DAN CAREY

Biography

Look at many of the most exciting, buzzed-about artists coming out of the UK and Ireland right now and you’ll be surprised to find how many have something in common – London-born producer Dan Carey. From righteous Dublin punks Fontaines D.C. to London art-punks Squid and the dark knights of post-rock, Black Midi to revelatory poet and rapper, Kate Tempest, Dan Carey is behind many of the most vital albums of the last year.

While you may know that Dan owns and runs the record label Speedy Wunderground, you may not know that he began his career making dub records with Nick Manassa and Lee Scratch Perry to then writing hits with Sia (“Breathe Me”) and Kylie (“Slow”) while mixing Hot Chip, Santigold, Dizzee Rascal and MIA songs. His discography is a timeline of his diverse taste in music and people – relationships that will last a lifetime and music that will outlive us all. 

Selected Discography Save or Print Discography

Hak Baker

"Great Day To Die" from Nostalgia Death EP

Hak Attack Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Moreish Idols

"Pale Blue Dot" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Jacob Alon

"Fairy In A Bottle" - single

Island Records

Mixer, Producer

A Certain Ratio

"Clockwork Orange" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Been Stellar

Scream from New York, NY (album)

Dirty Hit

Mixer, Producer

O.

WeirdOs (album)

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Heartworms

"Jacked" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Been Stellar

"Pumpkin" - single

Dirty Hit

Mixer, Producer

Alfie Templeman

"Run To Tomorrow" and "Beckham" from album Radiosoul

Chess Club Records

Co-Writer, Producer

O.

"Micro" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

A Certain Ratio

It All Comes Down To This (album)

Mute Records

Mixer, Producer

Friedberg

"My Best Friend" - single

Clouds Hill

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

O.

"176" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Self Esteem

"You Can Get It If You Really Want" from the original BBC series "This Town"

Polydor

Mixer, Producer

Been Stellar

"Passing Judgement" - single

Dirty Hit

Mixer, Producer

Royel Otis

PRATTS & PAIN (album)

OURNESS

Mixer, Producer

Borough Council

"Casino" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Producer

Royel Otis

"Velvet" - single

Mixer, Producer

Royel Otis

"Heading For The Door" - single

OURNESS

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Heartworms

"May I Comply" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Viji

So Vanilla (album)

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Viji

"Sundress In Pink" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Royel Otis

"Fried Rice" - single

OURNESS

Mixer, Producer

O.

"Slice" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Viji

"Karaoke" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Various Artists

Speedy Wunderground - SXSW EP

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Georgia

"Keep On" from Euphoric

Domino Recordings

Co-Writer

Miss Tiny

DEN7 (EP)

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Performer, Producer

Royel Otis

"Adored" - single

OURNESS

Mixer, Producer

Viji

"Sedative" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Producer

Grian Chatten

Chaos For The Fly (album)

Partisan Records

Mixer, Producer

Squid

O Monolith (album)

Warp Records

Producer

Miss Tiny

"The Beggar" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Performer, Producer

Viji

"Anything" - single

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Grian Chatten

"Fairlies" and "The Score" - singles

Partisan Records

Mixer, Producer

Kae Tempest

Nice Idea EP

Republic Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Moreish Idols

Lock Eyes and Collide EP

Speedy Wunderground / [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Foals

Life Is Dub (album)

Warner Music UK

Mixer

Moreish Idols

"Chum" - single

Speedy Wunderground/ [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

Viji

"Down" - single

Speedy Wunderground/ [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Heartworms

'A Comforting Notion' EP

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Moreish Idols

"Between These Ears" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

slowthai

UGLY (album)

Method Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Miss Tiny

"The Sound" - single

Speedy Wunderground/ [PIAS]

Co-Writer, Mixer, Performer, Producer

Kae Tempest

"Nice Idea"- single

Republic Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Hak Baker

"Telephones 4 Eyes" - single

Hak Attack Records

Co-Writer, Producer

slowthai

"Feel Good" - single

Method Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Squid

"Swing (In A Dream)" - single

Warp Records

Producer

Moreish Idols

"Nocturnal Creatures" - single

Speedy Wunderground/ [PIAS]

Mixer, Producer

English Teacher

"Song About Love" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

slowthai

"Selfish" - single

Method Records

Mixer, Producer

Kae Tempest with Kojey Radical

"Move Rework" - single

Republic Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

O.

"OGO" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Slowthai

"i know nothing" - single

Method Records

Co-Producer, Co-Writer

HighSchool

"Only a Dream" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Heartworms

"Consistent Dedication" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

The Lounge Society

Tired of Liberty (album)

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Moreish Idols

Float (EP)

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Foals

"2am", "Flutter", "Under The Radar", "Crest of the Wave", "The Sound", and "Wild Green" from Life Is Yours

Warner Music UK

Co-Producer

Sinead O'Brien

Time Bend and Break The Bower (album)

Chess Club Records

Mixer, Producer

Honeyglaze

Honeyglaze (album)

Speedy Wunderground / PIAS

Mixer, Producer

Moreish Idols

"Speedboat" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Fontaines D.C.

Skinty Fia (album)

Partisan Records

Mixer, Producer

Kae Tempest

The Line Is A Curve (album)

Republic Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Wet Leg

Wet Leg (album)

Domino Recording

Producer

The Queen's Head

"Your God Owes You Money" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Katy J Pearson

"Talk Over Town" - single

Heavenly Recordings

Co-Producer, Mixer

Jane Weaver

"Oblique Fantasy" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Sinead O Brien

"Holy Country" - single

Chess Club Records

Mixer, Producer

Geese

Projector (album)

Partisan Records/ Play It Again Sam

Mixer

Stephen Fretwell

Busy Guy (album)

Speedy Wunderground / PIAS

Mixer, Producer

Squid

Bright Green Field (album)

Warp Records

Mixer, Producer

Savage Gary feat. Georgia

"Nothing To Say"

Speedy Wunderground

Producer, Writer

The Lounge Society

Silk For The Starving (EP)

Speedy Wunderground / PIAS

Mixer, Producer

Goat Girl

On All Fours (album)

Rough Trade

Mixer, Producer

Tiña

Positive Mental Health Music (album)

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

PVA

"Talks" - single

Big Dada

Mixer, Producer

DEWEY

"Is It Infatuation?" - single

Producer

DEWEY

"Savannah" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Fontaines D.C.

A Hero's Death (album)

Partisan Records

Mixer, Producer

Squid

"Sludge" - single

Warp Records

Mixer, Producer

Grimes

"New Gods" from Miss Anthropocene

4AD

Mixer

La Roux

Supervision (album)

Supercolour Records

Mixer, Producer

Pynch

"Disco Lights" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Caroline Polachek

"I Give Up" & "Go As a Dream" from PANG

Perpetual Novice

Co-Producer

Squid

Town Centre EP

Speedy Wunderground / PIAS

Mixer, Producer

Kate Tempest

The Book of Traps and Lessons

Republic Records

Co-Writer, Producer

black midi

Schlagenheim

Rough Trade Records

Mixer, Producer

Pixx

"Funsize", "Eruption 24" & "Duck Out" from Small Mercies

4AD

Co-Writer, Producer

Fontaines D.C.

Dogrel

Partisan Records

Mixer, Producer

Squid

"Houseplants" - single

Practise Music

Mixer, Producer

Black Country, New Road

"Athens, France" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Squid

"The Dial"

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Sophie Hunger

Molecules

Two Gentleman

Mixer, Producer

Black Midi

"bmbmbm" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

"Leave A Light On" - single

Nice Age

Co-Producer, Mixer

Warmduscher

Whale City - album

The Leaf Label

Mixer, Producer

Nick Mulvey

"Dancing For the Answers" & "Give It To Kali" from Dancing For the Answers EP

Fiction Records

Co-Writer, Mixer, Producer

Scottibrains

"Sustained Threat" - Single

Speedy Wunderground

Producer, Writer

Goat Girl

Goat Girl - Album

Rough Trade

Mixer, Producer

Nick Mulvey

Wake Up Now - Album

Fiction Records

Mixer, Producer

Kaleida

"Meter" [Mr Dan Remix]

Lex Records

Remixer

Azusena

"Red Sky" - single

Fiction Records

Mixer, Producer

Pumarosa

The Witch

Fiction Records

Mixer, Producer

DEWEY

"Loch Linnhe" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Azusena

"Better" & "Crosby" - singles

Fiction Records

Mixer, Producer

JW Ridley

"Everything (Deathless)" - single

Speedy Wunderground

Mixer, Producer

Pixx

"I Bow Down" - single

4AD

Producer, Writer

Kate Tempest

Let Them Eat Chaos

Fiction Records

Mixer, Producer, Writer

Boxed In

Melt

Nettwerk

Mixer, Producer

Pumarosa

Pumarosa EP

Fiction Records

Mixer, Producer

Various Artists

Speedy Wunderground Year 2 Compilation LP

Manata

Mixer, Producer

Bat For Lashes

"Sunday Love" from The Bride

The Echo Label

Producer, Writer

FEWS

Means

Play It Again Sam

Mixer, Producer

Teleman

Brilliant Sanity

Moshi Moshi

Mixer, Producer

Elliphant

"Living Life Golden" from Living Life Golden

TEN/Kemosabe

Mixer

Sexwitch

Sexwitch EP

The Echo Label Limited

Mixer, Producer

Fine Print

Fine Print EP

B3SCI Records

Mixer

Lianne La Havas

"Grow" from Blood

Warner

Mixer, Producer

Formation

"Young Ones"

Warner UK

Mixer

Only Real

"Yesterdays," "Break It Off," "When This Begins," "Jerk" from Jerk at the End of the Line

Virgin EMI

Producer

All We Are

All We Are

Domino

Mixer, Producer

Boxed In

Boxed In

Nettwerk

Mixer, Producer

Bat for Lashes

"Plan the Escape" from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 (Official Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Republic

Mixer

JUCE!

"Burnin' Up," "Call You Out," "The Heat" from Taste the JUCE! - EP

Island

Mixer, Producer

Childhood

Lacuna

Marathon

Mixer, Producer

Boxed In

"Run Quicker" - Single

Nettwerk

Mixer, Producer

Nick Mulvey

First Mind

Fiction

Mixer, Producer

Various Artists

Speedy Wunderground Year 1 Compilation LP

Manata

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Eugene McGuinness

Chroma

Domino

Mixer

Kate Tempest

Everybody Down

Big Dada

Mixer, Producer

All We Are

"Feel Safe" - Single

Domino

Mixer, Producer

Joel Compass

"Forgive Me" - Single

Outsiders/Polydor

Mixer, Producer

Rae Morris

"Skin" - Single

Atlantic UK

Writer

Toy

Join the Dots

Heavenly

Mixer, Producer

Oh Land

"My Boxer" from Wishbone

Federal Prism

Mixer, Producer

Emiliana Torrini

Tookah

Rough Trade

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Little Daylight

"Name In Lights" from Tunnel Vision - EP

Capitol

Mixer

Bloc Party

"Ratchet" & "Obscene" from The Nextwave Sessions - EP

Frenchkiss Records

Mixer, Producer

The Child of Lov

"Fly" from The Child of Lov

Domino

Additional Production, Mixer

Laura Welsh

"Unravel" - Single

Polydor

Mixer

Steve Mason

Monkey's Minds in the Devil's Time

Domino

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Yeasayer

Fragrant World

Secretly Canadian

Mixer

Bat for Lashes

The Haunted Man

Domino

Mixer, Producer

Toy

Toy

Heavenly

Mixer, Producer

Mystery Jets

Radlands

Rough Trade

Mixer, Producer

Eugene McGuinness

"Shotgun," "Harlequin," "Japanese Cars," "Video Games" & "Sugarplum" from The Invitation to the Voyage

Domino

Co-Producer, Mixer, Producer

Willy Mason

Carry On

Fiction Records

Mixer, Producer

Lianne La Havas

"Night School" & "Empty" from Lost & Found

Warner Brothers UK

Mixer, Producer

Django Django

"Default" from Django Django

Because

Mixer

Chairlift

Something

Columbia

Mixer, Producer

Theophilus London

Timez Are Weird These Days

Warner Brothers

Mixer

The Kills

Blood Pressures

Domino

Co-Producer, Engineer

Tama Impala

"Expectation (Radio Mix)" from Inner Speaker

Modular

Mixer

Miles Kane

Colour of the Trap

Columbia

Engineer, Producer

Alice Gold

Seven Rainbows

Fiction/Polydor

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Christina Aguilera

"Bionic" & "Elastic Love" from Bionic

RCA

Mixer

Charlotte Gainsbourg

"Time of the Assassins" from Irm

Because Music UK

Additional Production, Mixer

Oh Land

"Wolf and I" & "Twist My Memory" from Oh Land

Epic

Mixer, Producer

Oh Land

"Perfection," "Lean" & "Voodoo" from Oh Land

Epic

Mixer, Producer, Writer

I Blame Coco

"No Smile," "Playwright Fate" & "The Constant" from The Constant

Island UK

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Hot Chip

One Life Stand

EMI

Mixer

La Roux

"Quicksand" - Single

Polydor/Interscope

Mixer

Cocknbullkid

"Boys and Girls" from Querelle

Island/IAMSOUND

Additional Production, Mixer

The Invisible

"OK" from The Invisible

Heavenly

Additional Production, Mixer

Franz Ferdinand

Blood/Candy

Domino

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Franz Ferdinand

Tonight

Domino

Mixer, Producer

The Kills

"Tape Song" from Midnight Boom

Domino

Additional Production, Mixer

Emiliana Torrini

Me and Armini

Rough Trade

Mixer, Producer, Writer

Dizzee Rascal

"Flex" (Radio Mix)

XL

Additional Production, Mixer

Aynzli Jones

"Kings of Sorrow" - Single

Mercury

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

The Long Blondes

Guilt - Single

Rough Trade

Mixer

Santigold

"Say Aha" from Santogold

Atlantic UK/Downtown

Mixer

Santigold

"Lights Out" & "L.E.S. Artistes" from Santogold (Radio Mix)

Atlantic UK/Downtown

Mixer

Athlete

Beyond Dub Neighbourhood

Parlophone

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

M.I.A.

"Jimmy" from Kala Radio Mix

XL

Mixer

Roisin Murphy

"Sweet Nothings" & "Let Me Know" from Overpowered

EMI

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Roisin Murphy

"Scarlet Ribbons" from Overpowered

EMI

Engineer, Producer

Roisin Murphy

"Checkin' On Me" from Overpowered

EMI

Engineer, Mixer, Producer, Vocal Producer

Hot Chip

Made In the Dark

EMI

Mixer

CSS

"Let's Make Love to Death From Above" & "Music Is My Hot Sex" from Cansei de Ser Sexy

Sub Pop

Additional Production, Mixer

Mr Hudson & the Library

"Too Late Too Late" & "Every Little Thing She Does"

Mercury

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Brazilian Girls

"Pussy" from Brazilian Girls

Verve

Mixer, Remixer

Lily Allen

"Cheryl Tweedy" from Smile - EP

EMI/Regal

Co-Writer, Engineer, Producer

Sia

"Breathe Me" from Colour the Small One

Astralwerks

Engineer, Vocal Producer, Writer

Sia

"Little Black Sandals" & "Academia" from Some People Have Real Problems

Go Beat

Writer

Radar

Bright Like the Sun

EMI

Engineer, Mixer, Producer

Kylie

"Slow" from Body Language

EMI

Engineer, Producer, Writer

Fatboy Slim

"The Joker" from Palookaville

Skint

Remixer

Emiliana Torrini

Fisherman's Woman

Rough Trade

Engineer, Producer, Writer

Lazyboy

Penguin Rock

Sunday Best

Engineer, Producer, Writer

Humanzi

Help Me In the Morning

Fiction

Remixer

Kristian Leontiou

"Story of My Life" - Single

Polydor

Remixer

Sebastein Tellier

"La Ritournelle" from Eco Zen-A Musical Awakening Radio Mix

Lucky Number

Mixer

Keith

"Replica" from Mona Lisa's Child

Lucky Number

Engineer, Producer

Keith

"Killing Me" from Red Thread

Lucky Number

Engineer, Producer

Will Young

"What a Day (All I Want)" from Keep On

BMG

Co-Producer, Writer