Oli Jacobs
British music recording and mixing engineer
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Oli Jacobs is a British recording and mixing engineer living in Los Angeles. He is an 11x nominated, 5x Grammy Award winner, known for his work with artists such as Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, Harry Styles, and Peter Gabriel, and for his frequent collaborations with producer Jack Antonoff.[1][2]
Education
Jacobs studied on the Tonmeister music and sound recording course at the University of Surrey.[3]
Career
After graduating, Jacobs began his career as an in-house engineer at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.[3] During this period, he worked on several top-10 albums, including Harry Styles's Harry's House and The 1975's Being Funny in a Foreign Language.[4][5]
Jacobs has become a frequent collaborator of American producer Jack Antonoff, engineering on records for artists including Taylor Swift (The Tortured Poets Department), Sabrina Carpenter (Short n' Sweet, Man's Best Friend), and Bleachers.[6][7]
He has mixed several tracks for Kendrick Lamar, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one album GNX, with number-one singles "Luther" and "Squabble Up".[8][9] In the UK, he has engineered on number-one albums such as This Is How Tomorrow Moves by Beabadoobee and i/o by Peter Gabriel.[10][11]
Awards and nominations
Jacobs has received multiple awards for his engineering work, including the GRAMMY Award for Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) twice. He has 11 GRAMMY nominations with 5 wins to date.[1]
In 2023, he won Recording Engineer of the Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards.[12]
| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 65th Annual Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | Harry's House (as engineer) | Won | [13] |
| Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Won | [13] | |||
| 2023 | Music Producers Guild Awards | Recording Engineer of the Year | N/A | Won | [12] |
| 2025 | 67th Annual Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | Short n' Sweet (as engineer) | Nominated | [14] |
| The Tortured Poets Department (as engineer) | Nominated | [14] | |||
| Record of the Year | "Fortnight" (as engineer) | Nominated | [14] | ||
| Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | i/o | Won | [14] | ||
| Short n' Sweet | Nominated | [14] | |||
| 2025 | Music Producers Guild Awards | Mix Engineer of the Year | N/A | Nominated | [15] |
| 2026 | 68th Annual Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | GNX (as engineer and mixer) | Nominated | [16] |
| Man's Best Friend (as engineer) | Nominated | ||||
| Record of the Year | "Luther" (as engineer and mixer) | Won | |||
| "Manchild" (as engineer) | Nominated | ||||
| Best Rap Album | GNX (as engineer and mixer) | Won |