Richard Costey is an American music producer, mixer, and

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. He has worked with musicians across genres including rock, indie, pop,

hip-hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hi ...

, and

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...

. Notable collaborators include

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, and

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. He has earned a

Latin Grammy The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from any ...

for his work.

Select discography

Producing, engineering, mixing

* Linkin Park - "From Zero" Mixer (for selected tracks) * Ghost - "Rite Here Rite Now" Mixer * Foster the People - "Paradise State of Mind" * Muse - "Black Holes and Revelations" Producer, Mixer * Foo Fighters - "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" Mixer * Fun. - "Some Nights" Mixer * Kimbra - "The Golden Echo" Producer * Korn - "Requiem" Mixing Engineer * Lovejoy - "Wake Up & It's Over" Mixing Engineer * Fiona Apple - "When the Pawn..." Mixer * Muse - "Showbiz" Mixer * Muse - "Origin of Symmetry" Mixing Engineer * Audioslave - "Audioslave" Mixing Engineer * Muse - "Absolution" Producer, Mixer * The Mars Volta - "De-Loused in the Comatorium" Engineer, Mixer * My Chemical Romance - "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" Mixing Engineer * Franz Ferdinand - "You Could Have It So Much Better" Producer, Mixer * Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm" Mixer * Weezer - "Make Believe" Mixer * Mastodon - "Blood Mountain" Producer, Mixer * Interpol - "Our Love to Admire" Producer, Mixer * Muse - "HAARP" Producer, Mixer * Arctic Monkeys - "Humbug" Mixer (for the track "My Propeller") * Foster the People - "Torches" Mixer * Deftones - "Koi No Yokan" Mixer * Muse - "The 2nd Law" Producer, Mixer * Bruce Springsteen - "Wrecking Ball" Mixer (for selected tracks) * Muse - "Drones" Producer, Mixer * Chvrches - "The Bones of What You Believe" Mixer (for selected tracks) * HAIM - "Days Are Gone" Producer, Mixer (for selected tracks) * Vampire Weekend - "Modern Vampires of the City" Mixer * Muse - "Simulation Theory" Producer, Mixer * Death Cab for Cutie - "Kintsugi" Producer, Mixer * Of Monsters and Men - "Beneath the Skin" Producer, Mixer * Biffy Clyro - "Ellipsis" Producer, Mixer * Bastille - "Wild World" Mixer * The Killers - "Wonderful Wonderful" Mixer (for selected tracks) * HAIM - "Something to Tell You" Mixer (for selected tracks) * Snow Patrol - "Wildness" Producer, Mixer * Sam Fender - "Hypersonic Missiles" Producer, Mixer * Blink-182 - "Nine" Mixer * Biffy Clyro - "A Celebration of Endings" Producer, Mixer * Ice Cube - "War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)" Engineer, Mixer * Rage Against the Machine - "Renegades" Mixer * My Chemical Romance - "Life on the Murder Scene" Mixer * Primal Scream - "More Light" Mixer * The Shins - "Port of Morrow" Mixer * Carly Rae Jepsen - "E-MO-TION" Mixer (for selected tracks) * Plan B - "Ill Manors" Mixer * Miguel - "Kaleidoscope Dream" Mixer (for selected tracks) * Santigold - "99¢" Mixer * Jenny Lewis - "The Voyager" Producer, Mixer * Alt-J - "Fitzpleasure" Mixer * Major Lazer - "Free the Universe" Mixer (for selected tracks) * Santigold - "Master of My Make-Believe" Mixer (for selected tracks) * Death Cab for Cutie - "Thank You for Today" Producer, Mixer * Mother Mother - "Nobody Escapes" Unknown * My Chemical Romance - "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (Deluxe Edition)" Mixer

References

External links

Rich Costey at Allmusic
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