Rich Costey Explained
Richard "Rich" Costey is an American music producer, mixer, and engineer known for his innovative and boundary-pushing approach to music production. He has worked with a diverse range of musicians across various genres including rock, indie, pop, hip-hop, and electronica.[1]
He has received critical acclaim and multiple Grammys for his outstanding contributions to the music industry. Some notable collaborators include Fiona Apple, Vampire Weekend, Foo Fighters, Sigur Rós, Muse,[2] Foster the People, Swirlies, Sam Fender, and My Chemical Romance. He has occasionally worked as a DJ and musician on the albums as well.[3] He is managed by René Symonds at Tap Mgmt[4]
Costey operates out of a residential studio on a sprawling 400-acre estate in southern Vermont[5] providing artists with a unique recording environment. He regularly works from studios in both Los Angeles and London, where he typically spends several months of the year.
Select discography
Producing, engineering, mixing
- Linkin Park - "From Zero" Mixer (for selected tracks) [6]
- Ghost - "Rite Here Rite Now" Mixer [7]
- Foster the People - "Paradise State of Mind" [8]
- Muse - "Black Holes and Revelations" Producer, Mixer
- Foo Fighters - "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" Mixer
- Fun. - "Some Nights" Mixer
- Kimbra - "The Golden Echo" Producer
- Korn - "Requiem" Mixing Engineer
- Lovejoy - "Wake Up & It's Over" Mixing Engineer
- Fiona Apple - "When the Pawn..." Mixer
- Muse - "Showbiz" Mixer
- Muse - "Origin of Symmetry" Mixing Engineer
- Audioslave - "Audioslave" Mixing Engineer
- Muse - "Absolution" Producer, Mixer
- The Mars Volta - "De-Loused in the Comatorium" Engineer, Mixer
- My Chemical Romance - "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" Mixing Engineer
- Franz Ferdinand - "You Could Have It So Much Better" Producer, Mixer
- Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm" Mixer
- Weezer - "Make Believe" Mixer
- Mastodon - "Blood Mountain" Producer, Mixer
- Interpol - "Our Love to Admire" Producer, Mixer
- Muse - "HAARP" Producer, Mixer
- Arctic Monkeys - "Humbug" Mixer (for the track "My Propeller")
- Foster the People - "Torches" Mixer
- Deftones - "Koi No Yokan" Mixer
- Muse - "The 2nd Law" Producer, Mixer
- Bruce Springsteen - "Wrecking Ball" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- Muse - "Drones" Producer, Mixer
- Chvrches - "The Bones of What You Believe" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- HAIM - "Days Are Gone" Producer, Mixer (for selected tracks)
- Vampire Weekend - "Modern Vampires of the City" Mixer
- Muse - "Simulation Theory" Producer, Mixer
- Death Cab for Cutie - "Kintsugi" Producer, Mixer
- Of Monsters and Men - "Beneath the Skin" Producer, Mixer
- Biffy Clyro - "Ellipsis" Producer, Mixer
- Bastille - "Wild World" Mixer
- The Killers - "Wonderful Wonderful" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- HAIM - "Something to Tell You" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- Snow Patrol - "Wildness" Producer, Mixer
- Sam Fender - "Hypersonic Missiles" Producer, Mixer
- Blink-182 - "Nine" Mixer
- Biffy Clyro - "A Celebration of Endings" Producer, Mixer
- Ice Cube - "War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)" Engineer, Mixer
- Rage Against the Machine - "Renegades" Mixer
- My Chemical Romance - "Life on the Murder Scene" Mixer
- Primal Scream - "More Light" Mixer
- The Shins - "Port of Morrow" Mixer
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "E-MO-TION" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- Plan B - "Ill Manors" Mixer
- Miguel - "Kaleidoscope Dream" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- Santigold - "99¢" Mixer
- Jenny Lewis - "The Voyager" Producer, Mixer
- Alt-J - "Fitzpleasure" Mixer
- Major Lazer - "Free the Universe" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- Santigold - "Master of My Make-Believe" Mixer (for selected tracks)
- Death Cab for Cutie - "Thank You for Today" Producer, Mixer
- Mother Mother - "Nobody Escapes" Unknown
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Rich Costey . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130132518/http://www.threee.com/client/rich-costey/ . November 30, 2016 . 2 January 2017 . Threee . mdy-all.
- 2003 . 123–124 . 1074-6978 . CMJ Network, Inc. . CMJ New Music Monthly 2003 . CMJ New Music .
- Web site: Rich Costey: Credits . 2 January 2017 . AllMusic.
- Web site: Tap Music signs producer and mixer Rich Costey . 2022-08-23 . www.musicweek.com . en.
- News: McKeough . Tim . 2022-04-21 . Once an Escape, Now a Home . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-26 . 0362-4331.
- Web site: From Zero by Linkin Park . 2024-10-07 . Genius . en.
- Web site: Team . News . 2024-08-06 . Ghost’s “Rite Here Rite Now” Live Album is the #1 Soundtrack Album in The USA . 2024-10-07 . Ghost Cult Magazine . en-US.
- Web site: Paradise State of Mind by Foster the People . 2024-10-07 . Genius . en.
