Dan Austin is a sound engineer and music producer and mixer working in the United Kingdom. Austin also performs as a bassist.
Austin attended George Ward School and Lowbourne Juniors in Wiltshire. While in school he joined a band called Four Parts Water, and began working part-time at the Moles Studio in Bath.
In 2004, Austin played bass with a band called The Cooper Temple Clause. He also produced a number of recordings with this group.
ustin produced the band Cherry Ghost album A Thirst For Romance and the follow-up albums Beneath this Burning Shoreline and Herd Runners. In 2008 a song he produced for this band won the Ivor Novello award.
Austin has contributed to the Doves' Kingdom Of Rust and new tracks on the Best Of release which he produced. Austin has also produced an album for US act Evaline, and he has also mixed tracks for MORNING PARADE and YOUNG REBEL SET.
In 2010 Austin was producing and recording at the Moles Studio in Bath. He produced the debut album for Airship, as well as two EPs for this group.
Austin was shortlisted for a Music Producers Guild Award in 2013.
Since 2013 Austin has worked with Gil Norton on albums by Twin Atlantic, Futures, Pulled Apart By Horses and Maximo Park as well as tracks by The People the Poet and You Me At Six. Austin and Gil finished the debut album '‘Anthems’' for Pure Love, the new band from ex-Gallows frontman Frank Carter and in 2014 Austin produced an album with the band Arcane Roots.
Production, mixing and engineering credits in reverse chronological order
You Me at Six (Engineer & Co-Mixer) The Swarm TrackMaximo Park (Engineer & Co-Mixer) The National Health AlbumPulled Apart By Horses (Engineer & Co-Mixer) ’Tough Love AlbumThe People The Poet (Engineer & Co-Mixer) Sing & Molly Drove Me Away TracksFutures (Engineer & Co-Mixer) The Karma AlbumTwin Atlantic (Engineer & Co-Mixer) ’Free AlbumAirship (Producer & Mixer) Stuck In This Ocean AlbumYoung Rebel Set (Producer & Mixer) Curse Our Love Album TracksBayside (Engineer) Killing Time AlbumThe Winchell Riots (Producer) Figure 8′s EPDoves (Co-Producer) Andalucia & Best Of AlbumCherry Ghost (Producer & Mixer) Beneath This Burning Shoreline AlbumMorning Parade (Producer & Mixer) Marble Attic Youth and Seasick TracksEvaline (Producer & Mixer) Woven Material AlbumDoves (Co-Producer) Kingdom Of Rust AlbumDoves (Engineer) Some Cities Album TracksThe Hours (Engineer) See The Light AlbumPeople In Planes (Producer) Beyond The Horizon AlbumStarsailor (Engineer) ’Boy In Waiting EPCherry Ghost (Producer & Mixer) Thirst For Romance AlbumB52s (Engineer) Funplex AlbumiLikeTrains (Producer & Mixer) Terra Nova SingleMassive Attack (Engineer & Programmer) Battle In Seattle OST Album TracksCooper Temple Clause (Producer) ’Make This Your Own Album TracksMassive Attack (Engineer & Programmer) Collected Album TracksPeople In Planes (Producer & Mixer) ’Instantly Gratified SinglePeople In Planes (Producer & Mixer) ’As Far As The Eye Can See Album TracksMassive Attack (Programmer) Various AdvertsFell City Girl (Producer & Mixer) ’Swim EPQueens Of The Stone Age (Mixer) Over The Years And Through The Woods Live DVDLucky Jim (Engineer) All The Kings Horses Album TracksOceansize (Producer & Engineer) Everyone Into Position AlbumKT Tunstall (Engineer)' Under The Weather SingleMassive Attack (Programmer) ’Danny The Dog OSTCooper Temple Clause (Producer & Mixer) Kick Up The Fire… AlbumMotion Picture Soundtrack (Producer & Mixer) When All The Lights Go Out AlbumBiffy Clyro (Engineer & Programmer) A Blackened Sky AlbumSnuff (Remixer) Ichola BuddhaSnuff (Engineer & Programmer) Disposable Income AlbumCooper Temple Clause (Engineer & Programmer) See Through And Leave AlbumReef (Engineer & Mixer) Steal Away SinglePlacebo (Engineer & Programmer) Live In Paris DVDMy Vitriol (Engineer) Live TracksMansun (Assistant Engineer) I Can Only Disappoint You SingleRobert Plant (Assistant Engineer) Dream Land AlbumElevator Suite (Assistant Engineer) Barefoot & Shitfaced AlbumMedium 21 (Assistant Engineer) Killings From The Dial Album