Malcolm Besley

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Malcolm Besley
BornMelbourne, Australia
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • songwriter mixer
Years active2012–present
Associated acts
Website malcolmbesley.com

Malcolm Besley is an Australian record producer, songwriter and mix engineer. He is known for his work with Northeast Party House, Slowly Slowly, Client Liaison and Shouse.

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Career

Malcolm learned piano from a young age and briefly sang for the Australian Boys Choir before quitting music all together, until his late teens where frustrated with the high school orchestral system he formed various punk and metal bands with school friends. After finishing High School Malcolm went on to study for cinema and media in an arts degree at La Trobe University, he dropped out mid second year and went on to earn an advanced diploma of Music Production at Box Hill TAFE.  Malcolm began working as the in-house assistant at The Base Studios South Melbourne under the producer Forrester Savell

Discography

YearArtistSong TitleAlbumCreditRecord LabelCertifications
2012 City Calm Down Movements EPProducer, Mixer I Oh You
2012 Snakadaktal "Dance Bear"Producer, Mixer I Oh You
2012 Millions Cruel EPProducer, Mixer EMI
2013Gold FieldsBlack Sun LPProducer, Mixer Astrelwerks
2013 Snakadaktal Dance Bear / AirProducer, Mixer I Oh You
2014 Northeast Party House Any Given Weekend LPCo Producer, Mixer EMI
2014 The Holidays Real Feel EPProducer, Mixer Liberation
2014 Client Liaison "Pretty Lovers / Feeling"Mixer Remote Control
2015 City Calm Down In a Restless House LPProducer, Mixer I Oh You
2015Jakubi"Couch Potato / Feels Like Yesterday"Holiday EPProducer, Mixer EPIC
2016 Northeast Party House "Calypso Beach"Dare LPCo Producer, Mixer EMI ARIA: Platinum

ARIA: Gold

2017 The Creases Tremelow LPProducer, Mixer Liberation
2018 City Calm Down Echoes in Blue LPProducer, Mixer I Oh You
2019 Congrats "Cut Down The Middle"Producer, Mixer UNFD
2020 Slowly Slowly Racecar Blues Producer, Mixer UNFD
2020 Polish Club "Just Talking" Now We're Cookin LPProducer, Mixer Universal
2020 Northeast Party House Shelf Life LPCo Producer, Mixer Sony Music
2020 Cub Sport | Mallrat | Northeast Party House "Break Me Down" RemixMixer Believe
2021 Washington "Switches"Mastering Universal
2021 Flowerkid "Why Bother / Take Two"Everyone Has a Breaking Point EPMixing Warner Music
2022KANADA THE LOOP"January"Mixer Seven Seven Records
2022 Shouse "Won't Forget You"Mixer ONELOVE

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