Dan Carey (music producer)
English record producer, songwriter, mixer and remixer
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Daniel De Mussenden Carey (born 24 December 1969)[1][unreliable source?] is an English record producer, songwriter, mixer and remixer.[2] He owns his own studio in South London[3] and runs the record label Speedy Wunderground.[4] His production work for Speedy Wunderground bands such as Black Country, New Road, Black Midi, and Squid was instrumental in the creation of the Windmill scene, also known as the "Speedy scene".[5]
Born
24 December 1969
Daniel De Mussenden Carey
24 December 1969
Islington, London, England
Occupations
- Record producer
- songwriter
- mixer
- engineer
LabelSpeedy Wunderground
Websitewww.speedywunderground.com
Dan Carey | |
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Carey in September 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Daniel De Mussenden Carey 24 December 1969 Islington, London, England |
| Occupations |
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| Label | Speedy Wunderground |
| Website | www |
In 2014, Carey received two Mercury Prize nominations for his production work on two nominated albums: Everybody Down by Kae Tempest and First Mind by Nick Mulvey.[6][7] In 2019, Carey earned two further Mercury Prize nominations for his production work on the albums Schlagenheim by Black Midi and Dogrel by Fontaines D.C.. He earned a fifth nomination in 2025 for Jacob Alon's In Limerence.[8]
Carey produced and played synthesizer on the self-titled debut album by the British band Wet Leg. Carey previously produced for the London-based labels Dust Records, Dust2Dust and DMI. He was also one half of the group Danmass, which released music on all three labels and Skint Records. Danmass released one album, Formfreaks, on Dust2Dust in 1999.
Discography
| Artist | Release | Year | Record Label | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kneecap | Fenian | 2026 | Heavenly | Production |
| Jacob Alon | In Limerence | 2025 | Island Records | Production, mixing |
| Heartworms | Glutton for Punishment | 2025 | Speedy Wunderground | Production |
| Moreish Idols | All In The Game | 2025 | Speedy Wunderground | Production |
| Been Stellar | Scream from New York, NY | 2024 | Dirty Hit | Production |
| O. | WeirdOs | 2024 | Speedy Wunderground | Production |
| O. | Slice | 2023 | Speedy Wunderground | Production |
| Grian Chatten | Chaos for the Fly | 2023 | Partisan | Production |
| Squid | O Monolith | 2023 | Warp | Production |
| Slowthai | Ugly | 2023 | Method/Interscope | Production, writing |
| The Lounge Society | Tired of Liberty | 2022 | Speedy Wunderground | Production, mixing |
| Moreish Idols | Float (EP) | 2022 | Speedy Wunderground | Production, mixing |
| O. | "OGO" – single | 2022 | Speedy Wunderground | Production |
| Joyeria | FIM | 2022 | Speedy Wunderground | Production, Mixing |
| Foals | Life Is Yours | 2022 | Warner/ADA | Production |
| Sinead O'Brien | Time Bend and Break The Bower | 2022 | Chess Club Records | Production, mixing |
| Honeyglaze | Honeyglaze | 2022 | Speedy Wunderground | Production, mixing |
| Wet Leg | Wet Leg | 2022 | Domino | Production |
| Fontaines D.C. | Skinty Fia | 2022 | Partisan, Rough Trade | Production |
| Geese | Projector | 2021 | Partisan | Production |
| Goat Girl | On All Fours | 2021 | Rough Trade | Production |
| Squid | Bright Green Field | 2021 | Warp Records | Production, mixing |
| Chubby and the Gang | The Mutt's Nuts | 2021 | Partisan Records | Mixing |
| The Lounge Society | "Burn the Heather" – single | 2020 | Speedy Wunderground | Production, mixing |
| PVA | "Talks" – single | 2020 | Big Dada | Production, mixing |
| DEWEY | "Is It Infatuation?" – single from Sóller, Pt. One | 2020 | Production | |
| DEWEY | "Savannah"- single from Sóller, Pt. One | 2020 | Speedy Wunderground | Production, mixing |
| Squid | "Sludge" – single | 2020 | Big Dada | Production, mixing |
| La Roux | Supervision | 2020 | Supercolour | Production, mixing |
| Grimes | "New Gods" from Miss Anthropocene | 2020 | 4AD | Mixing |
| Fontaines D.C. | A Hero's Death | 2020 | Partisan | Production, mixing |
| Tiña | Positive Mental Health Music | 2020 | Speedy Wunderground | Produce / Mix |
| Caroline Polachek | "Go as a Dream", "I Give Up" from PANG | 2019 | Perpetual Novice | Co-produce |
| Warmduscher | Tainted Lunch | 2019 | The Leaf Label | Produce / Mix |
| Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | 2019 | Partisan | Produce / Mix |
| Black Midi | Schlagenheim | 2019 | Rough Trade | Produce / Mix |
| Squid | Town Centre | 2019 | Speedy Wunderground | Produce / Mix |
| Sophie Hunger | Molecules | 2018 | Two Gentlemen | Produce / Mix |
| Nick Mulvey | Wake Up Now | Fiction | Produce / Mix | |
| Kaleida | Meter [Mr Dan Remix] | Lex | Remixer | |
| Azusena | Red Sky | Fiction | Produce / Mix | |
| Pumarosa | The Witch | Fiction | Produce / Mix | |
| DEWEY | Loche Linnhe | Speedy Wunderground | Produce / Mix | |
| Azusena | Better, “Crosby” | Fiction | Produce / Mix | |
| JW Ridley | Everything (Deathless) | Speedy Wunderground | Produce / Mix | |
| Pixx | I Bow Down | 4AD | Produce / Writer | |
| Kae Tempest | Let Them Eat Chaos | Fiction | Produce / Writer/ Mixer | |
| Boxed In | Melt | Nettwerk | Produce / Mix | |
| Bat for Lashes | Sunday Love | The Echo Label | Produce / Writer | |
| Speedy Wunderground | Speedy Wunderground Year 2 | Manata | Producer/ Mixer | |
| Pumarosa | Pumarosa EP | Fiction | Produce / Mix | |
| FEWS | Means | PIAS | Produce / Mix | |
| All We Are | All We Are | Domino | Produce / Mix | |
| Bat for Lashes | "Plan the Escape" | Republic | Mix | |
| JUCE! | "Burnin' Up," "Call You Out," "The Heat" | Island | Produce / Mix | |
| Childhood | Lacuna | Marathon | Produce / Mix | |
| Boxed In | "Run Quicker" | Nettwerk | Produce / Mix | |
| Eugene McGuinness | Chroma | Domino | Produce / Mix | |
| Speedy Wunderground | Speedy Wunderground – Year 1 | Manata | Produce / Mix / Engineer | |
| Kae Tempest | Everybody Down | Big Dada | Produce / Mix | |
| Nick Mulvey | First Mind | Fiction | Produce / Mix | |
| All We Are | "Feel Safe" | Domino | Produce / Mix | |
| Joel Compass | "Forgive Me" | Outsiders/Polydor | Produce / Mix | |
| Toy | Join the Dots | Heavenly | Produce / Mix | |
| Oh Land | Wish Bone | Federal Prism | Produce / Mix | |
| Emiliana Torrini | Tookah | Rough Trade | Produce / Mix / Engineer | |
| Little Daylight | "Name In Lights" | Capitol | Mix | |
| Bloc Party | "Ratchet," "Obscene" | Frenchkiss | Produce / Mix | |
| Steve Mason | Monkey's Mind in the Devil's Time | Domino | Produce / Mix / Engineer | |
| Laura Welsh | "Unravel" | Polydor | Mix | |
| Bat for Lashes | The Haunted Man | EMI | Produce / Mix | |
| Yeasayer | Fragrant World | We Are Free | Mix | |
| Toy | Toy | Heavenly | Produce / Mix | |
| Willy Mason | Carry On | Fiction | Produce / Mix | |
| Mystery Jets | Radlands | Rough Trade | Produce / Mix | |
| Civil Twilight | Holy Weather | Wind-up | Produce / Mix | |
| Eugene McGuinness | "Shotgun", "Harlequin", "Japanese Cars", "Video Games" and "Sugarplum" | Domino | Co-Produce / Mix | |
| Lianne La Havas | "Night School", "Age" and "Empty" | Warner Records | Produce / Mix | |
| Django Django | "Default" | Because | Produce / Mix | |
| Chairlift | Something | Columbia | Co-Produce / Mix | |
| Theophilus London | Timez Are Weird These Days | Warner Bros. | Mix | |
| The Kills | Blood Pressures | Domino | Co-Produce / Engineer | |
| Tame Impala | "Expectation" | Modular | Mix | |
| Alice Gold | Seven Rainbows | Fiction/Polydor | Produce / Mix / Engineer | |
| Oh Land | "Wolf and I", "Twist" | 2011 | Epic | Produce / Mix |
| Oh Land | "Perfection", "Lean", "Voodoo" | 2011 | Epic | Produce / Co-write / Mix |
| I Blame Coco | "No Smile", "Playwright Fate", "The Constant" | Island | Produce / Mix / Engineer | |
| TT | LoveLaws | 2018 | LoveLeaks | Produce / Perform |
| Franz Ferdinand | Blood | 2009 | Domino | Produce / Mix |
| Hot Chip | One Life Stand | 2010 | EMI | Mix |
| La Roux | "Quicksand" | 2009 | Polydor/Interscope | Mix |
| CocknBullKid | "Boys and Girls" | Island/IAMSOUND | Additional production / Mix | |
| Emiliana Torrini | Me and Armini | 2008 | Rough Trade | Produce / Co-write / Mix |
| Franz Ferdinand | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | 2009 | Domino | Produce / Mix |
| Hot Chip | Made in the Dark | 2008 | EMI | Mix |
| CSS | "Let's Make Love & Listen to Death From Above" | Sub Pop | Remix | |
| CSS | "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" | Sub Pop | Mix | |
| Mr Hudson | "Too Late, Too Late" | Mercury | Produce / Mix / Engineer | |
| Brazilian Girls | "Pussy Pussy Pussy Marijuana" | Verve | Mix / Remix | |
| Lily Allen | "Cheryl Tweedy" | EMI / Regal | Produce / Cowrite | |
| Sia | "Breathe Me", "Little Black Sandals", "Academia", "Pictures" | Go-Beat | Produce / Co-write | |
| Kylie Minogue | "Slow" | EMI | Produce / Co-write | |
| Fatboy Slim | "The Joker" | 2004 | Skint | Remix |
| Sia | "The Fight" | 2010 | Monkey Puzzle | Co-write |
| Ted Zed | "I Don't Mind" | One Fifteen | Mix | |
| Emiliana Torrini | Fisherman's Woman | 2005 | Rough Trade | Produce / Co-write / Mix |
| Danmass | Formfreaks | 1999 | Dust2Dust | Produce / Co-write / Mix |