atlantic](/source/Twin_Atlantic), [Futures](/source/Futures_(band)), [Pulled Apart By Horses](/source/Pulled_Apart_By_Horses) and [Maxïmo Park](/source/Max%C3%AFmo_Park) as well as tracks by [The People the Poet](/source/Tiger_Please) and [You Me At Six](/source/You_Me_At_Six). Austin and Gil finished the debut album '‘Anthems’' for [Pure Love](/source/Pure_Love_(band)), the new band from ex-Gallows frontman [Frank Carter](/source/Frank_Carter_%26_The_Rattlesnakes) and in 2014 Austin produced an album with the band [Arcane Roots](/source/Arcane_Roots).<ref>[http://www.rocksound.tv/photos/view/in-the-studio-with-arcane-roots "In The Studio With Arcane Roots"]. ''Rock Sound'', Carla Mundy.</ref>

==Production, mixing and engineering credits==

* [The Luka State](/source/The_Luka_State) (Producer, Mixer) ''More Than This'' Album
* [Del Amitri](/source/Del_Amitri) (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''[Fatal Mistakes](/source/Fatal_Mistakes)'' Album
* [You Me At Six](/source/You_Me_at_Six) (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''[Suckapunch](/source/Suckapunch_(album))'' Album
* [Doves](/source/Doves_(band)) (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''[The Universal Want](/source/The_Universal_Want)'' Album
* [You Me At Six](/source/You_Me_at_Six) (Engineer & Producer) ''[VI](/source/VI_(You_Me_at_Six_album))'' Album
* [Twin Atlantic](/source/Twin_Atlantic) (Producer, Engineer & Mixerr) ''[Power](/source/Power_(Twin_Atlantic_album))''
* Guide Dog (Mixer) ''Lovely Domestic Bliss'' Album
* LOA State (Mixer) Forthcoming Album
* Soundhorn (Mixer) Extended Mixes for Shadowlark
* Lisbon (Mixer) Forthcoming tracks
* Everyone You Know (Mixer) Forthcoming EP
* [She Makes War](/source/She_Makes_War) (Producer & Mixer) ''Brace for Impact'' Album
* Fine Creatures (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''Electric La La Land'' EP
* The Ninth Wave (Producer & Engineer) ''Never Crave Attention'' Album
* [Pretty Vicious](/source/Pretty_Vicious) (Producer & Mixer) ''Beauty of Youth''
* Shadowlark (Mixer) Forthcoming tracks
* [SheMakesWar](/source/She_Makes_War) (Engineer & Mixer) Forthcoming tracks
* The Ninth Wave (Producer & Mixer) Forthcoming EP
* MOSES (Producer & Mixer) Forthcoming track “Kingsize”
* Shadowlark (Producer & Mixer) Forthcoming tracks
* SoShe (Co-producer & Mixer) Forthcoming EP
* [Love Amongst Ruin](/source/Love_Amongst_Ruin) (Producer) Forthcoming track
* Guidedog (Producer & Mixer) Forthcoming album
* [Sløtface](/source/Sl%C3%B8tface) (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''[Try Not to Freak Out](/source/Try_Not_to_Freak_Out)''
* SoShe Feat. [Cadet](/source/Cadet_(rapper)) (Additional Producer & Mixer) "Showed Up" track
* [Mallory Knox](/source/Mallory_Knox) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Wired](/source/Wired_(Mallory_Knox_album))'' Album
* [Young Legionnaire](/source/Young_Legionnaire) (Mixer) ''[Zero Worship](/source/Zero_Worship_(album))'' Album
* Lisbon (Producer & Mixer) "Vice", "Shark" + forthcoming track
* [Gallery Circus](/source/Gallery_Circus) (Producer & Mixer) "Holland on Fire" * "Club House Killer" tracks
* [Sløtface](/source/Sl%C3%B8tface) (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) "Sponge State" and "Empire Records" EPs
* [Love Amongst Ruin](/source/Love_Amongst_Ruin) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Lose Your Way](/source/Lose_Your_Way_(album))'' Album
* Monarks (Producer & Mixer) "You Were My Fire", "Amorous" tracks + forthcoming EP
* Daisy Victoria (Producer & Mixer) ''Animal Lover'' EP
* [Losers](/source/Losers_(band)) (Mixer) ''How To Ruin Other People’s Futures'' Album
* Leaders of Men (Engineer) Forthcoming tracks
* [She Makes War](/source/Laura_Kidd) (Mixer) ''Disarm: 15'' EP
* [Army of Bones](/source/Martin_Smith_(English_musician)) (Engineer) ''Army of Bones'' Album
* Benji Wild (Engineer & Mixer) ''Watch and Learn'' track and forthcoming tracks
* [HEN](/source/Richard_Henshall) (Mixer) Forthcoming album
* Pleasure Beach (Mixer) ''Dreamer to the Dawn'' EP
* Club Kuru (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''Layla'' EP & forthcoming tracks
* Monarks (Mixer) ''The End'' EP
* Britain (Producer & Engineer) Forthcoming tracks
* [JAWS](/source/Jaws_(band)) (Engineer) ''[Simplicity](/source/Simplicity_(Jaws_album))'' Album
* [The Enemy](/source/The_Enemy_(English_rock_band)) (Mixer) ''It’s Automatic'' album
* Ollie Smith (Producer) Forthcoming tracks
* [Jimi Goodwin](/source/Jimi_Goodwin) (Producer) Forthcoming album
* [Young Guns](/source/Young_Guns_(band)) (Engineer) ''[Ones and Zeros](/source/Ones_and_Zeros_(Young_Guns_album))'' Album
* Club Kuru (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''All the Days'' EP
* Kid Wave (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''Wonderlust'' album
* Bad Breeding (Producer & Mixer) "Chains" and other tracks
* [Pixies](/source/Pixies_(band)) (Engineer & Mixer) ''[Indie Cindy](/source/Indie_Cindy)'' Album
* [Cherry Ghost](/source/Cherry_Ghost) (Mixer) ''[Herd Runners](/source/Herd_Runners)'' Album
* Club Kuru (Producer & Mixer) “All the Days” and “Seesaw” tracks
* [Arcane Roots](/source/Arcane_Roots) (Producer & Mixer) “Over and Over” track
* [Mallory Knox](/source/Mallory_Knox) (Engineer & Mixer) ''[Asymmetry](/source/Asymmetry_(Mallory_Knox_album))'' Album
* [Jimi Goodwin](/source/Jimi_Goodwin) (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) ''[Odludek](/source/Odludek)'' Album
* Sonny's Burning (Writer, Producer & Mixer) Forthcoming album
* I AM IN LOVE (Mixer) “Proposal” and “Mirrors & Smoke” tracks
* [Twin Atlantic](/source/Twin_Atlantic) (Engineer) ''[Great Divide](/source/Great_Divide_(Twin_Atlantic_album))'' Album
* [AFI](/source/AFI_(band)) (Engineer) ''[Burials](/source/Burials_(album))'' Album
* [Six. By Seven](/source/Six_by_Seven) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Love and Peace and Sympathy](/source/Love_and_Peace_and_Sympathy)'' Album
* [Pixies](/source/Pixies_(band)) (Engineer & Mixer)''[EP1](/source/EP1_(Pixies_EP))'', ''[EP2](/source/EP2_(Pixies_EP))'', & ''[EP3](/source/EP3_(Pixies_EP))'' EPs
* [Arcane Roots](/source/Arcane_Roots) (Producer) ''[Blood & Chemistry](/source/Blood_%26_Chemistry)'' Album
* [Pure Love](/source/Pure_Love_(band)) (Engineer & Mixer) ''[Anthems](/source/Anthems_(Pure_Love_album))'' Album
* [Surfer Blood](/source/Surfer_Blood) (Engineer) ''[Pythons](/source/Pythons_(album))'' Album
* [You Me At Six](/source/You_Me_at_Six) (Engineer & Mixer) “[The Swarm](/source/The_Swarm_(song))” track
* [Maximo Park](/source/Max%C3%AFmo_Park) (Engineer & Mixer) ''[The National Health](/source/The_National_Health_(album))'' Album
* [Pulled Apart by Horses](/source/Pulled_Apart_by_Horses) (Engineer & Mixer) “Sing” & “Molly Drove Me Away” tracks
* [Futures](/source/Futures_(band)) (Engineer & Mixer) ''The Karma'' Album
* [Twin Atlantic](/source/Twin_Atlantic) (Engineer & Mixer) ''[Free](/source/Free_(Twin_Atlantic_album))'' Album
* [Airship](/source/Airship_(band)) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Stuck In This Ocean](/source/Stuck_in_This_Ocean)'' Album
* [Young Rebel Set](/source/Young_Rebel_Set) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Curse Our Love](/source/Curse_Our_Love)'' Album track
* [Bayside](/source/Bayside_(band)) (Engineer) ''[Killing Time](/source/Killing_Time_(Bayside_album))'' Album
* The Winchell Riots (Producer & Mixer) ''Figure 8’s'' EP
* [Doves](/source/Doves_(band)) (Mixer) ''[The Places Between: The Best of Doves](/source/The_Places_Between%3A_The_Best_of_Doves)'' Album
* [Doves](/source/Doves_(band)) (co-producer) “[Andalucia](/source/Andalucia_(Doves_song))” and tracks from ''[The Places Between: The Best of Doves](/source/The_Places_Between%3A_The_Best_of_Doves)'' Album
* [Cherry Ghost](/source/Cherry_Ghost) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Beneath This Burning Shoreline](/source/Beneath_This_Burning_Shoreline)'' Album
* [Morning Parade](/source/Morning_Parade) (Producer & Mixer) “Marble Attic,” “Youth,” & “Seaside” Tracks
* Evaline (Producer & Mixer) ''Woven Material'' Album
* [Massive Attack](/source/Massive_Attack) (Programmer) ''[Heligoland](/source/Heligoland_(album))'' Album
* [Doves](/source/Doves_(band)) (Co-Producer & Mixer) ''[Kingdom of Rust](/source/Kingdom_of_Rust)'' Album
* [Doves](/source/Doves_(band)) (Engineer) ''[Some Cities](/source/Some_Cities)'' Album
* [The Hours](/source/The_Hours_(band)) (Engineer) ''[See the Light](/source/See_the_Light_(The_Hours_album))'' Album
* [People in Planes](/source/People_in_Planes) (Producer) ''[Beyond the Horizon](/source/Beyond_the_Horizon_(People_in_Planes_album))'' Album
* [Starsailor](/source/Starsailor_(band)) (Engineer) ''[Boy In Waiting](/source/Boy_in_Waiting)'' EP
* [Cherry Ghost](/source/Cherry_Ghost) (Producer, Engineer, & Mixer) ''[Thirst For Romance](/source/Thirst_for_Romance)'' Album
* [B52s](/source/The_B-52's) (Engineer) ''[Funplex](/source/Funplex)'' Album
* [ILikeTrains](/source/I_Like_Trains) (Producer & Engineer) “Terra Nova” Track
* [Massive Attack](/source/Massive_Attack) (Engineer & Programmer) ''[Battle In Seattle](/source/Battle_in_Seattle)'' OST Album Tracks
* [Cooper Temple Clause](/source/The_Cooper_Temple_Clause) (Producer) ''[Make This Your Own](/source/Make_This_Your_Own)'' Album Tracks
* [Massive Attack](/source/Massive_Attack) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Collected](/source/Collected_(Massive_Attack_album))'' Album track
* [People In Planes](/source/People_in_Planes) (Producer & Mixer) “Instantly Gratified” track and ''[As Far As The Eye Can See](/source/As_Far_as_the_Eye_Can_See)'' Album tracks
* [Massive Attack](/source/Massive_Attack) (Programmer) Various Adverts
* Fell City Girl (Producer & Mixer) ''Swim'' EP
* [Queens of the Stone Age](/source/Queens_of_the_Stone_Age) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Over The Years & Through The Woods](/source/Over_the_Years_and_Through_the_Woods)'' Live DVD
* [Oceansize](/source/Oceansize) (Producer & Engineer) ''[Everyone Into Position](/source/Everyone_into_Position)'' Album
* [KT Tunstall](/source/KT_Tunstall) (Engineer) “[Under the Weather](/source/Under_the_Weather_(song))” track
* [Cooper Temple Claus](/source/The_Cooper_Temple_Clause) (Producer & Mixer) ''[Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose](/source/Kick_Up_the_Fire%2C_and_Let_the_Flames_Break_Loose)'' Album
* Motion Picture Soundtrack (Producer & Mixer) “When All The Lights Go Out” tracks
* [Biffy Clyro](/source/Biffy_Clyro) (Engineer & Programmer) ''A Blackened Sky'' Album
* [Snuff](/source/Snuff_(British_band)) (Engineer & Programmer) ''[Disposable Income](/source/Disposable_Income_(album))'' Album
* [Cooper Temple Clause](/source/The_Cooper_Temple_Clause) (Engineer & Programmer) ''[See This Through and Leave](/source/See_This_Through_and_Leave)'' Album
* [Reef](/source/Reef_(band)) (Engineer) “Steal Away” Single
* [Placebo](/source/Placebo_(band)) (Engineer & Programmer) ''[Live in Paris](/source/Soulmates_Never_Die_(Live_in_Paris_2003))'' DVD
* [My Vitriol](/source/My_Vitriol) (Live Engineer) Live Tracks 
* [Mansun](/source/Mansun) (Assistant Engineer) “I Can Only Disappoint You” Track
* [Robert Plant](/source/Robert_Plant)  (Assistant Engineer) ''[Dream Land](/source/Dreamland_(Robert_Plant_album))'' Album
* [Elevator Suite](/source/Elevator_Suite) (Assistant Engineer) ''Barefoot & Shitfaced'' Album
* [Medium 21](/source/Medium_21) (Assistant Engineer) ''Killings from the Dial'' Album

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