Justin Louis Raisen is an American record producer, songwriter, audio engineer, and mixing engineer. His early credits include working with Charli XCX and Sky Ferreira. He has also worked with Lawrence Rothman, Yves Tumor, Drake, and Lil Yachty.

Justin Raisen
Background information
Birth nameJustin Louis Raisen
Occupations
  • Producer
  • songwriter
Websitepauliemusic.com

Life and career

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Raisen, a native of Massapequa, New York, lives in Los Angeles where he owns a recording studio.[1][2] In 2019, he launched his record label, KRO Records, with Lawrence and Yves Rothman.[3] KRO's first release included two tracks from River Phoenix's band Aleka's Attic, along with a single from Rain Phoenix featuring Michael Stipe.[4] Next was the single "Poison" by Marissa Nadler featuring John Cale.[5] Other 2019 releases included Kills Birds' self-titled debut LP; Buzzy Lee's EP, "Close Encounters of Our Own Kind"; and a single titled "Mother" by Courtney Love.[6][7][8] In 2020, KRO Records released the soundtrack for Steven Spielberg's The Turning under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment.[9]

After the Lizzo single "Truth Hurts" was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019, Raisen, alongside his brother Jeremiah, accused Lizzo of plagiarizing a line from his song "Healthy" and asked to receive songwriting credits.[10] Instead, Lizzo filed a lawsuit in order to receive a declaratory judgment blocking the Raisens from receiving any songwriting credits.[2] The Raisens responded in February 2020 by filing a counterclaim, asking for royalties and songwriting credits for the song.[11]

Discography

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2024

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label
"Bye Bye" Kim Gordon The Collective Producer, Writer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer Matador
"The Candy House"
"I Don't Miss My Mind"
"I'm a Man"
"Trophies"
"It's Dark Inside"
"Psychedelic Orgasm"
"Tree House"
"Shelf Warmer"
"The Believers"
"Dream Dollar"
"The Vandalist" Noga Erez The Vandalist Producer, writer Neon Gold Records/Atlantic Records
"PC People"

2023

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label
"The Black Seminole" Lil Yachty Let's Start Here Producer, Writer, Engineer Quality Control / Motown
"The Ride"
"Running Out of Time"
"Pretty"
"Failure"
"The Zone"
"We Saw the Sun"
"Drive Me Crazy"
"Ive Officially Lost Vision"
"Say Something"
"Paint the Sky"
"Should I B?"
"The Alchemist"
"Reach the Sunshine"
"Angel" Kid Cudi Entergalactic Producer, Writer, Engineer Republic
"Isn't It Lovely" Grace Ives Janky Star Producer, Engineer True Panther Records / Harvest
"Loose"
"Burn Bridges"
"Angel Of Business"
"Lazy Day"
"Shelly"
"Back In LA"
"On The Ground"
"Win Win"
"Lullaby"
"Prophecy Of The Dragon" The Voidz Single Producer Cult Records
"Everlasting Days" John Cale feat. Animal Collective MERCY Mixer Domino
"The Legal Status of Ice" John Cale feat. Fat White Family
"Out Your Window" John Cale
"Toy Gun Store" Mila Degray Single Writer, Producer, Engineer Independent
"OK" Teezo Touchdown How Do You Sleep At Night? Writer, Producer Not Fit For Society / RCA
"Impossible"
"Neighborhood"
"Six Weeks" Liv.e Girl In The Half Pearl Writer, Producer AWAL
"Away From Home" Drake For All The Dogs Writer, Producer OVO

2022

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Fleez" Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cool It Down Producer, Engineer Secretly Canadian Anthony Paul Lopez
"Mars" Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cool It Down Writer, Producer, Engineer Secretly Canadian Karen O, Nick Zinner, Brian Chase
"Pieces" John Legend LEGEND Writer, Producer Republic Records Johnnie Newman, Jeremiah Raisen, Daniel Maurice Wilson
"Baby" Charli XCX Crash Producer, Mixer Asylum Records, Warner UK Charlotte Aitchison, Jeremiah Raisen
"Feels Alright" Spoon Lucifer On The Sofa Producer Matador Records Spoon
"Tim Dillon" Trick Gum Single Producer Independent Jordan Benik

2021

Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Girls & Boys" Viagra Boys Welfare Jazz Producer, Mixer YEAR0001 Pelle Gunnerfeldt, Daniel Fagerström, Matt Sweeney, Patrik Berger, Jeremiah Raisen
"So Bored I Wanna Die" Trick Gum Single Producer Independent Jordan Benik
"Bringing In The Dogs" Trick Gum Single Producer Independent Jordan Benik
"You're All Caught Up" Trick Gum Single Producer Independent Jordan Benik
"Hurts to Be a Head" Trick Gum Single Producer Independent Jordan Benik
"Hot Rifle" Trick Gum Single Producer Independent Jordan Benik
"Over Me !¡" Lancey Foux LIVE.EVIL Writer, Producer Universal Music Fluxury, SADPONY

2020

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"American Landfill" (feat. David Bowie) Kristeen Young The Turning: Kate's Diary (EP) Producer, Engineer KRO Records/Sony Kristeen Young, Tony Visconti
"Shaking" Hazel English Wake Up! Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Writer Polyvinyl Hazel English, Blake Stranathan
"Combat" Hazel English, Gianluca Buccellati
"Five and Dime" Hazel English, Jeremiah Raisen, John Newman
"Waiting" Hazel English
"Wake Up!"
"A Greater Love" Yves Tumor Heaven To a Tortured Mind Executive Producer, Producer, Engineer, Musician Warp Yves Tumor, Mahssa Taghinia, Yves Rothman
"Medicine Burns"
"Strawberry Privilege"
"Super Stars"
"Gospel For A New Century" Executive Producer, Producer, Engineer
"Identity Trade"
"Hasdallen Lights"
"Romanticist"
"Dream Palette"
"Folie Imposée"
"Asteroid Blues"
"Kerosene!" Yves Tumor, Mahssa Taghinia, Yves Rothman, Jeremiah Raisen
"YJSTS" Overcoats The Fight Producer, Engineer, Writer, Mixer Loma Vista Recordings Hana Elion, JJ Mitchell, Yves Rothman, Rob Cohen
"I'll Be There" Producer, Engineer, Writer
"Fire and Fury"
"The Fool"
"Apathetic Boys"
"Leave If You Wanna"
"Keep The Faith"
"Drift"
"The Fight"
"New Shoes"

2019

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Live Forever" Nasty Cherry I'm With The Band: Nasty Cherry Netflix Soundtrack Producer, Writer VROOM VROOM
"Music With Your Dad" Gabriella Bechtel, Chloe Chaidez, Deborah Knox-Hewson, Georgia Somary, Blu DeTiger
"Cookie Butter" Kim Gordon No Home Record Mixer Matador Kim Gordon, Shawn Everett
"Paprika Pony" Producer, Writer, Mixer Kim Gordon, Jeremiah Raisen
"Sketch Artist" Kim Gordon
"Hungry Baby"
"Air Bnb"
"Get Your Life Back Yoga"
"12 Years Old" Producer, Mixer
"Wash" Liily Single Producer, Mixer Flush Records Liily
"Ow" Kills Birds Kills Birds Producer, Writer KRO Records Nina Ljeti, Jacob Loeb, Fielder Thomas, Bosh Rothman
"Worthy Girl" Producer
"Jesus Did"
"Volcano"
"New Friend"
"Only Yellow"
"Tear Up"
"High"
"OK Hurricane"
"Win" Nasty Cherry Win Producer, Writer, Engineer VROOM VROOM Charli XCX, Gabby Bechtel, Chloe Chaidez, Georgia Somary, Debbie Knox-Hewson, Yves Rothman
"Poison" feat. John Cale Marissa Nadler "Poison" Producer, Engineer KRO Records Marissa Nadler, John Cale
"If We Make It Through The Summer"
"Time is The Killer" feat. Michael Stipe Rain Phoenix Time Gone Producer, Mixer KRO Records Rain Phoenix, Michael Stipe, Kirk Hellie
"King of The Dudes" Sunflower Bean King of The Dudes EP Producer, Writer, Engineer, Mixer Mom & Pop Sunflower Bean
"Come For Me"
"Fear City"
"The Big One"
"Malibu Barbie" Miya Folick Malibu Barbie Producer, Engineer, Writer Interscope Records
"Sanctuary" Joji Nectar Producer, Writer 88rising, 12Tone Music Joji, Luke Niccoli, Daniel Wilson

2018

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Faith In Nothing Except Salvation" Yves Tumor Safe in the Hands of Love Producer, Engineer Warp Records Yves Tumor
"Economy of Freedom"
"Honesty"
"Noid"
"Licking an Orchid (feat. James K) Yves Tumor, James K
"Lifetime" Yves Tumor
"Hope In Suffering" Yves Tumor, Oxhy, Puce Mary
"Recognizing the Enemy" Yves Tumor
"Let the Lioness in You Flow Freely"
"I Can't Listen to Gene Clark Anymore (with Sharon Van Etten)" Marissa Nadler For My Crimes Producer Sacred Bones Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler, Sharon Van Etten
"Blue Vapor (with Kristin Kontrol)" Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler, Kristin Kontrol, Patty Schemel
"For My Crimes (with Angel Olsen)" Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler, Angel Olsen
"Peer Pressure" L Devine Peer Pressure Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Warner Bros Records UK Sad Pony, Yves Rothman, L Devine
"Thingamajig" Miya Folick Premonitions Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Interscope Records Yves Rothman, Luke Niccoli, Miya Folick
"Premonitions"
"Cost Your Love"
"Stock Image"
"Leave The Party"
"Stop Talking"
"Freak Out"
"Deadbody"
"Baby Girl"
"What We've Made"
"Decade" Lawrence Rothman Single Writer Downtown Records Lawrence Rothman
"Cruelty of Nature" Doe Paoro Soft Power Writer Anti- Doe Paoro
"Come For Me" Sunflower Bean Single Producer, Writer, Mixer Mom + Pop Sunflower Bean

2017

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Fly On Your Wall" Angel Olsen Phases Producer, Engineer Jagjaguwar Angel Olsen
"Special"
"Descend" Lawrence Rothman The Book of Law Executive Producer, Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Interscope Records Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Sad Pony
"Wolves Still Cry" Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Daniel Riordan, Johnnie Newman
"Shout" Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Johnnie Newman
"Stand By" Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Sad Pony, Johnnie Newman
"Jordan (feat. Kristin Kontrol)" Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Kristin Kontrol
"Geek" Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman
"Ascend"
"Die Daily" Lawrence Rothman, Soko
"Walking My Tears Across Manhattan" Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman
"California Paranoia (feat. Angel Olsen)" Lawrence Rothman, Angel Olsen
"Ain't Afraid of Dying (feat. Marissa Nadler)" Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler

2016

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Murdered Out" Kim Gordon Murdered Out Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Matador Kim Gordon, Stella Mozgowa
"Intern" Angel Olsen My Woman Producer, Engineer, Musician Jagjaguwar Angel Olsen
"Never Be Mine"
"Shut Up Kiss Me" Producer, Engineer
"Give It Up"
"Not Gonna Kill You"
"Heart Shaped Face"
"Sister"
"Those Were the Days"
"Woman"
"Pops"
"Who I Thought You Were" Santigold 99¢ Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Atlantic Records Sad Pony, Santigold
"H" Lawrence Rothman Single Executive Producer, Producer, Engineer, Musician Downtown Records Sad Pony, Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman
"Designer Babies (feat. Kim Gordon)" Single Lawrence Rothman, Kim Gordon, Angel Olsen, Nick Zinner, Active Child

2015

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Users" Lawrence Rothman Users Executive Producer, Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Downtown Records Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman
"Oz Vs. Eden"

2014

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Picture Me Gone" Ariel Pink Pom Pom Writer 4AD Ariel Pink, Mary Raisen
"Sexual Athletics" Guitar, Optigan, Musician Ariel Pink, Shags Chamberlain, Kim Fowley
"Sucker" Charli XCX SUCKER Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Asylum Records UK Charli XCX, Sad Pony
"London Queen" Charli XCX, Sad Pony, Remi Nicole
"Hanging Around" Charli XCX, Sad Pony, Rivers Cuomo
"Glimpse" The Garden "Glimpse 7"" Producer, Engineer Big Love Records Ariel Pink, Raw Deal
"Crystal Clear"
"Open Abyss"
"Lana Del Rey" Jerry James Lana Del Rey Producer, Engineer Independent Ariel Pink, Raw Deal, Sad Pony

2013

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Boys" Sky Ferreira Night Time, My Time Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Capitol Records Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira
"Ain't Your Right" Ariel Rechtshaid, Jordan Benik, Sky Ferreira
"24 Hours" Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira
"Nobody Asked If I Was Okay" Sky Ferreira
"I Blame Myself" Producer, Writer, Mixer, Engineer, Musician Dan Nigro, Sky Ferreira
"Omanko" Sky Ferreira
"You're Not The One" Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Ariel Rechtshaid, Dan Nigro, Sky Ferreira
"Heavy Metal Heart" Sky Ferreira
"Kristine"
"I Will" Dan Nigro, Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira
"Love In Stereo" Ariel Rechtshaid, Sad Pony, Dan Nigro, Sky Ferreira
"Night Time, My Time" Sky Ferreira
"I Can't Say No To Myself" Sky Ferreira Night Time, My Time B-Sides Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Capitol Records Jordan Benik, Sad Pony, Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira
"My Molly" Sky Ferreira x Ariel Pink My Molly 2.0 Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician Independent Ariel Pink, Raw Deal, Sky Ferreira
"Nuclear Seasons" Charli XCX True Romance Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician IAMSOUND Records Ariel Rechtshaid, Charli XCX
"Take My Hand"
"Stay Away"
"Black Roses"
"How Can I"
"Lock You Up"

2012

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Lost in My Bedroom" Sky Ferreira Ghost EP Producer, Writer, Musician Capitol Records Ariel Rechtshaid, Dan Nigro, Sky Ferreira

2011

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Song Title Artist Album Credits Label Collaborators
"Why Even Try (feat. Sarah Quin)" Theophilus London Timez Are Weird These Days Writer/Musician Reprise Records Ariel Rechtshaid, Sara Quin, Theophilus London
"Strange Love" Lovers Holiday Writer Warner Bros Records Ariel Rechtshaid, Theophilus London

References

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  1. ^ Pelly, Jenn. ""WTF Is Pop?": Justin Raisen on Producing the Future". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Gardner, Eriq. "Lizzo Faces Countersuit for Denying Songwriters a Share of "Truth Hurts"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Blais-Billie, Braudie (February 13, 2019). "Rain Phoenix and Michael Stipe Share Video for New Song "Time Is the Killer": Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Legaspi, Althea (January 24, 2019). "Rain Phoenix Teams With Brother River's Band, Michael Stipe for New Music". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "Marissa Nadler and John Cale Team on New Song "Poison": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Kills Birds | Big Hassle". Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "Buzzy Lee & Tommy Mandel Release New EP, 'Close Encounters Of Their Own Kind' Out Today Via KRO Records". Tell All Your Friends PR. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "Courtney Love - "Mother"". Stereogum. November 21, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Finn Wolfhard Starrer, The Turning, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Out January 24 On KRO Records / Sony Music Masterworks". Sony Music Entertainment. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  10. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (October 15, 2019). "Lizzo hit by second plagiarism claim over No 1 hit Truth Hurts". The Guardian. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  11. ^ Sisario, Ben (February 28, 2020). "Lizzo Sued Back by Songwriters Over 'Truth Hurts'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2020.