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Michael Graves (audio engineer)

For other people named Michael Graves, see Michael Graves (disambiguation).
Michael Graves
Graves in 2023
Born (1968-12-23) December 23, 1968 (age 56)
OccupationMastering engineer
Years active1998-present
AwardsGrammy Award for Best Historical Album:
  • Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (2024)
  • It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers (2021)
  • Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris (2018)
  • Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 (2014)
  • Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum (2008)
  • 9 other nominations[1]
    Blues Music Award, Historical Album of the Year: Bobby Rush, Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History Of Bobby Rush (2017)[2]
    • Websiteosirisstudio.com

    Michael Graves (born December 23, 1968) is an American mastering engineer. He specializes in audio restoration and audio preservation.[3] Graves is a five-time Grammy award-winner and a fourteen-time Grammy nominee.[1] He is widely considered one of the best audio engineers in his field.[4][5][6][7][8] Country singer Hank Williams' daughter Jett praised Graves' work on her father's Grammy-winning album The Garden Spot Programs, 1950, calling it "the best restoration I’ve ever heard before, the 1% of 1% of restoration engineering."[9]

    Graves has worked on a wide variety of archival musical projects, working with clients from around the world. Graves' main focus is historical audio that was recorded on deteriorating or obsolete media, as well as more recent recordings on which the sound is obscured for various reasons, utilizing tools and techniques to restore the original audio. His work has often been compared to that of an archaeologist because of Graves' similarly painstaking process of cleaning and restoring old and often damaged archival material.[10][11][12][13] He works with such record labels as Dust-to-Digital, Analog Africa, The Numero Group and Omnivore Recordings, which specialize in historical recordings. He has also remastered recordings for commercial release by artists such as Hank Williams, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell, Big Star, Blondie, Richard Hell, Janis Joplin, Stax Records, Nina Simone, Erroll Garner, Buck Owens and Bobby Rush.[13][14]

    Graves owns and operates Osiris Studio, a Los Angeles–based mastering and audio-restoration services facility that provides audio services to the entertainment and archival communities. The studio is named after the Egyptian god of resurrection, reflecting Graves' interest in bringing recordings "back to life."[3][12]

    1. ^ a b "Artist: Michael Graves". The Grammys. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
    2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Elmore2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    3. ^ a b "About". Osiris Studio. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
    4. ^ Thompson, Jessica (May–June 2018). "The Aesthetics of Remastering Reissues". Tape Op. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
    5. ^ Hurtt, C.J. (2020-02-17). "How Long-Lost Records Are Found and Restored". Reverb. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
    6. ^ Lindsay Tomasic & Dan Kimpel (2019-02-04). "2019 Grammy Winner Michael Graves". Storyophonic (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-08-20.
    7. ^ DuPriest, Benjamin (Summer 2020). ""Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947–1959" and "Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris"" (PDF). Ethnomusicology. 64 (2): 358–368. doi:10.5406/ethnomusicology.64.2.0358. S2CID 246624978. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
    8. ^ Popale, Vijay (2016-12-22). "Regional: Southeast Studios, sessions and studio news - Michael Graves' Osiris Mastering, Atlanta". Mix. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
    9. ^ Elliott, Gwendolyn (2014-05-24). "Newly Discovered Hank! 'The Garden Spot Programs' 1950". American Standard Time. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
    10. ^ Cite error: The named reference NewYorker2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    11. ^ Sweeney, Kate (2014-02-18). "Audio 'Archaeologist' Brings Old Recordings Back to Life". WABE. Atlanta, Georgia. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
    12. ^ a b Thanki, Juli (2015-01-30). "Hank Williams recordings get Grammy nomination". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
    13. ^ a b Roberts, Randall (2015-02-05). "Critic's Choice: Grammys 2015: An archival bounty within best historical album category". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
    14. ^ Ham, Robert (June 28, 2019). "Record Time: New & Notable Vinyl Releases (June 2019)". Paste. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
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