David Nicholas

After working at Rhinoceros Recordings in Sydney in the 1980s, David moved to the UK and worked as a freelance producer/engineer until returning to Australia in 2000.

During his time at Rhinoceros, David worked on most of the significant Australian albums of that decade. Including, INXS, Kick, X and Saboo Shoobah, Midnight Oil, Blue Sky Mining, Richard Clapton, Glory Road and Australian Crawl, Semantics. Winning Aria, Engineer Of The Year on two occasions, he built an international reputation and network of professional contacts that continue to this day.

Based in London in the 90s, David worked throughout Europe and the USA with artists as diverse as Elton John, Pulp, Ash, Soul Asylum, Brian Adams, Sting, Rod Stewart, Marcella Detroit and Johnny and David Hallyday.

Since returning to Australia in 2000, David has produced numerous successful albums including the debut #1 george album "Polyserena'', the debut #1 Delta album "Innocent Eyes", the debut #1 Zed album "Silencer" and won ARIA Producer of the Year, in 2005 for the Drag album "The Way Out"

Forming a writing and production team with Michael Stangel in 2002 which took them back to the US in 2004 to write with the likes of Nikki Chinn, Steve Booker, Kevin Savigar, The Veronicas and Bridgett Benenate, David and Michael went on to start their own independent label and publishing company Jellyfish Music, while continuing his international career as a Producer and Mixer.

 
CREDITS
Winner ARIA Producer of the Year 2005, nominated in 2002 and 2003
ARIA Engineer Of The Year 1988, 1990
P = Producer, +P = Co-Producer, E = Engineer, M = Mix Engineer
Angelas Dish    
  - The War On Time - Album - Boomtown Records(PEM)
The Basics  
  - Stand Out - Fit In - Album - The Three Basics(M)
Angelas Dish  
  - My Body is An Ashtray - EP - Boomtown Reocrds(M)
Jimmy Barnes  
  - 50th Anthology
"Live Melbourne 87" - Rarities
"Tell Me the Truth" - Rarities
"Sitting at a Bar" - Rarities
"Rather Be With You" - Rarities
- Liberation Music(M)
Paul Winn    
  - What Will You Now Forget - Album - Paul Winn Music (+PEM)
Tinku  
  - Superman - Single
- Come Together - Single
- MGM (M)
- MGM (PEM)
Revive  
  - Trafalgar Street - Album - (P E M)
The Whitlams  
  - Beautiful As You - Little Cloud - Album Track - Warner Music (P E M)
Drag  
  - The Way Out - Album - Universal Music (P E M)
Melissa Tallon  
  - 21 - Album - Universal Music (P E M)
The Veronicas - Changes (+ P E M)
  - Happening Again (+ P E M)
  - Superstar (+ P E M)
  - To Know Him (+ P E M)
George  
  - Unity - Album - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
  - Release - World Cup - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
  - Polyserena - Album AUS #1 - Festival Mushroom(P E M)
  - Breath In Now - Single - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
  - Run - Single - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
  - Special Ones - Single - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
Delta Goodrem AUS #1  
  - In My Own time - Innocent Eyes Album - Sony (P E )
  - This Is Not Me - Innocent Eyes Album - Sony (P E )
  - A Year Ago Today - Innocent Eyes Album - Sony (P E )
Jess Grey - Bond - Album - Marlin Records (P E M)
  - Air - Album - Marlin Records (P E M)
  - Sleeping With My Eyes Open- Album - Marlin Records (P E M)
One Last Ride - Film Score - Fishtank Studios (+P E M)
Tapered Edges - EP - Independent (P E M)
URST - EP - Independent (P E M)
George & Jodie Cockatoo
-Creed
- Corroboration Track - Track - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
George
with Deborah Conway
- Man Overboard - Festival Heritage Recordings (P E M)
George
with Go Betweens
- Quiet Heart - Festival Heritage Recordings (P E M)
Fur Patrol - Andrew - Single - Warner NZ (P E M)
ZED  
  - Hold Your Head - Single - Universal NZ (P E M)
  - Album Tracks - Universal NZ (P E M)
  - Silencer- Album NZ #1 - Universal NZ (P E M)
Jimmy Barnes - Who's Making Love - Singles - Warner Music Australia (P E M)
  - I Put A Spell On You - Singles - Warner Music Australia (P E M)
Mark Seymour - Strange Little Town - Album Tracks - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
  - Blue Morning - Album Tracks - Festival Mushroom (P E M)
Alex Lloyd - Album Demos - Australia (P E M)
Salon Kitty - Smart for Town - Singles - EMI UK (P E M)
  - Greatest Love Affair - Singles - EMI UK (P E M)
  - It's a Salon - Singles - EMI UK (P E M)
O.M.D
  - Universal - Album - Virgin UK (P E M)
Richard Clapton - Angel Town - Album - Festival Mushroom(+P E)
Bryan Adams, Sting,
Rod Stewart
 
  - All For Love USA #1 - Single - A&M USA (+P E M)
Heroes Del Silencio - Live Recording - Video & TV Special - Spain (P E M)
The Green Things - Album Tracks - Warner USA (P E M)
Elton John - Live in Barcelona - Album - Live Recording (P E M)
River City People - Special Way - Album - EMI UK (+P E M)
Johnny Hallyday  
  - Sang Pour Sang France #1 - Album (Producer Pierre Jaconelli) - France (E)
  - Destination Las Vegas France #1 - Live Album & Video (Producer Chris Kimsey) - USA (E M)
  - 50th Anniversary France #1 - Live Album (Producer Chris Kimsey) - UK (E M)
Heroes Del Silencio  
  - Spirit of Del Vino Spain#1 - Album (Producer Phil Manzanera)  
Eric Bibb - Live at The Basement - 5.1 DVD Mixes - The Basement (M)
   
Dirty Deeds - 5.1 Film Mixes- Film Soundtrack Album - Australia (M)
Lash - The Beautiful and The Damned - Australia (M)
James Morrison - Live at the Basement - 5.1 DVD Mixes - Australia (M)
Leo Sayer - Live at the Basement - 5.1 DVD Mixes - Australia (M)
Mark Seymour - Live at the Basement - 5.1 DVD Mixes - Australia (M)
  - Live Ballad Of A One Eyed Man - Album - Australia (M)
Skunkhour - Kick In The Door - Single - Australia (M)
Screaming Jets - Higher With You - Single - Australia (M)
The Whitlams - Chunky Chunky Air Guitar- Single - Australia (M)
Crawlspace - Lesson - Single - Australia (M)
Richard Clapton - Calling - Single - Australia (E M)
Ash  
  - Nu Clear Sound - Album (Producer Chris Kimsey) - UK (E)
Natalie Imbruglia - Live - Single - UK (M)
David Summers - As Yet Untitled - Album Tracks - Spain (M)
David Hallyday  
  - Un Paradis/Un Enfer France #1 - Album (Producer Pierre Jaconelli) - France (E)
  - Virtuel, Des Mots France #1 - Singles (Producer Pierre Jaconelli) - France (E)
David Summers - Album Tracks - Producer Nigel Walker - Spain (E)
Soul Asylum  
  - Candy from a Stranger - Album (Producer Chris Kimsey) - USA (E)
Swoop - Be What You Is - Album - Australia (M)
Penny Flanagan - The Devil You Know - Single - Australia (M)
Wendy Matthews - Find Me Here - Single - Australia (M)
Kulcha - Slow Motion, Treat Her Like a Lady - Singles - Australia (M)
Pulp  
  - Different Class UK #1 - Album (Producer Chris Thomas) - UK (E M)
Mark Hunter - Talk to strangers - Album (Producer Mark Walmsley) - Australia (E M)
Max Sharam - Coma - Album (Producer Daniel Denholm) - Australia (E M)
Connie Mitchell - Forever and Ever - Track (Producer Daniel Denholm) - Australia (E M)
Marcella Detroit  
  - Jewel - Album (Producer Chris Thomas) - UK (E M)
Diesel - Lobbyist - 3 Album Tracks (Producer Mark Lizotte) - UK (E)
Elton John  
  - The One USA #1, UK #1 - Album (Producer Chris Thomas) - France (E M)
  - Sleeping With The Past USA #1, UK #1 - Album (Producer Chris Thomas) - Denmark (E M)
Shakespeare's Sister - Album Tracks (Producer Chris Thomas) - UK (E M)
The Pretenders - Album Tracks (Producer Chris Thomas) - UK (E)
INXS  
  - X AUS #1 - Album (Producer Chris Thomas) - Australia (E)
  - Kick USA #1, UK #1, AUS #1 - Album (Producer Chris Thomas) - Australia (E)
  - Different World - 7" & Extended Track (Producer Andrew Farris) - Australia (E M)
  - Shabooh Shoobah AUS #1- Album (Producer Mark Opitz) - Australia (E)
Midnight Oil  
  - Blue Sky Mining AUS #1 - Album (Producer Warne Livesey) - Australia (E M)
Richard Clapton - Glory Road - Album (Producer John Farriss) - Australia (E)
  - Solidarity - Album (Producer Mark Opitz) - Australia (E)
Australian Crawl  
  - Semantics AUS #1 - Album (Producer Mark Opitz) - Australia (E)