Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin (born December 29 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and keyboardist.

Career

He is a member of Highland Place Mobsters for Laface Records in the early nineties before embarking in as a full time producer. He has crafted songs for a number of R&B and pop chart artists, including Leona Lewis, Texas, Boyz II Men, Pink, JC Chasez, Monica, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, For Real, Aretha Franklin, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Troop, and Brand New Heavies. Austin's most notable works are his many hits for LaFace act TLC (with which he won two Grammies for co-producing CrazySexyCool and FanMail), including "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "What about Your Friends", "Creep", "Silly Ho" and "Unpretty." He has a son, Tron, with TLC member Chilli.

Austin has tried his hand at remixing for other artists, most notably "They Don't Care About Us" for Michael Jackson and "The Power of Good-Bye" for Madonna. In more recent times, Austin's work has returned him to the charts, writing and producing the successful "Trick Me" for Kelis as well as "Left Outside Alone" and "Sick and Tired" for Anastacia.

In addition to American artists, Austin has produced songs for overseas artists. In 1999 Austin and Japanese pop singer Amuro Namie began a professional relationship in which he produced many of her songs until 2003.

Austin is also known for socially conscious productions such as TLC's "Unpretty" and "Damaged", and more recently "Ugly" for UK act Sugababes. For the Sugababes, Austin produced several other tracks on their number-one album Taller in More Ways, including the single "Push the Button", which spent three weeks at the top of the UK charts. He also produced the Girls Aloud' Comic Relief collaboration with Sugababes on "Walk This Way". He is also responsible for producing Gwen Stefani's single "Cool" from her "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." album.

Other credits of Austin's include the number-two single "Hit 'Em Up Style" recorded by Blu Cantrell, "Don't Let Me Get Me" and "Just like a Pill" by P!nk, and the hit "Secret" by Madonna.

Austin also formed Rowdy Records in 1992 and was the executive producer of the film Drumline (2002) for 20th Century Fox. He also served as the film's musical director. Austin is currently working with Warner Bros. studios on another music-driven film, and he also contributed to the re-release of Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi.

On August 5, 2007, his home appeared on the newest season of MTV Cribs.

Austin is to be reunited with Chilli of TLC, who is the mother of his son Tron. They will work on her new solo album.

Selected production credits

• "I Found Myself" (Ciara)
• "Walk This Way" (Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud)
• "Back When" (Sugababes)
• "Push the Button" (Sugababes)
• "Ugly" (Sugababes)
• "Trick Me" (Kelis)
• "Keep It Down" (Kelis)
• "Secret" (Madonna)
• "Sanctuary" (Madonna)
• "Don't Stop" (Madonna)
• "Let Down Your Guard" (Madonna)
• "Freedom" (Madonna)
• "Your Honesty" (Madonna)
• "In Demand" (Texas)
• "Stuck" (Stacie Orrico)
• "Secrets" (Eternal)
• "Cool" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Crash" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Danger Zone" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops) (Blu Cantrell)
• "Don't Let Me Get Me" (P!nk)
• "Just like a Pill" (P!nk)
• "Slate" (Brandy)
• "Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia)
• "Sick and Tired" (Anastacia)
• "Creep" (TLC)
• "Case of the Fake People" (TLC)
• "Unpretty" (TLC)
• "Silly Ho" (TLC)
• "If They Knew" (TLC)
• "Shout" (TLC)
• "Don't Pull out on Me Yet" (TLC)
• "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC)
• "What about Your Friends" (TLC)
• "Hat 2 Da Back" (TLC)
• "Just a Little While" (Janet Jackson)
• "Sexhibition" (Janet Jackson)
• "This Time Around" (Michael Jackson)
• "2Bad" (Michael Jackson)
• "Iesha" (Another Bad Creation)
• "Playground" (Another Bad Creation)
• "Motownphilly" (Boyz II Men)
• "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" (Boyz II Men)
• "The Boy Is Mine" (Brandy and Monica) - produced Monica's vocals
• "Don't Take It Personal" (Monica)
• "Touch Myself" (T-Boz)
• "R U Freaky" (Highland Place Mobsters)
• "Put 'Em Up" (Namie Amuro)
• "Blowin Me Up" (JC Chasez)

Selected Remixes

• "Possibly Maybe" (Dallas Austin Mix) (Björk)
• "The Power of Good-Bye (Dallas' Low End Mix)" (Madonna)
• "They Don't Care about Us (Dallas Austin Main Mix)" (Michael Jackson)
• "This time Around (Dallas Main Mix)" (Michael jackson)

See also

• List of songs produced by Dallas Austin

External links

• Dallas Austin on music.com