| Brian Gardner | |
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| Birth name | Brian Knapp Gardner |
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| Origin | Idaho, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Mastering engineer |
| Website | bigbassbrian |
Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance-pop. He is known for his work on hip hop albums, including collaborations with Dr. Dre, who gave him the nickname "Big Bass".
He was last employed at Bernie Grundman Mastering, a mastering house founded and run by Bernie Grundman, and is now independent.
Discography
He has over 750 credits, including:
- Janet Jackson’s Velvet Rope
- Blink 182’s Enema of the State
- Eminem’s Slim Shady
- En Vogue’s Funky Divas
- Fastball’s All the Pain Money Can Buy
- Smash Mouth’s Astro Lounge and 2 Pac’s All Eyes on Me.
Approach
Gardner's style is to compress music to the point of distortion, in order to make it sound louder.
He has been nominated eight times for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year award, winning it once for the Outkast album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
References
- Discogs - Brian Knapp Gardner profile and discography
- Credits, Allmusic.com
- Brian Garder Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Mixonline.com, March 1, 2002. Accessed October 3, 2007.
- ^ https://www.mixonline.com/recording/brian-gardner-365144
- "Winners". Grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- "Brian "Big Bass" Gardner". Brian Gardner Grammy nominations. Retrieved August 21, 2017.