Amir Derakh

Amir Davidson, professionally known as Amir Derakh, is an American musician and record producer. He is the guitarist and the synthesizer player for the band Julien-K, and was the guitarist for the band Dead by Sunrise. He was the g-synth player in the rock band Orgy, and has also played guitar in the bands Rough Cutt and Jailhouse.

Career

After graduating in 1981 from Mission Bay High School in San Diego, California, Derakh played lead guitar for local bands Armed & Ready and Emerald. He moved to Los Angeles to replace Craig Goldy in Rough Cutt. He made a guest appearance on Crazy Town's album The Gift of Game. Julien-K released a remix of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington's solo song "Morning After" which appeared exclusively on the soundtrack for the 2006 film Underworld: Evolution. Derakh describes the sound of Julien-K as Depeche Mode meets Nine Inch Nails.

Derakh performed backing for Bennington when he performed the song "Let Down" during 2005's ReAct Now: Music & Relief televised concert. He also made an appearance in the 2003 version of the film Freaky Friday, also serving as the film's guitar consultant and has worked with many other popular bands, including Coal Chamber, Spineshank, Danzig, Eels, Red Tape, Mumiy Troll and Estados Alterados.

Derakh owns two restaurants in Orange County, California, 2145 & Lola Gaspar, and a recording and mixing studio in Long Beach, California.

Personal life

Derakh is of Iranian, Irish, Austrian, Hungarian, and Czechoslovak ancestry. He attended UCLA and earned his certificate in producing/engineering.

According to Metal Sludge, his stage name is meant to imply the phrase "I'm Here to Rock", with the spelling of the last name as a tribute to his Iranian heritage.

Derakh has a son named Michael Melody-Davidson.

Discography

"Slaves to Humanity" – Battleground, "Behind My Back", "Riot Addict", "I Love It" – producer/engineer/mixer – 2020 "The Intemperate Sons" – Running Man, "Believe", "Wading in the Gray", "Going Crazy", "Remission" – mixer – 2020 "Ghostfeeder" – Invited to the Murder – mixer – 2020 "Hospital Lies" – Ultraviolet – mixer – 2020 Julien-K – Harmonic Disruptor – producer/engineer/mixer – 2019 "By An Ion" – Shadow Knife, "Faces" – mixer – 2019 "Ghostfeeder" – Star Beast – mixer/addl. production – 2018 "Estados Alterados" – Lumisphera – producer/engineer/mixer – 2018 Julien-K – Time Capsule – A Future Retrospective – producer/engineer/mixer – 2018 "Grey Saints" – Steam Catcher", "Crash – producer / engineer / mixer – 2017 "Lovelesslust" – Fashion – producer/engineer/mixer – 2017 Julien-K – California Noir, Chapter Two – Nightlife In Neon – producer/engineer/mixer – 2016 "Fourwaycross" – Discipline – mixer – 2016 Beta Test – Movie Score/Soundtrack – 2016 "Lovelesslust" – The Car Crash That Ended Her Life Came as No Surprise – mixer – 2016 Mumiy Troll – Malibu Alibi – co-producer/engineer/mixer – various tracks – 2016 Julien-K – California Noir, Chapter One – Analog Beaches & Digital Cities – producer/engineer/mixer – 2015 Mumiy Troll – Pirate Copies – co-producer/engineer/mixer – various tracks – 2015 - #1 Russian Album "The Crying Spell" – Never Again – mixer – 2015 "Matt's Chance" – Movie Score/Soundtrack – 2014 Mumiy Troll – SOS Matrosu – co-producer/engineer/mixer/remixer – various tracks – 2013 - #1 Russian Album Julien-K – We're Here With You – producer/engineer – 2012 Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack: Blue Blur – Soundtrack – producer/engineer/mixer for Circuit Freq – Sega – 2011 True Colors: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2 – Soundtrack – producer/engineer/mixer for Julien-K – Sega – 2009 Dead by Sunrise – Out of Ashes – pre-production and engineering – Warner Bros. - 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (video game) – producer/engineer/mixer for Julien-K score – Activision – 2009 Julien-K – Death to Analog – producer/engineer/mixer – 2009 Transformers – soundtrack – producer/engineer for Julien-K – Warner Bros. - 2007 Underworld: Evolution – soundtrack – producer/engineer/mixer for Chester Bennington vs. Julien-K – Sony – 2007 Shadow the Hedgehog – soundtrack – producer/engineer/mixer for Julien-K – Sega – 2005 Orgy – Punk Statik Paranoia – co-producer/engineer/mixer – D1 – 2004 Red Tape – Radioactivist – producer/mixer – roadrunner – 2004 Sonic Heroes – Soundtrack – producer/engineer/mixer for Julien-K – Sega – 2004 Freaky Friday – Soundtrack – producer/engineer for Halo Friendlies – Hollywood – 2003 – Gold Coal Chamber- Giving the Devil His Due – engineer/mixer – Roadrunner -2003 Coal Chamber – Dark Days – pre-production & song arrangements – Roadrunner – 2002 Valentine – pre-production & engineering – Warner Bros. - 2001 Zoolander – Soundtrack – co-producer/engineer/mixer for Orgy – Hollywood – 2001 Spineshank – The Height of Callousness – pre-production & song arrangements – Roadrunner – 2000 – Grammy Award Nominated Scream 3 – Soundtrack – remixer for Orgy – Wind-Up – 2000 – Gold Orgy – Vapor Transmission – co-producer/engineer – Reprise – 2000 – Gold Danzig – Satan's Child – mixer – E-Magine – 1999 Coal Chamber – Chamber Music – mixer – Roadrunner – 1999 Spineshank – Strictly Diesel – producer/engineer/mixer – Roadrunner – 1998 Orgy – Candyass – co-producer/engineer – Reprise – 1998 – Platinum Strangeland – soundtrack – mixer for Coal Chamber – TVT – 1998 Bride of Chucky – soundtrack – mixer for Coal Chamber – CMC – 1998 Rod Stewart tribute album – Forever Mod – Portrait of a Storyteller – producer/engineer/mixer/arranger – DeRock – 1997 Coal Chamber – Coal Chamber – engineer/mixer – Roadrunner – 1997 – Gold Eels – Beautiful Freak – engineer – DreamWorks – 1996 – Gold – Grammy Award Nominated