David Trumfio (born August 16, 1968) is an American record producer, mixer, engineer and musician, best known for his production work with artists such as

Wilco Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently d ...

and his recordings with his own band The Pulsars.

Production work

Trumfio grew up in Mt. Prospect,

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, and was a staff engineer after apprenticing at Seagrape Recording Studios.Kening, Dan (1996
"Rising stars The Trumfio brothers are ready to shine with a record deal and an upcoming Pulsars' album"
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'', November 29, 1996 He started his home studio, Kingsize Recording Den, and officially opened Kingsize Soundlabs in

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's Wicker Park district in 1991 with partner Mike Hagler. He currently resides in Los Angeles and runs Kingsize SoundLabs, a recording studio in

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. His early work included recordings by Evil Beaver,

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Young Marble Giants Young Marble Giants were a Welsh post-punk band formed in Cardiff, Wales, in 1978. Their music was based around the vocals of Alison Statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers Philip and Stuart Moxham. Their early sound was ...

guitarist Stewart Moxham and British rock band

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.Weisbard, Eric (1997)
Pulsars ''Pulsars''
, '' SPIN'', April 1997, p.155-6, retrieved January 8, 2012 He has since worked with acts such as

,Baranowski, Niles (2001)
O.A.R. and the Baldwin Brothers
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'', August 15, 2001, retrieved January 8, 2012 OK Go, and

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.Deming, Mark
''Come What Will'' Review
,

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, retrieved January 8, 2012 Trumfio has worked for independent record labels such as

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, TeenBeat Records,

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Quarterstick Records Quarterstick Records is a sublabel of Touch and Go Records. Artists *Bad Livers *Calexico * DK3 * Dead Child * June of 44 *Kepone * The Mekons * Mi Ami *Peter Móren (of Peter, Bjorn and John) *Mule * Naked Raygun *Tara Jane O'Neil * Pegboy *Ph ...

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, Simple Machines,

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and

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. He has also produced recordings by singer songwriter

,Santangelo, Antonia (2003)
Patrick Park ''Under the Unminding Skies''
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'', June 2003, retrieved January 8, 2012 chamber pop band

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,Richards, David (1999)
Minty Fresh's Floraline Gives '80s-Style Pop a New Spin for the Present
, '' Billboard'', May 1, 1999, p. 16, retrieved January 8, 2012 funk musicians The Baldwin Brothers,Farr, Sara (2002)
File TVT Records artist the Baldwin Brothers under 'junktronic'
, Prefix, January 1, 2002, retrieved January 8, 2012 Number One Cup, and

Franklin Bruno Franklin Bruno (born December 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, academic and writer originally from Upland, California. He has been a member of Nothing Painted Blue since its inception in 1986. Bruno has written music criticism for o ...

.Sarvady, Glen (2002)
Franklin Bruno – A Cat May Look at a Queen
, ''

'', November 2002, retrieved January 8, 2012 Trumfio has more recently worked with Built To Spill,Paine, Kelsey (2009)
Buolt to Spill ''There Is No Enemy''
, '' Billboard'', October 17, 2009, p. 33, retrieved January 8, 2012

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, Booker T, new wave revivalists

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, and Australian band

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Musician

Trumfio was the frontman in the 90's new-wave band The Pulsars, in which he did "everything but play the drums", his brother Harry acting as the band's drummer.Molanphy, Chris (1997)
Pulsars / Pulsars
, ''

'', May 1997, p. 12, retrieved January 8, 2012 After releasing their debut single, the band signed to

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and Jerry Moss's post A&M venture

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in 1995, and released an album and two EPs. He also played in Ashtray Boy,Anderson, Lydia (1996)
Pulsars
, ''

'', November 1996, retrieved January 8, 2012Rothschild, David (1996)
Ashtray Boy's Future Rests on New Releases and Psychic Connection
, ''

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'', June 7, 1996, p. 6, retrieved January 8, 2012 The Mekons (intermittently), in

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' band,Sullivan, Jim (1995) "Timms' new act: melancholy cabaret", ''

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'', May 11, 1995, p. 71 and on The Aluminum Group's ''Plano'' album.Romero, Michele (1998)
Music Review: 'Plano' (1998) The Aluminum Group
, ''

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'', August 21, 1998, retrieved January 8, 2012 After bassist

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left the Mekons in 2015, Trumfio replaced her, at least through 2019.

Production discography

1991–1999

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— ''Daddy, When Is Mama Comin' Home'' (1991) * Mr. Fingers — ''Introduction'' (1992) * Certain Distant Suns — ''Huge E.P.'' (1992) * Ashtray Boy — ''Honeymoon Suite'' (1993) * Certain Distant Suns — ''Happy on the Inside'' (1994) * Various Artists — ''Insurgent Country, Vol.1: For a Life of Sin'' (

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, 1994) * DQE — ''But Me, I Fell Down'' (1994) *

Pigface Pigface is an American industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin. History Pigface was formed from Ministry's ''The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste'' tour, which produced the '' In Case You Didn't Feel ...

— ''Notes from Thee Underground'' (1994) *

— ''Retreat from Memphis'' (1994) *

— ''Wine, Women & Whiskey: More Chicago Blues & Rock Sess'' (1994) * Jonboy Langford & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts — ''Misery Loves Company: Songs of Johnny Cash'' (1995) *

The Handsome Family The Handsome Family is an American music duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and as of 2001 based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for their song " Far from Any Road" from ...

— ''Odessa'' (1995) * Number One Cup — ''Possum Trot Plan'' (1995) * Holiday — ''Holiday'' (1995) * Number One Cup — ''Divebomb'' (1996) *

— ''Milk and Scissors'' (1996) * Yum-Yum — ''Dan Loves Patti'' (1996) *

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— ''Live at Lounge Ax'' (1996) * Holiday — ''Ready, Steady, Go'' (1996) *

Butterglory Butterglory was an American indie rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. Contemporaries of indie rock groups like Pavement and Archers of Loaf, the band released four albums with Merge Records. History Composed of Matt Suggs Matt Suggs is an Ameri ...

— ''Are You Building a Temple in Heaven'' (1996) * Rico Bell — ''Return of Rico Bell'' (1996) *

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— ''Sex Vehicle'' (1996) * The Pulsars — ''Submission to the Masters'' (1996) * Godzuki — ''Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1996) * The Pulsars — ''Pulsars'' (1997) *

Palace Music Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...

— ''Lost Blues & Other Songs'' (1997) *

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— ''Brilliant Mistake'' (1997) * hollAnd — ''Your Orgasm'' (1997) * Billy Bragg &

— ''Mermaid Avenue'' (1998) * Aluminum Group — ''Plano'' (1998) * The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group — ''Sniff'' (1998) *

— ''Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos'' (1999) *

— ''Summerteeth'' (1999) * Floraline — ''Floraline'' (1999)

2000–2009

* Tristeza — ''Dream Signals In Full Circles'' (2000) * Aden — ''Hey 19'' (2000) * Koufax — ''It Had to Do With Love'' (2000) * Billy Bragg &

— ''Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2'' (2000) * The Prescriptions — ''Why We Don't Rent to Women'' (2000) *

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— ''At Dawn'' (2001) *

Jenny Toomey Jennifer "Jenny" Gillen Toomey (born 1968) is an American indie rock musician and arts activist. Career Toomey was a member of the bands Geek, Tsunami, Liquorice, Grenadine, So Low and Choke, among others, and has also recorded under her own ...

— ''Antidote'' (2001) * Justin Planasch — ''Roam'' (2001) * Gift Original Soundtrack — ''Original Soundtrack'' (2001) * Wayne Kramer — ''Adult World'' (2002) *

— ''Cat May Look at a Queen'' (2002) * The Baldwin Brothers — ''Cooking with Lasers'' (2002) * Irving — ''Good Morning Beautiful'' (2002) * Various Artists — ''MTV2 Handpicked, Vol. 2'' (2002) *

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— ''Our Constant Concern'' (2002) * Koufax — ''Social Life'' (2002) * Ok Go — '' Get Over It'' (2002) * Slowrider — ''Nacimiento'' (2002) * Ok Go — ''Ok Go'' (2002) * Earlimart — ''Avenues'' (2003) *

— ''Loneliness Knows My Name'' (2003) * The Sun — ''Love & Death'' (2003) * Jamison Parker — ''Notes & Photographs EP'' (2003) *

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Original Soundtrack — ''Original Soundtrack'' (2003) * The Velvet Teen — ''Elysium'' (2004) *

Chuck Prophet Charles William Prophet (born June 28, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. A Californian, Prophet first achieved notice in the American psychedelic/desert rock group Green on Red, with whom he toured and reco ...

— ''Age Of Miracles'' (2004) *

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/ Kutmasta Kurt — ''Break U Off/Takin' It Back'' (2004) *

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— ''California Clam Chowder'' (2004) * Simon Joyner — ''Lost with the Lights On'' (2004) * Elkland — ''Apart'' (2005) * Elkland — ''Apart (The Remixes)'' (2005) * Elkland — ''Golden'' (2005) * Nothing Painted Blue — ''Taste the Flavor'' (2005) * Koufax –

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(2005) *

Grandaddy Grandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden, until Garcia's death in 2017 following a stroke. After several ...

— ''Excerpts From The Diary of Todd Zilla'' (2005) *

— ''Just Like the Fambly Cat'' (2006) * Future Pigeon — ''Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon'' (2006) * The Baldwin Brothers — ''The Return of the Golden Rhodes'' (2006) *

The Adored The Adored were an American power pop, garage and punk band based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Until 2007, they were signed to V2 Records in North America (reportedly signed by former Black Flag and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Mo ...

— ''New Language'' (2006) * Devics — ''Push the Heart'' (2006) * Nadine Zahr — ''Underneath the Everyday'' (2006) * Earlimart — ''Mentor Tormentor'' (2007) * Acute — ''Arms Around a Stranger'' (2007) * Let's Go Sailing — ''Chaos in Order'' (2007) *

— ''Everyone's in Everyone'' (2007) * Kristin Mooney — ''Hydroplane'' (2007) *

— ''Golden Age'' (2008) * E for Explosion — ''Reinventing the Heartbeat'' (2008) * Great Northern — ''Sleepy Eepee'' (2008) * Devics — ''Distant Radio'' (2008) *

— ''Songs About Time'' (2009) * Built to Spill — There Is No Enemy (2009) *

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— This Gigantic Robot Kills (2009)

2010–present

(incomplete) *

— ''

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'' (2014) * Mekons — ''Deserted'' (2019)Information on the website of Bloodshot Records

References

External links

The Pulsars official website
at vintageking.com

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