Iceland-born Grammy Award-winning engineer based out of Los Angeles, USA. Founder of the online artist community Groundlift.org, and operates several studios in Los Angeles, Reykjavik and Paris. Founder and owner of [l312482].
Has been engineer at:
[l269155], January 1992 to January 1993
[l272340], January 1993 to January 1995
[l269124], January 1995 to June 1995
[l266262], January 1995 to January 1999
[l271079], January 1995 to January 1999
ALBUMS
Woodpigeon
Balladeer
2010
Mínus
The Great Northern Whalekill
2007
Dave Palmer
Living Room Etude
CD, Album, Endless Records (2)
Various
De Béart A Béart(s) Versions Libres
2020
Yael Naim
Nightsongs
2020
Man Man
Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between
2020
Billy Mohler With Shane Endsley, Chris Speed, Nate Wood
Focus!
2019, LP, Album, Ltd, Make Records (6)
Mike Patton, Jean-Claude Vannier
Corpse Flower
2019, Vinyl Smoky Swirl, 180g, 
Joe Henry
The Gospel According to Water
2019
Shane Henry
Light in The Dark
2017, CD, Album, Shane Henry Music, Inc.
Fufanu
Sports
2017
Miles Mosley
Uprising
2017
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
The Parable
2017, ,
, Free Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Miles Mosley
Abraham
2016, File, FLAC, Single, World Galaxy Records, Alpha Pup Records
Hugh Coltman
Shadows Songs Of Nat King Cole & Live At Jazz A Vienne
2016, 2xCD, Album, La Planque, GiantSteps
Elvett
Who Shot First?
2015, CD, EP, Barbarella Records
Emi Meyer
Monochrome
2015, 
Natacha Atlas
Myriad Road
2015
My Brightest Diamond
I Had Grown Wild
2015, Vinyl Blue Translucent, 
,
, Indie Rock
Fantômas
Wunderkammer
2014, Box, Comp, Ltd + Cass + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album,, Ipecac Recordings, ,
, Heavy Metal/Thrash/Experimental/Avantgarde/Noise/Dark Ambient/Abstract/Modern Classical
Rebecca Pidgeon
Bad Poetry
2014, CD, Album, Toy Canteen Records
Jill Sobule
Dottie's Charms
2014
My Brightest Diamond
This Is My Hand
2014, CD, 
,
, Indie Pop/Indie Rock
Mayra Andrade
Lovely Difficult
2014
French For Cartridge
Boxes / Piff Paff Pow
2013, 7", Single, Dinner With Daisy Records
Wouter Kellerman
Timeless
2013, CD, Album, Kellerman Music, 
Norah Jones
Covers
2012, ,
, Vocal
Mombu
Zombi
2012
Aloan
No Fear, No Bravery
2012
Timothy Young
Gravitational Lensing
2011, CDr, Not On Label
Eric Legnini & The Afro Jazz Beat
The Vox
2011
Bernard Lavilliers
Causes Perdues Et Musiques Tropicales
2010, CD Book -Collector, 
,
, Chanson
French For Cartridge
Liquorice
2010
Mike Patton
Mondo Cane
2010, ,
, Vocal
Yael Naim & David Donatien
She Was A Boy
2010, CD Digipak, ,
, Indie Pop/Folk/Soul
Mike Patton
Crank High Voltage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2009, CD, ,
, Score/Avantgarde/Experimental
David Piltch
Minister Of The Interior
2008, CD, Album, Household Ink Records,
My Brightest Diamond
A Thousand Shark's Teeth
2008, CD, ,
, Indie Rock/Symphonic Rock/Avantgarde
Yael Naim & David Donatien
New Soul
2007, CD, ,
, Indie Pop/Folk
Grant-Lee Phillips*
Soft Asylum (No Way Out)
2007, CD,
Grant-Lee Phillips*
Strangelet
2007, CD, ,
, Folk Rock
Yael Naim
Yael Naim
2007
Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Husky
2006, CD, Album, Hyena Records, ,
, Jazz-Funk
Michael Brook
RockPaperScissors
2006, CDr, Advance, Album, Promo, Canadian Rational, bigHelium Entertainment
The Wood Brothers
Ways Not To Lose
2006
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
The River In Reverse
2006
Michael Brook
RockPaperScissors
2006, ,
, Ethereal/Ethno-pop/New Age/Pop Rock/Tribal
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Stranger Things
2006, CD Digipak, ,
, Pop Rock
Peeping Tom (3) Feat. Rahzel & Dan The Automator
Mojo
2006, CD, 
,
, Alternative Rock
Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom
2006
Ani DiFranco
Recoil
2005, CD, Single, Promo, Righteous Babe Records,
Fantômas
Suspended Animation
2005
Lizz Wright
Dreaming Wide Awake
2005
Ann Peebles, Billy Preston, Mavis Staples, Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint
I Believe To My Soul (Session 01)
2005
Ani DiFranco
Music From Knuckle Down: Radio EP
2005
Bettye LaVette
I've Got My Own Hell To Raise
2005, ,
, Blues Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Susheela Raman
Music For Crocodiles
2005
Ani DiFranco
Knuckle Down
2005, CD, ,
, Folk Rock
Chocolate Genius Inc.*
Black Yankee Rock
2005, CD Digipak, ,
, Alternative Rock
Vincent & Mr Green*
Vincent & Mr Green
2004, CD, Album, Ipecac Recordings
Gipsy Kings
Roots
2004
Grant-Lee Phillips*
Virginia Creeper
2004, CD, 
Joe Henry
Tiny Voices
2003, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Crossing Jordan Music From The NBC Television Series
2003, CD, ,
, Soundtrack
The Holmes Brothers
Simple Truths
2003, CD,
Susana Baca
Espíritu Vivo
2002
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Medicated Magic
2002, CD, ,
, Jazz-Funk
Solomon Burke
Don't Give Up On Me
2002
Norah Jones
Feelin' The Same Way
2002, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
The Derek Trucks Band
Joyful Noise
2002
Tom Waits
Blood Money
2002, Vinyl, ,
, Abstract/Experimental
Fantômas
The Director's Cut
2001, CD, ,
, Abstract/Modern Classical/Experimental
Joe Henry
Scar
2001, CD, ,
, Pop Rock
The Manhattan Transfer
The Spirit Of St. Louis
2000
Michael Penn
MP4 [Days Since A Lost Time Accident]
2000, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock
Ron Sexsmith
Whereabouts
1999
Soul Coughing
Circles
1998
hide
Ja, Zoo
1998, CD, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Industrial
Gary Jules
Greetings From The Side
1998
Ron Sexsmith
Other Songs
1997, ,
, Pop Rock/Chanson/Folk Rock
Kent
A Quoi Rêvons-Nous?
1996, CD, ,
, Chanson
Clay Crosse
Time To Believe
1995, Cassette,
Dred Scott
Breakin' Combs
1994
Dred Scott
Check The Vibe
1994,
The Dandy Warhols
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
APPEARANCES +
Skinny Puppy
Mythmaker
2007, 
,
, Electro/Industrial
Randy Newman
Roll With The Punches (The Studio Albums 1979-2017)
2021, Box, RSD, Comp + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + L, Nonesuch, Warner Records, Reprise Records, Geffen Records,
Mr. Bungle
The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo
2020, 2x Vinyl Ruby Red Translucent, ,
, Heavy Metal/Thrash/Hardcore
Tigran Hamasyan
The Call Within
2020
Kompost 3*
Abyss/Aloft
2019, 2xLP, Comp, JazzWerkstatt Records
Kompost 3*
Abyss
2018, CD, Album, JazzWerkstatt Records
Meshell Ndegeocello*
Ventriloquism
2018, CD, ,
, Soul
We Are The West
The Golden Shore
2018
Hemlock Smith
The Ghost Parade
2018
Fufanu
Sports
2017
Hemlock Smith
By The Grace Of Dynamite
2016, LP, Album, Ltd + CD, Album, Invisible, Inc. (2)
Lyle Workman
Love
2016, CD, Album, Lakeshore Records
Trio Trara
Film Still
2016, CD, Jazzwerkstatt (2), 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Gypsy Jazz
Kompost3 Featuring Mira Lu Kovacs
MeM
2016, CD, EP, Ltd, Laub Records (2)
Nevermen
Nevermen
2016
Dan Phelps
Arc
2016, ,
, Alternative Rock/Ambient
Shara Worden, Andrew Ondrejcak, B.O.X. Baroque Orchestration X
You Us We All
2015, CD, Album, Zosima
Chris Connelly
Decibels From Heart
2015, CD, Album, Cleopatra, ,
, Art Rock
David Ryan Harris
Lightyears
2015, CD, ,
, Soul
Skating Polly
Alabama Movies / A Little Late
2014, 7", Single, Notable Records
Manuel Volpe
Gloom Lies Beside Me As I Turn My Face Towards The Light
2013, CD, Goat Man Records
Kompost 3*
Epigenesis
2013, CD, Album, Laub Records (2)
Rebecca Pidgeon
Blue Dress On
2013, CD, Album, Toy Canteen Records
Kate Torralba
Long Overdue
2013, 
India.Arie
SongVersation
2013, CD, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Soul
Matt Duncan
Soft Times
2013
Hemlock Smith
Everything Has Changed
2012, CD, Album, Phenix Records
Various
Best Of Blue Note
2011, 15xCD, Album, Boo + Box, Comp, Blue Note, EMI Music Netherlands, 
,
, Bop
Mike Patton
The Solitude Of Prime Numbers (Music From The Film And Inspired By The Book)
2011
Sausage Grinder
Delicious Moments
2010, CD, Album, Mooch Piddle
Norah Jones
...Featuring
2010, CD, ,
, Folk Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Blues Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Swing/Piano Blues/Contemporary R&B
Fabúla
In Your Skin
2009, CD, Album, Fabúla
Meshell Ndegeocello*
Devil's Halo
2009
Yohanna
Butterflies And Elvis
2009
Michael Kaeshammer
Days Like These
2007, CD, Album, Alert Records, 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Funeral For A Friend
2007,
Loudon Wainwright III
Strange Weirdos (Music From And Inspired By The Film Knocked Up)
2007, ,
, Soundtrack/Folk Rock/Score
Brian Reitzell
30 Days Of Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2007, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Dark Ambient/Abstract/Score/Post Rock
Brandi Shearer
Close To Dark
2007
John Legend
Once Again LP Sampler
2006, 12", Promo, Smplr, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Urban Music, Columbia, Getting Out Our Dreams, ,
, Contemporary R&B/Neo Soul/Soul
John Legend
Once Again LP Sampler
2006, 12", Promo, Smplr, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Urban Music, Columbia, Getting Out Our Dreams, ,
, Contemporary R&B/Neo Soul/Soul
John Legend
Once Again
2006
Various
Vice CD #7 Presented By Carhartt Volume 3 Number 6
2005, CD, Comp, Dig, Vice Records, Carhartt, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Hardcore/Pop Rock/Indie Pop/Country Rock/Synth-pop/Downtempo
Fantômas
Suspended Animation
2005, CD Spiral-Bound Calendar, ,
, Noise/Experimental/Heavy Metal
Aimee Mann
Bachelor No. 2, Or The Last Remains Of The Dodo : Lost In Space
2004, CD, Album, Comp, Enh, Car + CD, Album, Comp, Car, V2, V2, SuperEgo Records, SuperEgo Records, United Musicians, 
,
, Power Pop/Pop Rock
Fantômas
Delìrium Còrdia
2004, CD, ,
, Experimental/Ambient/Avantgarde
Critters Buggin
Stampede
2004
Various
Sunday Morning Chill
2003, CD, MiniAlbum, Comp, Marie Claire, Sabam Crescendo, ,
, Downtempo/Pop Rock
Turin Brakes
Pain Killer
2003, CD, ,
, Indie Rock
Norah Jones
Turn Me On
2003
Turin Brakes
Ether Song
2002, ,
, Leftfield/Folk Rock/Soft Rock/Downtempo
Norah Jones
Come Away With Me
2002, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Raul Malo
Today
2002
Aimee Mann
How Am I Different
2001, CD, Single, Promo, SuperEgo Records, V2, ,
, Alternative Rock
Various
Groundwork: Act To Reduce Hunger
2001, CD, Comp, Hear Music, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Classical/Conscious/Country/Soft Rock/Acoustic
Various
The Center Of The World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2001, ,
, Latin/Trip Hop/Broken Beat/Soundtrack/Breakbeat/Downtempo/Breaks
Various Featuring Vonda Shepard
Ally McBeal (For Once In My Life)
2001, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Pop Rock/Soul
The Wallflowers
Letters From The Wasteland
2001, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
Various
Substitute - The Songs Of The Who
2001, CD, ,
, Rock & Roll/Classic Rock
Various
Substitute - The Songs Of The Who
2001, CD, ,
, Rock & Roll/Classic Rock
Vanessa Paradis = ヴァネッサ・パラディ*
Bliss = ブリス
2000
Los Lobos
El Cancionero Mas Y Mas
2000, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
, Tejano
Tracy Bonham
Down Here
2000, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
The Wallflowers
(Breach)
2000
Various
Shades - Music From The Original Soundtrack
1999, CD, Columbia, Columbia, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Downtempo/Latin/Trip Hop
Michael Penn
Lucky One
1999, CD, Single, Promo, Epic, Fifty Seven Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock
Jeremy Toback
Another True Fiction
1999, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
Los Lobos
This Time
1999, CD, ,
, Blues Rock/Latin/Rock & Roll
Meshell Ndegéocello*
Bitter
1999
Various
Message In A Bottle (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
1999, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Soundtrack/Soft Rock/Score/Ballad
Aimee Mann
Bachelor No. 2 Or, The Last Remains Of The Dodo
1999, CD Jewel Case, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Latin Playboys
Dose
1999
Vonda Shepard
By 7:30
1999, CD, ,
, Pop Rock/Ballad
Indigo Girls
Come On Now Social
1999
Randy Newman
Bad Love
1999, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Vocal
Various
Go (Music From The Motion Picture)
1999, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Trance/Downtempo/House
Soul Coughing
Circles
1998, Vinyl, ,
, Alternative Rock
Neil Finn
Try Whistling This
1998
Jack Drag
Dope Box
1998
Various
Pleasantville - Music From The Motion Picture
1998, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Cool Jazz
Sheryl Crow
Anything But Down
1998
Sheryl Crow
My Favorite Mistake
1998, ,
, Pop Rock
Sheryl Crow
The Globe Sessions
1998, CD, ,
, Country Rock/Pop Rock
Sheryl Crow
There Goes The Neighborhood
1998, CD CD1, ,
, Pop Rock
Fourplay
4
1998, CD, ,
, Post Bop/Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Soul Coughing
El Oso
1998, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Future Jazz/Drum n Bass
Soulwax
Much Against Everyone's Advice
1998, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
Soulwax
Much Against Everyone's Advice
1998, ,
, Electro/Pop Rock
Bonnie Raitt
Fundamental
1998
Lisa Germano
Slide
1998, CD, ,
, Acoustic/Indie Rock
Meredith Brooks
Blurring The Edges
1997, CD, ,
, Pop Rock
Various
Violent World - A Tribute To The Misfits
1997, CD, ,
, Hardcore/Punk
Various
Wouldn't It Be Nice (A Jazz Portrait Of Brian Wilson)
1997,
The Dandy Warhols
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
1997, CD, ,
, Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Pell Mell
Star City
1997, ,
, Indie Rock
The Geraldine Fibbers
Butch
1997
Matthew Ryan
May Day
1997
Dimestore Hoods
Dimestore Hoods
1996, CD, Album, MCA Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Nu Metal/Post-Hardcore
Counting Crows
Recovering The Satellites
1996, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
Prong
Rude Awakening
1996, CD, ,
, Industrial/Heavy Metal
Screaming Trees
Dust
1996, CD, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Grunge/Country Rock
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow - Special Edition
1996, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Wayne Kramer
Dangerous Madness
1996, ,
, Hard Rock
Suzanne Vega
Nine Objects Of Desire
1996, CD PMDC, Germany, ,
, Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Indie Rock
Church Of Rhythm
Church Of Rhythm
1995, ,
, RnB/Swing
Various
Panther (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1995, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Contemporary R&B/New Jack Swing/Soul/Conscious/Theme
Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
1994, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
Dred Scott
Breakin' Combs
1994, 2x Vinyl,
The Grays
Ro Sham Bo
1994
Bryan Duncan
Slow Revival
1994, CD, ,
, Soft Rock/Pop Rock
Spearhead
Home
1994,
The Dandy Warhols
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
2017, 2x Vinyl Transparent tangerine, ,
, Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Nevermen
Nevermen
2016
Mike Patton
Mondo Cane
2013
Michael Brook
RockPaperScissors
2006
John Legend
Once Again
2006
Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom
2006, CD, 
,
, Alternative Rock
Fantômas
Suspended Animation
2005, CD Cardsleeve, ,
, Noise/Experimental/Heavy Metal
Fantômas
Delìrium Còrdia
2003
Solomon Burke
Don't Give Up On Me
2002, CD, ,
, Soul
Norah Jones
Come Away With Me
2002, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Tom Waits
Blood Money
2002, ,
, Experimental/Avantgarde
Fantômas
The Director's Cut
2001, CD, ,
, Abstract/Modern Classical/Experimental
Various Featuring Vonda Shepard
Ally McBeal (For Once In My Life)
2001, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Pop Rock/Soul
Various
Substitute - The Songs Of The Who
2001, CD, 
,
, Rock & Roll/Classic Rock
Sheryl Crow
The Globe Sessions
1998, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Screaming Trees
Dust
1996, ,
, Grunge/Psychedelic Rock/Country Rock
Los Lobos
This Time
CD, ,
, Blues Rock/Latin/Rock & Roll
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Medicated Magic
Norah Jones
...Featuring
, Folk Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Blues Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Swing/Piano Blues/Contemporary R&B
The Holmes Brothers
Simple Truths
CD,
