Taylor Larson
American record producer
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Taylor Larson (born April 28, 1988) is an American record producer, mixer, and audio engineer. He has produced, engineered, and/or mixed tracks for Asking Alexandria, Periphery, From First to Last, I See Stars, Veil of Maya, Within Temptation, the Dangerous Summer, Conditions, and Sky Eats Airplane.[1] He is the guitarist of the Evening.
BornApril 28, 1988
OriginBethesda, Maryland, U.S.
GenresHeavy metal, pop, alternative rock, indie rock
OccupationsRecord producer, mixer, engineer
Taylor Larson | |
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Larson in his recording studio in Bethesda, Maryland | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 28, 1988 |
| Origin | Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Genres | Heavy metal, pop, alternative rock, indie rock |
| Occupations | Record producer, mixer, engineer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Formerly of | From First to Last |
Production work and education
Larson has participated in music-production education and mixing instruction. In 2017, he appeared on the Nail the Mix platform, where he provided an in-depth breakdown of his mixing approach for "Into the Fire" by Asking Alexandria, demonstrating techniques used on the commercially released track.[2][3]
Larson is also the founder of the software and virtual-instrument company MixWave, which develops drum libraries, guitar and bass amp simulations, and other music-production tools. His work with MixWave has been profiled by industry publications including Mixonline and Music Connection, which have highlighted his monitoring environment and approach to achieving mix consistency.[4][5]
Larson has also collaborated with audio-software developers on signature sound libraries. He worked with Drumforge to release the "Drumshotz: Larson + Holland" sample pack, created in partnership with drummer Luke Holland.[6]
Production discography
| Year recorded | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bela Valore | To End All Righteous Days | Self-released | Produced/Engineered/Mixed |
| 2010 | Sky Eats Airplane | The Sound of Symmetry | Equal Vision Records | Produced/Engineered |
| 2011 | Everyone Dies in Utah | Seeing Clearly | Tragic Hero Records | Produced/Engineered/Mixed |
| Of Legends | Stranded | Season of Mist | Produced/Engineered/Mixed | |
| Life on Repeat | Struggle + Sleep | Equal Vision | Produced/Engineered/Mixed | |
| The Dangerous Summer | War Paint | Hopeless Records | Additional Engineering | |
| Us, From Outside | Revived | Tragic Hero | Produced/Mixed | |
| 2012 | I, the Breather | Truth and Purpose | Sumerian Records | Produced/Engineering |
| Lithium Dawn | Aion | Self-released | Mastered/Engineering | |
| Periphery | Periphery II: This Time It's Personal | Sumerian | Produced/Engineered/Mixed | |
| Everyone Dies in Utah | Polarities | Tragic Hero | Produced/Mixed | |
| Honour Crest | Metrics | Indianola Records | Mastered | |
| Onward to Olympas | Indicator | Facedown Records | Produced | |
| Very Americans | Back from the Dead (7") | Ship Out Recordings | Mastered | |
| 2013 | Epitome of the Weak | A New Shore (EP) | Self-released | Mixed/Mastered |
| Conditions | Full of War | eOne Music | Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| The Gabriel Construct | Interior City | Independent | Mixed/Mastered | |
| Battleghost | Don't Be a Hero (EP) | Independent | Mastered | |
| Nick Johnston | In a Locked Room on the Moon | Self-released | Mixed/Mastered/Engineering | |
| Life on Repeat | Blacklisted | Equal Vision | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Being | Anthropocene | Self-released | Produced/Mixed/Mastered | |
| 2014 | Periphery | Clear | Sumerian | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered (tracks 3 & 5) |
| Enstride | The Sound That Silence Makes (EP) | Self-released | Mixed/Mastered/Engineered[7][8] | |
| Minshara | iO | Polar Phat Records | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Youth in Revolt | Love Is A Liars Game (EP) | Outerloop Records | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Capture The Crown | Reign of Terror | Artery Recordings | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Darkest Hour | Darkest Hour | Sumerian | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Toothgrinder | Schizophrenic Jubilee (EP) | Spinefarm Records | Produced/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Various Artists | Punk Goes Pop Volume 6 | Fearless Records | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered (track 8 "Royals") | |
| 2015 | Periphery | Juggernaut: Alpha | Sumerian | Engineer |
| Periphery | Juggernaut: Omega | Sumerian | Engineer | |
| Awaken I Am | Shields and Crowns | Shock Records, Zestone Records | Produced[9] | |
| From First To Last | Dead Trees | Sumerian | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered/Guitars | |
| Veil of Maya | Matriarch | Sumerian | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Nekrogoblikon | Heavy Meta | Mystery Box | Mastered | |
| Everlit | Renovate (EP) | RDC Music Group | Produced | |
| Ass Life | A Couple Cold Ones | Ephemerol Night Terrors | Mastered | |
| Get Scared | Demons | Fearless | Mixed/Mastered | |
| The Primals | The Primals | Independent | Mastered | |
| Ice Nine Kills | Every Trick in the Book | Fearless | Writer (track 4 "The Plot Sickens") | |
| Lithium Dawn | Tearing Back the Veil I: Ascension | Self-released | Mastered | |
| 2016 | Toothgrinder | Nocturnal Masquerade | Spinefarm | Produced/Engineered/Mixed |
| Cedar Green | The One You Feed (EP) | Self-released | Produced/Writer[10][11] | |
| I See Stars | Treehouse | Sumerian | Mixed/Mastered (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–8, 10–12) | |
| Periphery | Periphery III: Select Difficulty | Sumerian | Vocal Production/Vocal Mixing | |
| Jason Richardson | I | Independent | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Famous Last Words | The Incubus | Revival Recordings | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Memphis May Fire | This Light I Hold | Rise Records | Mastered | |
| 2017 | Youth in Revolt | The Broken | Outerloop | Produced/Mixed/Mastered |
| Mycelia | Dawn | Self-released | Mixed/Mastered[12][13] | |
| Curses | Chapter I: Introspect | Imminence Records | Produced/Mixed/Mastered[14] | |
| Periphery | "Shadow of the Day" (Linkin Park cover) | - | Production/Engineering/Guitars/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Curses | "Party Monster" (The Weeknd cover) | Imminence | Produced/Mixed/Mastered[15] | |
| Awaken I Am | Blind Love | Victory Records | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Endur | American Parasite | Sumerian | Co-produced[16] | |
| Toothgrinder | Phantom Amour | Spinefarm | Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Asking Alexandria | Asking Alexandria | Sumerian | Mixed | |
| 2018 | Curses | "Rest" | Imminence | Produced/Mixed/Mastered[17] |
| Thrillchaser | A Lot Like Love | Self-released | Produced/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Les Rats d'Swompe | Vivre en ville | Productions CRÉTAC | Mastered | |
| Foxera | "Memories" (feat. Tilian) | Self-released | Produced[18] | |
| Unprocessed | Covenant | SPV, Long Branch Records | [citation needed] | |
| The Word Alive | Violent Noise | Fearless | Mastered | |
| Neverkept | "Vertigo" | N/A | [citation needed] | |
| For a Life Unburdened | Contempt/Clarity | FALU Music Corp | Produced/Mixed/Mastered[19] | |
| Erra | Neon | Sumerian | Produced/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Flares | Traces of You | Silent Static Records | Produced | |
| The HAARP Machine | "The Nadir" | Independent | Mixed[20] | |
| 2019 | Within Temptation | Resist | Vertigo Records | Mixed |
| Awaken I Am | The Beauty in Tragedy (EP) | Victory | Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Famous Last Words | Arizona (EP) | SBG Records | [citation needed] | |
| Japam | Sickboy (EP) | Independent | Mixed/Mastered | |
| The Panic Division | Touch | Diggers Factory, Independent | Mixed/Mastered | |
| Wolves at the Gate | Eclipse | Solid State Records | Mixed/Mastered | |
| Veil of Maya | "Members Only" | Sumerian | Produced/Writer[21][22][23] | |
| Today's Last Tragedy | Extinction (EP) | Self-released | Mastered | |
| Secrets | "My Mind, Myself & I" | Independent | [citation needed] | |
| 2020 | Neverkept | "Complicated" | Epitaph Records | [citation needed] |
| Neverkept | "Reunion Tower" | Epitaph | Produced/Mastered[24][25] | |
| RedHook | "Dead Walk" | Self-released | Mixed/Mastered[26][27][28] | |
| Secrets | "Comedown" | Independent | [citation needed] | |
| Nik Mystery | "The Internet" | Self-released | Produced/Mastered[29][30] | |
| Zealand the North | Brightness of an Endless Light | Self-released | Mastered | |
| Vespera | A Fragile Seed (EP) | Independent | Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Rich People | Harmony | Here Goes Nothing Records | Produced/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Neverkept | "Sundown Somehow" | Epitaph | Produced[31][32] | |
| Secrets | "Iron Hearted" | Independent | [citation needed] | |
| Conditions | Fluorescent Youth | Good Fight Music | Mixed (track 13, 10th anniversary edition) | |
| King Mothership | The Ritual | Century Media Records, 3DOT Recordings | Mastered | |
| Avoid | The Burner (EP) | Revival | Mixed/Mastered | |
| Secrets | "Hold On" | Independent | [citation needed] | |
| 2021 | Holding Absence | The Greatest Mistake of My Life | SharpTone Records | Mixed/Mastered |
| Vespera | Fading Light (EP) | Independent | Mixed | |
| Earthists | "Home" | Digitalcult Records | Mixed/Mastered[33] | |
| Foxera | "Picture Perfect" | Self-released | Produced[34] | |
| Foxera | "Away From Me" (feat. Kellin Quinn) | Self-released | Produced[35] | |
| Foxera | "Way Out" | Self-released | Produced[36] | |
| Renesans | I Hope the Cold Remembers Us (EP) | Self-released | Produced/Mixed/Mastered/Writer/Lyrics[37] | |
| 2022 | Wolves at the Gate | Eulogies | Solid State | Engineered/Mixed/Mastered |
| Renesans | "Dead On" | Self-released | Produced/Mixed/Mastered[38] | |
| Jason Richardson | II | Self-released | Engineered/Mixed/Mastered | |
| Holding Absence & Alpha Wolf | The Lost & the Longing (EP) | SharpTone | Mixed/Mastered (tracks 1 & 2) | |
| Smash Into Pieces | Disconnect | Self-released | Mixed/Mastered (track 7)[39] | |
| All Good Things | Hold On (EP) | Better Noise Music | Engineer (track 2)[40] | |
| 2023 | As Everything Unfolds | Ultraviolet | Long Branch, SPV | Mixed/Mastered[41] |
| 2024 | Cause for Conflict | "Guilt" | Self-released | Produced/Mixed/Mastered[42][43] |
| Tenside | Come Alive Dying | Ivorytower Records | Mixed/Mastered (track 11)[44] | |
| Darkest Hour | Perpetual I Terminal | MNRK Heavy | Mixed[45] | |
| SeeYouSpaceCowboy | Coup de Grâce | Pure Noise Records | Mixed | |
| Periphery | 2 Song Acoustic Single (EP) | 3DOT Recordings | Mastered[46] | |
| The New Violence | "Head Underwater" | Self-released | Mixed/Mastered[47] | |
| Secrets | "Despair" | Velocity Records | Produced[48] | |
| 2026 | As Everything Unfolds | Did You Ask to Be Set Free? | Century Media | Mixed/Mastered[49] |