Rich Costey

Richard "Rich" Costey is an American music producer, mixer, and engineer known for his innovative and boundary-pushing approach to music production. He has worked with a diverse range of musicians across various genres including rock, indie, pop, hip-hop, and electronica.^[1]

He has received critical acclaim and multiple Grammys for his outstanding contributions to the music industry. Some notable collaborators include Fiona Apple, Vampire Weekend, Foo Fighters, Sigur Rós, Muse,^[2] Foster the People, Swirlies, Sam Fender, and My Chemical Romance. He has occasionally worked as a DJ and musician on the albums as well.^[3] He is managed by René Symonds at Tap Mgmt^[4]

Costey operates out of a residential studio on a sprawling 400-acre estate in southern Vermont^[5] providing artists with a unique recording environment. He regularly works from studios in both Los Angeles and London, where he typically spends several months of the year.

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• Linkin Park - "From Zero" Mixer (for selected tracks) ^[6]
• Ghost - "Rite Here Rite Now" Mixer ^[7]
• Foster the People - "Paradise State of Mind" ^[8]
• 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

• Rich Costey at Allmusic