Andrew Scheps
Andrew Scheps is an American mix engineer, recording engineer, record producer, and record label owner, based in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom. He received Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album for his work on Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, Album of the Year for Adele's 21, and Best Reggae Album for Ziggy Marley's Fly Rasta.[2]
Andrew Scheps
Biography[edit]
A Long Island native who got his start playing jazz trumpet, Andrew Scheps has mixed records for artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Metallica, Jay-Z and many others. After graduating from the Recording Engineering Program at the University of Miami, he spent some time working for New England Digital as a field service technician for the Synclavier, one of the first digital synthesizers / samplers / workstations, then on the road with Stevie Wonder (as a keyboard tech) and Michael Jackson (mixing live sound), before settling in LA.
Having got into mixing a few years before the analog-to-digital revolution, Andrew worked with a collection of vintage gear at his Punkerpad West studio in Van Nuys, California, including a Neve Electronics BCM-10 with ten 1073s that were used for reference during the Waves Audio Scheps 73 plugin modeling process.
Scheps is known for his balanced, modern sounding and often loud mixes.[3] In July 2015, while being interviewed on Pensado's Place,[4] he declared to work completely "ITB" (in the box), which stands for working completely inside a computer, without the use of external gear. His 100% transition to ITB mixing occurred halfway through mixing the Hozier record in the summer of 2014. "Going back into the box wasn't a sonic decision, but I actually rediscovered that I really like it. It's great to be able to work on three or four songs at the same time. I have not gone back to working on the desk since then. While I miss some of the visceral hands-on aspects of the console, there is a lot of creative freedom working this way. It might seem like a drastic change, but it is only the tools that have changed: remarkably my philosophy and sound have stayed the same".[5]
He is also the owner and president of Tonequake Records[6] and Punkerpad UK (formerly Punker Pad West).
Music education[edit]
Scheps has been teaching week-long seminars in the south of France at studios La Fabrique where he shares his knowledge about his mixing, engineering and recording techniques as part of the "Mix With The Masters" program.
- Tornillo (2022)
Whiskey Myers
- Surface Sounds (2020)
Kaleo
- Cell-0 (2020)
Apocalyptica
- A Million and One (2018)
My Brightest Diamond
- Tender Offerings (2018)
First Aid Kit
Welles - "Seventeen" (2018)
- Ruins (2018)
First Aid Kit
- Lambs & Lions (2017)
Chase Rice
– Night People (2017)
You Me at Six
– New Skin (2016)
CRX
- A/B (2016)
Kaleo
- Revolution Radio (2016)
Green Day
- Hurt and The Merciless - Counter Records/The Bad Son Recording Company (2016)
The Heavy
- Jekyll & Hyde (2015)
Zac Brown Band
- Live at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony (2015)
Amos Lee
Farao - Till It's All Forgotten (2015)
- Back to the Start (2014)
Plastiscines
- That Girl (2014)
Jennifer Nettles
- Seven Wonders of the World (2014)
Cinerama
- 9 Dead Alive (2014)
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
- Fly Rasta (2014)
Ziggy Marley
- "I'm Beside You" (2013)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Shangri La (2013)
Jake Bugg
- Burials (2013)
AFI
- Pura Vida Conspiracy (2013)
Gogol Bordello
- "This Is the Kitt" / "Brave from Afar" (2013)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- 13 (2013)
Black Sabbath
- "In Love Dying" (2013)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Hanelei" / "Open" / "Close" (2013)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- What About Now (2013)
Bon Jovi
Chic Gamine - Closer (2013)
- "Angel" (2013)
Beyoncé
- "XO" (2013)
Beyoncé
- "Pink as Floyd" / "Your Eyes Girl" (2013)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Catch My Death" / "How It Ends" (2013)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Special Request - Soul Music (2013)
- 4 Songs EP (2012)
The Wedding Present
- Paradise (2012)
Lana Del Rey
- Heavyweight (2012)
Our Lady Peace
- As Fast as You Can (2012)
Our Lady Peace
- Born to Die (2012)
Lana Del Rey
- "Strange Man" / "Long Progression" (2012)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Lex Hives" (2012)
The Hives
- "Magpies on Fire" / "Victorian" (2012)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Never Is a Long Time" / "Love of Our Life" (2012)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Aftermath of the Lowdown (2012)
Richie Sambora
- Valentina (2012)
The Wedding Present
- "The Sunset Sleeps" / "Hometown Gypsy" (2012)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Моя Цыганиада (2011)
Gogol Bordello
- Bruiser (2011)
The Duke Spirit
- Snapshots (2011)
Wendy & Lisa
- Gaslight (2011)
Fdeluxe
- Kusama EP (2010)
The Duke Spirit
- Born Free (2010)
Kid Rock
- trans-Continental Hustle (2010)
Gogol Bordello
- War at Home (2010)
Josh Groban
- Men in Love (2009)
Gossip
- Music for Men (2009)
Gossip
- Crash Love (2009)
AFI
- Wooden Bones (2009)
Pilot Speed
- Mediate (2009)
AFI
- Broken, Beat & Scarred (2009)
Metallica
- Burn Burn Burn (2009)
Our Lady Peace
- Say Something, Say Anything (2008)
Blood Red Shoes
- Songs from the Underground (2008)
Linkin Park
- Dropping the Writ (2008)
Cass McCombs
- Weezer (2008)
Weezer
- Death Magnetic (2008)
Metallica
- The Day That Never Comes (2008)
Metallica
- You Bring Me Down (2008)
Blood Red Shoes
- Home Before Dark (2008)
Neil Diamond
- Box of Secrets (2007)
Blood Red Shoes
- The Cross of My Calling (2007)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
- You Really Wake Up the Love in Me (2007)
The Duke Spirit
- That's That (2007)
Cass McCombs
- Neptune City (2007)
Nicole Atkins
- I Wish I Was Someone Better (2007)
Blood Red Shoes
- La Radiolina (2007)
Manu Chao
- We Apologize for Nothing (2007)
Fightstar
- 12 Songs (2005)
Neil Diamond
- Bring Me the Workhorse (2006)
My Brightest Diamond
- (Another Song) All Over Again (2006)
Justin Timberlake
Randy Coleman - Last Salutation (2005)
The Picture - Connect (2005)
- Frances the Mute (2005)
The Mars Volta
- Selections of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2005)
Rent
- Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (2005)
Bette Midler
- Black M★sk (2004)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
- A Small Demand (2004)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
- Stop Fuckin Wit Me (2004)
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
The Ben Taylor Band - Famous Among the Barns (2003)
- Inertiatic ESP (2003)
The Mars Volta
- Songs for the Restless (2003)
Endo
- TruANT (2003)
Alien Ant Farm
Cash - Unearthed (2003)
- De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
The Mars Volta
- Televators (2003)
The Mars Volta
- 0304 (2003)
Jewel
- Eat You Alive (2003)
Limp Bizkit
- We Want Fun (2002)
Andrew W.K.
- "By the Way" (2002)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Under Rug Swept (2002)
Alanis Morissette
- Wake (2002)
Sheila Nicholls
- Feast on Scraps (2002)
Alanis Morissette
- Clone Your Lover (2001)
Zeromancer
- Shakin' All Over (1999)
Iggy Pop
Põvi - Dragonflies (1999)
- Counting Down (1999)
Human Nature
Põvi - Life in Volcanoes (1999)
Pure Sugar - Hold on to My Love (1998)
- Naked Without You (1998)
Taylor Dayne
- Relation (1998)
Globe
- Contact from the Underworld of Redboy (1998)
Robbie Robertson
- Out of Sight (1998)
David Holmes
- Live at the Roxy (1998)
Social Distortion
- Ghost (1997)
Michael Jackson
- Q's Jook Joint (1995)
Quincy Jones
- HIStory - Past, Present and Future - Book I (1995)
Michael Jackson
- The Force Behind the Power (1991)
Diana Ross
- You Said (1991)
Jermaine Jackson
- Smile (1988)