Colin Stewart (music producer)


Colin Stewart is a record producer and audio engineer from Victoria, British Columbia, who has been active recording bands since 1996. His professionalism and his passion for recording made others to call him as one of "Vancouver's top indie-rock engineers".
He owns and operates a studio in Victoria, British Columbia, called The Hive Creative Labs, which has established itself as a musical institution of Canada's west coast independent music scene, having hosted and recorded "Black Mountain, Destroyer, Ladyhawk, Frog Eyes, Hot Hot Heat, and P:ano, along with virtually every other significant West coast indie act". Colin has also recorded albums by Kathryn Calder, Sleepy Sun band, Yukon Blonde, The Cave Singers, Veda Hille, No Kids, Dan Mangan, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and many others.
He is also a founding member of the band Gigi. On 30 September 2013, the recording studio Hive Creative Labs which was a home for a lot of Vancouver acts closed its doors because of Producer Colin Stewart's relocation to Victoria.
He is married to singer-songwriter Kathryn Calder.

Selected discography

YearArtistProjectLabelRole
2005Black MountainBlack MountainJagjaguwarProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2005P:anoBrigadoonMintProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2005Pink MountaintopsPink MountaintopsJagjaguwarProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2006Young and SexyPanic When You Find ItMintEngineered
2006Pretty Girls Make GravesÉlan VitalMatadorProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2006LadyhawkLadyhawkJagjaguwarProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2006Great Aunt IdaHow They FlyNorthern ElectricProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2006Rose MelbergCast Away the CloudsDouble AgentEngineered / Mixed
2006They Shoot Horses Don't They?Boo Hoo Hoo BooKill Rock StarsProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2006The Henry Clay PeopleBlacklist the Kid With the Red MoustacheThe Henry Clay PeopleProduced / Engineered
2006Swan LakeBeast MoansJagjaguwarMixing Assistant
2007They Shoot Horses Don't They?Pick Up SticksKill Rock StarsProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2007Lightning DustLightning DustJagjaguwarMixed
2007The Cave SingersInvitation SongsMatadorProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2007ChetFight Against DarknessAaargh RecordsProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2007Immaculate MachineImmaculate Machine's FablesMintProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2007The WaterboysBook of LightningW14/Universal RecordsEngineered
2008Veda HilleThis Riot LifeApe HouseProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2008Young and SexyThe ArcMintProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2008Ten KensTen KensFat CatProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2008LadyhawkShotsJagjaguwarProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2008Black MountainIn the FutureJagjaguwarProduced / Engineered
2008No KidsCome Into My HouseTomlabProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2008KellarissaFlamingoMintProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2009ChetChelsea Silver, Please Come HomeAbsolutely KosherProduced / Engineered
2009Sleepy SunEmbraceATP RecordingsProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2009Immaculate MachineHigh on Jackson HillMintProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2009Rose MelbergHomemade ShipKEngineered / Mixed
2009Pink MountaintopsOutside LoveJagjaguwarEngineered
2009CirclesquareSongs About Dancing and Drugs!K7Mixed
2009The Cave SingersWelcome JoyMatadorProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2009DuplexWorserMintEngineered / Mixed
2009Jon-Rae FletcherOh, MariaWeewerkEngineered / Mixed
2010Kathryn CalderAre You My Mother?File Under: MusicProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2010John BottomleyThe Healing DreamSelf-ReleasedProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2010No KidsJudy At the GroveTomlabProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2010The New PornographersTogetherMatadorEngineered
2010Sleepy SunFeverATP RecordingsProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2010GigiMaintenantTomlabProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2010FanshawDark EyesMintProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2011Dan ManganOh FortuneArts & CraftsProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2011Kathryn CalderBright and VividFile Under: MusicProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2011Odonis OdonisHollandazeFat CatEngineered
2011Slam DunkThe ShiversSelf-ReleasedMixed
2011Sun WizardPositively 4th AvenueLight OrganProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2011The British ColumbiansMade for Darker ThingsRural RecordsProduced / Engineered
2011Veda HilleYoung Saint MarieApe HouseProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2012A.C. NewmanShut Down the StreetsMatadorProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2012Gold & YouthGold & YouthArts & CraftsProduced / Engineered
2012BrasstronautMean SunUnfamiliarProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2012Yukon BlondeTiger TalkDine AloneProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2012Red CedarPFSFSelf ReleasedProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2013NorthcoteNorthcoteBlackbox MusicProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2014High EndsSuperclassDine AloneProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2015Dan Mangan + BlacksmithClub MedsArts & CraftsProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2015Yukon BlondeOn BlondeDine AloneProduced / Engineered
2015Kathryn CalderKathryn CalderFile Under: MusicProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2016Odonis OdonisPost PlaguefelteMixed
2016Twin RiverPassing ShadeLight OrganProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2016WoodpigeonT R O U B L EEngineer
2016BrasstronautBrasstronautMixing
2016DouseThe Light in You Has LeftProduced / Engineered / Mixed
2017Leeroy StaggerLove VersusProducer, Engineer, Mixing
2017The New PornographersWhiteout ConditionsMixing
2017Sleepy SunPrivate TalesRecording engineer, producer
2018FrontpersonFrontrunnerProducer, recording, mixing
2020The Tourist CompanySt. HelensFierce Panda CanadaProducer, Engineer, Mixing
2018FrontpersonParadeProducer, recording, mixing