Phillip Jeffrey McKellar is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. At the ARIA Music Awards McKellar has received nine nominations in the categories of either Producer of the Year or Engineer of the Year. These include You Am I's "Good Mornin'", "Tuesday" and Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples (1997, engineer), The Cruel Sea's "Hard Times" (1998, producer), Spiderbait's Grand Slam (1999, engineer, producer), Grinspoon's New Detention (2002, engineer, producer), Sunk Loto's Between Birth and Death (2004, producer), and Something with Numbers' Perfect Distraction (2007, producer).
Biography
In the late 1970s Phil McKellar worked at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (later renamed as Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
In 1978 a fellow worker, Steve Adam, invited him to join an experimental music outfit, the Informatics, alongside Ramesh Ayar, Valek Sadovchikoff and Michael Trudgeon.
Trudgeon explained their stance "We were driven by a love of the possibilities of what synthesizers and sequencers could do... Quite often the songs were shaped by the textures and rhythms that this new and exciting technology could generate. I think we were more interested in what we could experiment with rather than compete with well-established genres. The future looked exciting."
In August 1982 McKellar issued a solo track, "Some Good Things to Do", which was compiled on a give-away
compact cassette,
Fast Forward 12, with
Fast Forward Magazine.
From 1990 to 2000 McKellar worked as live music producer for national youth radio station, Triple J. McKellar later recalled "I'd been recording a lot of stuff for Triple J – Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers."
McKellar worked as a producer and sound engineer at Hardboiled Productions (1996-2010). He has also worked with many rock bands such as Dirty Three, The Mark Of Cain, Frenzal Rhomb, The Butterfly Effect, Kisschasy,
Discography
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The Lure of the Tropics – Dave Graney (live album, July 1992, producer) Torn & Frayed Records (TORN CD1)
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Stompen Ground – Various Artists (live album, 1993, producer) ABC Music
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"Tomorrow" – Silverchair (September 1994, engineer, producer)
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Ivy and the Big Apples – Spiderbait (October 1996, engineer, producer) Universal/Polydor
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1995 winners and nominees:
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1995 Producer of the Year winner and nominees: Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
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2007 winners and nominees:
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"Good Mornin'" (September 1996), "Tuesday" (February 1997) – You Am I (engineer) rooArt Records
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Licker Bottle Cozy – Grinspoon (EP, December 1996, engineer, producer) Grudge Records/MCA/Universal
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Grinspoon:
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Spiderbait:
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Guide to Better Living – Grinspoon (engineer, mixer, producer, September 1997) Grudge/Universal (UMD73086)
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"Hard Times" – The Cruel Sea (February 1998, producer)
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Pushing Buttons – Grinspoon (EP, September 1998, producer)
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Grand Slam – Spiderbait (April 1999, engineer, producer) Polydor Records
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Big Picture Lies – Sunk Loto (producer, October 2000) Epic/Sony Music
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New Detention – Grinspoon (June 2002, engineer, producer) Grudge Records
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Between Birth and Death – Sunk Loto (producer, November 2003) Sony Music
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Receiving Transmission – One Dollar Short (2004, producer) Rapido Records (30D0D511-D784-4AED-B84C-4281FD441DBF)
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Perfect Distraction – Something with Numbers (October 2006) Below Par/EMI
