In 2010, Resta joined a collaborative project with composer and musician Eric Alexandrakis, Warren Cuccurullo, and Steve Ferrone, called Electrons.[10] In 2011, Roger O'Donnell became the fifth member of the composers' collective.
Resta, along with engineer Karyadi Sutedja, operates a 4000square feet recording facility in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, called Bopnique Musique.[11] Artists who have worked in the studio include Collective Soul and New Collisions.[5] [12]
Year | Artist | Album | Label | Involvement |
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1994 | The Accidents | Bang, Crash, Drive | Spank Dawg | production, percussion |
1995 | Sleight of Hand | Secede | FM Revolver/Heavy Metal Records | production, programming, mixing |
1995 | Duran Duran | Thank You | Capitol | live drums, mixing, additional production, engineering, additional programming[16] |
1996 | Peter Wolf | Long Line | Reprise | percussion, programming |
The Mudhens | Mudhens | independent | production, percussion, keyboards, programming[17] |
The Elevator Drops | Pop Bus | Time Bomb Recordings/Arista | additional production, programming |
1997 | Missing Persons | Late Nights Early Days | Sumthing Else North America, Bandai Music Japan | mixing, programming |
Nuno Bettencourt | Schizophonic | A&M | producer, programming, co-writer, mixing |
Sleight of Hand | Thrive | independent | production |
Duran Duran | Medazzaland | Capitol/EMI North America, Virgin Argentina and Japan | additional production, mixing, programming, live drums |
Shelter | Beyond Planet Earth | Roadrunner Records | programming, remix, additional production |
The Elevator Drops | People Mover | Time Bomb Recordings/Arista | additional production, programming |
Stun Leer | Once | MTM Enterprises | production, programming |
1998 | Letters to Cleo | Go! | Warner Bros | programming[18] |
Mourning Widows | Mourning Widows | Bruno Graffiti (U.S.), Polydor Records (Japan) | production, programming; cowriting on "True Love in the Galaxy" |
Nok | Nok | Dark Hole | production, programming, synthesizers |
Shawn Mullins | Soul's Core | Columbia | programming, synthesizers[19] [20] |
The Mudhens | Crickets | | production, programming, percussion |
1999 | Guster | Goldfly | Hybrid | post production, remix, drums, programming "Airport Song" |
Collective Soul | Dosage | Atlantic Records | programming (rhythm/synth/additional engineering)[21] |
Annette Kramer | The Space Between Breath and Silence | Heavy Hitters/Mopsy Music | production, programming, cowriter[22] |
Rumble | Liquor Store, Laundromat, Chinese Restaurant | Pseudo | associate producer, programming |
Sleight of Hand | Slip Away | Revolver | production, programming |
Splashdown | Redshift | Java/Capitol | drums, percussion, add'l engineering |
Josh Joplin Band | Useful Music | SMG | programming, add'l production |
Collette Van Sertima | | BMG | programming, percussion |
Suze DeMarchi | Telelove | Mushroom Records | coproduction, programming, synthesizers |
David Mead | The Luxury of Time | RCA | keyboards, programming |
2000 | Duran Duran | Pop Trash | Hollywood Records | programming, mixing for "Pop Trash Movie" – Blondie |
Caviar | Caviar | Island Records | party guest |
Full Devil Jacket | Full Devil Jacket | Island Def Jam | additional production, keyboards, programming |
Shawn Mullins | Beneath the Velvet Sun | Columbia | production, programming, drums, keyboards[23] |
Collective Soul | Blender | Atlantic | producer, programming, drums, keyboards |
2001 | Donna De Lory | Bliss | Secret Road Records | producer, programmer, synthesizers on "Love Never Dies" |
Josh Joplin Band | Useful Music | SMG | programming, additional production, additional mixing |
Annette Farrington | Azure Wonder And Lust | Castle von Buhler Records | producer, programming, cowriter[24] |
Shawn Mullins | Beneath the Velvet Sun | Columbia | producer, programming, synthesizers, drums |
The Mudhens | Vinyl | | producer, programmer |
Rob Gonzalez | Somehow | | producer, programmer, synthesizers |
2002 | Missing Persons | Lost Tracks | One Way Records | mixing of "Mental Hopscotch (Acid Samba Remix)" |
Lúcia Moniz | 67 | EMI | producer, programmer, synthesizers |
Population 1 | Population 1 | Bruno Graffiti Records | producer, writer on track 12 "Sick Punk"[25] |
2003 | Tony Roberts | Grains of You | Mindflow Music/Broken River Records | producer, cowriter[26] [27] |
Andrea Surova | Rainbow in a Cage | Rainbow in a Cage? | producer |
John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers | Two Brothers | Blue Rose | producer, writer, drums, guitars |
$4H fair | | | producer, writer, drums, guitars |
God's Little Joke | A Moment of Clarity | Revolver | producer, synthesizers, additional guitars |
Shawn Mullins | The Essential Shawn Mullins | Columbia | producer, drums, synths on duet with Elton John "Border Song", chamberlin, drums, guitar, keyboards, programming, strings, synthesizer, turntables put in compilation albums |
2004 | Collective Soul | Youth | EL Music Group | producer, programmer, synthesizers |
Siberia | Harm's Way | Little Pony Records | recording, mixing, keyboards, flute, MIDI programming, drums |
We Are I | Off the Hook | | producer, programmer, synthesizers |
Weed | Weed | | producer, programmer, synthesizers |
Universal Hall Pass | Mercury | Sneaky Records | producer, programmer, synthesizers, cowriter |
John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers | Livin' in the Moment | American Music Partners | producer, programmer, synthesizers, drums |
Donna DeLory | Will You verify this | Secret Road Records | producer, programmer, synthesizers |
2005 | Millie Manning | Kaleidoscope | | producer |
Lucia Moniz | Leva-me P'ra Casa | EMI | producer, programmer, synthesizers, drums research documentation that album went gold in Portugal |
David Z | Something for Nothing | district Z | producer, engineer, writer, drums, guitars |
Licky | Licky | Pulp Sonic | producer, writer, drums, guitar, bass |
The Elevator Drops | Episode 1 | Archenemy Record Co. | additional production, programming |
Orleck | Gray Suburban Day | Pulp Sonic Records | producer, drums, bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, vocals |
Christine Hagen | Finale | | producer, programmer, synthesizers |
2006 | The Volt Per Octaves | Sleeping In/Theta Release | | producer "Eva Natalia" |
Christine Hagen | Grace | | producer, programmer, synthesizers, cowriter |
Missing Persons | Walking in L.A.: The Dance Mixes | Cleopatra | remixing |
Late for the Sky | In Plain Sight | Pseudo Records | production, keyboards, guitars |
Various artists | Dream Boyz | DD Fan Club | coproduction, programming, mixing, live drums, guitar and synth atmospherics Track 15 "Studio 54 (demo)" and Track 16 "Pop Trash Movie" |
2007 | NEEDTOBREATHE | The Heat | Atlantic | additional production, guitars[28] |
Casey Desmond | Chilly Allston | Sound Museum | producer, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards |
Tony Roberts | Rise | | producer, writer, keyboards, drums, guitars |
The Fools | Ten | The Fools | producer, guitars, synthesizers |
Perry Farrell's Satellite Party | Ultra Payloaded | Columbia | programming, engineering, synthesizers, guitars |
2008 | Danielle Ashley | Danielle | Danielle Ashley Music | percussion, Chamberlain cello, synthesizers, bass, guitars, drums, Wurlitzer piano |
NEEDTOBREATHE | The Heat | Atlantic Records | add'l production, programming, synths, guitars |
Mike Previti | Lights | Gotham Records | producer, electric guitars, percussion, bass, Atari 2600, drums, modular synth, omnichord, string arraqngements |
Donna DeLory | The Sky is Open | Secret Road | add'l production, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards "Fade In Time" |
Extreme | Saudades de Rock | Open E Records (North America), Frontiers Records (Europe) | writer, bass on "King of the Ladies" |
Collective Soul | Afterwords | El Music | producer, writer, drums, guitars |
Tony Roberts | I Give You The Sky | Broken River Records | producer, guitar, omnichord, bass, drums, percussion, organ, lapsteel, sunth, background stuff, atmosphere, add'l humming |
The Motion Sick | The Truth Will Catch You Just Wait... | Naked Ear Records | producer |
Andrea Surova | Welcome To My Thoughts | Rainbow in a Cage | producer, drums, flute, space guitar, tambourine, background vocals, QYIO synth, Juno 106, Mellotron, shaker, Nord synth |
Cohesive | To The Stars | | producer, cowriter, drum programming, guitars, drums, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, additional bass |
Serial Thrillers | Serial Thrillers | | producer, programming, lapsteel, guitar, bass, omnichord, percussion, synthesizers, writer "If Ever Outrolude "Next to the Hills and Quite Close By" track 9 |
Daniel Ashley | Daniel Ashley | Daniel Ashley | producer, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards |
2009 | Green River Ordinance | Out of My Hands | Virgin | additional production, guitars, sunthesizers |
Eratoxica | It's Been Real | EPC Entertainment Group | producer |
Bongo Riders | Friendly Neighborhood Rock and Roll Band | | post production, guitars, keyboards |
Chad Hollister | Chad Hollister | | producer, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, writer |
John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers | The Wonder Show | | producer, guitars, drums, keyboards |
The New Collisions | The New Collisions | | producer, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards |
Common Thrill | Hollywood Night | | producer, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards |
Coby Grant | Coby Grant is in Full Color | Coby Grant | producer, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, lapsteel, piano, |
Serial Thrillers | Serial Thrillers | MV Media | producer, engineer, writer, drums, guitars |
2010 | The Cinnamon Fuzz | Cruise of the Century | | producer, additional guitars, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals |
Ryan Hannible | Ryan Hannible | | guitar, keyboard, backgrnd vocals, flute, percussion, drums, cowriting |
Johnny Courson | Johnny Courson | | Bass, guitars, drums, keys, producer |
Kat McGivern | My Kamikaze Heart | | guitars, bass, drums, synthesizers, programming, producer |
Brandon Lepere | She Drives Me Country | Zaney Records | producer |
Brandon Lepere | Comp 5 Tracks | | drums, guitars, keyboards, producer, cowriter |
Novae | One | | producer, recording, mixing, add'l guitars, programming |
Elixir On Mute | Elixir On Mute | Ferreira Music | add'l production, piano, post production guitar |
Coby Grant | Fanfare For Love | Coby Grant | MPC beats, guitars, omnichord, percussion, bass, drums, Rhodes, MOOG, celeste, analog trumpets, piano, producer |
Denise Hradecky | Save the Universe | Denise Hradecky | guitars, bass, drums, programming, producer |
2011 | Casey Desmond | Casey Desmond Album Teaser | Sound Museum Music | producer, mixing |
2011 | David Lynch | This Train | La Rose Noire | remixing on "Friday Night Fly" |
Duran Duran | All You need is Now | S-Curve | remix "Girl Panic" |
Naked On Roller Skates | I Lost My Heart in the Battle | | producer, guitars, synthesizer on "The Fighter" and "Sugar" |
My Silent Bravery | Can't Quit | MWS Recording | producer |
Will Dailey & The Rivals | Will Dailey & The Rivals | Universal Republic | keyboards, synthesizer |
Prospect Hill | Impact | independent | producer, add'l guitars, synth, percussion, flute, cowriter, writer, recording, mixing |
Clara Lofaro | Clara Lofaro | SLO Records | producer, guitars, bass, drums, programming |
Minky Starshine | Womanity | 75 Records | producer |
John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers | X | American Music Partners | drums, additional guitars, backing vocals, percussion, loops, organ; producer tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12 |
2012 | Jared Dylan | In Panic | Lake Valhalla Records | Producer, cowriter, guitars, bass, drums, synth, omnichord, backup vocals |
David Thorne Scott | Hopeful Romantic | | producer, instrument recording; percussion, synthesizer, lead guitar on tracks 2, 4, 5; all guitars on track 6; drums on tracks 5,6; flute on track 6 |
Imani Coppola | The Glass Wall | Plush Moon Records | drums on track 8[29] |
2013 | TV Mania | Bored with Prozac and the Internet? | The Vinyl Factory | coproduction, programming, mixing, live drums, guitar and synth atmospherics |
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