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Adam Lasus is an American musician and record producer.

Adam Lasus credits include albums by Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...

, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their debut album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, was self-released in 2005.-History:...

, Lilys

Lilys

Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly...

, Helium

Helium (band)

Helium was an American alternative rock band formed in the summer of 1992. Originally calling themselves "Chupa", its founding members were Mary Lou Lord, Jason Hatfield , Shawn King Devlin and Brian Dunton...

, Juliana Hatfield

Juliana Hatfield

Juliana Hatfield , is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter and author from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies and Some Girls. She currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

, Mark Mulcahy

Mark Mulcahy

Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and former front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion in the 1980s to mid 1990s. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region, but disbanded after a sad turn of events with their record label, Morgan Creek...

, Matt Keating, Clem Snide

Clem Snide

Clem Snide is an alt-country band featuring Eef Barzelay , Brendan Fitzpatrick and Ben Martin .-History:"Clem Snide" is a character in several novels by William S. Burroughs, including Naked Lunch, The Ticket That Exploded, and Exterminator!...

, Amy Ray

Amy Ray

Amy Elizabeth Ray is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released four albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records....

, Madder Rose

Madder Rose

Madder Rose was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Mary Lorson, who shared songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. The two singer/songwriters continued their collaboration, Cote as guest producer on Lorson's three discs with Saint...

, Michael Cerveris

Michael Cerveris

Michael Cerveris is an American singer, guitarist and actor. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including in several Stephen Sondheim musicals: Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Road Show, and Passion...

, Anders Parker, Chris Harford

Chris Harford

Chris Harford is a self-taught American singer, songwriter, guitarist and painter. The New Yorker described him as "...A singer, guitarist, and songwriter who rose through the local club scene in the nineteen-eighties, Harford operates in the free zone outside rock's usual categories. He has a...

, Versus

Versus (band)

Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...

, Dumptruck, Varnaline, Saturnine and Gigolo Aunts

Gigolo Aunts

-Early history:The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley and Paul Brouwer in 1981 in Potsdam, New York, originally known as Sniper...

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Lasus started Studio Red in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

in 1990 and recorded many seminal Indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

artists there: Helium, Versus, The Lilys, Madder Rose, Space Needle.

In 1997 he moved to Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

and started Fireproof Recording, a recording studio, which became an important part of the indie music scene in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

and New York City. While there Lasus worked with PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...

, J Mascis

J Mascis

J Mascis is an American musician, best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr.. In 2011, he was ranked in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.- Biography :...

, Joan Jett

Joan Jett

Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...

, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

, Mark Mulcahy

Mark Mulcahy

and Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston

Daniel Dale Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas....

, Members of Sleater Kinney, Guided By Voices

Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...

, The Breeders

The Breeders

The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal , her twin sister Kelley Deal , Jose Medeles , Mando Lopez Todd the Fox...

, The Posies

The Posies

The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...

and many others.

Lasus has always recorded to analog tape and believes that recording and mixing to tape produces the best possible sonic result. Typically his records are started by recording the band live to a 24-track 2-inch tape machine and he uses a large selection of unique vintage compressors, microphones, mic preamps, eq's, reverbs, tape delays and effects.

Fireproof Recording

Fireproof Recording

Fireproof Recording is a recording studio, which became an important part of the indie music scene in New York City. In 1997, Adam Lasus moved to Brooklyn, New York and started the company....

is now based in Los Angeles, where Lasus has recorded indie artists Anders Parker

Anders Parker

Anders Parker is an American singer-songwriter, guitar player, singer and multi-instrumentalist with a career spanning two decades. He has performed and recorded as a solo artist and as a key member in bands such as Varnaline and Space Needle...

, Army Navy, Hartley Goldstein, Oliver Future, The Submarines

The Submarines

-Band history:Working as solo artists in Boston, the two members of the band, John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard, were introduced through a mutual friend, Joe Klompus. Dragonetti and Hazard became partners and soon toured Europe together as members of the band. The relationship lasted for four...

, Seneca Hawk

Seneca Hawk

Seneca Hawk is a Los Angeles-based rock and roll trio consisting of Jonah Rivera, Kyle Beswick, and Ankur Bulsara.-History:Jonah, Kyle and Ankur all met as students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Upon Kyle and Ankur's graduation , the band moved out to begin their careers in Los Angeles...

and Marching Band

Marching band

Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

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In early 2007 Lasus started Fireproof Recordings, an indie record label.
The first release was "Pax Futura" by the Los-Angeles-based band Oliver Future.

From January to March 2008 Lasus worked as the music director and produced tracks for the movie "Bandslam" directed by Todd Graff and starring Vanessa Hudgens, Alyson Michalka

Alyson Michalka

Alyson Renae "Aly" Michalka , often credited as Aly, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and musician. Michalka gained fame for playing the role of Marti Perkins in the CW television drama Hellcats...

, Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress, best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends, for which she received many accolades including an Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards...

and David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

, in theaters August 2009.

Lasus produced and engineered the 2nd Army Navy record "The Last Place" out June 14, 2011 Army Navy
"The Last Place is currently # 28 on the CMJ top 200 chart and Rolling Stone has called them artist to watch.

Adam is represented exclusively by Jim Phelan and Jerimaya Grabher at Global Positioning Services in Santa Monica, California.

Selected discography

Year	Artist	Album	Label	Credits
2011	Army Navy	The Last Place	Fever Zone	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2010	The Orbans	When We Were Wild	Sheffield Avenue Sheffield Avenue Sheffield Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois. It is best known to sports fans as being the street just beyond the right-field bleachers of Wrigley Field....	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2009	Settle Settle Settle is a small market town and civil parish within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is served by the Settle railway station, which is located near the town centre, and Giggleswick railway station which is a mile away. It is from Leeds Bradford Airport...	At Home We Are Tourists At Home We Are Tourists At Home We Are Tourists is the debut album by American indie rock band Settle, released in May 2009 on Epitaph Records.- Track list :# "Grand Marshall's Mooncloth Robes" – 4:12# "Naked at a Family Function" – 3:46# "Rite of Passage" – 3:20...	Epitaph Epitaph An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively. Some are specified by the dead person beforehand, others chosen by those responsible for the burial...	Producer/Engineer
2008	Army Navy	Army Navy	Fever Zone	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2008	Marching Band Marching band Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...	Spark Large Spark Large Spark Large is the first release by Swedish indie rock band Marching Band. The scheduled release date was 5 August 2008 by U & L Records.-Production:Spark Large was recorded from January 2008 through April 2008 in Studio City, CA at Fireproof Recording...	U&L Records	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2007	Oliver Future	Pax Futura	Fireproof Recordings	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2006	Anders Parker Anders Parker Anders Parker is an American singer-songwriter, guitar player, singer and multi-instrumentalist with a career spanning two decades. He has performed and recorded as a solo artist and as a key member in bands such as Varnaline and Space Needle...	Anders Parker	Baryon	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2006	Spike Priggen	There's No Sound In Flutes	The Volare Label	Mixer
2006	Back to Blonde Back to Blonde Back to Blonde is an indie rock trio from New York City who formed in 2004. Their music is considered noisy, guitar-driven rock, with lyrics that touch on personal anguish, love, and mythical characters....	Swim West	Silence Breaks	Producer/Engineer
2005	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their debut album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, was self-released in 2005.-History:...	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (album) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is the debut album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, self-released in the U.S. in 2005, and released in the UK on 23 January 2006 by Wichita Recordings. Produced and mixed by Adam Lasus, the album and the band rose to fame after buzz and attention built up on various MP3 blogs...	Wichita Recordings Wichita Recordings Wichita Recordings is an independent record label located in London, founded in 2000 by Mark Bowen and Dick Green. Its most notable signees are Bloc Party, The Cribs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Her Space Holiday, Los Campesinos! and Peter Bjorn and John...	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2004	The Fontaine Toups	TFT	TeenBeat Records TeenBeat Records Teen Beat is an independent record label, originally based in Arlington, VA, now based in Cambridge, MA. It was founded by Mark Robinson in 1984 at Wakefield High School along with Phil Krauth , Andrew Beaujon , Tim Moran , and Ian Zack .The label was originally set up like a lending library...	Producer/Engineer
2003	Spike Priggen	Stars After Stars After Stars	The Volare Label	Engineer/Mixer
2002	Clem Snide Clem Snide Clem Snide is an alt-country band featuring Eef Barzelay , Brendan Fitzpatrick and Ben Martin .-History:"Clem Snide" is a character in several novels by William S. Burroughs, including Naked Lunch, The Ticket That Exploded, and Exterminator!...	You Were a Diamond You Were a Diamond You Were a Diamond is the debut album from indie rock band Clem Snide. It was originally released on Tractor Beam Records, and later reissued on spinART.-Track listing:# "Better"# "Nick Drake Tape"# "Row"# "Your Night to Shine"...	Spin Art	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2001	Spike Priggen	The Very Thing That You Treasure	The Volare Label (US)/ Laughing Outlaw (Aus/EU)	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2001	Mark Mulcahy Mark Mulcahy Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and former front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion in the 1980s to mid 1990s. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region, but disbanded after a sad turn of events with their record label, Morgan Creek...	SmileSunset	Mezzotint	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
2000	Chris Harford Chris Harford Chris Harford is a self-taught American singer, songwriter, guitarist and painter. The New Yorker described him as "...A singer, guitarist, and songwriter who rose through the local club scene in the nineteen-eighties, Harford operates in the free zone outside rock's usual categories. He has a...	Wake	Soul Selects	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
1992	Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield , is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter and author from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies and Some Girls. She currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts....	Hey Babe Hey Babe Hey Babe is the debut album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 1992.-Track listing:All tracks by Hatfield unless otherwise noted#"Everybody Loves Me But You" – 3:38#"Lost and Saved" – 4:00#"I See You" – 3:34#"The Lights" – 5:22...	Mammoth	Engineer
1999	Mark Mulcahy Mark Mulcahy Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and former front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion in the 1980s to mid 1990s. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region, but disbanded after a sad turn of events with their record label, Morgan Creek...	Fathering	Mezzotint	Producer/Engineer
1997	Matt Keating Matt Keating (musician) Matt Keating is a singer/songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His music has been described in terms of various genres, including Americana, power-pop, rock, and folk rock.-Biography:...	Killjoy	Alias Alias Records Alias Records is a small American indie-rock record label based in California.Alias has released albums by American Music Club, Archers of Loaf, Yo La Tengo, The Loud Family, Too Much Joy and Knapsack among others....	Producer/Engineer
1997	Space Needle Space Needle (band) Space Needle was an experimental rock band founded in Providence, Rhode Island who were active from 1994 to 1997. The group was founded by Jud Ehrbar and Jeff Gatland, who made their initial recordings on four track tape...	The Moray Eels Eat The Space Needle The Moray Eels Eat The Space Needle The Moray Eels Eat The Space Needle is the second album by Space Needle. Its name is a tribute to a 1968 LP by The Holy Modal Rounders. The artwork for the album is by well known British artist Roger Dean.- Track listing :...	Zero Hour	Producer/Engineer
1996	Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...	Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo is a 2-disc compilation album by Yo La Tengo, consisting of rarities, alternate versions, and out-takes, spanning 1988 to 1995. The album was released on Matador in 1996; a Japanese version with two extra tracks appeared in 1998....	Matador Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
1995	Helium Helium (band) Helium was an American alternative rock band formed in the summer of 1992. Originally calling themselves "Chupa", its founding members were Mary Lou Lord, Jason Hatfield , Shawn King Devlin and Brian Dunton...	The Dirt of Luck The Dirt of Luck The Dirt of Luck was the first full length album from American indie rock band Helium. It was released in April 1995 on Matador Records and was produced by Adam Lasus -Track listing:...	Matador Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
1995	Madder Rose Madder Rose Madder Rose was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Mary Lorson, who shared songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. The two singer/songwriters continued their collaboration, Cote as guest producer on Lorson's three discs with Saint...	The Love You Save The Love You Save "The Love You Save" is a 1970 number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. It held the number-one spot on the soul singles chart for six weeks. It held the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from June 27 to July 4, 1970...	Tag/Atlantic	Co-Producer/Engineer/Mixer
1995	Versus Versus (band) Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...	The Stars Are Insane	Teen Beat	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
1995	Saturnine	Wreck at Pillar Point	dirt records	Producer/Engineer
1994	Gigolo Aunts Gigolo Aunts -Early history:The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley and Paul Brouwer in 1981 in Potsdam, New York, originally known as Sniper...	Flippin' Out Flippin' Out Flippin' Out is an album by Gigolo Aunts released in October 1993 on Fire Records in the UK and April 1994 on RCA/BMG in the US. It includes the track "Where I Find My Heaven", featured on the soundtrack to 1994 comedy film, Dumb and Dumber, which helped to break the band into the charts. The US...	RCA/Fire	Co-Producer
1994	Helium Helium (band) Helium was an American alternative rock band formed in the summer of 1992. Originally calling themselves "Chupa", its founding members were Mary Lou Lord, Jason Hatfield , Shawn King Devlin and Brian Dunton...	Pirate Prude	Matador Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...	Producer/Engineer
1994	Lilys Lilys Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly...	Brief History Of Amazing Letdowns	SpinArt	Producer/Engineer/Mixer
1994	Matt Keating Matt Keating (musician) Matt Keating is a singer/songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His music has been described in terms of various genres, including Americana, power-pop, rock, and folk rock.-Biography:...	Scaryarea	Alias Alias Records Alias Records is a small American indie-rock record label based in California.Alias has released albums by American Music Club, Archers of Loaf, Yo La Tengo, The Loud Family, Too Much Joy and Knapsack among others....	Producer/Engineer
1993	Gigolo Aunts Gigolo Aunts -Early history:The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley and Paul Brouwer in 1981 in Potsdam, New York, originally known as Sniper...	Full On Bloom	Alias Alias Records Alias Records is a small American indie-rock record label based in California.Alias has released albums by American Music Club, Archers of Loaf, Yo La Tengo, The Loud Family, Too Much Joy and Knapsack among others....	Co-Producer
1993	Madder Rose Madder Rose Madder Rose was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Mary Lorson, who shared songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. The two singer/songwriters continued their collaboration, Cote as guest producer on Lorson's three discs with Saint...	Bring It Down	Seed/Atlantic	Co-Producer/Engineer
1993	Matt Keating Matt Keating (musician) Matt Keating is a singer/songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His music has been described in terms of various genres, including Americana, power-pop, rock, and folk rock.-Biography:...	Tell It To Yourself	Alias Alias Records Alias Records is a small American indie-rock record label based in California.Alias has released albums by American Music Club, Archers of Loaf, Yo La Tengo, The Loud Family, Too Much Joy and Knapsack among others....	Producer/Engineer
1993	Versus Versus (band) Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...	Let's Electrify!	Remora	Producer/Engineer
1992	Chris Harford Chris Harford Chris Harford is a self-taught American singer, songwriter, guitarist and painter. The New Yorker described him as "...A singer, guitarist, and songwriter who rose through the local club scene in the nineteen-eighties, Harford operates in the free zone outside rock's usual categories. He has a...	Be Headed	Elektra	Producer/Engineer
1992	Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...	Upside Down	Alias Alias Records Alias Records is a small American indie-rock record label based in California.Alias has released albums by American Music Club, Archers of Loaf, Yo La Tengo, The Loud Family, Too Much Joy and Knapsack among others....	Producer/Engineer/Mixer

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