David Treahearn is a British

United Kingdom

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 record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

, songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and mix engineer

Mix engineer

A mix engineer, also referred to as "mixing engineer", is a person who, once all instruments, voices, and sounds, etc., have been recorded, creates what is called the final version of a song, hence the term "mix engineer"...

 based in London

London

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. He has worked with some of the world's most successful artists including Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

, The Black Eyed Peas, Oasis, Björk

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

, Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

, Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock and ska band No Doubt. Stefani recorded her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. in 2004. The album was inspired by music of the 1980s, and was a success with sales of over...

, Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

 and Elbow

Elbow (band)

Elbow are an English rock band. They have played together since 1990 and recorded five studio albums, the most recent of which is Build a Rocket Boys!, released in March 2011...

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Olympic Music Studios UK Years

Treahearn began his music career at the UK's Olympic Studios

Olympic Studios

Olympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes, South West London, England. The studio is best known for the huge number of famous rock and pop recordings made there from the late 1960s onward....

 from 2000 to 2005 as an assistant engineer to international Producer/Mixer Mark 'Spike' Stent

Mark Stent

Mark 'Spike' Stent is a British record producer, and audio engineer who has worked with The KLF, Björk, Keane, Depeche Mode, Muse, Erasure, Hard-Fi, Massive Attack, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Marilyn Manson, Pet Shop Boys, Dave Matthews, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, CSS, Beth Orton,...

. During this period he also worked out of major London

London

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 and Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 music studios including Abbey Road

Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...

, Metropolis, The Town House

Townhouse Studios

Townhouse Studios was a recording studio in west London. Built by Richard Branson in 1978, and managed by Barbara Jeffries as part of the Virgin Studios Group. The Virgin Studios Group was acquired by EMI when Richard sold Virgin Records to EMI in 1992. The Sanctuary Group bought the studio from...

, Westlake

Westlake Recording Studios

Westlake Recording Studios is a well-known music recording studio in West Hollywood, CA.-History:The studio was founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s by Tom Hidley, and is credited as "one of the first big commercial efforts to produce acoustically standardised 'interchangeable' rooms"...

, Ocean Way and Henson

Henson Recording Studios

Henson Recording Studios was established in 2000 at the former A&M Studios. The remake of We Are the World was recorded at Henson Recording Studios in February 2010 to benefit the Haiti earthquake victims....

 and with other producers including Mirwais

Mirwais Ahmadzaï

Mirwais Ahmadzaï, more commonly known as Mirwais, is a Paris based record producer and songwriter. He was born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother. He is a leader in the French style of progressive electronic dance music and progressive electronica...

, Stuart Price

Stuart Price

Stuart Price is a three time Grammy-winning British electronic musician, songwriter, and record producer whose remixing and production skills are in demand by artists including New Order, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon...

, Richard 'Biff' Stannard, Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of his most notable clients include Michael Jackson, TLC, Boyz II Men, Pink, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Fishbone, Sugababes, Anastacia, Namie Amuro, Kim...

 and Ash Howes. Treahearn is credited on over 90 albums for artists including Massive Attack, Darren Hayes, Linkin Park, No Doubt, Kylie Minogue, Dave Matthews, Keane, New Order, Janet Jackson, Natascha Beddingfield, Marilyn Manson, Girls Aloud, Spice Girls and Turin Brakes.

Post Olympic Studios UK to Current

In 2007, Treahearn worked with French Producer Mirwais

Mirwais Ahmadzaï

Mirwais Ahmadzaï, more commonly known as Mirwais, is a Paris based record producer and songwriter. He was born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother. He is a leader in the French style of progressive electronic dance music and progressive electronica...

 whom he had previously worked with on Madonna's American Life

American Life

American Life is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on April 22, 2003 by Maverick Records and distributed by Warner Bros. Records. The album produced in its entirety by Madonna and Mirwais Ahmadzaï featured references to many parts of American culture...

 album, to mix the Fischerpooner

Fischerspooner

Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' last names, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner...

 track 'We Need A War' from the album Odyssey. He continued to mix, assist and engineer on various projects with The Spice Girls, Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

, Sugababes

Sugababes

The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

, Alex Parks

Alex Parks

Alex Parks is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for winning Fame Academy in 2003, for her singles, and for the albums, Introduction and Honesty.-Biography:...

, Lee Ryan

Lee Ryan

Lee Ryan is an English singer-songwriter, actor and member of the British boy band Blue.-Early life:...

 and Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...

. In late 2007, Treahearn co-wrote, produced and mixed two albums in the 'Popstyles' series series with fellow producer and writer Rob Haggett, under the production name DNR

DNR (music)

DNR are a London based music production and songwriting team consisting of David Treahearn and Rob Haggett.Starting out as assistant music engineers in 2000, Treahearn and Haggett first met working out of Olympic Studios in Barnes, London working with international artists including Madonna,...

 for UK Music distribution company Boosey & Hawkes. DNR's song, taken from Popstyles (track 8), 'Talk to Me/Ice Cream', was picked up as a theme music track theme for Hong Kong's high rating TV series Moonlight Resonance

Moonlight Resonance

Moonlight Resonance is an award-winning 2008 grand production HDTV drama by TVB. It is an spiritual sequel to 2007's award-winning series, Heart of Greed featuring most of the original cast members. The series is written and edited by Cheung Wah-biu and Sit Ga-wah. Sponsored by Kee Wah Bakery, the...

 and featured on the Asian Sony/BMG 2008 double CD compilation Strawberry Love..

In 2008, Treahearn worked with US Producer/Songwriter Robert Conley

Robert Conley (producer/songwriter)

Robert Conley is an American record producer, programmer and engineer. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the worldwide music industry, including KISS, Destiny's Child, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin and Darren Hayes.- Life and career :...

, whom he had worked with at Olympic Studios

Olympic Studios

Olympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes, South West London, England. The studio is best known for the huge number of famous rock and pop recordings made there from the late 1960s onward....

 to mix Australian artist Axle Whitehead

Axle Whitehead

Axle Whitehead is a former Australian Video Hits TV host and current singer, musician, and actor. In 2008, he released his first studio album Losing Sleep which debuted outside of the ARIA top 50...

's debut album 'Losing Sleep'. The lead track taken from the album, 'I Don't Do Surprises', was a top 10 ARIA chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 hit and was shortlisted in 2009 by APRA

Australasian Performing Right Association

The Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...

 Industy awards for 'Most Played Australian Work' also in that year he is credited with Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He is frontman and lead vocalist of pop group Take That and is currently the head judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. Barlow is one of Britain's most successful songwriters...

 on the Soundtrack to the UK Musical TV Series Brittania High. Treahearn worked again French producer Mirwais Ahmadzaï, co-writing and co-producing the track 'Da' for French-Arabic project Y.A.S.

Y.A.S.

Y.A.S. is a electronic music duo, formed in 2007 in Paris, France, and consists of Mirwais Ahmadzaï and Yasmine Hamdan ....

 on the debut album Arabology

Arabology

-Samples:"A-Man" contains an excerpt from "Man Machine" as performed by Kraftwerk. "Get It Right" contains an excerpt from "Keep The Trance" as performed by Madonna.-Personnel:The following people contributed to Arabology:...

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In 2010 Treahearn worked with producer Biffco in the UK on series 7 of The X Factor

The X Factor (UK)

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...

 and on the UK Number One track 'Heroes' by The X Factor Finalists.

During 2010 and 2011, Treahearn continued to mix and produce under DNR

DNR (music)

DNR are a London based music production and songwriting team consisting of David Treahearn and Rob Haggett.Starting out as assistant music engineers in 2000, Treahearn and Haggett first met working out of Olympic Studios in Barnes, London working with international artists including Madonna,...

, whom are credited producing and mixing established and breaking Australian artists such as The Scientists of Modern Music

The Scientists of Modern Music

The Scientists of Modern Music are an electro-synth group from Hobart, Australia, consisting of Cal Young and Simon McIntosh.-History:In 2004, Cal Young & Simon McIntosh started wagging audio design classes together, in order to jam on a very old drum kit and an un-tunable guitar just for kicks...

, Bertie Blackman

Bertie Blackman

Bertie Blackman is an Independent Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame with her debut album in 2004, entitled 'Headway' which came after years of prolific performances around Sydney's Inner city venues, where she developed a dedicated following.-Early life and...

, Kimbra

Kimbra

Kimbra Johnson , known mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer/songwriter from Hamilton, New Zealand. She is currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Kimbra's debut album Vows was released on 29 August 2011 in New Zealand, and 2 September 2011 in Australia on Warner Bros...

, Tin Alley

Tin Alley

Tin Alley are a rock band based in Australia. Tin Alley was formed in 2007 in Melbourne, by brothers Paul Siourthas, Jim Siourthas and Peter Hofbauer.They have released one studio album, Everyturn, in 2007...

, ABC Radio Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 'un-earthed' artist Cullen and Faker

Faker (band)

Faker are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Sydney in 1996. The band consists of vocalist Nathan Hudson and guitarist Nicholas Munnings....

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External links and References

• David Treahearn, Programming / Engineering Credit on X-Factor Finalists 2010 track 'Heroes' available on Physical CD inside cover sleeve

DNR Official Website