Mulder, Alan

Alan Molder was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. From an early age, he showed an interest in music, noting among his favorite groups, creativity - Cream and The Beatles . The first album he acquired was T. Rex's Electric Warrior , a young Molder who was impressed by the quality of the album. He started playing in his first group as a teenager - they recorded some demos in a local studio; it was there that he realized that he was more attracted to producing - what he so enjoyed in T. Rex's recording: he was more interested in the technical side than the performance of the material itself.

Molder's musical career began in the early 80s, at the London studio Trident Studios . He worked as an assistant engineer, gaining experience with many influential producers, such as Jean-Michel Jarre , relying on their professionalism in electronic music. One of his colleagues was a sound engineer - Mark “Flood” Ellis , with whom Mulder will often collaborate in the future. So, Mulder helped Flood in one of the record sessions of The Jesus and Mary Chain , then he noted that the choosy group liked working with him. The Jesus and Mary Chain musicians invited Mulder to become the sound engineer of their concert recordings, and in the end, they entrusted him to produce their album Automatic (1989). Musical critics noted Mulder's work - praising a combination of tight, noisy guitars with polished, listener-friendly tones. After that, the former label of this group - Creation Records , invited Mulder to produce recordings for bands: Ride , My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver .

After working on the mini-albums of Glider and Tremolo by My Bloody Valentine, Moulder made friends with two teams who were big fans of this band. In 1992, he mixed Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins and Going Blank Again Ride . In 1994, he collaborated on the Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral .

Mulder’s work with Nine Inch Nails turned into a long-term collaboration - Trent Reznor invited him to work on several of his albums, as well as on the same-name album by Prick and the debut album of his then protégé Marilyn Manson Portrait of an American Family . In 1995, he again collaborated with The Smashing Pumpkins, along with Flood, producing their double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness .

Also, in 1992, Moulder was a co-producer of the Hormonally Yours album, the Shakespears Sister duo, which became one of the best-selling records in the UK and Europe that year.

In the 1990s, Molder often worked with the Curve band.

In 1996, he produced the Moby Animal Rights album and The Cure Wild Mood Swings , and the next year he worked with Flood again, this time on the U2 electronic pop album. In 1998, Moulder mixed a Monster Magnet Powertrip record. In 1999, Molder and Reznor joined forces again; Alan was a producer, sound engineer, and also mixed The Fragile . In 2000, Moulder worked on another CD with The Smashing Pumpkins Machina / The Machines of God, after which he produced A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms' debut record and Monster Magnet's latest work, God Says No. He also worked with the band Lostprophets ^[2] .

In 2002, he was a sound engineer on the debut release of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell , which received a Grammy nomination.

In 2003, he mixed the critically acclaimed album, Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line . The success of the recording has become a factor for inclusion in the almanac " 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ". In the same year, he produced Gary Newman’s Hybrid record, along with Flood, Andy Gray and the band Curve.

In 2005, Mulder produced TheFutureEmbrace 's Billy Corgan's debut solo CD, along with Nine Inch Nails' next album, With Teeth , and mixed The Killers Hot Fuss's debut CD, as well as Soulwax Any Minute Now .

In 2006, he co-produced The Killers' second disc, Sam's Town . He also worked on Ten Silver Drops for Secret Machines and Movie Monster for Sound Team . Also. he produced Dying To Say This To You on The Sounds .

In the same year, Mulder mixed Puscifer's debut CD - V Is for Vagina , as well as Saul Wilms' recording The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! . In addition, he worked on Ashes Divide Keep Telling Myself It's Alright's debut album ^[3] .

In 2007, Moulder mixed the second album of Arctic Monkeys - Favorite Worst Nightmare , including the song “Brianstorm,” which reached No. 1 in Britain. He also worked again with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on Nine Inch Nails Year Zero .

In 2008, Molder produced the new creations of Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor - Ghosts I-IV and The Slip . He also worked on the full-length disc of The Morning After Girls Alone .

Among other things, in 2009, he mixed the disc of the band Placebo Battle for the Sun , as well as the self-titled album Them Crooked Vultures .

In 2010, Moulder produced the debut CD How to Destroy Angels , a project by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor. Also, he mixed the eponymous , fourth in a row, Interpol disc.

In 2011, Moulder produced Ritual's White Lies album and also mixed Wasting Light Foo Fighters .

In 2012, the mix of Battle Born The Killers and An omen EP How to Destroy Angels was mixed.

Moulder is married to Tony Halliday , vocalist for Curve .

• Official site
• Talk with Alan Mulder about his Assault & Battery Studio
• My Bloody Valentine's Loveless Album Recording Process