Chris Lord-Alge

Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic range compression for molding mixes that play well on small loudspeaker and FM broadcasting. Lord-Alge frequently collaborates with Howard Benson, who has produced the plurality of his mix discography.

Career Lord-Alge began his professional studio career as an assistant engineer at H&L Studios in New Jersey, before working as a staff engineer at Unique Recording Studios in New York City in the 1980s. While there, he earned recognition for mixing James Brown's Gravity album (which included the hit song "Living in America"), the Rocky IV soundtrack, Prince's Batman soundtrack, Joe Cocker's Unchain My Heart album, Chaka Khan's Destiny album, Carly Simon's Coming Around Again album, Tina Turner's Foreign Affair album and 12" remixes of Madonna's "La Isla Bonita", the Rolling Stones' "Too Much Blood", and Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark", "Cover Me", and "Born in the U.S.A.". Lord-Alge moved to Los Angeles in 1988, by which point he was increasingly specializing in mixing.

Lord-Alge continued to mix for Turner throughout the 90's. During this time he also provided mixing services for Neil Diamond's Tennessee Moon. In 1997, he mixed Green Day's Nimrod, marking the beginning of a continued relationship with the band, mixing the Grammy-winning albums American Idiot (2004) and 21st Century Breakdown (2009).

In the 2000s, Lord-Alge worked with many pop-punk bands, mixing for Billy Talent, Simple Plan, and My Chemical Romance.

Partnership with Waves Audio

List of Grammy Awards