LEO GARBUTT

Music Producer • Composer • Sound Engineer

MUSIC & AUDIO
Production • Recording • Mixing • Mastering • Composition • Soundtracks • Audio post-production

FILM & VIDEO
Filming • Editing • Interviews • Promotional films • Audiovisual production

PHOTOGRAPHY
Live music • Events • Exhibitions • Portraiture

ABOUT

I’m a London-based music producer, composer and sound engineer working across music, film, spoken word and audiovisual projects.

I’ve been recording and producing music for around 20 years, working on original and collaborative releases alongside commissioned soundtracks and audio projects. My work spans production, recording, editing, mixing and mastering, composition and arrangement, audio post-production and multi-instrumental performance.

Recent work includes co-producing, mixing and mastering Gabi Garbutt’s The Creation of Birds EP, whose lead single Panic, featuring Du Blonde, received airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music and Radio X. I have also co-produced, mixed and mastered a six-channel spoken-word installation by Lizi Sanchez for exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago, Chile, and produced commissioned audio for University College London, Age UK Camden and independent filmmakers.

I’m also a video producer and photographer. This experience increasingly intersects with my audio work: I enjoy projects where sound and image can be considered together, whether that means composing for picture, developing sound alongside an edit, or taking a project across multiple stages of production.

Alongside my creative practice, I spent nearly 10 years working at University College London across events, communications and project coordination. That background has given me extensive experience managing complex projects, collaborators, technical requirements and deadlines - skills I bring to creative work as much as to large-scale professional productions.

I’m interested in working with artists, filmmakers and organisations on music, sound and audiovisual projects, from individual tracks and mixes through to soundtracks and larger collaborative productions.

SELECTED CREDENTIALS

• Music receiving BBC Radio 6 Music & Radio X airplay

• Audio installation at Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago

• Clients including UCL, Age UK Camden & Courtauld Institute of Art

• Photography published in Art Basel, The Guardian & The Independent

WORKING TOGETHER

I approach production collaboratively, using references and discussion to understand what a project is trying to achieve before deciding how best to get there. I’m equally comfortable taking a detailed technical role or becoming more involved in arrangement, instrumentation and creative direction, depending on what the project needs.

I value clear communication, careful listening and production choices that preserve the character of a performance whilst bringing out its strengths.