Dan Prothero is an American, New Orleans–based independent
record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
,
recording engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproducti ...
,
graphic designer
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and record collector. He has been called "the true king of raw" by
AllMusic
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for his emphasis on live performance, vintage analog recording techniques, and gritty drum tones.
He founded
Fog City Records in 1996, and began recording a string of widely acclaimed debut records which served as a springboard for the careers of
Galactic
Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Origins and background
Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a ...
,
Stanton Moore
Stanton Moore (born July 9, 1972) is an American funk, jazz, and rock drummer from New Orleans. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut '' All Kooked Out ...
,
Garage A Trois
Garage A Trois is an American jazz quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.
History
...
,
Papa Mali,
Robert Walter's 20th Congress,
MOFRO
JJ Grey & Mofro (formerly Mofro) is an American Southern rock/Swamp rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.
History Early career
The early days of Mofro can be traced back to the mid-1990s when John Higginbotham, aka "JJ Grey," and Daryl Hance ...
(
JJ Grey & Mofro),
Etienne de Rocher, and
Tim Bluhm.
As an independent producer, Prothero has also recorded follow-up records with artists including
JJ Grey & MOFRO,
Galactic
Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Origins and background
Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a ...
and
Robert Walter. He has also produced drum records with legends
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is known for his precise time-keeping and his signature use of Tuplet, triplets against a half-time backbeat: the P ...
and
Headhunters drummer
Mike Clark, and created "Bulldog Breaks", the highly acclaimed (and widely sampled) series of
breakbeat
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, often sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as Florida breaks, hip-hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat ...
records.
Prior to starting his own label, Prothero helped develop the look and sound of Bay Area label Ubiquity Recordings from its inception in 1989, forming and/or producing many of the groups that appeared on its wildly successful initial releases, writing liner notes and creating most of the graphic design for Ubiquity and its vintage re-release label Luv N Haight. He continues to design all of the graphics for releases on his own
Fog City Records imprint, as well as programming the
Enhanced CD
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Formats that fall under the ''enhanced CD'' cate ...
content that accompanies them.
In addition, Prothero teamed up with Turntable Media, working on
Enhanced CD
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Formats that fall under the ''enhanced CD'' cate ...
s for Dreamworks and
Interactive TV
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projects for Disney.
Selected discography (producer)
*
Galactic
Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Origins and background
Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a ...
– "
Coolin' Off
''Coolin' Off'' is the first studio album by the jazz funk band Galactic. It was released in 1996 on Fog City Records.
Track listing
All tracks by Galactic
#"Go Go" – 3:02
#"Welcome to New Orleans" – 0:14
#"Something's Wrong With This ...
" –
Fog City Records, 1996
*
Stanton Moore
Stanton Moore (born July 9, 1972) is an American funk, jazz, and rock drummer from New Orleans. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut '' All Kooked Out ...
– "
All Kooked Out!" –
Fog City Records, 1998
*
Galactic
Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Origins and background
Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a ...
– "
Crazyhorse Mongoose" –
Volcano Records
Volcano Entertainment (sometimes referred to as Volcano Records) is an American all-round music record label founded in 1996 which released albums by Tool (band), Tool, 311 (band), 311, Survivor (band), Survivor and "Weird Al" Yankovic. (The latt ...
, 1998
*
Garage A Trois
Garage A Trois is an American jazz quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.
History
...
– "
Mysteryfunk" –
Fog City Records, 1999
*
Papa Mali – "
Thunder Chicken" –
Fog City Records, 1999
*
Robert Walter's 20th Congress – "
Money Shot
A money shot is a moving or stationary visual element of a film, video, television broadcast, or print publication that is disproportionately expensive to produce or is perceived as essential to the overall importance or revenue-generating poten ...
" –
Fog City Records, 2000
*
MOFRO
JJ Grey & Mofro (formerly Mofro) is an American Southern rock/Swamp rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.
History Early career
The early days of Mofro can be traced back to the mid-1990s when John Higginbotham, aka "JJ Grey," and Daryl Hance ...
– "
Blackwater" –
Fog City Records, 2001
*
MOFRO
JJ Grey & Mofro (formerly Mofro) is an American Southern rock/Swamp rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.
History Early career
The early days of Mofro can be traced back to the mid-1990s when John Higginbotham, aka "JJ Grey," and Daryl Hance ...
– "
Lochloosa" – 2004
* Robert Walter – "
In A Holiday Groove" –
Fog City Records, 2004
*
Tim Bluhm – "
California Way" –
Fog City Records, 2005
*
Etienne de Rocher – "
Etienne de Rocher" –
Fog City Records, 2006
*
Papa Mali – ''
Do Your Thing'' – 2007
*
JJ Grey & MOFRO – "
Country Ghetto" – 2007
*
JJ Grey & MOFRO – "
Orange Blossoms" – 2008
*
JJ Grey & MOFRO – "
Georgia Warhorse" – 2010
*
Tim Bluhm &
Nicki Bluhm – "Duets" – 2011
*
JJ Grey & MOFRO – "This River" – 2013
*
JJ Grey & MOFRO – "Ol Glory" – 2015
Selected discography (Enhanced CD Programming)
*
Galactic
Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Origins and background
Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, the group was soon pared down to a ...
– "
Coolin' Off
''Coolin' Off'' is the first studio album by the jazz funk band Galactic. It was released in 1996 on Fog City Records.
Track listing
All tracks by Galactic
#"Go Go" – 3:02
#"Welcome to New Orleans" – 0:14
#"Something's Wrong With This ...
" –
Fog City Records, 1996
*
Elliot Smith – "
XO" –
Dreamworks Records
DreamWorks Records (often referred in copyright notices as SKG Music, LLC) was an American record label founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Mo Ostin, his son Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker as a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures. The label opera ...
, 1998
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Stanton Moore
Stanton Moore (born July 9, 1972) is an American funk, jazz, and rock drummer from New Orleans. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut '' All Kooked Out ...
– "
All Kooked Out!" –
Fog City Records, 1998
*
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical opera ...
– "
Rufus Wainwright" –
Dreamworks Records
DreamWorks Records (often referred in copyright notices as SKG Music, LLC) was an American record label founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Mo Ostin, his son Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker as a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures. The label opera ...
, 1998
*
KiNA – "
BiOGRAPHY
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curri ...
" –
Dreamworks Records
DreamWorks Records (often referred in copyright notices as SKG Music, LLC) was an American record label founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Mo Ostin, his son Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker as a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures. The label opera ...
, 1999
*
Papa Mali – "
Thunder Chicken" –
Fog City Records, 1999
*
Robert Walter's 20th Congress – "
Money Shot
A money shot is a moving or stationary visual element of a film, video, television broadcast, or print publication that is disproportionately expensive to produce or is perceived as essential to the overall importance or revenue-generating poten ...
" –
Fog City Records, 2000
*
Rollins Band
Rollins Band was an American rock band formed in Van Nuys, California. The band was active from 1987 to 2006 and was led by former Black Flag (band), Black Flag vocalist Henry Rollins. They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "L ...
– "
Get Some Go Again" –
Dreamworks Records
DreamWorks Records (often referred in copyright notices as SKG Music, LLC) was an American record label founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Mo Ostin, his son Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker as a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures. The label opera ...
, 2000
*
MOFRO
JJ Grey & Mofro (formerly Mofro) is an American Southern rock/Swamp rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.
History Early career
The early days of Mofro can be traced back to the mid-1990s when John Higginbotham, aka "JJ Grey," and Daryl Hance ...
– "
Blackwater" –
Fog City Records, 2001
*
MOFRO
JJ Grey & Mofro (formerly Mofro) is an American Southern rock/Swamp rock band from Jacksonville, Florida.
History Early career
The early days of Mofro can be traced back to the mid-1990s when John Higginbotham, aka "JJ Grey," and Daryl Hance ...
– "
Lochloosa" –
Fog City Records, 2004
*
Tim Bluhm – "
California Way" –
Fog City Records, 2005
References
External links
Biography*
Discography
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American record producers
American audio engineers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)