Tony Cohen (born 4 June 1957 - died 2 August 2017, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia) was an Australian record producer and sound engineer.
The Melbourne-based industry veteran got his start as a sound engineer in the mid-1970s. One of his earliest notable projects was producing the self-titled album for Perth glam-rockers
Supernaut before going on to work on
The Ferrets' 1976 debut, [m=478226].
His renown began to grow and in 1978, he began what would blossom into a decades-long working relationship with
Nick Cave, first by working on [m=38657], the debut album by
The Birthday Party (then known as
The Boys Next Door) before going on to engineer and produce their self-titled sophomore effort in 1980. He also worked with
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on eight albums, beginning with 1984's seminal [m=17098].
Other artists Cohen worked with over the years, included
Models,
Hunters & Collectors,
The Go-Betweens,
The Beasts Of Bourbon (and
Tex Perkins),
The Cruel Sea,
TISM,
Dave Graney,
Kim Salmon And The Surrealists,
Powderfinger,
Paul Kelly,
Blackeyed Susans,
Mick Harvey,
Kylie Minogue and
Frenzal Rhomb.
He won three ARIAs in the mid-1990s — his first, in 1994, for Producer Of The Year thanks to his work on The Cruel Sea's [m=260649]; his second two in 1995, for Producer Of The Year and Engineer Of The Year.