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Bill Racine
has been recording music since the age of 15. Bill
recently went out on his own after spending two 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. |
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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 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). Most
recently, he co-produced and recorded the new album by
The Comas (Vagrant) |
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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 Zombie videogame (Aspyr)
and soundtrack (which also features the music of The
Flaming Lips, Death Cab For Cutie, The Walkmen, 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. 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. |
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Bill sings, is a
multi-instrumentalist, and is a graduate of Full Sail. |
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