Photo: Mickie Winters
Anne is the Head Engineer/Producer at La La Land Sound in Louisville, Kentucky. Originally hailing from Montreal, Canada, she has made her home in Louisville, KY over the last 8 years, working on hundreds of recordings and gathering over 300 million of streams along the way.
She spends most of her time in the studio, recording, mixing and producing with artists like Murder By Death, Bonnie Prince Billy, GRLwood, Joan Shelley, Strand of Oaks, By the Grace of God, and Rachel Grimes. She’s also worked on albums by Ray Lamontagne, Jake Shears, Emma Ruth Rundle and White Reaper over the years. Bumping shoulders over time working with producers Glyn Johns, John Alagia and Jim James.
She’s recorded, mixed and/or produced more than 100 records in her career, with records gathering reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Nylon, Billboard, NPR, Brooklyn Vegan, Kerns, AVClub, Magnet and most major music publications.
Anne is a true professional in experience, efficiency and creative thinking and loves to foster a positive and friendly recording experience for all.
She enjoys and is specialized in old school live band recordings as much as complex multi months modern productions and is skilled in both approaches. She loves working with artists on all styles of music: rock, country, experimental, contemporary, classical and everything in between.
Anne is passionate about working with both new and established artists. Regardless of style or genre, Anne seeks to realize and expand on each artist’s unique vision, regardless of style or genre
For more information, check out my interview in TapeOp.
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I've recorded with Anne for about five years, having done our record The Other Shore, a covers album, and a Christmas record together. Whatever the project is, Anne gets great sounds, makes the job fun and easy, and is a pleasure to work and hang out with. We have recorded all over the country with many producers and high quality studios and now we consider Anne our go-to engineer and La La Land our homebase.
Adam Turla, Murder By Death
I just love working with Anne Gauthier! She has excellent ears and skills, endless patience and flexibility, and a kind approach for helping musicians to be at ease and give their best through the entire recording process.
Rachel Grimes, Composer
We've made 2 records at La La and are currently planning a return for our 3rd. In Anne and LaLaLand we trust -
Human Strange
As a sound engineer, Anne Gauthier is the best as what she does that I’ve encountered. She works fast with A+ results and is a clear communicator. The studio is top quality and is built well for socially distanced recording. With Anne at the board and that live room, you can get what you need quickly and enjoy doing it. I couldn’t recommend her or the studio any higher.
Greg Morris