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He is currently most active as what is mostly known in the music industry as a record producer, but he dislikes the term and prefers recording engineer, saying that putting producers in charge destroys records, while the role of the recording engineer is to solve problems in capturing the sound of the musicians, and does not threaten the artists control over their product. He is founder and owner of the company Electrical Audio, which operates two recording studios in Chicago.

Additionally, he is famous (or notorious) in the indie world as a pundit on the music industry and trends in indie music, starting from his earliest writing for 'zines such as Matter and Forced Exposure , to his commentary on the poor ethics of big record labels, and how their practices filter through to the independent labels. He has been a strong supporter of labels who have tried to break the mold, especially Touch and Go Records, with whom all of his bands have released recordings.

Among many other records, he has recorded:

• In Utero by Nirvana
• Pod by The Breeders
• Surfer Rosa by the Pixies
• Rid of Me by PJ Harvey
• Arise Therefore by Palace Music
• Face Of Collapse by Dazzling KillmenDazzling Killmen were one of the best '90s bands to straddle making a punk-inspired noisy ruckus with jazzy Sun-Ra-type intelligence and arrangements. The group was composed of midwestern jazz students drummer Blake Fleming, guitarist Tim Garrigan, bassis
• Razorblade Suitcase by BushBush is a British grunge band formed in 1991. Their debut was a self-released album named Sixteen Stone it was released in 1994. In Canada, they were once known as Bush-X, because a 1970s rock band, led by Domenic Troiano, owned the rights to the name Bus
• Yanqui U.X.O.Yanqui U. is an album released by Godspeed You! Black Emperor on Constellation Records in 2002. Yanqui" is the Spanish word for " Yankee. stands for unexploded ordnance (e. g, cluster bombs). The front cover shows bombs falling from an airplane, while a s by Godspeed You! Black EmperorGodspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly known as Godspeed You Black Emperor is a post-rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. They take their name from Buraku Empororu an obscure 1976 black-and-white documentary by director Mitsuo Yanagimachi, which follows th
• Blow It Out Your Ass, It's Veruca Salt by Veruca SaltVeruca Salt is an alternative rock group of the 1990s, named after a character from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. Louise Post (guitar/vocals), Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals), Steve Lack (bass) and Jim Shapiro (drums) formed in Chicago, re.
• Just Fred (1996) by Fred SchneiderFred Schneider of Athens, Georgia is the lead male singer of The B-52's. He is gay and has released two solo albums, Fred Schneider & the Shake Society ( 1991) and Just Fred ( 1996), the latter produced by Steve Albini. He also appeared in The Flintstones
• After Murder Park by The AuteursThe Auteurs were a vehicle for the songwriting talents of Luke Haines (guitar, piano and vocals). Formerly of the band The Servants, Haines later created the Auteurs with his then girlfriend Alice Steadman (bass) and James Banbury (cello). Their first sin
• Tweez by Slint