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Dave Sardy (more commonly known as D Sardy) is a Brooklyn born and raised rock and roll musician and record producer. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sardy was active as a singer, songwriter and guitarist (most notably with his group Barkmarket), but since the mid-1990s, he has been more active as a producer and/or mixer. He has worked with an eclectic mix of hard rock, punk, alternative, heavy and industrial rock performers; Critics have called him a "Hardcore super-producer."[1] Barkmarket was a rock music group formed in New York City in 1987. ...
Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ...
1990 saw some of Sardy's earliest recording credits: as a guitarist on Marc Ribot's Rootless Cosmopolitans (his name was misspelled "Sardi") and on Barkmarket's Vegas Throat the record that brought the group wider acclaim after a string of independent releases. He also played guitar on Frank Black's 1993 solo debut. Marc Ribot (born 1954) is a Jewish American guitarist, composer and occasional singer from Newark, New Jersey. ...
Frank Black (born April 6, 1965 as Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. ...
Barkmarket was active from about 1987 to 1996 and toured widely. In addition to being the group's singer, songwriter and guitarist, Sardy also produced, recorded and mixed all their albums. This probably helped his nascent career as a producer: though often loud and aggressive, Barkmarket's albums are full of interesting sounds, textures and recording techniques.
Productions
Sardy has produced and mixed for the following artists, among others: |