Colin Stewart

Colin Stewart (born November 1, 1974) is a record producer and audio engineer from Victoria, British Columbia, who has been active recording bands since 1996. His professionalism and his passion for recording made others to call him as one of "Vancouver's top indie-rock engineers".

He owns and operates a studio in Victoria, British Columbia, called The Hive Creative Labs, which has established itself as a musical institution of Canada's west coast independent music scene, having hosted and recorded "Black Mountain, Destroyer, Ladyhawk, Frog Eyes, Hot Hot Heat, and P:ano, along with virtually every other significant West coast indie act". Colin has also recorded albums by Kathryn Calder, Sleepy Sun band, Yukon Blonde, The Cave Singers, Veda Hille, No Kids, Dan Mangan, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and many others.

He is married to singer-songwriter Kathryn Calder.

Selected discography

Year Artist Project Label Role 2005 Black Mountain Black Mountain Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed P:ano Brigadoon Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed Pink Mountaintops Pink Mountaintops Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2006 Young and Sexy Panic When You Find It Mint Engineered Pretty Girls Make Graves Élan Vital Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed Ladyhawk Ladyhawk Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed Great Aunt Ida How They Fly Northern Electric Produced / Engineered / Mixed Rose Melberg Cast Away the Clouds Double Agent Engineered / Mixed They Shoot Horses Don't They? Boo Hoo Hoo Boo Kill Rock Stars Produced / Engineered / Mixed The Henry Clay People Blacklist the Kid With the Red Moustache The Henry Clay People Produced / Engineered Swan Lake Beast Moans Jagjaguwar Mixing Assistant 2007 They Shoot Horses Don't They? Pick Up Sticks Kill Rock Stars Produced / Engineered / Mixed Lightning Dust Lightning Dust Jagjaguwar Mixed The Cave Singers Invitation Songs Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed Chet Fight Against Darkness Aaargh Records Produced / Engineered / Mixed Immaculate Machine Immaculate Machine's Fables Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed The Waterboys Book of Lightning W14/Universal Records Engineered 2008 Veda Hille This Riot Life Ape House Produced / Engineered / Mixed Young and Sexy The Arc Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed Ten Kens Ten Kens Fat Cat Produced / Engineered / Mixed Ladyhawk Shots Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed Black Mountain In the Future Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered No Kids Come Into My House Tomlab Produced / Engineered / Mixed Kellarissa Flamingo Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2009 Chet Chelsea Silver, Please Come Home Absolutely Kosher Produced / Engineered Sleepy Sun Embrace ATP Recordings Produced / Engineered / Mixed Immaculate Machine High on Jackson Hill Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed Rose Melberg Homemade Ship K Engineered / Mixed Pink Mountaintops Outside Love Jagjaguwar Engineered Circlesquare Songs About Dancing and Drugs !K7 Mixed The Cave Singers Welcome Joy Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed Duplex Worser Mint Engineered / Mixed Jon-Rae Fletcher Oh, Maria Weewerk Engineered / Mixed 2010 Kathryn Calder Are You My Mother? File Under: Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed John Bottomley The Healing Dream Self-Released Produced / Engineered / Mixed No Kids Judy At the Grove Tomlab Produced / Engineered / Mixed The New Pornographers Together Matador Engineered Sleepy Sun Fever ATP Recordings Produced / Engineered / Mixed Gigi Maintenant Tomlab Produced / Engineered / Mixed Fanshaw Dark Eyes Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2011 Dan Mangan Oh Fortune Arts & Crafts Produced / Engineered / Mixed Kathryn Calder Bright and Vivid File Under: Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed Odonis Odonis Hollandaze Fat Cat Engineered Slam Dunk The Shivers Self-Released Mixed Sun Wizard Positively 4th Avenue Light Organ Produced / Engineered / Mixed The British Columbians Made for Darker Things Rural Records Produced / Engineered Veda Hille Young Saint Marie Ape House Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2012 A.C. Newman Shut Down the Streets Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed Gold & Youth Gold & Youth Arts & Crafts Produced / Engineered Brasstronaut Mean Sun Unfamiliar Produced / Engineered / Mixed Yukon Blonde Tiger Talk Dine Alone Produced / Engineered / Mixed Red Cedar PFSF Self Released Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2013 Northcote Northcote Blackbox Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2014 High Ends Superclass Dine Alone Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2015 Dan Mangan + Blacksmith Club Meds Arts & Crafts Produced / Engineered / Mixed Yukon Blonde On Blonde Dine Alone Produced / Engineered Kathryn Calder Kathryn Calder File Under: Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed 2016 Odonis Odonis Post Plague felte Mixed Twin River Passing Shade Light Organ Produced / Engineered / Mixed Woodpigeon T R O U B L E Engineer Brasstronaut Brasstronaut Mixing 2018 Frontperson Frontrunner Producer, recording, mixing 2020 The Tourist Company St. Helens Fierce Panda Canada Producer, Engineer, Mixing 2018 Frontperson Parade Producer, recording, mixing