American record producer, recording engineer, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, talent manager and music publisher (born January 16, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland)

For the past two decades Charles Newman has made records with artists spanning an array of genres. Cutting his teeth in his early days in NYC, he got to work with classics on the Hip-hop, R&B and Club scene like Melle Mel, Craig Mack, Mercury from the Force MDs and Victor Simonelli. Soon after he found himself immersed in the NYC Hardcore scene recording with artists such as H20, Breakdown, 25 to Life, Thursday, Walter Schriefels and many more. In the late nineties his work with Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields began leading to a two-decade collaboration on most all of their albums, side projects and film and tv-related work. Throughout the oughts Newman expanded his traditional rock-rooted palette deep into orchestral instrumentation, avant sound design and Americana folk influences, combining these elements to create an anything-goes production style.