Marc Urselli

Marc Urselli (born January 31, 1977 in Aarau, Switzerland) is a freelance New York City-based Italian-Swiss 5-time nominated 3-time Grammy Award–winning audio engineer, live sound engineer, music producer, mixing engineer, remixer, sound designer, composer, musician, contributor, blogger.

He is known for his work as a studio and live sound engineer with Lou Reed, Mike Patton, John Zorn,[1] and Laurie Anderson.[2]

He also recorded John Zorn's albums since 2007 and albums for Zorn's label Tzadik.[3][4]

In 2005 he recorded and mixed the Les Paul's 90th birthday tribute album Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played (Capitol 2005) featuring Les Paul himself.[5][6] The album won two Grammy Awards at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rock Instrumental Performance and Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Urselli also worked as a recording engineer on the Mexican-American singer Lila Downs' 2004 album "Una Sangre (One Blood)" (Narada 2004), which won a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards. Other albums nominated for a Grammy Award that Urselli worked on include the 2011 Laurie Anderson album "Homeland" (nominated for Best Pop Instrumental) and the 2004 Roy Hargrove "Strength" (Best Contemporary Jazz), which was released under the name RH Factor.

Urselli has also worked with Luther Vandross, Mike Patton (of Faith No More), Marianne Faithfull, Patti Labelle, Martha Wainwright, Brian Ferry, Vincenzo Pastano, Citizen Cope,[7] Preachers Son,[8] Lili Roquelin,[9] Chihiro Yamanaka[10] and hundreds of other artists and albums.[11] He is also known for his work as a sound designer for film and TV and he has recorded and mixed several movie soundtracks.

Urselli is also a published author and contributor to many publications. He writes for Recording Magazine[12] and has written for Sonic Scoop.[13] In 2009, author Daylle Deanna Schwartz published "Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Third Edition" (Billboard Books)[14] and used many quotes by Urselli to illustrate the process of recording and mixing at home. Urselli was also mentioned in the "Journal of the Audio Engineering Society" Volume 55, Issues 7–12.[15]

In 1994 Urselli founded an online music magazine called Chain D.L.K. to help promote and grant exposure to electronic, industrial, experimental and avantgarde music and he is still Editor in Chief of the publication in 2013. The publication was mentioned in the book "ZINES! Volume One: Incendiary Interviews with Independent Publishers" by V. Vale (Re/Search Publications, 1999).

In 2008 Urselli was also a teacher of engineering and recording techniques at a Grammy Camp course held at the USC (University of Souther California) in Los Angeles. In 2010 he was also a faculty teacher of Pro Tools at MTEC (Music Talks Educational Center).[16] He was also a features speaker at conferences such as SxSW,[17][18] CMJ, MTEC and others.

Urselli is on the advisory board of Sunset Island Group[19] and on the Young Musicians Project music school.[20] a voting member of NARAS and NARIP.[21]

In 2013 Urselli lives in New York City where he is chief house engineer and studio manager of Eastside Sound[22] recording studios[23][24] and audio post house, one of the longest running recording studios in New York (established 1973).

In 2015 Urselli produced and recorded "Out Comes Woman" by Honeybird at Eastside Sound NYC.

Awards

References [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]

  1. ↑ Marc Urselli : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community
  2. ↑ Upchurch, Michael (October 17, 2008). "Music & nightlife | Laurie Anderson's got a lot on her nimble mind | Seattle Times Newspaper". Seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Marc Urselli Credits – ARTISTdirect Music". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Borne of John Zorn: Marc Urselli Records NYC’s Marathon Man : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community". Sonicscoop.com. November 10, 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  5. ↑ "Recording "Les Paul & Friends": Top Rockers Get Together to Honor Guitar Legend". Mixonline.com. September 1, 2005. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  6. ↑ "Marc Urselli Lou Holtzman Les Paul Fran Cathcart And Bob… Nieuwsfoto's | Getty Images Nederland | 57074023". Gettyimages.com. July 15, 2005. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  7. ↑ "Session Buzz: The Year in NYC Recording : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community". Sonicscoop.com. December 22, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  8. ↑ Jackie Hayden. "Marc of Quality". Hotpress.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  9. ↑ "Shoreworld: Third Cape May Singer-Songwriter Conference and Stokefest | The Aquarian Weekly". Theaquarian.com. March 25, 2010. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  10. ↑ "Session Buzz: Who’s Recording In & Around NYC — A Monthly Report : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community". Sonicscoop.com. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  11. ↑ Marc Urselli. "Marc Urselli – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  12. ↑ "OCTOBER 2008 in our October 2008 issue we look at the state of modern DAW software... : Recording Magazine". Recordingmag.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  13. ↑ "Marc Urselli : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC's Music & Sound Community". Sonicscoop.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  14. ↑ Schwartz, Daylle Deanna (October 20, 2010). "Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Third Edition". ISBN 9780823084630.
  15. ↑ Audio Engineering Society (2007). Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. Audio Engineering Society.
  16. ↑ "Music Talks Educational Center To Offer New Courses Instructed By Academy And GRAMMY Award Winners This Fall". Mi2N.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  17. ↑ Quickies 6: In the StudioACC, Room 10B. "SCHED* SXSW 2011: Marc Urselli". Austin2011.sched.org. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  18. ↑ "Quickies 6: In the Studio". Schedule.sxsw.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  19. ↑ "Sunset Island Group Adds Marc Urselli, Lenny Randle to Advisory Board | SYS-CON MEDIA". Sys-con.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  20. ↑ "http://youngmusiciansproject.com/". youngmusiciansproject.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13. External link in |title= (help)
  21. ↑ "Connecting the Dots: The NARIP NYC Music Biz Brunch : SonicScoop – Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community". Sonicscoop.com. April 14, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  22. ↑ "Studio Sweet Sdejejvbrevbebverbvbervberkvrevpot: Eastside Sound". SPARS.com. April 19, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  23. ↑ "Engineers". Eastside Sound. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  24. ↑ "Word from the Street: Eastside Sound". Apiaudio.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  25. ↑ "A Conversation With Nominee Laurie Anderson". GRAMMY.com. February 10, 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  26. 1 2 Past Winners Search | GRAMMY.com
  27. ↑ "Guitar legend Les Paul dies at 94 – Entertainment – Music". TODAY.com. August 13, 2009. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  28. ↑ "Les Paul – Career Timeline | American Masters". PBS. July 11, 2007. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  29. ↑ "Who is Lila Downs?". Searchdictionaries.com. September 9, 1968. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  30. ↑ "Russell Elevado discography". Gearslutz.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  31. ↑ Past the Mark | Chain D.L.K
  32. ↑ Extreminal Web'zine – News – Extreme Music – Death Metal – Black Metal – Thrash Metal – Grindcore – Metalcore – Doom Metal – Dark Ambient
  33. ↑ Jessica Pavone unleashes her Army of Strangers | Sound Colour Vibration
  34. ↑ Red Lines Audio || Album Review
  35. ↑ Lords of Metal ezine
  36. ↑ Avant-garde Metal – Reviews: Aborym – Psychogrotesque
  37. ↑ Insight! An Interview with Marc Urselli / The M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab | BRUTALISM
  38. ↑ CD/DVD Reviews

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