Phil McKellar

Phillip Jeffrey McKellar is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. At the ARIA Music Awards McKellar has received nine nominations in the categories of either Producer of the Year or Engineer of the Year. These include Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples (1997, engineer), The Cruel Sea's "Hard Times" (1998, producer), Spiderbait's Grand Slam (1999, engineer, producer), Grinspoon's New Detention (2002, engineer, producer), Sunk Loto's Between Birth and Death (2004, producer), and Something with Numbers' Perfect Distraction (2007, producer).

Biography

In 1980 Phil McKellar started working at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (later renamed as Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Trudgeon explained their stance "We were driven by a love of the possibilities of what synthesizers and sequencers could do... Quite often the songs were shaped by the textures and rhythms that this new and exciting technology could generate. I think we were more interested in what we could experiment with rather than compete with well-established genres. The future looked exciting."

From 1990 to 2000 McKellar worked as live music producer for national youth radio station, Triple J. McKellar later recalled "I'd been recording a lot of stuff for Triple J – Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers." In April 1994 a demo version of "Tomorrow" by Newcastle teen band, Silverchair, won the Pick Me competition. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 "Tomorrow" won Single of the Year, Highest Selling Single, and Breakthrough Artist – Single. Ash, The Sunpilots, Tumbleweed, Nitocris, One Dollar Short, The Getaway Plan, The Hot Lies, Crash Arcadia and Chasing Gravity. He then worked at ABC Radio National as an audio engineer, and Double J until 2023.

Discography

The Lure of the Tropics – Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes (live album, July 1992, producer) Torn & Frayed Records (TORN CD1) Stompen Ground – Various Artists (live album, 1993, producer) ABC Music "Tomorrow" – Silverchair (September 1994, engineer, producer) Licker Bottle Cozy – Grinspoon (EP, December 1996, engineer, producer) Grudge Records/MCA/Universal Guide to Better Living – Grinspoon (engineer, mixer, producer, September 1997) Grudge/Universal (UMD73086) Perfect Distraction – Something with Numbers (October 2006) Below Par/EMI