Steve Albini

Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Missoula, Montana) is an influential singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a former member of the bands Big Black and Rapeman, and is cu

Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Missoula, Montana) is an influential singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a former member of the bands Big Black and Rapeman, and is currently a member of Shellac. He is founder and owner of the company Electrical Audio, which operates two recording studios in Chicago.

He is currently most active as a record producer, but he dislikes the term and prefers to be credited as recording engineer (if the record company insists on any credit at all; Albini is comfortable with receiving no credit). Contrary to common practice, Albini does not receive royalties for anything he records or mixes: he charges a flat hourly fee. Albini estimates that he has engineered the recording of over 1,000 albums.