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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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1, 1974 |
| Origin | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, audio engineer |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| 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]
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.[4]
He is married to singer-songwriter Kathryn Calder.[5]
Selected discography
edit| Year | Artist | Project | Label | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Black Mountain | Black Mountain | Jagjaguwar | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
| P:ano | Brigadoon | Mint | Produced / Engineered / Mixed | |
| Pink Mountaintops | Pink Mountaintops | Jagjaguwar | Produced / Engineered / Mixed | |
| 2006 | 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 | |
| 2007 | 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 | Immaculate Machine's Fables | Mint | Produced / Engineered / Mixed | |
| The Waterboys | Book of Lightning | W14/Universal Records | Engineered | |
| 2008 | 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 | |
| 2009 | 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 | |
| 2010 | 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 | |
| 2011 | 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 | |
| 2012 | 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 | |
| 2013 | Northcote | Northcote | Blackbox Music | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
| 2014 | High Ends | Superclass | Dine Alone | Produced / Engineered / Mixed |
| 2015 | 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 | |
| 2016 | 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 | ||
| 2017 | Leeroy Stagger | Love Versus | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | |
| The New Pornographers | Whiteout Conditions | Mixing | ||
| Sleepy Sun | Private Tales | Recording engineer, producer[6] | ||
| 2018 | Frontperson | Frontrunner | Producer, recording, mixing | |
| 2020 | The Tourist Company | St. Helens | Fierce Panda Canada | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2018 | Frontperson | Parade | Producer, recording, mixing |
References
edit- ^ [1] Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, from Colin Stewart's Official Website Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b COLIN STEWART Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018
- ^ [2] Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, "musical institution" excerpt from Exclaim! Magazine article "Music School: Where I Play. The Hive"
- ^ The Hive is no more Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018
- ^ Alan Ranta, "Kathryn Calder and Woodpigeon Are an Immaculate Machine on Frontperson's 'Parade'". Exclaim!, April 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Colin Stewart Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018