Richard Furch is at a sweet spot in his career as a mix engineer.

He has amassed credits on 6 Grammy winning albums out of 25 nominated albums with one nomination in 2023.

With 25+ million records sold including 2 diamond selling projects, 1 billion+ YouTube views and over 400 album credits to his name he continues to craft profoundly emotional mixes with exceptional sonics and ecstatic clients for the likes of Prince, Frank Ocean, Jay-Z, Tyrese, BJ The Chicago Kid, Tobi Lou, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Leela James, India.Arie, TGT, Boyz II Men, The Weeknd, Ledisi, K Michelle, Chaka Khan, JJ Lin, GEM, Tanya Chua and many many more.

Starting out in New York, he was part of some of the seminal albums of the 2000’s such as Outkast’s “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” and Usher’s “Confessions” and critical darlings such as Fountains Of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom”.

Moving coasts to Los Angeles saw him working with all-time giants of the music industry such as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. He was then tapped by the legendary Prince as mixer and engineer for his latest Gold selling, chart topping “Lotusflower/MPLSound” album.

Growing up on SSL consoles and having learned from legendary mixers such as Michael Brauer, Chris Lord-Alge and Tchad Blake, Richard obtained an in-depth knowledge and appreciation of analog and digital mixing techniques, a stunning arsenal of vintage and modern gear and finally his own no holds barred mixHaus studios in LA.

He’s also a visiting artist at Berklee College of Music in Boston, SAE in Cologne and Berlin as well as CMA in Beijing and a creator of masterclasses via Produce Like A Pro, SonicScoop and under the masterclass tab on this site.

In 2022, he won the Golden Melody Award (Taiwan’s equivalent of the Grammys) for Best Engineered Album.

AWARDED PROJECTS

2022

33rd Golden Melody Awards: Best Album Recording – Tanya Chua “Depart” – Winner

2019

62th Grammy Awards: Best Traditional R&B Performance “Steady Love” (India Arie) – Nomination

2017

60th Grammy Awards: Best New Age Album “Songversation:Medicine” (India Arie) – Nomination

2016

59th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album “In My Mind” (BJ The Chicago Kid) – Nomination

59th Grammy Awards: Best Traditional R&B Performance “Women’s World” (BJ The Chicago Kid – Nomination

59th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Performance “Turning Me Up” (BJ The Chicago Kid) – Nomination

27th Golden Melody Awards: 2 Nominations in the Best Recorded Album Category – Nomination

2015

58th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album “Forever Charlie” (Charlie Wilson) – Nomination

58th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song “Shame” (Tyrese) – Nomination

58th Grammy Awards: Best Traditional R&B Performance “Shame” (Tyrese) – Nomination

2013

56th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album “Three Kings” (TGT) – Nomination

56th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album “Better” (Chrisette Michele) – Nomination

2012

55th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album “Open Invitation” (Tyrese) – Nomination

Soul Train Awards: Song Of The Year “Stay” (Tyrese) – Winner

2009

52nd Grammy Awards: Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance “Dreamer” (Prince) – Nomination

2007

50th Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album “Funk This” (Chaka Khan) – Winner

2004

47th Grammy Awards: Best Contemporary R&B Album “Confessions” (Usher) – Winner

47th Grammy Awards: Best Gospel Choir Album “Live…This Is Your House” (The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir) – Winner

2003

46th Grammy Awards: Album Of The Year “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” (Outkast) – Winner

46th Grammy Awards: Best Pop Performance By A Group With Vocal “Stacy’s Mom” (Fountains Of Wayne) – Nomination

2002

45th Grammy Awards: Best Gospel Choir Album “Be Glad” (The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir) – Winner

45th Grammy Awards: Best Jazz Vocal Album “Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane” (Karrin Allyson) – Nomination

45th Grammy Awards: Best Engineered Album – Non-Classical “Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane” (Karrin Allyson) – Nomination

2001

44th Grammy Awards: Best Contemporary Jazz Album “M2” (Marcus Miller) – Winner

44th Grammy Awards: Best Rap Album “The Blueprint” (Jay-Z) – Nomination

1999

Tec Award Scholarship for Outstanding Engineering

1998

Berklee College Of Music Scholarship

EDUCATION

Sound On Sound Studios New York

Berklee College Of Music Bachelor Of Music Production And Engineering (summa cum laude)

SAE Berlin Audio Engineer Diploma