Dan Lancaster

Dan Lancaster is a Grammy nominated Producer/Mixer/Writer/Artist from the UK.[1]

Dan Lancaster
Birth nameDan Lancaster
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
  • Mixer
  • Writer
  • Artist

He has written, produced and mixed 8 Radio 1 A-Listed records in the last 2 years and has worked with Blink 182, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Bring Me The Horizon, Avril Lavigne, One OK Rock,[2] Lower Than Atlantis,[3] and Don Broco.[4]

He has had multiple Platinum and Gold albums and had Number 1 albums in the UK, the United States, Japan, Canada, and Australia and been involved in records with over 800 million Spotify streams.

Dan is currently writing, producing, and mixing new albums and singles by One OK Rock, Good Charlotte, Crossfaith, Dir En Grey, Don Broco, Fickle Friends, and also working on his own project through Raw Kingdom.

He has been nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2017 and 2018 Heavy Metal Awards.

Background

Lancaster is a self-taught producer and learnt by practising using a small Pro Tools production rig in his own home.

In 2012, Lancaster worked on his first full-length album, producing and mixing Don Broco's debut album Priorities. The album peaked at number 25 on the UK Album Charts, marking Lancaster's first UK Top 40 album and the beginning of a longstanding relationship with the band.

In 2013 he produced, co-wrote, and mixed Lower Than Atlantis' eponymous fourth album. The following year, he worked with Mike Duce from Lower Than Atlantis to co-write and produce the song "Heartache on the Big Screen" by 5 Seconds of Summer, a B-Side to their breakout single "She Looks So Perfect".

In 2015, Lancaster contributed production to Don Broco's sophomore album Automatic, obtaining his first UK Top 10 album as a producer in the process when the album peaked at number six on the UK Album Charts. Significantly, this year gave Lancaster his big break when he was chosen to mix Bring Me The Horizon's fifth album That's The Spirit. The album reached number two in both the UK Album Charts and US Billboard 200 when released in September 2015, while reaching number one in Australia and Canada amongst other countries.

The success of this album lead to Lancaster starting to collaborate with acts from outside the UK. He contributed mixing to Blink 182's seventh album, California (July 2016), which reached number one in both the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200 (where the album also went to Gold status). Just a couple of months afterwards, he then worked with Japanese band One OK Rock for their single "Taking Off", where he took on co-writing and production duties. The album associated with this single, "Ambitions", reached number one on the Weekly Oricon Albums Chart, bringing with it Lancaster's third album to go number one in at least one country, and his first number one in Japan.

Between 2016 and 2017, Lancaster worked with a number of artists, branching out into more mainstream music than his traditional clients in rock music. He co-wrote and produced Nina Nesbitt's "Chewing Gum" single from her Modern Love EP (2016), then contributed production to the Good Charlotte album Youth Authority (2016), as well as co-writing and producing three tracks for Fenech-Soler's third album Zilla (2017): "Kaleidoscope", "Touch", and "Conversation".

He also worked with Lower Than Atlantis for the second time, recording, producing and mixing their fifth album, February 2017's Safe in Sound. He has writing credits on this album for "Had Enough", "Dumb", "Long Time Coming" and "Work For It".

In 2017 Lancaster built and has subsequently worked in his own customised music studio in the London Borough of Hackney. His first project in the new studio was with Don Broco for the third time, recording, co-writing, producing, and mixing their third album, Technology, released 2 February 2018.

The album peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart; their most successful to date. Other projects completed in this time include mixing the songs "American Attraction" and "Casualty" from Anti-Flag's tenth album, American Fall (November 2017), Hollywood Undead's fifth album titled V, and mixing the songs "Lovesick", "Heartbroken", and "Midnight" from You Are Someone Else (March 2018), the debut album by British indie-pop band Fickle Friends.

Discography
Title Details
Curious Electric

Producer/songwriting/mixing credits
Year Artist Title Album Label Role Notes
2012 Don Broco Priorities Priorities Sony Producer / Mixer • Single
Hold On • Single
Yeah Man
Here's The Thing
Whole Truth • Single
Fancy Dress
In My World
Back In The Day
You Got It Girl
Let's Go Back To School
Actors
2013 Little Mix Little Me (Unplugged) Salute (Deluxe Edition) Syco / Sony Mixer • From the Top 6 Billboard 200 US Album • From the Top 5 UK Album • Album Certified Platinum in the UK
Don Broco You Wanna Know Automatic Sony Co-Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Programming • Top 40 UK Singles Chart • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1
Mallory Knox Beggars Signals A Wolf At The Door Producer / Mixer • Single
Lighthouse • Single • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1
Death Rattle • Single • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1
Wolves
1949
Wake Up • Single
Hello • Single
Misdemeanour
Bury Your Head
Signals
Creeper
Maps Signals (Deluxe Edition)
Lights
Oceans
2014 5SOS Heartache On The Big Screen LIVESOS Capitol / Universal Songwriter • From their live album 'LIVESOS' that debuted at Number 13 US Billboard Top 200
Don Broco Money, Power, Fame Automatic Sony Co-Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Programming • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1
Lower Than Atlantis Here We Go Lower Than Atlantis Easy Life / Sony Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • Sold 50,000 copies worldwide • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1 • BBC Radio 1 Playlist for 6 weeks
Ain't No Friend • From the Top 15 UK album.
English Kids In America • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Criminal • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Words Don't Come So Easily • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Emily • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Stay The Same
Live Slow, Die Old
Damn Nation
Time
Just What You Need
Number One
I'm Partying Lower Than Atlantis (Bonus Track)
Superhero
Sewer Side
5SOS Heartache On The Big Screen She Looks So Perfect EP Capitol / Universal Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • Featured on 5 Seconds Of Summer UK Number 1 EP
2015 Lower Than Atlantis Get Over It Lower Than Atlantis: Black Edition Easy Life / Sony Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • Annie Mac 'Hottest Record In The World' - BBC Radio 1
Bring Me The Horizon Doomed That's The Spirit RCA / Sony Mixer • Top 2 Album in the United States, UK, Canada, and Australia • The Album has sold over 1M copies Worldwide • Album certified GOLD in the UK and Australia
Happy Song • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Throne • Annie Mac 'Hottest Record In The World' - BBC Radio 1 • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
True Friends • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Follow You • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
What You Need
Avalanche • Annie Mac 'Hottest Record In The World' - BBC Radio 1 • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Run
Drown (New Version)
Blasphemy
Oh No • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1 • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Strange Bones S.O.I.A S.O.I.A - EP Northern Rats / Kobalt Mixer
Crooks Above Me Are We All the Same Distance Apart Equal Vision Producer / Mixer
What Might Have Been
Schöne Seele
May Be
A Few Peaceful Days
Dear Reader
Are We All The Same Distance Apart
Windy Little Town
From The Sticks To The Bitterness
Harmony Falls
The Ordinary Boys About Tonight The Ordinary Boys Treat Yourself Records Mixer
Awkward
Four Letter Word
I'm Leaving You (And I'm Taking You With Me)
Losing My Cool
Cruel
Panic Attack
Do or Die
Almost Ready
Putting My Heart on the Line
Disposable Anthem
Don Broco Automatic Automatic Sony Songwriter / Additional Production / Programming • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1
Superlove
Fire
Keep On Pushing
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2016 One OK Rock I Was King Ambitions Fueled By Ramen Mixer
Lower Than Atlantis Work For It Safe In Sound Easy Life / Sony Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • Annie Mac 'Hottest Record In The World' - BBC Radio 1
One OK Rock Taking Off Ambitions Fueled By Ramen Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • Number 1 Single in Japan • Featured in Japanese film 'Museum' • Featured in Apple TV advert in Japan.
Fenech-Soler Kaleidoscope Zila SO Recordings Songwriter / Co-Producer
Don Broco Everybody Technology SharpTone Songwriter / Mixer
Blink 182 California California BMG Mixer • Nominated for 'Best Rock Album' at 59th Grammy Awards in 2017 • Number 1 in the United States and Canada and Blink 182's first UK Number 1 Album • Top 10 Album in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, and Switzerland
Left Alone • Album Certified Gold in the US and Australia • Album Certified Silver in the UK
Strange Bones God Save The Teen S.O.I.A - EP Northern Rats / Kobalt Mixer
Good Charlotte 40 Oz Dream Youth Authority MDDN / Kobalt Mixer • Number 1 Album in the Australia
Nina Nesbitt Chewing Gum Modern Love EP Island / Universal Producer / Songwriter / Programming
2017 Don Broco T-Shirt Song Technology SharpTone Producer / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming Single • Annie Mac 'Hottest Record In The World' - BBC Radio 1 • BBC Radio 1's Specialist Chart
Stay Ignorant • Single
Anti-Flag American Attraction America Fall Spinefarm Records Mixer • Debuted at #17 on the Hard Rock Albums in the US • #11 on the Independent Albums in the US
Casualty • #10 on the Tastemakers chart in the US
Hollywood Undead California Dreaming V MDDN/BMG Mixer • Debuted at 2 on US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)
Whatever It Takes • Debuted at 3 on US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)
Bad Moon • Debuted at 22 on Billboard 200 album chart in US
Ghost Beach • Top 20 Album in the Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, New Zealand
Broken Record
Nobody's Watching
Renegade
Black Cadillac (feat. B-Real)
Pray (Put 'Em in the Dirt)
Cashed Out
Riot
We Own The Night
Bang Bang
Your Life
Don Broco Technology Technology SharpTone Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1
Pretty Producer / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming
Polyphia Loud The Most Hated - EP Sony Japan Mixer
Icronic
Goose
40 Oz
Crosty
The Worst
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Lullaby Lullaby (Radio Mix) International Death Cult / Kobalt Mixer • BBC Radio 1 Playlist
Blink 182 Hey, I'm Sorry California (Deluxe Edition) BMG Mixer
Lower Than Atlantis Had Enough Safe in Sound Easy Life / Sony Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • BBC Radio 1 Playlist • Featured on BBC Football Focus
Dumb • Dan P Carter's 'Rockest Record' - BBC Radio 1
Long Time Coming
Boomerang Safe in Sound
Could Be Worse Producer / Mixer / Programming
I Would
Money Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming
I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore Producer / Mixer / Programming
A Night To Forget
One OK Rock Bombs Away Ambitions Fueled By Ramen Mixer • Japanese Number 1 album – selling over 315,000 records in its first week
We Are
20/20
Listen (feat. Avril Lavigne)
Bon Voyage
Take What You Want (feat. 5 Seconds Of Summer)
Fenech-Soler Touch Zila SO Recordings Songwriter / Co-Producer • Japanese Number 1 album – selling over 315,000 records in its first week
Conversation
2018 Fickle Friends Lovesick You Are Something Else Polydor Mixer • Top 9 UK Album Charts
Heartbroken
Midnight
Don Broco The Blues Technology SharpTone Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming • Top 5 UK Album Charts
Tightrope Producer / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming
Greatness
Porkies
Good Listener
¥ Producer / Songwriter / Mixer / Backing Vocals / Programming
Blood In The Water
Come Out To LA • Single • BBC Radio 1 Playlist

References
  1. "Dan Lancaster Credits AllMusic". Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. Biddulph, Andy. "Read One OK Rock's First Ever Rock Sound Cover Feature In Full", Rock Sound magazine, 13 January 2018.
  3. Total Guitar, "In the studio: Lower Than Atlantis", MusicRadar, 18 July 2014.
  4. McMahon, Cait. "Digging into 'Technology' with DON BROCO's Rob Damani and 'silent fifth member'", Substream Magazine, 17 February 2018.
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