Name Mikaelin Bluespruce | ||
Mikaelin 'Blue' Bluespruce is an American, New York City based mix engineer and record producer. He has worked with notable artists of many different genres including: Solange Knowles, Nas, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Skepta, Dev Hynes, Marsha Ambrosius, Alloe Blacc, Common, & Prince Royce.
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Blue was one of the primary recording engineers, and the mixing engineer for Solange's critically acclaimed A Seat At The Table album, which debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. Blue was awarded a Grammy certificate for his work on the Cranes In The Sky, which won a Grammy for "Best R&B Performance" at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
For The Hamilton Mixtape, Blue mixed songs for some of Hip Hop's most elite artists Nas, Dave East, Common & Black Thought, as well as famed soul singer Alloe Blacc, and the world famous Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of Broadway's Hamilton. The mixtape also debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200.
Biography
Blue moved to New York, from Seattle at the age of 18, as a DJ with aspirations of becoming a studio engineer. In 2006 he graduated with Honors from New York University's program for Music Technology, and worked as an intern at Jay-Z & Just Blaze's Baseline Studios. After doing years of freelance work in studios such as Quad and Sony, he took the position of Head Engineer at Lounge Studios, in midtown Manhattan.
Selected discography
Taken from Allmusic
Sir The Baptist - Saint or Sinner
Various Artists - The Hamilton Mixtape
Solange - A Seat At The Table
Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
Skepta - Konnichiwa
Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
Solange Knowles - Saint Heron Compilation
Solange Knowles – True
Marsha Ambrosius – Late Nights & Early Mornings
Prince Royce – Prince Royce
Cheryl Cole – 3 Words