Chris Tabron

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Chris Tabron
Chris Tabron Photo by Maria Cobb
Chris Tabron Photo by Maria Cobb
Background information
Occupation(s)Record producer, engineer, mixer, musician, composer, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, programming
Years active1999–present
LabelsColumbia, Sony, Atlantic, Universal Motown, RCA Records, Downtown Records
Associated actsThe Ten Paces, Madison Avenue Girls, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, The Strokes, Die Antwoord, Woodkid, Son Lux, Kelela, Kimbra, Fatima Al Qadiri, Lianne La Havas, Battles, Future Brown, Vacationer, MNDR
Websitehttp://www.christabron.com

Chris Tabron is an American multi-platinum record producer, mixer, and engineer, based in New York City.

As a producer or mixer, Tabron has worked on records by Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Mary J. Blige, Common, The Strokes, Robert Glasper, and Erykah Badu, including the single "Standing on the Sun (feat. Mr. Vegas)" for Beyoncé[1] and Glasper's Miles Ahead (soundtrack) which one a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.[2][3] His work as a producer or mixer can be heard on numerous Grammy_Award-winning albums and encompasses worldwide sales in excess of 20 million units, as well as various projects from indie artists such as Lianne La Havas, Battles, The Voidz, and Son Lux. In 2020, he executive produced and mixed House of Zef, the final album for South African duo, Die Antwoord.[4] Tabron is known for hybrid mixing, an approach that utilizes both analog and digital equipment to achieve vast sonic textures and fast workflows.[5]

Tabron was founder and multi-instrumentalist of the electronic-pop group, The Ten Paces, which released Cacophonics in 2005 on Sidepocket Recordings, that Tabron produced and engineered.[6] He also does hip-hop, pop, and remix production work under the moniker Madison Avenue Girls. Tabron was musical director for top-ten Billboard hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang (Virgin Records) on their release tour for their debut album, Breakfast, which included performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno[7] and Conan as well as for runway shows during New York Fashion Week. In this capacity, he has DJ'ed or written original compositions for designers Phillip Lim, Forever 21, Erin Fetherston, and Juan Carlos Obando.

From 2005 to 2008, Tabron published articles as a music journalist for The Village Voice[8] and Dusted Magazine. In 2015, he wrote a chapter for the anthology The Cambridge Companion to Hip Hop entitled "The Glass: Hip Hop Production."[9]

From 2007 to 2010, Tabron was senior house engineer at Future Shock Studio, a recording studio in Brooklyn, New York, owned by Grammy-nominated producer/engineer Alex Newport. At Future Shock, Tabron worked on albums by artists such as Death Cab for Cutie, ("Long Division" from Narrow Stairs, 2008), Frank Turner (Poetry of the Deed, Epitaph Records 2009), and So Many Dynamos.[10]

In 2007, Tabron received a Master's Degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate and adjunct instructor at New York University's Music Department.

References[]

  1. ^ "Vintage King: 20 Questions With Chris Tabron".
  2. ^ "Chris Tabron IMDB".
  3. ^ "AllMusic Miles Ahead Soundtrack: Awards".
  4. ^ "Producing Die Antwoord's House of Zef with Chris Tabron". Waves.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ "The State of Hybrid Mixing in 2020".
  6. ^ "D.W. Fearn Podcast Interview". My Take on Music Recording. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Tonight Show IMDB". IMDB.
  8. ^ "The Village Voice Authors". villagevoice.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Cambridge Companion to Hip Hop". Cambridge University Press.
  10. ^ "Mix Magazine: The Producer's Guide To Mixing".

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