Sylvia Massy Shyvi

Sylvia Massy Shivy

I have many audio engineers who I constantly look up to and admire their work, here the first one.

While working as a disk jockey for a college radio station, Sylvia became fascinated with recording gear and production techniques. After college, she got a job working at a recording studio in San Francisco, and during the off hours, she produced demos for local bands (including her own).

After a few years, Sylvia moved to Los Angeles, and continued to record local bands. One of those bands, Green Jello (later re-named Green Jelly) attracted the attention of Zoo Records, and went on to sell over one million albums. Soon thereafter, Zoo asked Sylvia to produce Tool; she produced an
EP that went gold and an album that went platinum.

Since then, Sylvia has produced tracks for Powerman 5000, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Skunk Anansie (which went gold in the U.K.), Love & Rockets, and others. She has recorded and/or mixed tunes for such diverse artists as R.E.M., Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, System Of A Down and Johnny Cash.

Sylvia moved to the town of Weed in northern California, and set up RadioStar Studios. This facility allows Sylvia to work close to home, and allows artists to record and/or mix economically in a beautiful environment.

P=produced CP=coprouced E=engineered M=mixed

Selected PRODUCTION / MIX credits

- Showbread – Age of Reptiles (Tooth & Nail) (P-E-M)
- Staple – Of Truth & Reconciliation (Flicker) (P-E-M)
- Casanovas – All Night Long (Rubber Records) (P-E-M)
- Animal Alpha – Pheromones (Racing Junior) (P-E-M)
Alarm Award nominee (2006)
Norwegian Grammy nominee (2006)
Gold in Norway
- Virgos – forthcoming album (Atlantic) (P-E)
- ZED – This Little Empire (Interscope) (P-E-M)
- Cog – The New Normal (MGM) (P-E-M)
nominated for The J Award (2005)
A&R Worldwide's "Pick Of The Week"
- Spiderbait – Tonight Alright (Universal Australia) (P-E-M)
including the #1 hit single "Black Betty"
platinum in Australia
- Acroma – Orbitals (Republic/Universal) (P-E-M)
- Fighting Jacks – The Dying Art Of Life (Tooth and Nail) (P-E-M)
- Lollipop Lust Kill – My So-Called Knife (Artemis) (P-E-M)
- Lustra – self titled (XOFF) (P-E)
- Tallman – Mechanism (Aperture Music) (P-E-M)
- Insolence – Revolution (Maverick) (P-E)
- Sevendust –"Fall" from the Scream 3 soundtrack (TVT) (P-E) gold
- Loudermilk – Several Song from The Red Record (DreamWorks) (M)
- The Deadlights – The Deadlights (Elektra) (P-E-M)
- Powerman 5000 – Tonight The Stars Revolt! (DreamWorks) (P-E) platinum
- Johnny Cash – Unchained (American) (E-M)
Grammy Winner "Best Country Album"
- System Of A Down – self-titled debut (American) (E)
platinum in US, gold in Canada
- R.E.M. – Road Movie (Warner Bros./HBO) (M)
- Cyclefly – Generation Sap (Radioactive) (P-E-M)
- Econoline Crush – The Devil You Know (EMI Canada/Restless) (P-E-M)
platinum in Canada
- Dishwalla - "Ease The Moment" "Bleeding Out" and "Winter Sun"
from their latest self-titled album (Orphanage) (P-E-M)
- Toy Shop – Party Up (Roadrunner) (P-E-M)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers –"Love Rollercoaster" (Geffen) (P-E-M) gold
- Deftones – “Can’t Even Breathe” from Escape From LA soundtrack (Atlantic) (M)
- Luscious Jackson – “Naked Eye” remix (Grand Royal) (M)
- Tibetan Freedom Concert – mixes of live tracks by Alanis Morissette,
Blur, Foo Fighters, Bjork, Might Mighty Bosstones, etc. (Capitol) (M)
- Oingo Boingo – Farewell (live) (A&M) (M)
- Love & Rockets – "Sweet Lover Hangover" (American) (P-E-M)
- Tool – Undertow (Zoo/BMG) (P-E) 2x platinum
- Tool – Opiate EP (Zoo/BMG) (P-E-M) platinum
- Skunk Anansie – Paranoid & Sunburt (One Little Indian/Epic) (P-E)
platinum in UK
- Horsehead – Onism (Mushroom) (P-E-M)
- Machines of Loving Grace – Gilt (Atlantic) (P-E-M)
- Seigmen – Total (Sony/Norway) (P-E-M)
multi-platinum in Norway
- Glueleg – Clodhopper (Liquid) (P-E-M)
- Greta – No Biting (Mercury) (P-E)
- Green Jelly – Cereal Killer (Zoo) (P-E-M) gold
- Prince – "Cream" remix (Warner Bros.) (M)

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