Justin Louis Raisen isanAmerican record producer and songwriter, audio engineer, mixing engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and a co-founder of KRO Records. His production, songwriting, and mixing credits include: Yves Tumor, Kim Gordon, Ariel Pink, Angel Olsen, Sky Ferreira, Sharron Van Etten, Charli XCX, Santigold, Lizzo, Joji, Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler, Kills Birds, Empress Of, Miya Folick, Sunflower Bean, Hazel English, Overcoats, L Devine, Kylie Minogue, Ghost, Theophilus London, Health, Ex Cops, Michael Stipe, Rain Phoenix and Billy Corgan.
Life and career
Raisen, a native of Massapequa, New York, now resides in Los Angeles where he owns a recording studio.
Productions
Raisen's credits indicate his frequent use of live musicians in his productions. His collaborators include Pino Paladino, Jim Keltner, Joey Warnoker, Carla Azar, Patty Schemel, Jenny Lee, Justin Meldal-Johnson, Gus Seyffert, Roger Manning Jr., Victor Indrizzo, Stella Mozgawa, Nick Zinner, Henry Schiff, Stewart Bronaugh, Joe Kennedy, Eva Gardner, Dennis Hamm, & Duff McKagan.
KRO Records
In 2019, Raisen launched his own record label, KRO Records, with Lawrence and Yves Rothman. KRO's first release included two tracks from River Phoenix's band, Aleka's Attic, along with a single from Rain Phoenix featuring Michael Stipe. This was followed by a Double A-Side Single, "Poison" by Marissa Nadler feat. John Cale of The Velvet Underground. Other releases in 2019 included Kills Birds' self-titled debut LP, Buzzy Lee's (Sasha Spielberg) EP, "Close Encounters of Our Own Kind", and a single titled "Mother" by Courtney Love. In 2020, KRO Records released Stephen Spielberg’s "The Turning" soundtrack under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. The film's soundtrack features tracks from Mitski, Kali Uchis, Soccer Mommy, Cherry Glazerr, Finn Wolfhard & Courtney Love.
Controversy
After the Lizzo single "Truth Hurts" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019, Raisen, alongside his brother Jeremiah, accused Lizzo of plagiarizing a line from his song "Healthy" and asked to receive songwriting credits. Instead, Lizzo filed a lawsuit in order to receive a declaratory judgment blocking the Raisens from receiving any songwriting credits. The Raisens responded in February 2020 by filing a counterclaim, asking to receive royalties and songwriting credits for the song.
Producer and songwriter discography
2020
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Shaking" | Hazel English | "Wake Up!" | Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Writer | Polyvinyl | Hazel English, Blake Stranathan |
| "Combat" | Hazel English, Gianluca Buccellati |
| "Five and Dime" | Hazel English, Jeremiah Raisen, John Newman |
| "Waiting" | Hazel English |
| "Wake Up!" |
| "A Greater Love" | Yves Tumor | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Executive Producer, Producer, Engineer, Musician | Warp | Yves Tumor, Mahssa Taghinia, Yves Rothman |
| "Medicine Burns" |
| "Strawberry Privilege" |
| "Super Stars" |
| "Gospel For A New Century" | Executive Producer, Producer, Engineer |
| "Identity Trade" |
| "Hasdallen Lights" |
| "Romanticist" |
| "Dream Palette" |
| "Folie Imposée" |
| "Asteroid Blues" |
| "Kerosene!" | Yves Tumor, Mahssa Taghinia, Yves Rothman, Jeremiah Raisen |
| "YJSTS" | Overcoats | The Fight | Producer, Engineer, Writer, Mixer | Loma Vista Recordings | Hana Elion, JJ Mitchell, Yves Rothman, Rob Cohen |
| "I'll Be There" | Producer, Engineer, Writer |
| "Fire and Fury" |
| "The Fool" |
| "Apathetic Boys" |
| "Leave If You Wanna" |
| "Keep The Faith" |
| "Drift" |
| "The Fight" |
| "New Shoes" |
2019
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Live Forever" | Nasty Cherry | I'm With The Band: Nasty Cherry Netflix Soundtrack | Producer, Writer | VROOM VROOM | |
| "Music With Your Dad" | Gabriella Bechtel, Chloe Chaidez, Deborah Knox-Hewson, Georgia Somary, Blu De Tiger |
| "Cookie Butter" | Kim Gordon | No Home Record | Mixer | Matador | Kim Gordon, Shawn Everett |
| "Paprika Pony" | Producer, Writer, Mixer | Kim Gordon, Jeremiah Raisen |
| "Sketch Artist" | Kim Gordon |
| "Hungry Baby" |
| "Air Bnb" |
| "Get Your Life Back Yoga" |
| "12 Years Old" | Producer, Mixer |
| "Wash" | Liily | Single | Producer, Mixer | Flush Records | Liily |
| "Ow" | Kills Birds | Kills Birds | Producer, Writer | KRO Records | Nina Ljeti, Jacob Loeb, Fielder Thomas, Bosh Rothman |
| "Worthy Girl" | Producer |
| "Jesus Did" |
| "Volcano" |
| "New Friend" |
| "Only Yellow" |
| "Tear Up" |
| "High" |
| "OK Hurricane" |
| "Win" | Nasty Cherry | Win | Producer, Writer, Engineer | VROOM VROOM | Charli XCX, Gabby Bechtel, Chloe Chaidez, Georgia Somary, Debbie Knox-Hewson, Yves Rothman |
| "Poison" feat. John Cale | Marissa Nadler | "Poison" | Producer, Engineer | KRO Records | Marissa Nadler, John Cale |
| "If We Make It Through The Summer" |
| "Time is The Killer" feat. Michael Stipe | Rain Phoenix | Time Gone | Producer, Mixer | KRO Records | Rain Phoenix, Michael Stipe, Kirk Hellie |
| "King of The Dudes" | Sunflower Bean | King of The Dudes EP | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Mixer | Mom & Pop | Sunflower Bean |
| "Come For Me" |
| "Fear City" |
| "The Big One" |
| "Malibu Barbie" | Miya Folick | Malibu Barbie | Producer, Engineer, Writer | Interscope Records | |
| "Sanctuary" | Joji | Sanctuary | Producer, Writer | 88rising, 12Tone Music | Joji, Luke Niccoli, Daniel Wilson | |
2018
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Faith In Nothing Except Salvation" | Yves Tumor | Safe in the Hands of Love | Producer, Engineer | Warp Records | Yves Tumor |
| "Economy of Freedom" |
| "Honesty" |
| "Noid" |
| "Licking an Orchid (feat. James K) | Yves Tumor, James K |
| "Lifetime" | Yves Tumor |
| "Hope In Suffering" | Yves Tumor, Oxhy, Puce Mary |
| "Recognizing the Enemy" | Yves Tumor |
| "Let the Lioness in You Flow Freely" |
| "I Can't Listen to Gene Clark Anymore (with Sharon Van Etten)" | Marissa Nadler | For My Crimes | Producer | Sacred Bones | Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler, Sharon Van Etten |
| "Blue Vapor (with Kristin Kontrol)" | Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler, Kristin Kontrol, Patty Schemel |
| "For My Crimes (with Angel Olsen)" | Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler, Angel Olsen |
| "Peer Pressure" | L Devine | Peer Pressure | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Warner Bros Records UK | Sad Pony, Yves Rothman, L Devine |
| "Thingamajig" | Miya Folick | Premonitions | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Interscope Records | Yves Rothman, Luke Niccoli, Miya Folick |
| "Premonitions" |
| "Cost Your Love" |
| "Stock Image" |
| "Leave The Party" |
| "Stop Talking" |
| "Freak Out" |
| "Deadbody" |
| "Baby Girl" |
| "What We've Made" |
| "Decade" | Lawrence Rothman | Single | Writer | Downtown Records | Lawrence Rothman |
| "Cruelty of Nature" | Doe Paoro | Soft Power | Writer | Anti- | Doe Paoro |
| "Come For Me" | Sunflower Bean | Single | Producer, Writer, Mixer | Mom + Pop | Sunflower Bean |
2017
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Fly On Your Wall" | Angel Olsen | Phases | Producer, Engineer | Jagjaguwar | Angel Olsen |
| "Special" |
| "Descend" | Lawrence Rothman | The Book of Law | Executive Producer, Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Interscope Records | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Sad Pony |
| "Wolves Still Cry" | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Daniel Riordan, Johnnie Newman |
| "Shout" | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Johnnie Newman |
| "Stand By" | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Sad Pony, Johnnie Newman |
| "Jordan (feat. Kristin Kontrol)" | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman, Kristin Kontrol |
| "Geek" | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman |
| "Ascend" |
| "Die Daily" | Lawrence Rothman, Soko |
| "Walking My Tears Across Manhattan" | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman |
| "California Paranoia (feat. Angel Olsen)" | Lawrence Rothman, Angel Olsen |
| "Ain't Afraid of Dying (feat. Marissa Nadler)" | Lawrence Rothman, Marissa Nadler |
2016
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Murdered Out" | Kim Gordon | Murdered Out | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Matador | Kim Gordon, Stella Mozgowa |
| "Intern" | Angel Olsen | My Woman | Producer, Engineer, Musician | Jagjaguwar | Angel Olsen |
| "Never Be Mine" |
| "Shut Up Kiss Me" | Producer, Engineer |
| "Give It Up" |
| "Not Gonna Kill You" |
| "Heart Shaped Face" |
| "Sister" |
| "Those Were the Days" |
| "Woman" |
| "Pops" |
| "Who I Thought You Were" | Santigold | 99¢ | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Atlantic Records | Sad Pony, Santigold |
| "H" | Lawrence Rothman | Single | Executive Producer, Producer, Engineer, Musician | Downtown Records | Sad Pony, Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman |
| "Designer Babies (feat. Kim Gordon)" | Single | Lawrence Rothman, Kim Gordon, Angel Olsen, Nick Zinner, Active Child |
2015
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Users" | Lawrence Rothman | Users | Executive Producer, Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Downtown Records | Lawrence Rothman, Yves Rothman |
| "Oz Vs. Eden" |
2014
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Picture Me Gone" | Ariel Pink | Pom Pom | Writer | 4AD | Ariel Pink, Mary Raisen |
| "Sexual Athletics" | Guitar, Optigan, Musician | Ariel Pink, Shags Chamberlain, Kim Fowley |
| "Sucker" | Charli XCX | SUCKER | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Asylum Records UK | Charli XCX, Sad Pony |
| "London Queen" | Charli XCX, Sad Pony, Remi Nicole |
| "Hanging Around" | Charli XCX, Sad Pony, Rivers Cuomo |
| "Glimpse" | The Garden | "Glimpse 7"" | Producer, Engineer | Big Love Records | Ariel Pink, Raw Deal |
| "Crystal Clear" |
| "Open Abyss" |
| "Lana Del Rey" | Jerry James | Lana Del Rey | Producer, Engineer | Independent | Ariel Pink, Raw Deal, Sad Pony |
2013
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Boys" | Sky Ferreira | Night Time, My Time | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Capitol Records | Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira |
| "Ain't Your Right" | Ariel Rechtshaid, Jordan Benik, Sky Ferreira |
| "24 Hours" | Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira |
| "Nobody Asked If I Was Okay" | Sky Ferreira |
| "I Blame Myself" | Producer, Writer, Mixer, Engineer, Musician | Dan Nigro, Sky Ferreira |
| "Omanko" | Sky Ferreira |
| "You're Not The One" | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Ariel Rechtshaid, Dan Nigro, Sky Ferreira |
| "Heavy Metal Heart" | Sky Ferreira |
| "Kristine" |
| "I Will" | Dan Nigro, Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira |
| "Love In Stereo" | Ariel Rechtshaid, Sad Pony, Dan Nigro, Sky Ferreira |
| "Night Time, My Time" | Sky Ferreira |
| "I Can't Say No To Myself" | Sky Ferreira | Night Time, My Time B-Sides | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Capitol Records | Jordan Benik, Sad Pony, Ariel Rechtshaid, Sky Ferreira |
| "My Molly" | Sky Ferreira x Ariel Pink | My Molly 2.0 | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | Independent | Ariel Pink, Raw Deal, Sky Ferreira |
| "Nuclear Seasons" | Charli XCX | True Romance | Producer, Writer, Engineer, Musician | IAMSOUND Records | Ariel Rechtshaid, Charli XCX |
| "Take My Hand" |
| "Stay Away" |
| "Black Roses" |
| "How Can I" |
| "Lock You Up" |
2012
2011
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Credits | Label | Collaborators |
|---|
| "Why Even Try (feat. Sarah Quin)" | Theophilus London | Timez Are Weird These Days | Writer/Musician | Reprise Records | Ariel Rechtshaid, Sara Quin, Theophilus London |
| "Strange Love" | Lovers Holiday | Writer | Warner Bros Records | Ariel Rechtshaid, Theophilus London |
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