John O’Mahony is a Grammy Nominated mixer and producer known for his indie-rock sensibilities, having worked with such acclaimed artists as Coldplay, Metric, Alberta Cross, Kaiser Chiefs and The Cribs.
Recent career highlights for John include mixing and contributing additional production to Metric’s 2009 album "Fantasties" which quickly went Gold in Canada, and topped the US Billboard Heatseekers and CMJ Album charts; mixing Metric’s 2 previous albums - including their Canadian platinum selling "Live It Out"; tracks on Coldplay’s multi-platinum Grammy Award winning "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" and mixing Depeche Mode "Live At World Cafe".
As part of the mixing team for "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" John was also awarded the 2009 Tec Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the category of Record Production / Album.
John moved from his native Ireland to New York City in 1998 to work as a staff engineer for the infamous Chung King Studios for 3 years. In the summer of 2001, John became an independent engineer splitting his time between mixing albums alone and engineering for legendary mixer Andy Wallace.
John first began producing when Metric front woman Emily Haines enlisted him to produce, engineer and mix her critically acclaimed solo album "Knives Don't Have Your Back".
While always interested in traveling John is currently based out of Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
"It's a really exciting time for audio technology, there are still a few classic pieces I love but today's business calls for zero downtime and reliable recall ability so I'm finding myself using more modern designs that have been inspired by the vintage legends".
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