David Castell is an American record producer,

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, and

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based in Dallas, Texas. Castell's recording career spans nearly three decades; his work with many major record labels and independent labels alike includes both platinum-selling national recording artists and unsigned regional acts, and a wide range of musical genres. He has been instrumental in career albums of

Blue October Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist M ...

, Burden Brothers, Course of Empire, Deep Blue Something, and SouthFM. In spring 2008, Castell began production of the

Toadies Toadies are an American rock band formed in 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song " Possum Kingdom". The band's classic lineup consisted of Vaden Todd Lewis (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Lisa Umbarger (bass guitar), Darrel Herbert ...

’ album ''

No Deliverance ''No Deliverance'' is the third studio album by Toadies. It was released in 2008 on Kirtland Records. ''No Deliverance'' is the band's first album seven years after the band's previous album, '' Hell Below/Stars Above'', and the first since the ba ...

'', which was released on August 19th, 2008, on

Kirtland Records Kirtland Records is a record label based in Dallas, Texas, with offices in Los Angeles, California and New York City. It was co-founded by Deep Blue Something drummer John Kirtland and his wife, Jenny Kirtland of The Polyphonic Spree. History ...

. After two years of collaboration with DFW-based electronic band

Shock of Pleasure Shock of Pleasure is an electro-lounge band based in Dallas, Texas. Formed in 2004 by singer/songwriter Robert Romano (formerly of Stranger than Fiction), Shock of Pleasure have toured nationally in support of two national releases through the U ...

, their first full-length album ''Its About Time'', was released on September 16th, 2008, by Universal Music Group, produced by David Castell. Blue October's two disc set, ''Foiled For The Last Time'', features a re-release of " Calling You", also produced by David Castell. Castell has also been named as the producer of Blue October's forthcoming 7th studio album ''Sway''.

Productions

* Deep Blue Something – ''Home'' (1994) * Burden Brothers – ''

Buried in Your Black Heart ''Buried in Your Black Heart'' is the first full-length album by Burden Brothers, after the release of multiple EPs. This was Burden Brothers' first recording with a solidified band lineup. The album was considered Burden Brothers' most successf ...

'' (2003) *

– '' History for Sale'' (2003) * Burden Brothers – ''Mercy'' (2006) *

– ''

Foiled ''Foiled'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blue October, released on April 4, 2006, by Universal Records. The album debuted at number 29 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, marking the band's first entry on the chart. The album was cer ...

'' (2006) *

– ''

'' (2008) * Blowing Trees – ''Blowing Trees'' (2008) * Smile Smile – ''Truth on Tape'' (2010) * Pawn Shop Gentlemen – ''The Breaks'' (2011) * Meridian – ''Meridian EP'' (2012) *

– ''Sway'' (2013)

References

* David Castell on Allmusic
David Castell on MSN Music

External links

David Castell Productions – Official SiteMySpace page''EQ'' Magazine interview with David CastellShock Of Pleasure
* Toadies at Allmusic Record producers from Texas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Dallas {{record-producer-stub