Dave Sardy

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David Sardy (more commonly known as D. Sardy) is a Brooklyn born and raised songwriter, rock and roll musician, record producer and composer.

[edit] Biography

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, writer and/or mixer. He has worked with an eclectic mix of rock, punk, alternative, electronic and industrial rock but mainly song driven performers; critics have called him a "Hardcore super-producer."[1]

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 starting from 1987 with Barkmarket's 1-800 GOD-HOUSE and The Easy Listening Record. He also played guitar on Frank Black's 1993 solo debut.

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.

Sardy recently scored the Columbia Pictures movie 21.

He has also contributed music for the soundtracks of Flushed Away, Spiderman and Spiderman 2, Surfs Up, Goal, Big Daddy, South Park, Monster House, TMNT, 21, Open Season and Private Parts.

In 2006, Sardy won 6 ARIA awards for his work with Jet; he also received 3 Grammy Awards ( for OK GO, Wolfmother and Marilyn Manson) and Brit Awards for Oasis, Marilyn Manson and Wolfmother.

[edit] Productions

Sardy has produced and mixed for the following artists, among others:

• Atari Teenage Riot
• Autolux
• Badly Drawn Boy^{[citation needed]}
• Barkmarket
• Boy Kill Boy
• Bush
• Johnny Cash
• Campfire Girls
• Cold War Kids
• Cop Shoot Cop
• Chris Cornell
• The Cubical
• The Dandy Warhols
• Dirty Pretty Things^{[citation needed]}
• The Duels^{[citation needed]}
• Enon
• Evil Superstars
• Far
• Giant Drag
• Harmful
• Helmet
• Hot Hot Heat^{[citation needed]}
• Hundred Reasons^{[citation needed]}
• Jay Z
• Jet
• LCD Soundsystem
• Marilyn Manson
• Mel C^{[citation needed]}
• Monster Magnet
• The Mooney Suzuki
• Nine Black Alps^{[citation needed]}
• Nine Inch Nails
• Oasis^[1]
• Orange 9mm
• OK GO
• Mauro Pawlowski
• Primal Scream^{[citation needed]}
• Rage Against the Machine
• The Revolution Smile
• The Rolling Stones
• Satin Peaches
• Serafin
• Slayer
• Soulwax
• Spongehead
• The Thrills^{[citation needed]}
• Ting Tings
• VAUX
• Rufus Wainwright^{[citation needed]}
• The Walkmen
• Hank Williams III
• Wolfmother

[edit] References

1. ^ Goal! (2005) - Soundtracks