| Chris Coady | |
| Landscape: | Yes |
| Occupation: | Record producer |
Chris Coady (born June 5, 1978) is an American record producer and mixing engineer. Born in Baltimore, Chris Coady is known for his work across several indie rock projects. After moving to New York in 2001 and teaming up with Dave Sitek at Stay Gold Studios in Williamsburg, he became a prominent engineer in the underground music scene.
Coady has worked with The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, tracking Show Your Bones and mastering Fever to Tell. He engineered Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes and Return to Cookie Mountain for TV on the Radio. His other credits include mixing Grizzly Bear’s Yellow House as well as producing and mixing Beach House’s albums from Teen Dream to Thank Your Lucky Stars.
In a career spanning two decades, Coady has worked on records from indie labels such as Sub Pop, 4AD, Warp, Fat Possum Records, Anti-, Downtown Records, Mom + Pop Music, Domino Recording Company, Dead Oceans, Atlantic Records and Concord Records. Reviewing Amen Dunes’ 2018 breakthrough Freedom, Spin called Coady “legendary”, his production having “the wallop and refinement of a globetrotting classic”.
’Mix With The Masters’ launched a series showcasing Coady's mix techniques. A 2022 Episode, recorded at the legendary EastWest Studios 3, highlighted the method behind Sasami’s ‘Make It Right’[1] He is currently working out of his own studio in a registered historic mid-century home in the foothills of the Los Angeles National Forest.[2] Recent notable credits include Frog in Boiling Water by DIIV[3], Magic Hour by Surf Curse as well as Blondshell and Ekkstacy's self-titled albums.
| Artist | Release | Record Label | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry | Dais Records | Mixer | ||
| "Isolette" | Anti Records | Mixer | ||
| Frog in Boiling Water | Fantasy Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Parallel Realms | Polyvinyl Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Psykos | World Affairs | Mixer | ||
| People Who Aren't There Anymore | 4AD | Mixer | ||
| Isolette | Anti Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| My Guardian Angel | Royal Mountain Records | Producer | ||
| Blondshell | Partisan Records | Mixer | ||
| And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs | ELF Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Baby Teeth | Mixer | |||
| Death By Laundry | Awal | Mixer | ||
| Per Que No Me Comprendes | Producer/Mixer | |||
| Joiner | Partisan Records | Mixer | ||
| Magic Hour | Atlantic Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| EKKSTACY | UnitedMasters | Mixer | ||
| problems | UnitedMasters | Mixer | ||
| Fish Bird Baby Boy | Luminelle Records | Mixer | ||
| Squeeze | Domino Records | Mixer | ||
| The Jacket | Mixer | |||
| ICYMI:CSLMI | Concord Records | Producer | ||
| Every Moment, Everything You Need | Felte | Engineer | ||
| Ever Crashing | Dais Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Are You Haunted? | Future Classics | Producer | ||
| Show Me How You Disappear | Polyvinyl Records | Mixer | ||
| Islomania | Royal Mountain Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Fun House | Saddle Creek | Mixer | ||
| Dye | Nettwerk Music Group | Mixer | ||
| Acquinted With Night | Sub Pop Records | Mastering | ||
| Warnings | Bella Union | Mixer | ||
| I Feel Alive | Fantasy Records | Mixer | ||
| Collected Reworks | Warner Records | Engineer | ||
| Between You and Me | Nettwerk Music Group | Mixer | ||
| Almost Forever | Bright Antenna Records | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Jude, Vol.1 | Modern Outsider Records | Producer/Mixer/Engineer | ||
| It Won't Be Like This All The Time | Rock Action Records | Mixer | ||
| Dog Whistle | Loma Vista Records | Producer/Mixer/Engineer | ||
| Dadcore | Producer/Mixer | |||
| Young Romance | City Slang Records | Mixer | ||
| Unreality | Dais Records | Engineer | ||
| The House | Domino Records | Mixer | ||
| I've Tortured You Long Enough | Sub Pop Records | Mixer | ||
| Freedom | Sacred Bones Records | Producer/Engineer | ||
| The Pace of the Passing | Rostrum Records | Mixer | ||
| Sugar At the Gate | Mixer | |||
| Bulls and Roosters | Nettwerk Music Group | Mixer | ||
| B-Sides and Rarities | Sub Pop Records | Producer/Mixer/Engineer | ||
| Roosevelt | City Slang Records | Mixer | ||
| Midnight Room | Autumn Tone Records | Producer/Mixer/Engineer | ||
| Mass Gothic | Sub Pop Records | Mixer | ||
| Impossible Dream | Gndwire Records | Mixer | ||
| Familiar Touch | Culvert Music | Mixer | ||
| Clear Shot | Heavenly Recordings | Mixer | ||
| Rey Pila | Cult Records | Producer/Mixer/Engineer | ||
| Jude Vol. II | Escondido Sound | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Jude Vol. I | Modern Outsider | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Freedom | Sacred Bones | Producer/Engineer | ||
| Slowdive | Dead Oceans | Mixer | ||
| Helter Seltzer | 100% Records | Mixer | ||
| Pool | Domino | Mixer | ||
| As If | Warp Records | Mixer | ||
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Sub Pop | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Depression Cherry | Sub Pop | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Escape from Evil | Ribbon Music | Mixer | ||
| Space Is Still the Place | Frenchkiss | Mixer | ||
| Goon | Mixer | |||
| Racy | Dovecote | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Familiars | Anti | Mixer | ||
| Disgraceland | Canvasback/Atlantic | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Singles | 4AD | Producer/Mixer | ||
| TV en francais | Masterswan | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Business Casual - EP | Masterswan | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Glow & Behold | Fat Possum | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Soft Will | Mom+Pop | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Bloom | Sub Pop | Producer/Mixer/Engineer | ||
| Afraid of Heights | Mom + Pop / Warner Brothers | Additional Production | ||
| Master of My Make Believe | Downtown | Engineer | ||
| Dye It Blonde | Fat Possum | Produce/Mix | ||
| Cherish the Light Years | Matador | Produce/Mix | ||
| “Poor Animal” | Sacred Bones | Produce/Mix | ||
| Eye Contact | 4AD | Engineer | ||
| Belle Epoch | Safety in Numbers | Producer | ||
| Subiza | True Panther/Matador | Mix | ||
| iTunes Original Session | N/A | Engineer/Mix | ||
| Teen Dream | Sub Pop | Producer/Mix/Engineer | ||
| Vapours | Anti- | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Zounds | Dangerbird | Producer/Mixer | ||
| The Century of Self | Justice | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Le Chemin de La Maison | Universal France | Mixer | ||
| Little Hells | Kemado | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Forthcoming | Fabtone | Produce/Engineer | ||
| Dear Science | Interscope | Engineer | ||
| Lemonade | True Panther | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Saint Dymphna | Social Registry | Engineer | ||
| Brain Thrust Mastery | Virgin Records | Engineer/Tracking | ||
| Dance Mother | Angular | Tracking/Mixer | ||
| Free Your Mind | Happy Part | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Antidotes | Sub Pop | Tracking | ||
| Olly Oxen Free | Dovecote | Mixer | ||
| Coronation Thieves | Gigantic | Mixer | ||
| Heart it Races | Polyvinyl/V2 | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| Terrible Two | Thrill Jockey | Producer/Mixer | ||
| Modern Tribe | 4AD | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| Places Like This | Polyvinyl/V2 | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| 23 | 4AD | Tracking | ||
| There’s No Home | Gnomon Song | Mix | ||
| Yes, U | Beggars | Mix | ||
| Weather Underground | Virgin | Selected Tracking | ||
| Rawwar | Social Registry | Tracking | ||
| Show Your Bones | Interscope | Tracking | ||
| Gold Lion/Let Me Know | Interscope | B-Side Mix | ||
| Return To Cookie Mountain | Interscope/4AD | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| Province | Interscope/4AD | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| Yellow House | Warp | Mix | ||
| Das Oath | Dim Mak | Tracking | ||
| Full Bloom | Eastern Development | Recording/Mixing | ||
| Celebration | 4AD | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| Perfection | 4AD | Mix | ||
| Sacred Heart | 4AD | Mix | ||
| Wandering Stranger | Ryko/Fat Possum | Tracking/Mix/Producer | ||
| Oxes | Monitor | Mastering | ||
| Stairs and Elevators | Ryko/Fat Possum | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| Louden Up Now | Touch and Go / Warp | Tracking | ||
| Pardon My Freedom | Touch and Go / Warp | Tracking | ||
| Entrance/Cat Power | Do The Romp | Fat Possum | Tracking/Mixing/Producer | |
| Desperate Youth… | Touch and Go/4AD | Technical Engineering | ||
| New Health Rock | Touch and Go/4AD | Tracking/Mixing | ||
| Honey Moan | Tigerstyle | Mixing/Mastering | ||
| Fever To Tell | Interscope | Selected Mastering | ||
| Brutalism | ANTI- Records | Mixing | ||
| The Future Sugar | Cult Records | Producer | ||
| Par Avion | Ghostly International | Mixing | ||
| Warnings | Bella Union | Mixing | ||
| I Mean Us | 24 Years Old of You | Believe Music | Mixing |
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