Hello. I am an audio engineer, musician, and producer.
I have worked in a range of live, studio, and post applications – from mixing front-of-house at concerts and on tours to overseeing complex live and studio recordings. I also have a robust background in music mixing, audio editing, restoration, and mixing post-production for mainstream broadcast formats. I have edited and mixed hundreds of productions for podcast, radio, film, and TV; and currently work an audio engineer for The Intercept.
Based in New York, I have engineered at venues and studios including FourOneOne, Stadium Red, Spectrum, La Sala, ShapeShifter Labs, Wythe Hotel, Grand Street Recording, Brooklyn Historical Society, Emoto Music (LA), and The Ark (Ann Arbor). I also frequently run sound for programming and concert series like Ambient Church, Reflections, and Blank Forms–working with artists like Suzanne Ciani, Laraaji, Drew McDowall, Sarah Davachi, Bitchin’ Bajas, Suso Saiz, Ben Neill, and Eric Calvi.
Some of the artists and clients I’ve worked with include Travis Scott, John Legend, Pink Siifu, Bilal, Tim Robbins, Ethan Hawke, Meshell Ndegeocello, Snarky Puppy, Nels Cline, Marshall Allen, and Keyon Harrold.
I have toured as an engineer for Julian Koster’s The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) (29-show U.S. domestic tour, 2017) and as an engineer/programmer for numerous tours with the Virgil Moorefield Pocket Orchestra (5 tours, Europe & U.S., 2014 - 2018). I have also worked as a personal sound engineer for philanthropist George Soros, providing sound at private and work related events.
See below for selected clients and projects:
Podcasts
Intercepted (The Intercept, 2020 - Present)
Deconstructed (The Intercept, 2020 - Present)
Cancellation Island (Topic Studios, 2024) - John Cameron Mitchell, Holly Hunter, Jo Firestone
Así Fue (National Association of Hispanic Journalists & Palabra., 2023)
Best New Ideas in Money (MarketWatch, 2022 - 2023)
Losing Control (Sports Illustrated Studios, 2022)
The LIST (MadGene Media / FirstLook Media)
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu Season 2 (Topic Studios, 2020 - 2021)
Who Is? (NowThis)
Rough Draft with Reza Aslan (Topic Studios)
Thrillist’s Best and the Rest (iHeartRadio)
The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) (Season 1 Remaster / 2nd Season) (WNYC)
Chuck Tingle Gets *****ed…. Christmas Special (Nightvale Present / WNYC)
Selected Recordings
Revolutions - David First (Mode Records, 2024)
Andrew Drurie / Thomas Buckner - (InfrequentSeams, 2024)
Makka West - Makka West (2023)
The Consummation of Right and Wrong - David First (IMPREC, 2020)
Enouement I - Jeanann Dara, Brian Chase, Diamond Terrifier, Jherek Bischoff (LAS, 2016)
Enouement II - Jeanann Dara, Brian Chase, Diamond Terrifier, Jherek Bischoff, Maria Minerva (LAS, 2016)
Aorta - Vicky Chow (New Amsterdam Records, 2016) - editor
Dreaming Awake : Philip Glass - Bruce Levingston, Ethan Hawke (Sono Luminus, 2015 & 2021)
this machine breathes to the rhythms of its own heartbeat - Adam Basanta & Vicky Chow (2014) 6/17/14
Venues
FourOneOne: Marshall Allen & The NYC All-Stars (2023); Cooper Moore (2023); Shelley Hirsch (2023); Tim Berne Trio (2023); Kid Millions (2023)
Wythe Hotel: Travis Scott; Mykki Blanco; House of Labeija; Todd Barry; Ilana Glazer; Julio Torres; Judah Friedlander; Slint (documentary premiere and q & a); Bun B (presentation for Nike Jordan Classic)
Spectrum: Roomful of Teeth; Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann), Jefferey Zeigler, Samuli Kosminen (Múm); Kayo Dot; Vicky Chow; Todd Reynolds; Zeena Parkins; Cooper Moore
La Sala: Dustin Wong; Kyp Malone; Brian Chase; Jherek Bischoff
ShapeShifter Lab: Snarky Puppy; Nels Cline; Thana Alexa; Arto Tunçboyacıyan; Becca Stevens; Jim Black; David Torn; Tim Berne; Jason Lindner; JoJo Mayer; Now Vs Now; Mark Guiliana; Hadrien Feraud; Shai Maestro
Brooklyn Historical Society: Henry Louis Gates; The Brooklyn Book Festival (London Review of Books); Judah Friedlander
The Ark: Devendra Banhart; Ingrid Michaelson
Other Notable Work:
Fridman Gallery
New Ear Festival - 1/05 - 1/06/24
Bilal (Performance Art)
Pink Siifu
H&H Expanse
Larum
Alaara
Beam Splitter - 3/26/23
Amant Gallery
Ephraim Asili ‘Song for My Mother’ Closing Ceremony / H&H Live Performance - 2/11/24
47 Canal (New York, NY)
Miho Hatori & Esther Sibiude - 7/28/23
Miho Hatori & Ana Roxanne - 7/14/23
Pioneer Works
Audio Technician (Strike Shift - Post - Sampha) - 6/22/23
Audio Technician (PA Install) - 6/25/23
Public Art Fund
Laura Ortman & Raven Chacon - Live in Brooklyn Bridge Park - 11/05/23
Reflections
Suzanne Ciani / TimeWharp - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 3/02/24
Bitchin’ Bajas - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 6/03/23
Suso Saiz / Qasim Naqvi - St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church (Brooklyn, New York), 4/22/23
Ben Neill & Eric Calvi / Gavilán Rayna Russom - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 3/25/23
Ambient Church
Sarah Davachi / Chuck Johnson - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 10/08/22
Drew McDowall / Lucy Liyou - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 8/06/22
Blank Forms
Ahmed Abdullah’s Diaspora / Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few - The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew (Brooklyn, NY) - 12/14/23
Bahauddin Dagar - The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew (Brooklyn, NY), 9/09/23
Kahil El-Zabar Quartet - The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew (Brooklyn, NY), 5/06/23
David Murray Quartet + Thulani Davis, Felipe Luciano (The Last Poets) - 99 Scott (Brooklyn, NY), 11/15/22
Notable Freelance Work:
John Cameron Mitchell, Cancellation Island (Topic Studios) (Brooklyn, NY), 4/8-4/9/2023
Audio Producer / Engineer (2-night live taping of an 8-part series starring Holly Hunter, Josh Pais, Jo FIrestone)
AC Lincoln, Live at Fasano NY (Kelson Productions) (New York, NY), 11/12/22, Board Operator
Xenia Rubinos, Una Rosa Tour - World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA), 5/27/22, F.O.H. sound / Tour Manager
Vicky Chow & Jane Antonia Cornish, Sierra Live at Roulette (Brooklyn, NY), 4/18/22 - visual operator
DER FREISCHÜTZ, board operator (2019, Heartbeat Opera)
Julian Koster, The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) featuring The Music Tapes (U.S. Tour)
Touring Engineer (29-city U.S. tour featuring live musicians and actors, a multi-channel PA across multiple stages, pre-recorded cues, timed animatronics, props and special effects, and multi-track recording)
Virgil Moorefield Pocket Orchestra European Tours (2014 - 2018)
Soles of Duende (Gibney Dance Center, 2022)
Wendy Jehlen (Gibney Dance Center, 2022)
Welcome To Night Vale Presents 10th Birthday Party - Live at The Bell House (Brooklyn, NY), 2017
featuring The Orbiting Human Circus, John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), and Dylan Marron
Amedeo Pace & Simone Pace (Blonde Redhead), A SUNDAY IN HELL live score, 2017 Bicycle Film Festival
Ladies of Experimental Music Festival, Knockdown Center (Queens, NY)
Dawn of MIDI (Cielo, 2014)
Carter Burwell “Air” Premiere (2014, TriBeca Film Festival Performance)
Michael Jackson “Xscape” Album Release Party (2014, Top of the Rock, 30 Rockefeller Center)
Holy Child (2014, MoMA PopRally)
Psychic TV (2014, MoMA PS1)
Vicky Chow - Live at TRANSIT (DoubleBill Festival / OtherARTS) Church of the Advent Hope (New York, NY), 5/27/13
Studio / Live recording
Intercepted with Mehdi Hasan Live, feat. John Legend & Patrice Cullors - WGA Theater (Los Angeles, CA, 2019)
Meshell Ndegeocello
Keyon Harrold - Global Citizen In-Studio & Livestream
Tim Robbins
Ethan Hawke & Bruce Levingston (Wichita Vortex Sutra)
Peter Evans & Cory Smythe
Jose Menor
Kimball Gallagher
Gity Razaz
Vicky Chow - Aorta
Vicky Chow - The Stone at New School - Residency recording 4-nights - (New York, NY) 2/12 - 2/16/19
Public Figures / Corporate Clients
George Soros; Queen Rania Al-Abdullah; U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer; UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres; The New York Times Building; Fox Business News; Siegel + Gale; SAP; MoMA / MoMA PS1; St. Ann's School; Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
Post-Production Film / Video
The Autograph (narrative short) - original score
The Likes and Dislikes of Marj Bagley (animated short) - original score
Safety Plan (narrative short) - sound editing, mixing
The Festival (documentary short) - original score
Quilt (music documentary short) - audio editing, repair, mixing
Distant Anchors (experimental short, dance) - sound design, music
Herbie of Montlieu Goes to Distant Lands (doc short) - original score
Managing (TV pilot) - original score
Nikolai (narrative short) - original music
A Kinetic Series of Events (animated short) - original score
Residencies / Performances
David First’s The Western Enisphere (Roulette, 2017) - performer
David First’s The Western Enisphere, “Revolutions” (Roulette, 2021) - performer
David First: Same Animal, Different Cages (Bowerbird, 2020) - performer
Anónimo, Marfa Project Rooms Residency (Marfa, TX, 2019) - sound installation collaborator
Sonatra - Vicky Chow (music video, 2017) - performer