David Allen

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Recording and mixing engineer at Ski House.
Founded International Anthem Recording Company with Scott McNiece in 2014.

ALBUMS

Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra

Dimensional Stardust

Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary

Undertaker Please Drive Slow

2016, CD, Album, Tzadik

Baked + Bruised

2012, 7", EP, Ltd, Gre, Infinity Cat Recordings

Best Of My Love Songs From The Heart: 1961-2011

2011, 5xCD, Comp, Genepool,

Makaya McCraven

Makaya McCraven

Universal Beings Complete Edition

2024, 3xCD, Comp, Rings, International Anthem Recording Company

Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))

Contemporary Jazz

Makaya McCraven

Makaya McCraven

Universal Beings E&F Sides

Contemporary Jazz

Irreversible Entanglements

Free Jazz/Spoken Word

Irreversible Entanglements

Homeless/Global

2019, File, MP3, Single, 320, International Anthem Recording Company,

Free Jazz/Soul/Spoken Word/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Psychedelic/Poetry

Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise

Contemporary Jazz

Manos Ajenas (Touch You Every Day) / How Far Are We From Here?

2018, 7", Single, Royal Hands, International Anthem Recording Company, Sonorama Discos

Logos / ¿Cómo?

2018, 7", Single, Royal Hands, International Anthem Recording Company, Sonorama Discos,

Guillotine Boys

2018, Cass, Not On Label

Makaya McCraven

Where We Come From (Chicago X London Mixtape)

Makaya McCraven

Universal Beings

Avant-garde Jazz

2017, CD Digipak,

Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation

Irreversible Entanglements

Irreversible Entanglements

Shane Parish & Frank Rosaly

2016, Cass, Ltd, Num, C50, Cabin Floor Esoterica,

Free Improvisation/Experimental

The Library Of Babel

2016, Cass, Album, Blue Tapes

Experimental/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Prog Rock

Raised High / Brought Low

2014, 12", EP, Edible Onion

Alternate Moon Cycles (Waning Crescent)

2014, Cass, Album, Ltd, International Anthem Recording Company,

Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation

Nick Mazzarella Quintet

"The International Anthem" "Besides"

2014, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Single, Public House Sound Recordings,

Alternate Moon Cycles

Secondary Modern

2013, LP, Pur, Plaza Records (10),

Indie Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock

Life Stays Great

2012, 7", Houseplant Records (2), Let's Pretend Records

APPEARANCES +

Carlos Niño & Friends

CNF x IA11 x Big Ears 2025

2025, LP, Comp, Ltd, W/Lbl, International Anthem Recording Company,

Ambient/New Age

2025, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, Sanctum Recordings

When The Distance Is Blue

Neo-Classical/Ambient/Avant-garde Jazz

Resavoir & Matt Gold

Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson Presents International Anthem

List Of Demands

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

Different Rooms

Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental

Alabaster DePlume

A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole

Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra

Live At The Adler Planetarium

Avant-garde Jazz

Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer

The Closest Thing to Silence

Small Medium Large

Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs

Contemporary Jazz/Experimental

Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly

Ambient/Experimental/Folk/Free Jazz/Post Rock

Carlos Niño & Friends

3D Sonic Adventure

Free Improvisation/Experimental

Mighty Vertebrate

Flores Para Verene / Cantos Para Caramina

Cassie Kinoshi's Seed.*

A Willed and Conscious Balance

2023, CD, Album, Shifting Paradigm Records

There Is Only Love And Fear

Voices Of Bishara Live At "Mu"

In Electric Time

Carlos Niño & Friends

(I'm just) Chillin', on Fire

2023, 2x Vinyl Etheric Pink,

Ambient/New Age/Psychedelic/Sound Collage/Space-Age/Soul

Turbulence And Pulse

Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek

New Future City Radio

Avant-garde Jazz/Future Jazz

Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra

Lightning Dreamers

Thandi Ntuli With Carlos Niño

Rainbow Revisited

Alabaster DePlume

Come With Fierce Grace

Avant-garde Jazz

Daniel Villarreal

Asher Gamedze With Xristian Espinoza And Alan Bishop

Out Side Work / Two Duets

2022, LP, Astral Spirits

2022, 7", EP, Ltd, River To River Community Records

Photay With Carlos Niño

2022, Cass, Album, Ltd, International Anthem Recording Company

Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation

Daniel Villarreal

New Gospel Revisited

Carlos Niño & Friends

2022, 2x Vinyl,

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Space-Age

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

Recordings From The Åland Islands

Certain Reveries

Charles Stepney

I'm Just an Old Hobo

2021, 7", Single, Ltd, River To River Community Records

Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble

Avant-garde Jazz

Fly Or Die Live

Irreversible Entanglements

Carlos Niño & Friends

More Energy Fields, Current

2021, Vinyl Orange [Core Feelings],

2020, Flexi, 7", S/Sided, Ltd, International Anthem Recording Company,

Avant-garde Jazz

Chicago Waves Remixes

2020, 4xFile, AIFF, 24-, International Anthem Recording Company

Angel Bat Dawid

Transition East

Avant-garde Jazz

Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood

Taylor Rouss, Joel Nelson

Buttons For A Coat (A Davey Williams Commemoration)

Alabaster DePlume

Soul/Experimental/No Wave

Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger

Alabaster DePlume

To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1

Ambient/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental

Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes

Heritage Of The Invisible II

Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Nick Mazzarella Trio

2019, LP, Astral Spirits, Monofonus Press, Spacetone,

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

2019, 32xFile, WAV, Comp, Heard And Felt

East Of The Ryan

2019, 6xFile, FLAC, International Anthem Recording Company

Makaya McCraven

In The Moment (Deluxe Edition)

Angel Bat Dawid

Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble

Where Future Unfolds

4 Chairs In Three Dimensions

2018, Cass, Album, Ltd, C30, Astral Spirits, Monofonus Press

2018, CDr, Album, Not On Label

2018, CD, Album, Edition Wandelweiser Records,

Avant-garde Jazz

Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun

Not Living In Fear

2017, CD, Album, International Anthem Recording Company, International Anthem Recording Company,

Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz

2016, Cass, EP, Plaza Records (10)

Makaya McCraven

In the Moment Remix Tape

Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Cut-up/DJ/Experimental

Killer Bob, Wei Zhongle

Killer BOB / Wei Zhongle (split)

2014, Cass, Album, New Atlantis Records

Staring Problem

Staring Problem

2012, 7", BLVD Records (2)

2012, 11xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Not On Label (Wei Zhongle Self-released)

An Afternoon In Southern Illinois

2011, 6xFile, FLAC, EP, Not On Label (Rob Jacobs (4) Self-Released)

Staring Problem

Staring Problem

2010, Cass, Album, Modern Tapes

Blotto!* / Conniption Fitts / Sass Dragons / Prohibition

Come And Take It

Based On A True Story

Super 20 - Hit Disco '81

Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Disco