Colin Stewart (record producer)
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.[1] His professionalism and his passion for recording made others to call him as one of "Vancouver's top indie-rock engineers".[2]
Colin Stewart | |
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Born | November 1, 1974 |
Origin | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Record producer, audio engineer |
Years active | 1996-present |
Associated acts | Gigi |
Website | www |
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".[3] 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.[2]
In 2012, he won a Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year for his work on Dan Mangan's album Oh Fortune.[4]
He is also a founding member of the band Gigi. On 30 September 2013 the recording studio Hive Creative Labs which was a home for a lot of Vancouver acts closed its doors because of Producer Colin Stewart's relocation to Victoria.[5]
Selected discography
2017
Artist | Project | Role |
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Leeroy Stagger | Love Versus | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
The New Pornographers | Whiteout Conditions | Mixing |
Sleepy Sun | Private Tales | Recording engineer, producer[6] |
2016
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 [6] | |
Douse | The Light in You Has Left | Produced / Engineered / Mixed | |
2015
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 |
Woodpigeon | T R O U B L E | Boompa | Engineered |
2014
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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High Ends | Superclass | Dine Alone | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
2013
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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Northcote | Northcote | Blackbox Music | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
2012
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 |
2011
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 |
2010
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 |
2009
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 |
2008
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 |
2007
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 | Fables | Mint | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
The Waterboys | Book of Lightning | W14/Universal Records | Engineered |
2006
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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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 |
2005
Artist | Project | Label | Role |
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Black Mountain | Black Mountain | Jagjaguwar | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
P:ano | Brigadoon | Mint | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
Pink Mountaintops | Pink Mountaintops | Jagjaguwar | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
References
- , from Colin Stewart's Official Website
- COLIN STEWART Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018
- Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, "musical institution" excerpt from Exclaim! Magazine article "Music School: Where I Play. The Hive"
- Soo Today List of 2012 Juno Award Winners
- The Hive is no more Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018
- Colin Stewart Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018