DAVID Nicholas
Winner: ARIA Producer Of The Year 2005 Nominated 2002, 2003 Winner: ARIA Engineer Of The Year 1987,1991 Nominated 1986,1988, 1989, 1990 Winner: Audio Tec & 301 Lifetime Achievement Award 2015
History After co founding and running Rhinoceros Recordings in Sydney Australia in the 1980s, I moved to the UK and worked as a freelance producer/mixer/engineer until returning to Australia in 2000.
During my time at Rhinoceros, I worked on many of the significant Australian albums of that decade including, INXS’ Kick, X and Shabooh Shoobah, Midnight Oil’s Blue Sky Mining, Richard Clapton’s Glory Road and Solidarity, GANGgajan’s Sounds of Then and Australian Crawl’s, Semantics.
Winning ARIA Engineer Of The Year on two occasions. 1987 & 1991
Based in London in the 90s, I worked throughout Europe and the USA with artists as diverse as Elton John, Pulp, Ash, Soul Asylum, Brian Adams, Sting, Rod Stewart, Marcella Detroit, Heroes Del Silencio and Johnny and David Hallyday. Achieving a US#1 with “All For Love” as a Co-Producer and numerous international #1s as a mix and recording engineer for UK producers Chris Thomas, Chris Kimsey and Phil Manzenera and French producer Pierre Jaconelli.
Since returning to Australia in 2000, I have produced and mixed numerous albums including the debut #1 George album "Polyserena”, the debut #1 Zed album "Silencer" and tracks on the debut #1 Delta Goodrem album "Innocent Eyes".
Winning ARIA “Producer of the Year” in 2005 with the Drag album "The Way Out".
Alongside studio work, my live experience stretches back to the early 80s. Most notably broadcasting and recording Sir Elton John live from Barcelona before the Olympics, Midnight Oil and Cold Chisel from the Domain in Sydney and Johnny Halliday live in Las Vegas and countless other broadcasts, recordings and FOH mixes including the worlds first BYO FM event with GANGgajang in Brisbane Australia.
I re launched Rhinoceros in 2009 as an independent label with the release of its first record and in November of that year Rhinoceros Publishing was accepted as a full member of APRA/AMCOS and CCLI. In 2013 I also partner with Szikla Technical to develop audio hardware and in 2015 we released the highly regarded Prodigal Duel Chanel Strip.
Producing and Mixing music is still my passion and I do it every day…
To follow mine and all Rhinoceros’ artists and projects visit: rhinocerosmusic.com RhinocerosMusicTV Rhinoceros Facebook
David Nicholas linkedin Credits
P = Producer, +P = Co-Producer, E = Engineer, = M Mixer
International Highlights
Bryan Adams, Sting, US #1 All For Love Single +P E M Rod Stewart US #1 Sleeping With The Past Album E M Elton John The One Album E M UK #1 Live in Barcelona Live DVD P E M Sang Pour Sang Album E FRANCE #1 Johnny Hallyday Destination Las Vegas Live Album E M 50th Anniversary Live Album E M Un Paradis/Un Enfer Album E FRANCE #1 David Hallyday Virtuel, Des Mots Single E
SPAIN #1 Heroes Del Silencio Spirit Of Del Vino Album E M
UK #1 Pulp Different Class Album E M
Marcella Detroit Jewel Album E M
Soul Asylum Candy From A Stranger Album E
ASH Nu Clear Sound Album E
O.M.D Universal Album +P E M
River City People Special Way Album +P E M
Shakespeare's Sister Goodbye Cruel World Album Track E M
Live @ The Brixton Academy DVD Sex Pistols London M Guitar Hero Problems Play It Forward Love You All The Time Single E M Campaign Elton John
Australia & New Zealand
AUST #1 KICK Album E X Album E M USA #1 INXS Shabooh Shoobah Album E UK #1 Different World Single E M
AUST #1 Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mining Album E M
Polyserena Album P E M Unity Album P E M AUST #1 George Breathe In Now Single P E M Special Ones Single P E M Run Single P E M Silencer Album P E M NZ #1 ZED Renegade Fighter Single P E M AUST #1 In My Own Time Album track P E Delta Goodrem This Is Not Me Album track P E UK #1 A Year Ago Today Album track P E
AUST #1 Australian Crawl Semantics Album E
NZ # 4 Atlas Reasons for Voyaging Album P E M ARIA Producer of The Year Drag The Way Out Album P E M 05 George with Go Quiet Heart Album P E M Betweens Gimme Some Lovin Single E M GANGgajang Sounds Of Then Single E M GANG gajang Album E M Glory Road Album E Richard Clapton Solidarity Album E 30th Anniversary Album M
Jimmy Barnes 50th Anthology Rarities M
The War On Time Album P E M Angelas Dish My Body Is An Ashtray EP M
The Whitlams Beautiful As You Album Track P E M
Melissa Tallon 21 Album P E M
Ballad Of A One Eyed man Album M Strange Little Town Album Track Mark Seymour P E M Blue Morning Album Track P E M Oz Music Christian Album Revive Trafalgar Street Album of the year 07 P E M All Mankind Puzzles Album P E M
Gin Wigmore Hallelujah EP Track +P M NZ Top Ten
Justin Carter Painting Picture Album +PE
Stuart Hunter The Gathering Album E Live At The Enmore 5.1 DVD AUST #1 Jimmy Barnes M Out Of The Blue Tour itunes Album Richard Clapton Live At The State Theater Album M
Daorum Calling EP E M
Corrine Gibbons Melt Album M P E M Stand Out Fit In Album The Basics P E M Garage Hymnal Album Garage Hymnal P E M Unity Live Album Aston Aston Album P E M
Slow Down Honey In The Picture EP P E P E M Radio National EP Radio National P E M Just Like Pirates EP P E M When The World Still Awake EP P E M Gavilan EP +P E M Gavilan Dos Tales EP +P E M HEAT Re Release Album Tracks M Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man 25 Year Album Tracks M Anniversary Seven Axes EP Diesel E M Under The Influence Album Jon Stevens Changing Times Album E M
Andy Szikla Dark Valley Album M
Phil Slate The Peter Sculthorpe Sessions Album E M
Vince Jones Album Tracks Album E
Sam Pollard Steps Album P E M
Simon Barker Chiri Album E M
Skank de Ville Skank de Ville EP P E M
Richard Clapton Harlequin Nights Album M Katie Noonan & Songs of the Southern Skies Album M Karin Schaupp Garage Hymnal Bird In a Winter Storm EP P E M ARIA Top 20 This Is Not The End Album P E M Debut The Baby Animals Katie Noonan Song Book Album +P E M
Katie Noonan Fierce Heart Album +P E M Garage Hymnal Lowly Album P E M
The Baby Animals Feed The Birds Tour DVD 5.1 DVD M The Alyawarr Sessions Desert Pea Media CD/DVD M Indigenous Hip Hop Johnny Cass Tombstone Bullets Album +P M
Damien Leith Chapter 7 Album M
Deadbeat & Hazy Ghost Album M
The Collie Sessions Desert Pea Media CD/DVD M Indigenous Hip Hop Dorum Korean Jazz Project Album E M
John Innes The Watchman Album M
Myer Suze Demarchi What Child Is This Christmas M Album Track
Ride The Night Away Feat: AUST #1 Jimmy Barnes 3030Hindsight M Steve Van Zandt
Circles In The Sand, 30thAniversary GANGgajang I’m Not Waiting Around Bonus Tracks +P E M
The Voyage of Mary and Matt McMahon Album E M William
EMU Music Songs For Little Rooms 2 Album E Feat: 30+Tracks Indigenous Song Desert Pea Media Indigenous Hip Hop; 2013/14/15/16 M of the year: & One Vision 2013+14+15 /17 Stu Hunter The Migration Album E Stone Empire Octorabbitsquidskull Album P E M Phil Slater Sun Sessions Album E M New Regulars Give No Reason Album P E M Jimmy Barnes Flesh & Wood Live Album & DVD M Bonus Jimmy Barnes Live @ Port NYE 96 M Release The Lovely Days Lordness Single +P M EMU Music The Things Above Album +P E Victims The Dead Riders Singles +P M I Love You Baby Hair Die Backburning Singles M Southerly Sean Dunlop Singles P E M Better Place