Tom Dalgety

Tom Dalgety
BornOxford, Oxfordshire, England
GenresRock
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • audio engineer
Websitewww.tomdalgety.com

Tom Dalgety is an English record producer and audio engineer.[1][2][3] He is most noted for his work with Pixies,[4][5] Ghost,[6] and Royal Blood.[7] He was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2019 for his production work on the Ghost album Prequelle (Best Rock Album) and production and songwriting on the Ghost track "Rats" (Best Rock Song).[8][9]

Biography

Dalgety was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. He grew up in Frome, Somerset, and began his career working at Rockfield Studios in Wales.[10]

Royal Blood's self-titled debut album, produced by Dalgety and the band, was released in August 2014. It was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize for best album. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and went on to become certified as a platinum selling record (BPI).[11] Dalgety also worked with the band on their second album How Did We Get So Dark?, which also went straight in at the top of the UK Albums Chart.[12]

In 2015, Dalgety won "Breakthrough Producer of the Year" at the UK's Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards.[13]

In 2016, he was nominated for "British Producer of the Year" at the BRIT awards for his work on Royal Blood's debut self titled album.[14]

In 2016, Dalgety produced the Popestar EP for Ghost, which went to number 1 in the Billboard Rock Album chart.[15]

In January 2017, the single "Square Hammer" taken from the EP subsequently went to number 1 on Billboard′s Mainstream Rock Song Chart.[16] And in February 2017 Ghost were awarded a Swedish Grammis Award with the Popestar EP winning the best Best Hard Rock/Metal album category.[17]

Dalgety was nominated for "UK Producer of the Year" for the second time by the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards 2018.[18] In late 2018, Dalgety was nominated for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for his production work on the Ghost album Prequelle - nominated for Best Rock Album and his production and songwriting on the Ghost track "Rats" - nominated for Best Rock Song.[9]

Awards and nominations

  • 2015 - won "Breakthrough Producer of the Year" at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards [19]
  • 2015 - won "Music Producer/Engineer of the Year" in the Resolution magazine Creative Awards [20]
  • 2016 - nominated for "UK Producer of the Year" at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards[21]
  • 2016 - nominated for "British Producer of the Year" at the BRIT awards [22]
  • 2018 - nominated for "UK Producer of the Year" at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards[18]
  • 2019 - nominated for Best Rock Album (Ghost's "Prequelle") at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards[9]
  • 2019 - nominated for Best Rock Song (Ghost's "Rats") at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards[9]

Credits

Dalgety has worked with artists including:

References

  1. ^ "Tom Dalgety". Discogs.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Tom Dalgety | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Golden Age Music". Goldenagemusic.mamutweb.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Santiago Mentions New Pixies Record in Interview". www.chorusversechorus.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Pixies Prep New Album 'Head Carrier,' Drop First Single". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  6. ^ "GHOST: First 'Popestar' EP Trailer". Blabbermouth.net. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Bath based music producer Tom Dalgety nominated for 2016 Brit Award". Bathchronicle.co.uk. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Grammys 2019 Nominees: The Complete List". Billboard.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d McIntyre, Hugh. "Grammy Nominations 2019: Full List Of Nominees". Forbes.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  10. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Certified Awards". www.bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Royal Blood Preview New LP With Striking 'Lights Out' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  13. ^ "The Music Producers Guild | | MPG 2015 Award Winners". Mpg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  14. ^ "The full list of Brit Awards 2016 nominees". Independent.co.uk. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Ghost Scares Up First Top Rock Albums No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  16. ^ "GHOST Reaches No. 1 At Active Rock Radio With 'Square Hammer'". Blabbermouth.net. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  17. ^ "GHOST Wins Swedish GRAMMIS Award For 'Popestar'". Blabbermouth.net. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  18. ^ a b "MPG Awards 2018 Shortlist Announced". The Music Producers Guild. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  19. ^ "MPG 2015 Award Winners". The Music Producers Guild. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Resolution". resolution.nodecube.net. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  21. ^ "The Shortlists for the MPG Awards 2016!". The Music Producers Guild. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  22. ^ "BRITS.co.uk". Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.