Dave Sardy

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Dave Sardy (more commonly known as D Sardy) is a Brooklyn born and raised rock and roll musician and record producer.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sardy was active as a singer, songwriter and guitarist (most notably with his group Barkmarket), but since the mid-1990s, he has been more active as a producer and/or mixer. He has worked with an eclectic mix of hard rock, punk, alternative, heavy and industrial rock performers; Critics have called him a "Hardcore super-producer."[1]

1990 saw some of Sardy's earliest recording credits: as a guitarist on Marc Ribot's Rootless Cosmopolitans (his name was misspelled "Sardi") and on Barkmarket's Vegas Throat the record that brought the group wider acclaim after a string of independent releases. He also played guitar on Frank Black's 1993 solo debut.

Barkmarket was active from about 1987 to 1996 and toured widely. In addition to being the group's singer, songwriter and guitarist, Sardy also produced, recorded and mixed all their albums. This probably helped his nascent career as a producer: though often loud and aggressive, Barkmarket's albums are full of interesting sounds, textures and recording techniques.

[edit] Productions

Sardy has produced and mixed for the following artists, among others:

• Autolux
• Oasis
• Cold War Kids
• LCD Soundsystem
• Primal Scream
• Wolfmother
• Johnny Cash
• The Rolling Stones
• OK GO
• The Walkmen
• Jay Z
• Nine Inch Nails
• VAUX
• The Cubical
• Nine Black Alps
• Serafin
• Badly Drawn Boy
• Hank Williams III
• Atari Teenage Riot
• Evil Superstars
• Soulwax
• The Duels
• Giant Drag
• Cop Shoot Cop
• The Dandy Warhols
• Dirty Pretty Things
• The Mooney Suzuki
• Rage Against the Machine
• Enon
• Far
• Monster Magnet
• The Revolution Smile
• Helmet
• Hot Hot Heat
• Hundred Reasons
• Jet
• Marilyn Manson
• Slayer
• Spongehead
• Chris Cornell
• Mel C
• The Thrills
• Mauro Pawlowski
• Rufus Wainwright
• Wolfmother