Andrew Scheps (born November 10, 1969)https://www.facebook.com/realnois13/photos/today-is-andrew-schepss-birthdaywe-would-like-to-wish-him-a-fantastic-day-full-o/1197351380278629/https://library.oapen.org/viewer/web/viewer.html?file=/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/104419/9781040432310.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y is an American mix engineer, recording engineer, record producer, and record label owner based in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom. He has received Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album for his work on Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, Album of the Year for Adele's 21, and Best Reggae Album for Ziggy Marley's Fly Rasta.
Biography A Long Island native who got his start playing jazz trumpet, Andrew Scheps has mixed records for artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Metallica, Jay-Z and many others. After graduating from the Recording Engineering Program at the University of Miami, he spent some time working for New England Digital as a field service technician for the Synclavier, one of the first digital synthesizers / samplers / workstations. He later worked on the road with Stevie Wonder (as a keyboard tech) and Michael Jackson (mixing live sound), before settling in LA.
Having got into mixing a few years before the analog-to-digital revolution, Andrew worked with a collection of vintage gear at his Punkerpad West studio in Van Nuys, California, including a Neve Electronics BCM-10 with ten 1073s that were used for reference during the Waves Audio Scheps 73 plugin modeling process.
Scheps is known for his balanced, modern sounding and often loud mixes. In July 2015, while being interviewed on Pensado's Place, he declared to work completely "ITB" (in the box), meaning entirely inside a computer without external gear. His full transition to ITB mixing occurred halfway through mixing the Hozier record in the summer of 2014. Scheps has said the change was driven primarily by logistics rather than sound — console recalls were unreliable and increasingly at odds with clients' expectations of near-instant turnaround — and that he would not have adopted the workflow if he believed it compromised the sound.
He is also the owner and president of Tonequake Records and Punkerpad UK (formerly Punker Pad West).
Awards
In 2012, he won the award for "International Engineer of the Year" from the Music Producers Guild. He was nominated for the same award again in 2025.
He received the 2011 TEC Award (Technical Excellence & Creativity) for "Outstanding Creative Achievement - Record Production Album."
Honorary Doctorates In 2019, Buckinghamshire New University recognized Andrew as a leading figure in the recording industry with an Honorary Doctorate. Then in 2022, the University of Huddersfield awarded Andrew with an honorary doctorate for services to international music engineering.
Grammy Awards Andrew received a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album in 2015 for mixing the Ziggy Marley album Fly Rasta.
In 2012, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Adele 21.
And in 2006, he won a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album," for his recording and mixing contributions on the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Stadium Arcadium. The band also won 3 additional Grammy awards including one for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.
Music education Scheps has been teaching week-long seminars in the south of France at studios La Fabrique where he shares his knowledge about his mixing, engineering and recording techniques as part of the "Mix With The Masters" program.
Discography Mastodon"Your Ghost Again"2026Robert PlantSaving Grace2025SuedeAntidepressants2025KaleoMixed Emotions2025Fitz and The TantrumsMan on the Moon2025Bartees StrangeHorror2025Low RoarHouse In The Woods2025The Smashing PumpkinsAghori Mhori Mei2024Whiskey MyersTornillo2022Low Roarmaybe tomorrow...2021KaleoSurface Sounds2020ApocalypticaCell-02020Low Roarross.2019Rival SonsFeral Roots2019HozierWasteland, Baby!2019My Brightest DiamondA Million and One2018First Aid KitTender Offerings2018Joyce ManorMillion Dollars to Kill Me2018DaughtryCage to Rattle2018Welles"Seventeen"2018First Aid KitRuins2018Low RoarOnce in a Long, Long While...2017RancidTrouble Maker2017Chase RiceLambs & Lions2017You Me at SixNight People2017CRXNew Skin2016KaleoA/B2016Green DayRevolution Radio2016The HeavyHurt & The Merciless2016Zac Brown BandJekyll + Hyde2015Amos LeeLive at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony2015FaraoTill It's All Forgotten2015PlastiscinesBack to the Start2014Jennifer NettlesThat Girl2014Low Roar02014HozierHozier2014CineramaSeven Wonders of the World2014Rodrigo Y Gabriela9 Dead Alive2014Ziggy MarleyFly Rasta2014Red Hot Chili PeppersI'm Beside You / I'm with You Sessions2013Jake BuggShangri La2013AFIBurials2013Gogol BordelloPura Vida Conspiracy2013Lady GagaArtpop2013Black Sabbath132013Bon JoviWhat About Now2013Chic GamineCloser2013Beyoncé"Angel"2013Beyoncé"XO"2013Special RequestSoul Music2013The Wedding Present'4 Songs' EP2012Lana Del ReyParadise2012Our Lady PeaceCurve2012Lana Del ReyBorn to Die2012The HivesLex Hives2012Richie SamboraAftermath of the Lowdown2012The Wedding PresentValentina2012Gogol BordelloМоя Цыганиада2011Low RoarLow Roar2011The Duke SpiritBruiser2011Adele212011Red Hot Chili PeppersI'm with You2011Grace Potter and the NocturnalsGrace Potter and the Nocturnals2011Wendy & LisaSnapshots2011fDeluxeGaslight2011The Duke Spirit'Kusama' EP2010Kid Rock"God Bless Saturday"2010Kid Rock"Rock Bottom Blues"2010Gogol BordelloTrans-Continental Hustle2010Josh Groban"War at Home"2010GossipMusic for Men2009AFICrash Love2009Pilot SpeedWooden Bones2009Our Lady PeaceBurn Burn2009Audrye SessionsAudrye Sessions2009Blood Red ShoesBox of Secrets2008Linkin ParkSongs from the Underground2008Audrye SessionsAudrye Sessions EP2008Cass McCombsDropping the Writ2008WeezerWeezer (Red Album)2008MetallicaDeath Magnetic2008Neil DiamondHome Before Dark2008The (International) Noise ConspiracyThe Cross of My Calling2007The Duke Spirit"You Really Wake Up the Love in Me"2007Nicole AtkinsNeptune City2007Manu ChaoLa Radiolina2007Linkin ParkMinutes to Midnight2007Fightstar"We Apologize for Nothing"2007Red Hot Chili Peppers"Tell Me Baby"2007Neil Diamond12 Songs2005Red Hot Chili Peppers"Snow (Hey Oh)"2006U2"Window in the Skies"2006Red Hot Chili Peppers"Dani California"2006My Brightest DiamondBring Me the Workhorse2006Red Hot Chili PeppersStadium Arcadium2006Justin Timberlake"(Another Song) All Over Again"2006Randy ColemanLast Salutation2005The PictureConnect2005The Mars VoltaFrances the Mute2005RentSelections of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack2005Bette MidlerSings the Peggy Lee Songbook2005The (International) Noise ConspiracyArmed Love2004Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz"Stop Fuckin Wit Me" from Crunk Juice2004Omar Rodríguez-LópezA Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One2004The Ben Taylor BandFamous Among the Barns2003The Mars Volta"Inertiatic ESP"2003EndoSongs for the Restless2003Red Hot Chili Peppers"Universally Speaking"2003Alien Ant FarmTruANT2003CashUnearthed2003Limp BizkitResults May Vary2003Audioslave"Cochise"2003The Mars VoltaDe-Loused In The Comatorium2003Audioslave"Like a Stone"2003Jay-Z"99 Problems"2003The Mars VoltaTelevators2003Jewel03042003Limp BizkitEat You Alive2003Limp Bizkit"Behind Blue Eyes"2003Johnny CashAmerican IV: The Man Comes Around2002Andrew W.K.We Want Fun2002Red Hot Chili Peppers"The Zephyr Song"2002AudioslaveAudioslave2002Red Hot Chili Peppers"By the Way"2002Alanis MorissetteUnder Rug Swept2002Sum 41"It's What We're All About"2002Sheila NichollsWake2002Alanis MorissetteFeast on Scraps2002ZeromancerClone Your Lover2001Iggy PopShakin' All Over1999PõviDragonflies1999Human NatureCounting Down1999PõviLife in Volcanoes1999Pure SugarHold on to My Love1998Taylor DayneNaked Without You1998GlobeRelation1998Robbie RobertsonContact from the Underworld of Redboy1998David HolmesOut of Sight1998Social DistortionLive at the Roxy1998Michael JacksonGhost1997Quincy JonesQ's Jook Joint1995Michael JacksonHIStory - Past, Present and Future - Book I1995Kenny LogginsLeap of Faith1991Diana RossThe Force Behind the Power1991Jermaine JacksonYou Said1991
References
External links Andrew's Management Punkerpad West Tonequake Records