{{short description|Australian music producer and sound engineer}} {{Multiple issues| {{autobiography|date=March 2017}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2017}}{{Notability|1=Biographies|date=September 2021}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | image_size = | name = Scott Horscroft | image = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|10|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Australia | occupation = Record producer, musician, A&R | instrument = | years_active = 1989–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} '''Scott Horscroft''' (born 27 October 1977) is an Australian music producer/sound engineer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-horscroft-mn0000838339/credits|title=Scott Horscroft - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}</ref> the owner of The Grove Studios<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2014/01/22/presets-silverchair-producer-buys-renowned-recording-studio/|title=Presets, Silverchair Producer Buys Renowned Recording Studio|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-date=15 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915131230/https://themusic.com.au/news/all/2014/01/22/presets-silverchair-producer-buys-renowned-recording-studio|url-status=dead}}</ref> and an Executive A&R Consultant for Universal Music Australia
== Career == In 1999 Horscroft completed a bachelor's degree of Fine Arts with Honours, studying Sculpture Installation and Performance Art and Electronic Arts, at Sydney College of the Arts.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} In 2003, Horscroft released the experimental début album, ''8 Guitars''.
As a producer and engineer, Horscroft started out in the Surry Hills-based studio Big Jesus Burger (BJB) from 2003 to 2012.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} Joining EMI Music Australia in 2011 as Vice President of A&R, and then General Manager of A&R from 2013.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
In 2013 he acquired The Grove Studios on the NSW Central Coast.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SCOTT HORSCORFT|url=https://www.thegrovestudios.com/scott-horscroft|access-date=2021-09-21|website=THE GROVE STUDIOS}}</ref>
== Awards == At the 2008 ARIA Music Awards he received three nominations, 'Producer of the Year' for his work on The Panics' ''Cruel Guards'', and two for 'Engineer of the Year' for ''Cruel Guards'' and The Presets' ''Apocalypso''. In 2010 he received an ARIA nomination for 'Producer of the Year', jointly with Adam Spark, for Birds of Tokyo's self-titled third album. At the ARIA Music Awards in 2012 he was nominated for 'Engineer of the Year' for his work on 360's ''Falling & Flying''. Horscroft also produced 2015 ARIA Award winning album by Melbourne's Oh Mercy, ''When We Talk About Love''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 ARIA Awards Winners|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/2015|access-date=2021-09-21|website=www.aria.com.au}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2021}}
In 2023 Horscroft produced 2023 ARIA Award winning album by Dan Sultan, ''Dan Sultan''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2023 Past Winners|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners}}</ref>
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