Just Managing » Hector Castillo http://justmanaging.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A (nearly) complete list of artists we’ve worked with in 2011 http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:59:43 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2207 I’m probably missing someone, but here is a (nearly) complete list of artists we’ve worked with in 2011.  It’s been a great year!

1,2,3
Aaron Neville
Autre Ne Veut
Ayktyon
Beach House
Bear Hands
Beck
Birdy
Bochan
Cass McCombs
Caveman
Chappo
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clarence Bucaro
Classixx
Converse Rubber Tracks Studio
Dirty Secrets
Disney/Rio Movie
Drew Anderotti
Elvis Perkins
Foo Fighters
Gauntlet Hair
Givers
Jane’s Addiction
Jemaine Clement
Jimmy Eat World
Jinwoon
Joe Cocker
John Ledgend
Led Er Est
Light Asylum
Matchbox Twenty
Mates of State
Nathan Larsen
North Highlands
Nothing
Palmyra Delran
Papercutz
Phillip Glass
Pitchfork.TV
Porcelain Raft
Robbers on High Street
Rubblebucket
Sam Sparrow
Santigold
Sarah Brightman
Scissor Sisters
So So Glos
Steel Phantoms
Steven Van Zandt
Tall Ships
The Black Atlantic
The Dandy Warhols
The Delta Spirit
The Gregory Brothers
The Muppets Movie
The Nowherenaughts
The Number Station
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The School of Seven Bells
The Sheepdogs
Twin Shadow
Twin Sister
WATERS
Weekend
Wes Tucker and the Skillets
Widowspeak


]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/feed/ 0 Hector Castillo producing Phillip Glass remix album with Beck! http://justmanaging.com/2011/10/17/hector-castillo-producing-phillip-glass-re-mix-album-with-beck/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/10/17/hector-castillo-producing-phillip-glass-re-mix-album-with-beck/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:10:03 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2110 Excited to finally post about this one!  Hector Castillo has been working on producing a Phillip Glass remix album with Beck.  Other collaborators include Amon Tobin, Cornelius and Ty Braxton, among others.  I’ll post more details as we get them, but until then, check out Hector, Beck and Phillip having a coffee at Phillip’s place:

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/10/17/hector-castillo-producing-phillip-glass-re-mix-album-with-beck/feed/ 0 Hector Castillo joins the Converse Rubber Tracks Studio gang! http://justmanaging.com/2011/09/23/hector-castillo-converse-rubber-tracks-studio/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/09/23/hector-castillo-converse-rubber-tracks-studio/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:30:58 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2077 I’m happy to announce that Hector Castillo has joined our Matt Shane in regular rotation at the Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!  It’s a great studio that gives new bands the opportunity to record for free and we are happy to now have two of our producers involved.  Here is a photo of Hector I stole from the Rubber Tracks Instagram account:

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/02/03/hector-castillo-the-pigtronix-keymaster/feed/ 0 2k10 was Awesome! (a list of every band we worked with in 2010) http://justmanaging.com/2010/11/30/2k10-was-awesome-a-list-of-every-band-we-worked-with-in-2010/ http://justmanaging.com/2010/11/30/2k10-was-awesome-a-list-of-every-band-we-worked-with-in-2010/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:03:12 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=1613 I realize it’s only November 30th, but if Black Friday can now start the Monday before Thanksgiving, then I can do our year end list on the last day of November.  This year has been pretty amazing and all of our guys have worked on outstanding records.  Time to stand back and admire what our guys have accomplished.

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… And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
1,2,3
Abe Vigoda
Ashley Hancock
Asian Kung Fu Generation
Beach House
Bear Hands
Blonde Redhead
Canyons
Carl Cox
Class Actress
Cold Cave
Creepoid
Cult of Youth
Dan Bear (ex-Cymbals Eat Guitars)
Dan Black
DOM
Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces)
Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Fake Problems
Flight of the Conchords
Foo Fighters
Fountains of Wayne
Free Energy
Gang Gang Dance
Givers
Gustavo Cerati
Hank & Cupcakes
Hoarsebox
Holy Ghost!
Hoodless
Hooray for Earth
James Iha
Jane’s Addiction
Jukebox the Ghost
Karen O.
Kele (Bloc Party)
LCD Soundsystem
Lloyd Cole
Ma.Mentor
Mates of State
MEN
Nada Surf
New Cassettes
Obits
Peephole
Raymond & Maria
Roger Waters
Rubblebucket
Smith Westerns
Steel Phantoms
Stereo Skyline
Steven Van Zandt
Surfer Blood
Swans
The Breakers
The Colbert Report
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The Twilight Sad
TV on the Radio
Volcano Playground
Vonrenzo
Wavves
We Were Lovers
Woven Bones
Young Buffalo
Zambri
Zola Jesus
]]> http://justmanaging.com/2010/11/30/2k10-was-awesome-a-list-of-every-band-we-worked-with-in-2010/feed/ 0 Hector Castillo produced Gustavo Cerati album wins 3 Latin Grammys! http://justmanaging.com/2010/11/12/hector-castillo-produced-gustavo-cerati-album-wins-3-latin-grammys/ http://justmanaging.com/2010/11/12/hector-castillo-produced-gustavo-cerati-album-wins-3-latin-grammys/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:19:03 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=1595 Congratulations to Hector and Gustavo!  From Billboard: “The other multiple winner of the evening was Gustavo Cerati, whose “Fuerza Natural” won best rock album, while his song “Déjà vu” won best rock song. In turn, art director Roy García won best recording package for Cerati’s album”

Gustavo has been in a coma since May – here’s to hoping for a full recovery.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2010/11/12/hector-castillo-produced-gustavo-cerati-album-wins-3-latin-grammys/feed/ 0 Hector Castillo is up for 2 Latin Grammy awards with Gustavo Cerati’s “Fuerza Natural” http://justmanaging.com/2010/09/21/hector-castillo-is-up-for-2-latin-grammy-awards-with-gustavo-ceratis-fuerza-natural/ http://justmanaging.com/2010/09/21/hector-castillo-is-up-for-2-latin-grammy-awards-with-gustavo-ceratis-fuerza-natural/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:39:01 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=1492 Our Hector Castillo co-produced and mixed the Gustavo Cerati album “Feurza Natural”.  It is up for 2 Latin Grammy awards:  Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song for “Deja Vu”.  Good luck Hector!  See the full list of nominees here.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2010/09/21/hector-castillo-is-up-for-2-latin-grammy-awards-with-gustavo-ceratis-fuerza-natural/feed/ 0 Just Managing clients & 2009 Pitchfork Readers Poll http://justmanaging.com/2010/01/12/just-managing-clients-pitchfork-readers-poll/ http://justmanaging.com/2010/01/12/just-managing-clients-pitchfork-readers-poll/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:55:56 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=675 Three of the top forty albums on the 2009 Pitchfork Readers Poll feature work by our guys.  They include:

Album of the Year:

10. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s  ”It’s Blitz” (additional engineering by Chris Coady)

32. Cymbals Eat Guitars  ”Why there are Mountains” (produced/engineered/mixed by Kyle “Slick” Johnson)

25. Antony and the Johnsons  ”The Crying Light” (engineering by Hector Castillo)

Mark my words there will be more next year.  I’m thinking Beach House, Wavves, Blonde Redhead, Rogue Wave, Delorean…

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2010/01/12/just-managing-clients-pitchfork-readers-poll/feed/ 0 Hector Castillo mixed Aterciopelados album “Rio” gets Grammy nomination http://justmanaging.com/2009/12/17/hector-castillo-mixed-aterciopelados-album-rio-gets-grammy-nomination/ http://justmanaging.com/2009/12/17/hector-castillo-mixed-aterciopelados-album-rio-gets-grammy-nomination/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:10:57 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=655 Aterciopelados are up for the Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Grammy for their album “Rio”.  Hector mixed this last year in New York City.  Fingers crossed!

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