James Brown
Ex-Chief Engineer at RAK Studios in London, James has acquired a wealth of experience in recording and mixing in both the analog and digital realms. He has also worked with many of the world’s most eminent producers such as Butch Vig, Alan Moulder, Flood, Rich Costey, Gil Norton, David Bottrill, Kevin Shields, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, Elvis Costello, Stephen Hague, Marius de Vries, Hector Castillo and Phil Thornalley.
James has had an excellent year as both a recording engineer and mixer, working with bands as diverse as the Arctic Monkeys, Bear Hands and Jane’s Addiction. As a producer in his own right, he worked with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and British singer/songwriter David Ford. He recently recorded and co-mixed the new Foo Fighters album “Wasting Light”, a project that was made entirely on analog tape. The process was documented in the feature length movie, “Back & Forth” In years past he engineered the Nine Inch Nails album “With Teeth”, and mixed both “With Teeth” and “The Downward Spiral” in 5.1 Surround Sound. He was also heavily involved in the last two Placebo albums “Meds” and “Battle for the Sun”, recording both, as well as mixing the singles “English Summer Rain” and “Infra Red”. He has mixed albums for Counting Crows, Jeff Beck, Infusion, The Oohla’s, Young Love, and The Levellers, and tracks for The Killers, Ash, The Bravery and Brazilian Girls.
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Selected Discography
Matchbox 20 | Forthcoming Album | Engineer
Arctic Monkeys | Suck It & See | Engineer
Foo Fighters | Wasting Light | Engineer
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong [album] | Engineer
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | “Too Young” | Co-Prod & Engineer
Jane’s Addiction | The Great Escape Artist album tracks | Engineer
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | “Say No To Love” | Producer/Engineer/Mix
Foo Fighters | Greatest Hits | “Wheels” & “Word, Forward” | Engineer
Bear Hands | Burning Bush Supper Club | Cantora Records | Mix
Placebo | Battle for the Sun | Album | Engineer
Brendan Benson | My Old Familiar Friend | Album | Engineer
David Ford | Let The Hard Times Roll | Co-Prod / Mix
Counting Crows | Saturday Night / Sunday Morning | Album | Mix / Engineer
Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | Album | Engineer
Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | DVD | 5.1 Surround Mix
Placebo | Meds | Album | Co-Mix / Engineer
David Ford | Songs For The Road | Co-Prod / Mix / Engineer
Lost In Translation | OST | Album | Mix / Engineer
Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral | DVD | 5.1 Surround Mix
U2 | Vertigo | Trent Reznor Remix | Mix / Engineer
Infusion | All Night Sun Light | Album | Mix
Brazilian Girls | Berlin | Album Track | Mix
Young Love | Too Young To Fight It | Album | Mix
The Oohla’s | Best Stop Pop | Album | Mix
The Levellers | Letters from Underground | Album | Mix
Akira The Don | When We Were Young | Album | Prod / Mix
Placebo | English Summer Rain | Single | Mix
Jeff Beck | Jeff | Album | Engineer
Jeff Beck | You Had It Coming | Album | Mix / Engineer
Ash | Twilight Of The Innocents | Album | Engineer
Placebo | Protégé Moi | Album Track | Additional Engineering
The Killers | Read My Mind [Like A Rebel Diamond] | Single | Mix
Jacques Higelin | Jolie Mome | Album Track | Mix / Engineer
Ash | Free All Angels | Album | Co-Mix w/ Alan Moulder
V.A.S.T. | Music For People | Album | Co-Mix w/ Alan Moulder
Monster Magnet | God Says No | Album | Co-Mix w/ Alan Moulder
Bjork | Alarm Call | Remix | Mix / Engineer
Tricky / Elvis Costello | Christiansands | Remix | Mix / Engineer
The Raveonettes | That Great Love Sound | Single | Mix
Prince Buster | Whine or Grine | Single | Mix / Engineer
Page & Plant | Upon A Golden Horse | B Side | Mix / Overdubs
The Bravery | B-Sides | EP | Mix
Manchild | Untied States | Album | Mix / Engineer
Ronan Keating | The Way You Make Me Feel | Single | Co-Mix w/ Phil Thornalley
Emma Bunton | We’re Not Gonna Sleep Toinght | Single | Mix / Engineer
Natalie Imbrugila | Torn | Single | Additional Engineering
Tomb Raider | I Hate This/Nadz | OST | Mix / Engineer
The Beat Up | Black Rays Defense | Album | Mix / Engineer
UNKLE | Bloodstains | Album Tracks | Additional Engineering
Beth Orton | Central Reservation | Album Tracks | Additional Engineering
Neil Finn | Try Whistiling This | Album Track | Additional Engineering
Pet Shop Boys | Closer To Heaven | Album | Engineer