Dan Austin

Dan Austin is a sound engineer and music producer and mixer working in the United Kingdom. Austin also performs as a bassist.

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 in Bath, Somerset.

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 album, A Thirst For Romance and the follow-up albums Beneath this Burning Shoreline and Herd Runners. In 2008 a song he produced for this band won the Ivor Novello award. 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 and Young Rebel Set.

In 2010 Austin was producing and recording at the Moles Studio in Bath. He produced the debut album for Airship, as well as two EPs for this group.

Austin was shortlisted for a Music Producers Guild Award in 2013.

Since 2013 Austin has worked with Gil Norton on albums by Twin Atlantic, Futures, Pulled Apart By Horses and Maxïmo Park as well as tracks by The People the Poet and You Me At Six. Austin and Gil finished the debut album '‘Anthems’' for Pure Love, the new band from ex-Gallows frontman Frank Carter and in 2014 Austin produced an album with the band Arcane Roots.

Production, mixing and engineering credits

The Luka State (Producer, Mixer) More Than This Album Del Amitri (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) Fatal Mistakes Album You Me At Six (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) Suckapunch Album Doves (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) The Universal Want Album You Me At Six (Engineer & Producer) VI Album Twin Atlantic (Producer, Engineer & Mixerr) Power 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 (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 (Producer & Mixer) Beauty of Youth Shadowlark (Mixer) Forthcoming tracks SheMakesWar (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 (Producer) Forthcoming track Guidedog (Producer & Mixer) Forthcoming album Sløtface (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) Try Not to Freak Out SoShe Feat. Cadet (Additional Producer & Mixer) "Showed Up" track Mallory Knox (Producer & Mixer) Wired Album Young Legionnaire (Mixer) Zero Worship Album Lisbon (Producer & Mixer) "Vice", "Shark" + forthcoming track Gallery Circus (Producer & Mixer) "Holland on Fire" * "Club House Killer" tracks Sløtface (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) "Sponge State" and "Empire Records" EPs Love Amongst Ruin (Producer & Mixer) Lose Your Way Album Monarks (Producer & Mixer) "You Were My Fire", "Amorous" tracks + forthcoming EP Daisy Victoria (Producer & Mixer) Animal Lover EP Losers (Mixer) How To Ruin Other People’s Futures Album Leaders of Men (Engineer) Forthcoming tracks She Makes War (Mixer) Disarm: 15 EP Army of Bones (Engineer) Army of Bones Album Benji Wild (Engineer & Mixer) Watch and Learn track and forthcoming tracks HEN (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 (Engineer) Simplicity Album The Enemy (Mixer) It’s Automatic album Ollie Smith (Producer) Forthcoming tracks Jimi Goodwin (Producer) Forthcoming album Young Guns (Engineer) Ones and Zeros 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 (Engineer & Mixer) Indie Cindy Album Cherry Ghost (Mixer) Herd Runners Album Club Kuru (Producer & Mixer) “All the Days” and “Seesaw” tracks Arcane Roots (Producer & Mixer) “Over and Over” track Mallory Knox (Engineer & Mixer) Asymmetry Album Jimi Goodwin (Producer, Engineer & Mixer) Odludek Album Sonny's Burning (Writer, Producer & Mixer) Forthcoming album I AM IN LOVE (Mixer) “Proposal” and “Mirrors & Smoke” tracks Twin Atlantic (Engineer) Great Divide Album AFI (Engineer) Burials Album Six. By Seven (Producer & Mixer) Love and Peace and Sympathy Album Pixies (Engineer & Mixer)EP1, EP2, & EP3 EPs Arcane Roots (Producer) Blood & Chemistry Album Pure Love (Engineer & Mixer) Anthems Album Surfer Blood (Engineer) Pythons Album You Me At Six (Engineer & Mixer) “The Swarm” track Maximo Park (Engineer & Mixer) The National Health Album Pulled Apart by Horses (Engineer & Mixer) “Sing” & “Molly Drove Me Away” tracks Futures (Engineer & Mixer) The Karma Album Twin Atlantic (Engineer & Mixer) Free Album Airship (Producer & Mixer) Stuck In This Ocean Album Young Rebel Set (Producer & Mixer) Curse Our Love Album track Bayside (Engineer) Killing Time Album The Winchell Riots (Producer & Mixer) Figure 8’s EP Doves (Mixer) The Places Between: The Best of Doves Album Doves (co-producer) “Andalucia” and tracks from The Places Between: The Best of Doves Album Cherry Ghost (Producer & Mixer) Beneath This Burning Shoreline Album Morning Parade (Producer & Mixer) “Marble Attic,” “Youth,” & “Seaside” Tracks Evaline (Producer & Mixer) Woven Material Album Massive Attack (Programmer) Heligoland Album Doves (Co-Producer & Mixer) Kingdom of Rust Album Doves (Engineer) Some Cities Album The Hours (Engineer) See the Light Album People in Planes (Producer) Beyond the Horizon Album Starsailor (Engineer) Boy In Waiting EP Cherry Ghost (Producer, Engineer, & Mixer) Thirst For Romance Album B52s (Engineer) Funplex Album ILikeTrains (Producer & Engineer) “Terra Nova” Track Massive Attack (Engineer & Programmer) Battle In Seattle OST Album Tracks Cooper Temple Clause (Producer) Make This Your Own Album Tracks Massive Attack (Producer & Mixer) Collected Album track People In Planes (Producer & Mixer) “Instantly Gratified” track and As Far As The Eye Can See Album tracks Massive Attack (Programmer) Various Adverts Fell City Girl (Producer & Mixer) Swim EP Queens of the Stone Age (Producer & Mixer) Over The Years & Through The Woods Live DVD Oceansize (Producer & Engineer) Everyone Into Position Album KT Tunstall (Engineer) “Under the Weather” track Cooper Temple Claus (Producer & Mixer) Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose Album Motion Picture Soundtrack (Producer & Mixer) “When All The Lights Go Out” tracks Biffy Clyro (Engineer & Programmer) A Blackened Sky Album Snuff (Engineer & Programmer) Disposable Income Album Cooper Temple Clause (Engineer & Programmer) See This Through and Leave Album Reef (Engineer) “Steal Away” Single Placebo (Engineer & Programmer) Live in Paris DVD My Vitriol (Live Engineer) Live Tracks Mansun (Assistant Engineer) “I Can Only Disappoint You” Track Robert Plant (Assistant Engineer) Dream Land Album Elevator Suite (Assistant Engineer) Barefoot & Shitfaced Album Medium 21 (Assistant Engineer) Killings from the Dial Album