Rusty Santos is a producer, mixer, songwriter, and engineer. He began his recording career working with Animal Collective when he produced their celebrated Sung Tongs album. He then collaborated again with Panda Bear on his landmark album Person Pitch and more recent album Buoys. Rusty spent formative time in the NYC scene and other artists in their orbit, working with Dirty Projectors, Born Ruffians, Black Dice, Weyes Blood, Beach House, and many more. His fascination with new sounds has led him to experiment across many genres. He co-wrote Dino d’Santiago’s Afro-pop hit Nos Funana, engineered and mastered DJ Rashad’s groundbreaking dance album Welcome to the Chi, and mixed modernist classics like Dawn of Midi’s Dysnomia and Owen Pallet’s Heartland.