Chris Tabron is a Grammy award-winning American

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, mixer, and

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, based in New York City. As a producer or mixer, Tabron has worked on records by Beyoncé,

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, Common,

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, and

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, including the single "Standing on the Sun (feat. Mr. Vegas)" for Beyoncé and Glasper's

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which won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. as well as

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which won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the

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in 2021. Additionally, Chris has worked as a producer or mixer with a wide array of artists across all genres including

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, The Voidz, and

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. In 2020, he executive produced and mixed ''House of Zef'', the final album for South African duo,

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. Tabron is known for hybrid mixing, an approach that utilizes both analog and digital equipment to achieve vast sonic textures and fast workflows. Tabron was founder and multi-instrumentalist of the electronic-pop group, The Ten Paces, which released ''Cacophonics'' in 2005 on Sidepocket Recordings, that Tabron produced and engineered. He also does hip-hop, pop, and remix production work under the moniker Madison Avenue Girls. Tabron was musical director for top-ten Billboard hip-hop duo

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(

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) on their release tour for their debut album, '' Breakfast'', which included performances on ''

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'' and '' Conan'' as well as for runway shows during

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. In this capacity, he has DJ'ed or written original compositions for designers

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, Forever 21,

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, and Juan Carlos Obando. From 2005 to 2008, Tabron published articles as a music journalist for ''

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'' and ''Dusted Magazine''. In 2015, he wrote a chapter for the anthology '' The Cambridge Companion to Hip Hop'' entitled "The Glass: Hip Hop Production." From 2007 to 2010, Tabron was senior house engineer at Future Shock Studio, a recording studio in Brooklyn, New York, owned by Grammy-nominated producer/engineer Alex Newport. At Future Shock, Tabron worked on albums by artists such as

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, ("Long Division" from '' Narrow Stairs'', 2008),

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(

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, Epitaph Records 2009), and

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. In 2007, Tabron received a Master's Degree from New York University's

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, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate and adjunct instructor at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.

References

External links

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Vintage King: 20 Questions with Chris TabronMix Magazine: The Producer's Guide to Mixing w/ Chris Tabron
* Chris Tabron on Allmusic.combr>The Ten Paces on iTunes"More Low End Theories That Usually Avoid Cliché" The Village Voice"The Soul of Detroit Hip Hop Bows Out Soulfully" The Village Voice
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