Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaidis an American record producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. His production, songwriting, and mixing credits include Brandon Flowers, HAIM, Vampire Weekend, Madonna, Tobias Jesso Jr., Usher, Adele, Cass McCombs, Solange Knowles, Murs, Sky Ferreira, We Are Scientists, Kylie Minogue, Glasser, Alex Clare, and Major Lazer. Rechtshaid co-wrote and produced Usher's 2012 single, "Climax", which won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. Rechtshaid was nominated for the 2014 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth23 March 1979
CountryUnited States of America
I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.
Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.
The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.
I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.
It was very punk rock for me to take a stab at working with Justin Bieber. I don't know how people portray that, or 'Climax,' for that matter. But for me, it was the most adventurous thing I could have done at that exact moment.
The best bands kept making records and had this evolution, where by the end, by their commercial phase or sellout phase, the records are from outer space.
It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good.
I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.
If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.
Im still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but thats just the way I am.
I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.
I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.
I have a hard time repeating myself.