Colin Stewart (record producer)

Colin Stewart (born November 1, 1974) is a record producer and audio engineer from Victoria, British Columbia, who has been active recording bands since 1996.[1] His professionalism and his passion for recording made others to call him as one of "Vancouver's top indie-rock engineers".[2]

Colin Stewart
Born (1974-11-01) November 1, 1974 (age 49)
OriginVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation(s)Record producer, audio engineer
Years active1996-present
Websitewww.colinstewartrecording.com

He owns and operates a studio in Victoria, British Columbia called The Hive Creative Labs, which has established itself as a musical institution of Canada's west coast independent music scene, having hosted and recorded "Black Mountain, Destroyer, Ladyhawk, Frog Eyes, Hot Hot Heat and P:ano, along with virtually every other significant West coast indie act".[3] Colin has also recorded albums by Kathryn Calder, Sleepy Sun band, Yukon Blonde, The Cave Singers, Veda Hille, No Kids, Dan Mangan, Pretty Girls Make Graves and many others.[2]

He is also a founding member of the band Gigi. On 30 September 2013 the recording studio Hive Creative Labs which was a home for a lot of Vancouver acts closed its doors because of Producer Colin Stewart's relocation to Victoria.[4]

He is married to singer-songwriter Kathryn Calder.[5]

Selected discography

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Year Artist Project Label Role
2005 Black Mountain Black Mountain Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed
P:ano Brigadoon Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Pink Mountaintops Pink Mountaintops Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2006 Young and Sexy Panic When You Find It Mint Engineered
Pretty Girls Make Graves Élan Vital Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Ladyhawk Ladyhawk Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Great Aunt Ida How They Fly Northern Electric Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Rose Melberg Cast Away the Clouds Double Agent Engineered / Mixed
They Shoot Horses Don't They? Boo Hoo Hoo Boo Kill Rock Stars Produced / Engineered / Mixed
The Henry Clay People Blacklist the Kid With the Red Moustache The Henry Clay People Produced / Engineered
Swan Lake Beast Moans Jagjaguwar Mixing Assistant
2007 They Shoot Horses Don't They? Pick Up Sticks Kill Rock Stars Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Lightning Dust Lightning Dust Jagjaguwar Mixed
The Cave Singers Invitation Songs Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Chet Fight Against Darkness Aaargh Records Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Immaculate Machine Immaculate Machine's Fables Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed
The Waterboys Book of Lightning W14/Universal Records Engineered
2008 Veda Hille This Riot Life Ape House Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Young and Sexy The Arc Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Ten Kens Ten Kens Fat Cat Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Ladyhawk Shots Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Black Mountain In the Future Jagjaguwar Produced / Engineered
No Kids Come Into My House Tomlab Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Kellarissa Flamingo Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2009 Chet Chelsea Silver, Please Come Home Absolutely Kosher Produced / Engineered
Sleepy Sun Embrace ATP Recordings Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Immaculate Machine High on Jackson Hill Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Rose Melberg Homemade Ship K Engineered / Mixed
Pink Mountaintops Outside Love Jagjaguwar Engineered
Circlesquare Songs About Dancing and Drugs !K7 Mixed
The Cave Singers Welcome Joy Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Duplex Worser Mint Engineered / Mixed
Jon-Rae Fletcher Oh, Maria Weewerk Engineered / Mixed
2010 Kathryn Calder Are You My Mother? File Under: Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed
John Bottomley The Healing Dream Self-Released Produced / Engineered / Mixed
No Kids Judy At the Grove Tomlab Produced / Engineered / Mixed
The New Pornographers Together Matador Engineered
Sleepy Sun Fever ATP Recordings Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Gigi Maintenant Tomlab Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Fanshaw Dark Eyes Mint Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2011 Dan Mangan Oh Fortune Arts & Crafts Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Kathryn Calder Bright and Vivid File Under: Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Odonis Odonis Hollandaze Fat Cat Engineered
Slam Dunk The Shivers Self-Released Mixed
Sun Wizard Positively 4th Avenue Light Organ Produced / Engineered / Mixed
The British Columbians Made for Darker Things Rural Records Produced / Engineered
Veda Hille Young Saint Marie Ape House Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2012 A.C. Newman Shut Down the Streets Matador Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Gold & Youth Gold & Youth Arts & Crafts Produced / Engineered
Brasstronaut Mean Sun Unfamiliar Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Yukon Blonde Tiger Talk Dine Alone Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Red Cedar PFSF Self Released Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2013 Northcote Northcote Blackbox Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2014 High Ends Superclass Dine Alone Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2015 Dan Mangan + Blacksmith Club Meds Arts & Crafts Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Yukon Blonde On Blonde Dine Alone Produced / Engineered
Kathryn Calder Kathryn Calder File Under: Music Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2016 Odonis Odonis Post Plague felte Mixed
Twin River Passing Shade Light Organ Produced / Engineered / Mixed
Woodpigeon T R O U B L E Engineer
Brasstronaut Brasstronaut Mixing [6]
Douse The Light in You Has Left Produced / Engineered / Mixed
2017 Leeroy Stagger Love Versus Producer, Engineer, Mixing
The New Pornographers Whiteout Conditions Mixing
Sleepy Sun Private Tales Recording engineer, producer[6]
2018 Frontperson Frontrunner Producer, recording, mixing
2020 The Tourist Company St. Helens Fierce Panda Canada Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2018 Frontperson Parade Producer, recording, mixing

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, from Colin Stewart's Official Website Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b COLIN STEWART Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018
  3. ^ [2] Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, "musical institution" excerpt from Exclaim! Magazine article "Music School: Where I Play. The Hive"
  4. ^ The Hive is no more Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018
  5. ^ Alan Ranta, "Kathryn Calder and Woodpigeon Are an Immaculate Machine on Frontperson's 'Parade'". Exclaim!, April 29, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Colin Stewart Retrieved on 1 Feb 2018
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