Bill Racine has been recording music since the age of 15. Bill is out on his own after spending several years at Dave Fridmann’s Tarbox Road Studios where he assisted Dave with the likes of with the Flaming Lips, Sparklehorse, Mercury Rev, Mogwai, Longwave, Phantom Planet, Cafe Tacuba, Goldrush, Wheat and Whirlwind Heat. Prior to his time at Tarbox, he spent two years at Bearsville(Recording Studios) where he worked with producers such as Roger Moutenot and Neil Dorfsman. Before Bearsville, he interned at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco with producer John Croslin. Bill is also adept at front-of-house sound, and has done live sound for the likes of Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Moe, Joseph Arthur, Burning Spear and Longwave.
On his own, Bill's recording credits include the first two records by the acclaimed Rogue Wave (Sub Pop), Mates of State (Barsuk/ Moshi Moshi) Phantom Planet’s live CD and DVD, Mercury Rev offshoots Hopewell (Tee Pee/Zeal), The Silent League (Something In Construction) and Odiorne, and Ryan Laurie (who contributed guitar to the Lips' Yoshimi). He recorded and mixed Miniature Tigers’Fortress (Modern Art), which was produced by Christopher Chu of the Morning Benders. He produced, recorded and mixed various songs for NYC’s Levy (One Little Indian). He returned to Tarbox to record new tracks with Mark Gardener (of Ride fame) and Goldrush for These Beautiful Ghosts (UFO). He co-produced and recorded the final album by The Comas(Vagrant).
Bill is based in New York City’s fertile scene, but he records with bands from all over the US and the world. He has worked with Detroit’s rockin’ The Hard Lessons, LA teen rockers Wild Youth (who morphed into Atlantic’s Kitten), the wonderful songstress from LA, Meredith Meyer, Austin/ Houston/ New Zealand’s Honey Claws, Rogue Wave offshoots Golden Gram, Upstate New York’s Jesse Stiles, and New York’s brilliant Zambri. He produced, recorded and mixed Dallas’s infinitely fun modern girl group, Lovie, mixed three songs for Sweden’s Surrounded (One Little Indian) and mixed a song for Mexico’s Tayro (Mun).
Bill has worked on several tracks that appeared in various forms of media. He produced, recorded and mixed the Rogue Wave track featured in the Stubbs The Zombievideogame (Aspyr) and soundtrack (which also features the music of The Flaming Lips, Death Cab For Cutie, TheWalkmen, etc.). Several Rogue Wave songs appeared in The O.C., and Bill mixed the Mates’ cover of Phantom Planet’s “California” for the Christmas episode of The O.C. The Mates of State “For The Actor” is featured in an AT & T commercial. The Hard Lessons’“Wedding Ring” was featured in the closing scene of a recent Grey’s Anatomyepisode. The Comas' "Stoneded" appeared in an episode ofE.R., and "People (Movin' On)" by The Mercies was used in Gossip Girl. He has recently recorded and mixed several live preformances by the likes of Rhianna, The Fields, Gym Class Heroes, etc. for Sprint and Atlantic Records.
Bill sings, is a multi-instrumentalist, and is a graduate of Full Sail. As one might expect, he is a bit of a gearhead, and has amassed an impressive collection of equipment (http://www.billracine.com/equipment/), which he puts to full use. |
