Ivan Klisanin
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Ivan Klisanin is an American
record producer
from Lafayette, Louisiana
.
Klisanin has worked with many of Louisiana's top cajun music
and zydeco
Bands.
He has produced
or engineered
records for BeauSoleil
(Live in Louisiana), Bluerunners (Honey Slides), Feufollet (Cow Island Hop, En Couleurs) and Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
(Zydeco Junkie, Bayou Road, Ain't No Party Like a Chubby Party, Take Me to the Zydeco, and It's Party Time). Feufollets album En Couleurs, was hailed by Elvis Costello
as "one of the most beautifully melodic records I've heard all year." Klisanin has produced two albums with the New Orleans indie rock
band Rotary Downs
(Chained to the Chariot and Cracked Maps and Blue Reports). The band is a two time winner (2008 and 2009) of the "Best Rock Band" category in the Big Easy Music Awards.
Other musicians that he has worked with include Lil' Nate and the Zydeco Big Timers, Leon Chavis and the Zydeco Flames, The Bad Roads, Greenlight Caravan, Corey 'Lil Pop' Ledet, The Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Collapsar, Victim of Modern Age
, Attractive and Popular, Mission vs. Madness, Henry Gray
, Carol Fran
, Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal, Lee Allen Zeno, Buddy Flett, Walter Jr., Frigg a go-go, Sam Rey, Horace Trahan, Cedric Watson and J. Paul Jr., and the Zydeco Nubreedz.
Ivan has a Bachelor's degree in Music Media, and a Master's degree in Theory and Composition with a focus on music production from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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United States
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record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
from Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
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- Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 2010 for the Best Zydeco or Cajun Music AlbumGrammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music AlbumThe Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists at the 50th, 51st, 52nd and 53rd Grammy Awards for quality zydeco or cajun music albums...
, for Chubby CarrierChubby CarrierRoy "Chubby" Carrier is an American zydeco musician. He is the leader of Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band.Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name The Carrier Brothers. He was taught to play accordion by his father, Roy Carrier Sr.,...
and the Bayou Swamp Band's, Zydeco Junkie. - Grammy nomination in 2010 for the Best Zydeco or Cajun Album for Feufollet's, En Couleurs.
- OffBeatOffBeat (magazine)OffBeat is a monthly music magazine in New Orleans, Louisiana first published in 1988. It mainly focuses on the music scene of New Orleans and Louisiana. It covers wide range of local music including R&B, blues, brass bands, jazz, cajun music, zydeco, to rock....
magazine's "Best Rock Album" award in 2011 for Rotary DownsRotary DownsRotary Downs is an Indie Rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana. The band is made up of vocalist and guitarist James Maarler, guitarist Chris Colombo, keyboardist and trumpeter Michael Girardot, bassist Jason Rhein, and drummer Zack Smith.-History:...
', Cracked Maps and Blue Reports.
Klisanin has worked with many of Louisiana's top cajun music
Cajun music
Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Cajun music is often mentioned in tandem with the Creole-based, Cajun-influenced zydeco form, both of Acadiana origin...
and zydeco
Zydeco
Zydeco is a form of uniquely American roots or folk music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century from forms of "la la" Creole music...
Bands.
He has produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
or engineered
Audio engineering
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
records for BeauSoleil
Beausoleil
BeauSoleil is an American musical group specializing in Cajun music. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, the group members are brothers Michael Doucet and David Doucet , Jimmy Breaux , Billy Ware , Tommy Alesi , and Mitchell Reed .-Band history:Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil BeauSoleil (French, beautiful...
(Live in Louisiana), Bluerunners (Honey Slides), Feufollet (Cow Island Hop, En Couleurs) and Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band is a Zydeco band from Louisiana founded by Chubby Carrier in 1989.-Awards:Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band have a Grammy award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for their album Zydeco Junkie...
(Zydeco Junkie, Bayou Road, Ain't No Party Like a Chubby Party, Take Me to the Zydeco, and It's Party Time). Feufollets album En Couleurs, was hailed by Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
as "one of the most beautifully melodic records I've heard all year." Klisanin has produced two albums with the New Orleans indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Rotary Downs
Rotary Downs
Rotary Downs is an Indie Rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana. The band is made up of vocalist and guitarist James Maarler, guitarist Chris Colombo, keyboardist and trumpeter Michael Girardot, bassist Jason Rhein, and drummer Zack Smith.-History:...
(Chained to the Chariot and Cracked Maps and Blue Reports). The band is a two time winner (2008 and 2009) of the "Best Rock Band" category in the Big Easy Music Awards.
Other musicians that he has worked with include Lil' Nate and the Zydeco Big Timers, Leon Chavis and the Zydeco Flames, The Bad Roads, Greenlight Caravan, Corey 'Lil Pop' Ledet, The Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Collapsar, Victim of Modern Age
Victim of modern age
Victim of Modern Age was a musical group originating circa 2002 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. They disbanded in December of 2004.-History:Self-titled EP...
, Attractive and Popular, Mission vs. Madness, Henry Gray
Henry Gray (musician)
Henry Gray is an African-American blues piano player and singer. He has been playing for more than seven decades, and has played with a multitude of artists including Robert Lockwood, Jr., Billy Boy Arnold, Morris Pejoe, the Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf among many others...
, Carol Fran
Carol Fran
Carol Fran is an African American soul blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Fran is best known for her string of single releases in the 1950s and 1960s, and her later musical association with her husband, Clarence Hollimon...
, Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal, Lee Allen Zeno, Buddy Flett, Walter Jr., Frigg a go-go, Sam Rey, Horace Trahan, Cedric Watson and J. Paul Jr., and the Zydeco Nubreedz.
Ivan has a Bachelor's degree in Music Media, and a Master's degree in Theory and Composition with a focus on music production from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, or UL Lafayette, is a coeducational, public research university located in Lafayette, Louisiana, in the heart of Acadiana...
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