Breathing Protection News 2005 | 2006 | 2007

Representation by Peter Shershin for Breathing Protection
Contact: Peter@BreathingProtection.com
(Please note that I am no longer using the hotmail address)

Congratulations to Dave Fridmann and The Flaming Lips on their Grammy win for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for At War With The Mystics (Warner Brothers)!!!!!  The Lips also won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for “The Wizard Turns On…” from AWWTM, produced, of course, by Dave and The Lips.

Tony Doogan just completed producing and mixing Malcolm Middleton’s (of Arab Strap fame) second solo album for new UK indie Full Time Hobby.   And congratulations to Tony on the Dirty Pretty Things album, Waterloo To Anywhere (Mercury), which was certified gold in the UK.

Paul Mahajan just mixed We Made This Ourselves, the beautiful new album from singer/ songwriter Essie Jain for Ba Da Bing (also home to Beirut), which features drummer Jim White of The Dirty Three on a number of tracks.

Bill Racine continues his excellent work with the Mates of State, mixing their excellent cover of Phantom Planet’s “California” which appeared on The O.C. Christmas episode and on the latest edition of The O.C. soundtrack album series.  He also recently produced and recorded the upcoming album by The Comas for Vagrant.

Sandy Pearlman is named as Schulich Distinguished Chair, a 3 year appointment as a Visiting Professor and Visiting Scholar at McGill University, Montreal Quebec, Canada.  He is involved in the research and development issues regarding the Future of Music.  He is conducting a seminar in the Management School re: the Future of the Music Business, as well as teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses revolving around Heavy Metal.

For full biographies and discographies of Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips, Sleater-Kinney), Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai, Dirty Pretty Things, Delgados), Paul Mahajan (Yeah Yeah Yeah's, TV on The Radio, The National), Sandy Pearlman (Blue Oyster Cult, The Clash) and Bill Racine (Rogue Wave, Mates of State, Hopewell), please visit each producer's individual page for full details.