Wally Gagel is an American, multi platinum, award-winning record producer, audio engineer, mixer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.
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Credits include: Family of the Year, Elliphant, Blondfire, Zella Day, Best Coast, Cold War Kids, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, New Order, Muse, Rolling Stones, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Rihanna, Redlight King, Eels, Robert DeLong and in collaboration with iTunes Sessions: Bon Iver, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Gorillaz, The Gaslight Anthem, Lykke Li, Vampire Weekend, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, PJ Harvey, Metric, The Decemberists, Norah Jones, and more. His production of Family of the Year's #1 single "Hero" caught the attention of movie director Richard Linklater who used it in the film "Boyhood."
In 2006 he formed the production partnership WAX LTD with songwriter and producer, Xandy Barry and in 2019 they formed a joint venture with Universal Music Production Group called AUDIO WAX.[1][2][3]
Early life and career
Gagel was born in Port Jefferson, New York. He and his family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where at a young age he became interested in music. He attended Mass College of Art to pursue studies in Interrelated Media. After college Gagel became house engineer at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA where he worked with Superchunk, Belly, Juliana Hatfield, Buffalo Tom, Come, Karate, Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. He joined the band Orbit whom he toured and recorded with until deciding to leave the group and pursue his production work full-time. In 1996 Gagel was awarded the Boston Music Awards' Outstanding Song/Songwriter of the Year for Natural One, and in 1997 Debut Album of the Year for Orbit's Libido Speedway. He currently resides in Los Angeles and is half of the production/songwriting team WAX LTD.[4]
Albums produced
- 2023, Redlight King - “In Our Blood” LP - AFM Records - Co-Writer, Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2023, Joshua Radin - This One’s For Single - Nettwerk Music Group - Producer, Engineer, Programming, Instruments, Mixer
- 2023, Blondfire - “Age of Innocence” - Bliss Productions - Co-Writer, Producer, Engineer, Instruments, Mixer
- 2023, Joshua Radin - Though the World Will Tell Me So, Vol 1 EP - Nettwerk Music Group - Producer, Engineer, Programming, Instruments, Mixer
- 2022, Superchunk - “Wild Loneliness” LP - Merge Records - Mixer
- 2020, Cold War Kids - "Story of our Lives" single - “Bill and Ted Face the Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) TenThousand Projects - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2020, Creeper - "Sex, Death and the Infinite Void" LP - Warner UK - Mixer
- 2020, Blondfire - "Starboy" single - Bliss Productions - Producer, Co-writer, Engineer Mixer
- 2020, Blondfire - "Marigold" single - Bliss Productions - Producer, Co-writer, Engineer Mixer
- 2020, Blondfire - "The Climb" single - Bliss Productions - Producer, Co-writer, Engineer Mixer
- 2020, Overcoats (duo) - "Fire & Fury" single - Loma Vista - Co-writer
- 2020, Jon Bryant - "Bad Happens" single - Nettwerk Records - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2020, Creeper - "Annabelle" single - Warner Records - Mixer
- 2019 Jim and Sam - “Saturday Night” - Single - Nettwerk Music Group - Producer, Engineer, Programming, Mixer
- 2019, Jon Bryant - "Headphones" single - Nettwerk Records - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2019, Jim and Sam - "Saturday Night" single - Nettwerk Records - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2018, Elliphant - "To The End" single - TEN Music Group - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2018, Transmission Project Feat Elan Atias - "Whatever You Feel" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2018, Emerson Star - "Pistol Grip" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-writer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2018, Meiko - "Back in the Game" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2018, Rows - "Parachute" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2018, Ships Have Sailed - "Let's Just Dance" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Emerson Star - "Wasted" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, WORLDS - "Strange Feeling" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Nona - "Otherways" EP - WAX LTD - Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, WORLDS - "Good Sh*t" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Nona - "Fathers Day" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Rows - "Simplicity" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Rows - "Chained to the Rhythm" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Blondfire - "Black Hole Sun" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Red Rosamond - "Voodoo Love" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Rows - "Supernatural" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Transmission Project ft. Lenka - "Golden Moment" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Rows - "New Heart" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Red Rosamond - "Don't Let Our Love Go Cold" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Jukebox the Ghost - "Stay the Night" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Blondfire - "Here and Now" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Nona - "Hold Up" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2017, Max and the Moon - "Killing Time" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2016, Blondfire - "Heathens" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2016, Blondfire - "True Confessions" EP - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2016, Larkin Poe - "Trouble In Mind" single - RH Records - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer
- 2016, Blondfire - "True Confessions" single - WAX LTD - Producer, Co-Writer, Instruments, Engineer, Mixer
- 2016, Escondido - Walking With A Stranger LP - Kill Canyon - Mixer, Additional Production
- 2015, Blondfire - "Pleasure" single - Wax LTD - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2015, MOBIVSTRIP - MOBIVSTRIP EP - FF1 - Producer, Engineer, Writer, Instruments, Mixer
- 2015, Robert DeLong - In the Cards LP - Glassnote Records - Producer, Engineer, Writer, Mixer
- 2015, Family of the Year - Loma Vista LP - Nettwerk Productions - Producer, Engineer, Instruments and Mixer
- 2015, Hunter Hunted - Hunter Hunted EP - RCA Records - Producer, Co-Writer, Engineer, Instruments and Mixer
- 2015, Zella Day - Kicker LP - Pinetop Records/Hollywood Records - Co-writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2015, Best Coast - California Nights LP - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2015, Zella Day - "Sacrifice" - Insurgent Soundtrack - Co-writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2014, Zella Day - Zella Day EP - B3 Science - Co-writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2014, Family of the Year - "Hero" - Boyhood Soundtrack - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2014, The Mowglis - "Your Friend" - Earth To Echo Soundtrack - Relativity - Producer, Mixer, Engineer
- 2014, Zella Day - "East Of Eden" - B3 Science - Co-writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2014, Zella Day - "Sweet Ophelia" "1965" Single - B3 Science - Co-writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2014, Blondfire - Young Heart - Co-Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Instruments and Co-Writer
- 2013, Best Coast - Fade Away (Mini Album) - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2013, Cillie Barnes - Happy Valley EP - Universal Republic Records - Co-Producer, Engineer
- 2013, Sebadoh - Defend Yourself - Joyful Noise Recordings - Mixer
- 2013, Redlight King - Born To Rise (single) - Hollywood Records - Producer, Co-Writer, Engineer, Instrumentation and Mixer
- 2013, Redlight King - Redemption - Iron Man 3 Heroes Fall Soundtrack - Hollywood Records - Producer, Co-Writer, Engineer, Instrumentation and Mixer
- 2013, Black Prairie - Performs Wild Ones LP - Warner Bros. - Producer, Engineer
- 2013, Best Coast - "Fear of My Identity"/"Who Have I Become" single - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2013, Hunter Hunted - Hunter Hunted EP - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2012, Blondfire - Where The Kids Are EP - Warner Bros. - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2012, Family of the Year - Loma Vista LP - Nettwerk Productions - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2012, Zella Day - Cynics vs. Dreamers EP - WAX LTD. - Co-writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Instruments
- 2012, Bon Iver - iTunes Originals
- 2012, Imperial Teen - Feel The Sound LP - Merge Records - Mixer
- 2012, Family of the Year - Diversity EP - Nettwerk Productions - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2012, We Are Augustines - iTunes Originals
- 2012, Lady Danville - Operating (single) - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 2011, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - iTunes Originals
- 2011, The Head and the Heart - iTunes Originals
- 2011, Javier Colon - Come Through For You - Universal - Mixer
- 2011, Blondfire - We Are The Kids - Tender Tender Rush - Mixer
- 2011, The Gaslight Anthem - iTunes Originals
- 2011, Lykke Li - iTunes Originals
- 2011, Family of the Year - St. Croix EP - Tiny Ogre/Sony - Mixer
- 2011, PJ Harvey - iTunes Originals
- 2011, The Decemberists - iTunes Originals
- 2011, Redlight King - Something For The Pain - Hollywood Records - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Bass, Writer
- 2011, Best Coast - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Slash - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Joshua James - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Shelby Lynne - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Metric - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Ozomatli - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Maroon 5 - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Gorillaz - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Vampire Weekend - iTunes Originals
- 2010, Styrofoam - Kids on Acid Nettwerk - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 2010, Norah Jones - iTunes Originals iTunes - Mixing
- 2009, Tamar Kaprelian - Delicate Soul Single Interscope - Producer, Engineer
- 2009, Tamar Kaprelian - New Day Single Interscope - Producer, Engineer, Ins, Writer
- 2008, Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad Live - Mixing
- 2008, Blondfire - My Someday - Engineer, Mixing
- 2008, Eels - Useless Trinkets - Engineer, Mixing
- 2008, Styrofoam- Thousand Words - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 2008, Eels - Meet The Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 (1996–2006) - Mixer, Engineer, Ins
- 2008, iCarly: Music from and Inspired... [Original TV Soundtrack] - Producer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2007, Rihanna - Soundcheck (Wal-Mart) - Mixing
- 2007, The Billionaires - Really Real for Forever - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 2007, Hannah Montana - Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Bass
- 2006, Elan - Together as One - Guitar, Engineer, Writer
- 2006, Jessica Simpson - Public Affair - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2006, Model/Actress - Model/Actress - Mixing
- 2006, Jessy Moss - Down at the Disco - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2006, Old 97's - Hit by a Train: The Best of Old 97's - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Prog, Ins
- 2006, Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me - Producer, Engineer, Ins, Writer
- 2006, Shane Nicholson - Faith and Science - Pre-Production, Writer
- 2006, Elan - Nothing is Worth Losing You - Guitar, Writer
- 2006, Gus Black - Autumn Days - Engineer, Mixing
- 2005, Backstreet Boys - Never Gone - Writer
- 2005, Jessy Moss - Polyamorous - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2005, The Mormons - Statement of No Statement - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 2005, Sarah Blasko - The Overture & the Underscore - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Prog, Ins
- 2005, Lou Barlow - Emoh - Engineer, Mixing
- 2005, Jessy Moss - Fast and Cheap - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2005, New Order - Waiting for the Sirens Call (Mash) - Remix
- 2005, Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - Performer
- 2004, Feersum Ennjin - Feersum Ennjin - Mixing
- 2003, Gus Black - Uncivilized Love - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Writer, Ins
- 2003, Thirteen [Original Soundtrack] - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2003, Kim Fox - Return to Planet Earth - Engineer
- 2003, Charmed - [Original Soundtrack] - Writer
- 2003, Pay the Girl - Pay the Girl - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Writer
- 2003, The Folk Implosion - The New Folk Implosion - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 2003, Levity - [Original Score] - Engineer, Mixing
- 2003, MC Honky - I Am the Messiah - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2003, Lucia - From the Land of Volcanos - Programming, Writer
- 2003, Production Club - Follow Your Bliss - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2003, Run Run Run - Drizzle - Mixer
- 2003, Emm Gryner - Asianblue - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2003, Muse - Absolution - Engineer, Digital Editing
- 2002, Belly - Sweet Ride: The Best of Belly - Engineer, Mixing
- 2002, Gilmore Girls Soundtrack - Our Little Corner of the World - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 2002, Juliana Hatfield - Gold Stars 1992-2002 - Engineer
- 2001, Orbit - XLR8R - Mixing
- 2001, Eels - Souljacker - Programming, Engineer, Mixing
- 2001, Old 97's - Satellite Rides - Producer, Engineer
- 2001, Freddy Got Fingered - [Original Soundtrack] - Producer
- 2001, The Incredible Moses Leroy - Electric Pocket Radio - Remixing
- 2000, Various Artists - Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam - Producer, Mixing, Programming
- 2000, Down To You [Original Soundtrack] - Producer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 2000, Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy - Engineer, Mixing, Ins
- 2000, Juliana Hatfield - Beautiful Creature - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 1999, Dust Brothers - This is Your Life (Fight Club) - Remix
- 1999, American Beauty [Original Soundtrack] - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 1999, One Ton Shotgun - Police Navidad - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 1999, The Folk Implosion - One Part Lullaby - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 1998, Slowpoke - Virgin Stripes - Producer, Engineer
- 1998, Clay Pigeons [Original Soundtrack] - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 1997, Various Artists - What's Up Matador - Engineer
- 1997, Old 97's - Too Far to Care - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Keys, Perc
- 1997, The Weaklings - Remarkably Good - Engineer, Mixing
- 1997, Tanya Donelly - Pretty Deep - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 1997, Juliana Hatfield - Please Do Not Disturb - Engineer, Mixer
- 1997, Tanya Donelly - Lovesongs for Underdogs - Producer, Mixing, Programming, Ins
- 1997, A Life Less Ordinary (Original Soundtrack) - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Programming
- 1997, Orbit - Libido Speedway - Engineer, Mixing, Bass, Vocals
- 1997, The Folk Implosion - Dare to Be Surprised - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Programming
- 1997, The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon - Mixing
- 1997, Bandwagon [Original Soundtrack] - Engineer, Mixing
- 1996, Swish - Supermax - Engineer, Mixing
- 1996, Tanya Donelly - Sliding and Diving - Producer, Mixing, Engineer, Prog, Ins
- 1996, Come - Secret Number - Mixing
- 1996, Various Artists - Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks - Engineer, Mixing
- 1996, Various Artists - Safe and Sound - Engineer
- 1996, Come - Near Life Experience - Engineer
- 1996, Steve Wynn - Melting in the Dark - Engineer
- 1996, Karate - Karate - Engineer, Mixing
- 1996, Jack Drag - Jack Drag - Mixing
- 1996, Sebadoh - Harmacy - Engineer, Mixing
- 1996, Boys [Original Soundtrack] - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- 1995, Mary Lou Lord - Mary Lou Lord, Engineer, Mixer, Tambourine
- 1995, Orbit - La Mano, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- 1995, The Folk Implosion - Kids [Original Soundtrack], Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
- 1995, Pell Mell - Interstate - Engineer, Mixing
- 1995, Superchunk - Here's Where the Strings Come In - Engineer, Mixing
- 1994, Belly - Super-Connected - Engineer, Mixing[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
