Wayne Connolly

Wayne Connolly is an Australian producer/engineer and musician. Throughout the 1990s, Connolly played in Sydney band, The Welcome Mat, with whom he released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs on the Waterfront Records, Regular Records and id/Mercury labels. In 1994, he formed Knievel[1] with Tracy Ellis and Nick Kennedy, who went on to release five albums and a series of singles on various labels in Australia, the United States and Japan including Murmur (record label), Citadel Records and Albert Music. Knievel achieved high rotation on Triple J, toured locally and abroad, and supported acts such as Luna, Teenage Fanclub, Death Cab for Cutie and The Pernice Brothers.

Career

Production/audio engineering

Connolly has balanced his career as a performer with work as a producer and engineer for some of Australia's most successful and respected artists, including Josh Pyke, The Vines, Boy & Bear, Paul Dempsey, Youth Group and You Am I.

In the early '90s he took a job managing Paradise Studios for rooART,[1] which put him in touch with emerging artists providing songs for the Youngblood compilation series. Among these were Underground Lovers, Glide, and Custard, all of whom formed working relationships with the producer. Production credits from the 1990s include Wahooti Fandango by Custard, Fill Yourself With Music by Screamfeeder, The Young Need Discipline, Lazy Highways and Future Spa by The Fauves, In Your Bright Ray by The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan, and Sold by Died Pretty.

Since the early 2000s, Connolly has also worked with Neil Finn, Cloud Control, Dallas Crane, Sarah Blasko, Silverchair, Jimmy Barnes, The Living End, Grinspoon, Powderfinger, The Veronicas, Midnight Oil's Jim Moginie, Halfway (band), Dappled Cities, Old Man River, The Grates, and many more. Recent credits include albums for The Apartments, Community Radio, All Our Exes Live in Texas, Husky, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Knievel, Sounds Like Sunset and The Paper Kites.

Film and television

In addition to his work in the music recording industry, Connolly has produced work for film and television. His credits include The Kettering Incident, Love Child (TV series), The Black Balloon, Newcastle, Little Fish, Monkey Puzzle, Mullet, Willful and Dirty Deeds. The track, "When We Get There", produced for The Black Balloon, won best song at the 2008 AGSC/APRA awards.

Studio

From 2007-2015, Connolly worked largely from his own studio within the Albert Music[2] premises in Sydney where he housed his restored Neve 8026 desk.

Awards

In 1992, Connolly produced the Underground Lovers album, Leaves Me Blind, and subsequently received Rolling Stone magazine's Best Australian Record award.[1] The following year he engineered You Am I's fourth EP Coprolalia and their debut album Sound As Ever, alongside Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. This album went on to win the 1993 ARIA for Best Alternative Release. He has received numerous ARIA nominations and awards for his work, including Producer of the Year for his work on Josh Pyke's Memories and Dust in 2007,[3][4] and Engineer of the Year for his work on Paul Dempsey's "Fast Friends" in 2010.[5]

Nominations

Select production credits

Youngblood 3 by Various Artists
Leaves Me Blind by Underground Lovers
Copralalia by You Am I
Sound as Ever by You Am I
Wahooti Fandango by Custard
The Young Need Discipline by The Fauves
Hi Fi Way by You Am I (selected tracks)
Higher Up The Firetrails by Bluebottle Kiss
Sold by Died Pretty
Hourly Daily by You Am I
Disappear Here by Glide
Future Spa by The Fauves
In Your Bright Ray by Grant McLennan
Steep Hill Climb by Knievel
Lazy Highways by The Fauves
Mud and Five Ways to Serve It by Flanders
Using My Gills as a Roadmap by Died Pretty
Sweeter than the Radio by Icecream Hands
King Autumn by Hoolahan
Everydaydream by Died Pretty
The Name Rings a Bell that Drowns out your Voice by Knievel
Size of the Ocean by Big Heavy Stuff
First Translated in 1965 by Ides of Space
Griffith Sunset EP by Evan Dando
Drag (EP) by Drag
Rarities by Silverchair
Dallas Crane by Dallas Crane
Skeleton Jar by Youth Group
The Truth About Love by David McCormack & The Polaroids
Dear Friends and Enemies by Big Heavy Stuff
Factory Girls by Dallas Crane
Casino Twilight Dogs by Youth Group
Vision Valley by The Vines
Nervous Flashlights by The Fauves
Flame Trees by Sarah Blasko
Intermission: The Best of the Solo Recordings 1990–1997 by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan
The Bells Line by 78 Saab
Memories & Dust by Josh Pyke
When Good Times Go Good by The Fauves
Chimney's Afire by Josh Pyke
Easy Fever: A Tribute to the Easybeats and Stevie Wright by Various Artists (including Neil Finn, Jimmy Barnes and Iva Davies)
Zounds by Dappled Cities
Everything is True by Paul Dempsey
Ragged and Ecstatic (select tracks) by Yves Klein Blue
Taken for a Fool by Bears with Guns
Young North by The Paper Kites
Serious Magic by Community Radio
Emerald City/Through the Rainbow Dark by Knievel
Harlequin Dream by Boy & Bear
You're A Shadow by Hungry Kids of Hungary
States by The Paper Kites
Lemons by Woodlock
Labour of Love by Woodlock
Loneliness by Karise Eden
Echoes in the Aviary by Jane Tyrell
Broken Lines by Patrick James
We Could Leave Tonight by Sounds Like Sunset
Baby Blue by Noire
No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal by The Apartments
Look Now You're Cursed by Community Radio
Holograms by Why We Run

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alberts (2012). "Wayne Connolly". Alberts. ALBERTS PTY LTD. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Home of Aussie rock still rolling". The Australian. News Ltd. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Winners by Award – Producer of the Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2016. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
  5. ↑ The Music Network (28 September 2010). "Angus & Julia, Connolly and Moyes win ARIA Artisan Awards". The Music Network. The Music Network. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
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