Dan Carey (record producer)

English record producer, songwriter, mixer and remixer

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Dan Carey

Birth name| Daniel De Mussenden Carey
Born|  (1969-12-24) 24 December 1969 (age 55)
Islington, London, England
Occupations|

* Record producer
* songwriter
* mixer
* engineer

Labels| Speedy Wunderground
Website| www.speedywunderground.com

Musical artist

Daniel De Mussenden Carey (born 24 December 1969)[1] is an English record producer, songwriter, mixer and remixer.[2] He owns his own studio in South London[3] and runs the record label Speedy Wunderground.[4]

In 2014, Carey received two Mercury Prize nominations for his production work on two nominated albums: Everybody Down by Kae Tempest and First Mind by Nick Mulvey.[5][6] In 2019, Carey earned two further Mercury Prize nominations for his production work on the albums Schlagenheim by Black Midi and Dogrel by Fontaines D.C.

Carey produced and played synthesizer on the debut album by the British band Wet Leg. Carey previously produced for the London-based labels Dust Records, Dust2Dust and DMI. He was also one half of the group Danmass, which released music on all three labels and Skint Records. Danmass released one album, Formfreaks, on Dust2Dust in 1999.

## Discography

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Dan Carey album credits  Artist  | Release  | Year  | Record Label  | Credit

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Heartworms | Glutton for Punishment | 2025  | Speedy Wunderground | Production
Been Stellar | Scream from New York, NY | 2024  | Dirty Hit | Production
O.  | WeirdOs | 2024  | Speedy Wunderground | Production
O.  | Slice | 2023  | Speedy Wunderground | Production
Grian Chatten | Chaos for the Fly | 2023  | Partisan | Production
Squid | O Monolith | 2023  | Warp  | Production
Slowthai | Ugly | 2023  | Method/Interscope | Production, writing
The Lounge Society  | Tired of Liberty (album)  | 2022  | Speedy Wunderground  | Production, mixing
Moreish Idols  | Float (EP)  | 2022  | Speedy Wunderground  | Production, mixing
O.  | "OGO" – single  | 2022  | Speedy Wunderground | Production
Foals | Life Is Yours | 2022  | Warner/ADA | Production
Sinead O'Brien  | Time Bend and Break The Bower  | 2022  | Chess Club Records  | Production, mixing
Honeyglaze | Honeyglaze (album)  | 2022  | Speedy Wunderground  | Production, mixing
Wet Leg | Wet Leg | 2022  | Domino | Production
Fontaines D.C. | Skinty Fia | 2022  | Partisan, Rough Trade | Production
Geese | Projector | 2021  | Partisan | Production
Goat Girl | On All Fours | 2021  | Rough Trade | Production
Squid | Bright Green Field | 2021  | Warp Records | Production, mixing
Chubby and the Gang | The Mutt's Nuts | 2021  | Partisan Records | Mixing
The Lounge Society  | "Burn the Heather" – single  | 2020  | Speedy Wunderground | Production, mixing
PVA | "Talks" – single  | 2020  | Big Dada | Production, mixing
DEWEY  | "Is It Infatuation?" – single from Sóller, Pt. One  | 2020  |  | Production
DEWEY  | "Savannah"- single from Sóller, Pt. One  | 2020  | Speedy Wunderground | Production, mixing
Squid  | "Sludge" – single  | 2020  | Big Dada | Production, mixing
La Roux | Supervision | 2020  | Supercolour | Production, mixing
Grimes | "New Gods" from Miss Anthropocene | 2020  | 4AD | Mixing
Fontaines D.C. | A Hero's Death | 2020  | Partisan  | Production, mixing
Tiña  | Positive Mental Health Music | 2020 | Speedy Wunderground | Produce / Mix
Caroline Polachek | "Go as a Dream" , "I Give Up" from PANG  | 2019 | Perpetual Novice | Co-produce
Warmduscher | Tainted Lunch | 2019 | The Leaf Label | Produce / Mix
Fontaines D.C.  | Dogrel | 2019 | Partisan | Produce / Mix
Black Midi | Schlagenheim | 2019 | Rough Trade | Produce / Mix
Squid  | Town Centre | 2019  | Speedy Wunderground  | Produce / Mix
Sophie Hunger | Molecules | 2018 | Two Gentlemen | Produce / Mix
Nick Mulvey  | Wake Up Now |  | Fiction | Produce / Mix
Kaleida  | Meter [Mr Dan Remix]  |  | Lex | Remixer
Azusena  | Red Sky |  | Fiction | Produce / Mix
Pumarosa | The Witch |  | Fiction | Produce / Mix
DEWEY  | Loche Linnhe |  | Speedy Wunderground | Produce / Mix
Azusena  | Better, “Crosby”  |  | Fiction | Produce / Mix
JW Ridley  | Everything (Deathless) |  | Speedy Wunderground | Produce / Mix
Pixx  | I Bow Down |  | 4AD | Produce / Writer
Kae Tempest  | Let Them Eat Chaos |  | Fiction | Produce / Writer/ Mixer
Boxed In  | Melt |  | Nettwerk | Produce / Mix
Bat for Lashes | Sunday Love |  | The Echo Label | Produce / Writer
Speedy Wunderground  | Speedy Wunderground Year 2 |  | Manata | Producer/ Mixer
Pumarosa  | Pumarosa EP  |  | Fiction | Produce / Mix
FEWS  | Means |  | PIAS | Produce / Mix
All We Are  | All We Are |  | Domino | Produce / Mix
Bat for Lashes  | "Plan the Escape"  |  | Republic | Mix
JUCE!  | "Burnin' Up," "Call You Out," "The Heat"  |  | Island | Produce / Mix
Childhood | Lacuna |  | Marathon | Produce / Mix
Boxed In  | "Run Quicker"  |  | Nettwerk | Produce / Mix
Eugene McGuinness | Chroma |  | Domino | Produce / Mix
Speedy Wunderground  | Speedy Wunderground – Year 1 |  | Manata | Produce / Mix / Engineer
Kae Tempest | Everybody Down  |  | Big Dada | Produce / Mix
Nick Mulvey | First Mind  |  | Fiction | Produce / Mix
All We Are  | "Feel Safe"  |  | Domino | Produce / Mix
Joel Compass | "Forgive Me"  |  | Outsiders/Polydor | Produce / Mix
Toy | Join the Dots |  | Heavenly | Produce / Mix
Oh Land | Wish Bone |  | Federal Prism | Produce / Mix
Emiliana Torrini | Tookah |  | Rough Trade | Produce / Mix / Engineer
Little Daylight | "Name In Lights"  |  | Capitol | Mix
Bloc Party | "Ratchet," "Obscene"  |  | Frenchkiss | Produce / Mix
Steve Mason | Monkey's Mind in the Devil's Time |  | Domino | Produce / Mix / Engineer
Laura Welsh  | "Unravel"  |  | Polydor | Mix
Bat for Lashes  | The Haunted Man |  | EMI | Produce / Mix
Yeasayer | Fragrant World  |  | We Are Free | Mix
Toy  | Toy |  | Heavenly | Produce / Mix
Willy Mason | Carry On  |  | Fiction | Produce / Mix
Mystery Jets | Radlands |  | Rough Trade | Produce / Mix
Civil Twilight | Holy Weather |  | Wind-up | Produce / Mix
Eugene McGuinness  | "Shotgun", "Harlequin", "Japanese Cars", "Video Games" and "Sugarplum"  |  | Domino | Co-Produce / Mix
Lianne La Havas | "Night School", "Age" and "Empty"  |  | Warner Records | Produce / Mix
Django Django | "Default"  |  | Because | Produce / Mix
Chairlift | Something |  | Columbia | Co-Produce / Mix
Theophilus London | Timez Are Weird These Days |  | Warner Bros. | Mix
The Kills | Blood Pressures |  | Domino | Co-Produce / Engineer
Tame Impala | "Expectation"  |  | Modular | Mix
Alice Gold | Seven Rainbows |  | Fiction/Polydor | Produce / Mix / Engineer
Oh Land  | "Wolf and I", "Twist"  | 2011 | Epic | Produce / Mix
Oh Land  | "Perfection", "Lean", "Voodoo"  | 2011 | Epic | Produce / Co-write / Mix
I Blame Coco | "No Smile", "Playwright Fate", "The Constant"  |  | Island | Produce / Mix / Engineer
TT | LoveLaws | 2018 | LoveLeaks | Produce / Perform
Franz Ferdinand | Blood | 2009 | Domino | Produce / Mix
Hot Chip | One Life Stand | 2010 | EMI | Mix
La Roux  | "Quicksand"  | 2009 | Polydor/Interscope | Mix
CocknBullKid | "Boys and Girls"  |  | Island/IAMSOUND | Additional production / Mix
Emiliana Torrini  | Me and Armini | 2008 | Rough Trade | Produce / Co-write / Mix
Franz Ferdinand  | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | 2009 | Domino | Produce / Mix
Hot Chip  | Made in the Dark | 2008 | EMI | Mix
CSS | "Let's Make Love & Listen to Death From Above"  |  | Sub Pop | Remix
CSS  | "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex"  |  | Sub Pop | Mix
Mr Hudson | "Too Late, Too Late"  |  | Mercury | Produce / Mix / Engineer
Brazilian Girls | "Pussy Pussy Pussy Marijuana"  |  | Verve | Mix / Remix
Lily Allen | "Cheryl Tweedy"  |  | EMI / Regal | Produce / Cowrite
Sia | "Breathe Me", "Little Black Sandals", "Academia", "Pictures"  |  | Go-Beat | Produce / Co-write
Kylie Minogue | "Slow"  |  | EMI | Produce / Co-write
Fatboy Slim | "The Joker"  | 2004 | Skint | Remix
Sia  | "The Fight"  | 2010 | Monkey Puzzle | Co-write
Ted Zed  | "I Don't Mind"  |  | One Fifteen | Mix
Emiliana Torrini  | Fisherman's Woman | 2005 | Rough Trade | Produce / Co-write / Mix
Danmass  | Formfreaks | 1999 | Dust2Dust | Produce / Co-write / Mix

## References

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1. ^ "Dan Carey, findmypast.co.uk". Search.findmypast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
2. ^ "BMI Repertore, Songwriter Daniel De Mussenden Carey". BMI Repertoire. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
3. ^ "DAN CAREY - Record Producer and Song Writer feature at his private Recording Studio in London". Recordproduction.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
4. ^ "About Us |". Speedywunderground.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
5. ^ Corner, Lewis (11 September 2014). "A guide to this year's Mercury Prize albums". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
6. ^ Earls, John (11 September 2014). "Kate Tempest 'can't compare' Mercury Prize nomination to 2013 Ted Hughes Award win". NME. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

## External links

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* "About Dan Carey" at Speedy Wunderground
* Dan Carey on AllMusic
* Dan Carey discography at Discogs

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