James Brown

James Brown is our Grammy award winning renaissance man!  In his 25 years of record making he’s developed a reputation for filling any role, with stadium bands and independent artists alike. His wealth of experience ranges from recording in the analog and digital realm, producing projects with a wide range of responsibilities and burnishing his own and others recordings with his widely esteemed mixing mastery…

It’s been a characteristically busy couple of years for James…

The beginning of 2014 saw him face the challenge of the making a Foo Fighters record in 8 different rooms in 8 different cities – a process documented by the HBO series “Sonic Highways”… The middle of the year he co-produced and mixed David Ford’s string based ep “The Arrangement”; he undertook vocal recording and production assistance on Rob Thomas’s latest solo effort “The Great Unknown”… While 2015 brought mixing work for Foo Fighters, Spoon, and Portland’s finest, Blitzen Trapper… He also found time to build his own recording and mixing facility, “The Union”…

James has recently produced and engineered the forthcoming Bear Hands album, “You’ll Pay For This”, and recorded the highly anticipated White Lies album…


Selected Discography

FOO FIGHTERS | SONIC HIGHWAYS | E / M

BEAR HANDS | YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS | P / E

KINGS OF LEON | MECHANICAL BULL | E / M

SOUND CITY: REAL TO REEL | SOUNDTRACK | E / M

BLITZEN TRAPPER | ALL ACROSS THIS LAND | M

FOO FIGHTERS | ST. CECILIA | E / M

INTERPOL | ELPINTOR | E

WHITE LIES | FORTHCOMING ALBUM | E

ROB THOMAS | THE GREAT UNKNOWN | E

DAVID FORD | THE ARRANGEMENT | CO-PROD / M

NIRVANA | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION | M

SPOON | JOHN LENNON’S 75th BIRTHDAY CONCERT | M

ARCTIC MONKEYS | SUCK IT & SEE | E

FOO FIGHTERS | WASTING LIGHT | E

JIMMY EAT WORLD | DAMAGE | M

MATCHBOX 20 | NORTH | E

WE ARE SCIENTISTS | TV EN FRANCAIS | M

NINE INCH NAILS | WITH TEETH | ALBUM | E

NINE INCH NAILS | WITH TEETH | DVD | 5.1 SURROUND MIX

NINE INCH NAILS | THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL | DVD | 5.1 SURROUND MIX

DAVID FORD | CHARGE | ADDITIONAL PROD / M

BEAR HANDS | SONGS FROM UTOPIA, VOL. 1 EP | P / E / M

GHOST B.C. | B SIDES | E / M

DROPKICK MURPHYS | SIGNED AND SEALED IN BLOOD | E

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART | “SAY NO TO LOVE” | P / E / M

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART | “TOO YOUNG” | CO-PROD / E

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART | BELONG [ALBUM] | E

JANE’S ADDICTION | THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST ALBUM TRACKS | E

COUNTING CROWS | SATURDAY NIGHT / SUNDAY MORNING | ALBUM | M / E

FOO FIGHTERS | GREATEST HITS | “WHEELS” & “WORD, FORWARD” | E

BEAR HANDS | BURNING BUSH SUPPER CLUB | CANTORA RECORDS | M

PLACEBO | MEDS | M / E

PLACEBO | BATTLE FOR THE SUN | ALBUM | E

BRENDAN BENSON | MY OLD FAMILIAR FRIEND | ALBUM | E

DAVID FORD | LET THE HARD TIMES ROLL | CO-PROD / M

DAVID FORD | SONGS FOR THE ROAD | CO-PROD / M / E

LOST IN TRANSLATION | OST | ALBUM | M / E

U2 | VERTIGO | TRENT REZNOR REMIX | M / E

BJORK | ALARM CALL [Remix] | M / E

INFUSION | ALL NIGHT SUN LIGHT | ALBUM | M

YOUNG LOVE | TOO YOUNG TO FIGHT IT | ALBUM | M

THE OOHLA’S | BEST STOP POP | ALBUM | M

THE LEVELLERS | LETTERS FROM UNDERGROUND | ALBUM | M

AKIRA THE DON | WHEN WE WERE YOUNG | ALBUM | P / M

PLACEBO | ENGLISH SUMMER RAIN | SINGLE | M

JEFF BECK | JEFF | ALBUM | E

JEFF BECK | YOU HAD IT COMING | ALBUM | M / E

ASH | TWILIGHT OF THE INNOCENTS | ALBUM | E

ASH | FREE ALL ANGELS | ALBUM | CO-MIX W/ ALAN MOULDER