Jeff Chestek

Recording Engineer/Mixer

email to: jchestek@verizon.net
or phone: 610-220-6201

(AKA:don Electron)

Click here to listen to excerpts from a few of the mixes I've done.

Partial Discography (Artists & Producers)

Gold/Platinum Record Awards with:

• Justin Timberlake--”Futuresex/Lovesounds--(Grammy winner-2008--”Best Male Pop Performance” and “Best Dance Recording” awards)--tracking strings

• Musiq Soulchild--"Aijuswanaseing" --tracking vocals, etc.

• Jennifer Lopez--"This is Me...then"--tracking strings

• Angie Stone--"Mahogany Soul" --tracking vocals

• Will Smith--”Lost & Found”--tracking, strings, horns, etc.

• Kelly Clarkson--”Thankful”--tracking strings

• Jagged Edge--"Jagged Little Thrill"

• Island/Def Jam--"Rush Hour 2" soundtrack

• Fat Joe--"Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E)" --tracking vocals

• Keith Sweat --"Keep It Comin' "--tracking

Also worked with

• Ne Yo-”Because Of You”--tracking strings

• Common-"Electric Circus" --tracking

• The Roots--"Phrenology" --tracking, mixing

• R. Kelly--"Happy People/U Saved Me" --tracking strings

• Celine Dion--”Taking Chances”--tracking, strings

• Pink-”Stupid Girls/Noize Trip remix”--mixing

• Musiq Soulchild--Christmas album--mixing

• Linkin Park--"Reanimation" --tracking, strings

• Jill Scott--"Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2" --tracking strings

• Ty Tribbett/GA--"Life"--tracking

• Macy Gray--"Id" --tracking

• Kenny Latimore and Chante Moore--"Things That Lovers Do" --mixing

• Gerald Levert--"G-Spot" & "Do I Speak for the World?" --mixing

• Ed Wiley Jr,--”About The Soul”--tracking

• Christian McBride--”Live at Tonic”--mixing

• Lady Alma Horton--album currently in progress--mixing

• Tim Motzer--”Secret Voices”& “Zebras, Butterflies, & Moonbeams”--mixing

• Young Gunz--"Tough Luv"

• Sleepy Brown--”Mr Brown”

• Fat Joe--"Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E)"--tracking vocals

• Jagged Edge--"Jagged Little Thrill" --tracking strings

• Cross Movement--"Higher Definition" (nominated for Grammy for Best Rock Gospel Album) & "Gift Rap" --mixing

• Cross Movement--”HIStory-Our Place in His Story” (nominated for Grammy for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album)--mixing

• Da T.R.U.T.H--”Open Book” (nominated for Grammy for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album)--mixing

• Everyday Process--”Everyday Process:Process of Illumination & Elimination”--mixing

• Michelle Bonilla--”Phenomenal”--mixing

• Mary J Blige--"Love and Life" --tracking, strings

• Mayr J Blige--”Hello It's Me” (bonus track) --tracking, strings, horns, bg vocals.

• Flame--"Flame" --mixing

• The Spiritual Lights--"When All God's Children Get Together"

• Zap Mama--"Ancestry in Progress"

• Jeff Bradshaw--"Bone Deep" --mixing

• Larry Gold--"Larry Gold presents Don Cello and Friends" --tracking, mixing

• Pieces of a Dream--"Aquainted with the Night" & "Ahead to the Past" --tracking, mixing

• King Britt--"Adventures in Lo-Fi" & Bebel Gilberto remix & "Tanto Tempo Remixes" & Tony Scott--"Hare Krishna" remix & Rob Life--"Depth" & Scuba--"Bare Naked", Sylk 130--"Re-Members Only" & Ananda Project--"Re-Release"--editing, mixing

• Tim Motzer--”Secret Voices”-mixing

• Nu Cultures--”butterflies, zebras, and moonbeams”-mixing

• Dilated Peoples--"Expansion Team"

• Joy Denalane--”Born & Raised”

• Natalie--”Everything New”

• RJ Helton--"Real Life"

• Three-Eyed Jacks--Three Eyed Jacks--mixing

• Rose--"Trust" --tracking, mixing

• Vikter Duplaix--"International Affairs V2.0"

• Bebe Winan--"Love and Freedom" (nominated for Grammy for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album) --tracking vocals

• JazzyFatNastees--"Tortoise and the Hare"

• Ursula Rucker--"Silver or Lead"

• Az Yet - LaFace Records

• The Whitehead Brothers--"Serious"

• Patti LaBelle--"Be Yourself" & "Flame"

• Schooly D--(“PSK, What Does It Mean”, “Gucci Time”, etc)--tracking, mixing

Audio for video projects

• Banyan Productions (Trading Spaces, A Makeover Story, Dating Story, Birth Day, Perfect Proposal, A Wedding Story) -Audio post-production

• Soundbyte Digital Productions (Philadelphia AIR Awards-Best Commercial By An Agency "Yuengling Beer - Canucks") -Audio post-production

• Jim Henson Productions -ADR recording

• The X-Files -ADR recording

• Berliner Film Companie Productions GmbH (Happily N'Ever After w/Sigourney Weaver) -Dialog recording

....also....

John Whitehead, Deja Voux, Queen Latifa, Ex-Cetra, Blak Male, Teddy Pendergrass-"You and I" & "Don't Keep Wasting My Time", Masters At Work, Louie Vega, Kenny Gonzales, Steve Rosen, 23 West Productions, NuYorican Soul, Incognito, Larry Gold, Vincent Montana, Jr., Walnut St. Theatre, American Theatre Arts for Youth, The Philadelphia Theatre Company (“Miss Evers Boys”, “Nagasaki Dust”, “National Anthems”-sound design 1991-92 season), The Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia Festival Theater for New Plays ("Established Price"-sound design), Bill Jolly, John Avarese- Jav Productions, MEE Productions, Centers for Disease Control...

....and.... Margo Bagby, Rose Bright, Richard McNeil, Rolex, General Signal Network, Heron & Young-Magee Rehabilitation Center, Al Paul Lefton- Brian Hennesey, Industrial Water Institute- Joanne Taussig, Tori Lynn, George Sharkey, Octavio Petrocelli, Orlando Acosta, University of the Arts Ballet, Lunch Box Heroes, AMG Marketing-Paul Balcezak, Ralph Collier, Merrill Lynch, Glenn Page Marketing-South Jersey Eye Physicians, Tom Meany-Flute Guitar Duo of Philadelphia, Summit, Ira Tucker Jr., Ira Tucker Sr., Dave Disbrow, Dominican Sisters Retreat House, Collaborations-Philadelphia Water Department, Liberty Museum, Dailey Associates Advertising-Lawrey's Seasoned Salt, Ernie Shaw-The Knights, Century Advertising, Brand X, Reflex, Freedom Theatre, Frank Bey, Ram Squad, Steven Ford, Trop World, Marlaina Simms, Terry Price,Stephen Flowers, The Hay Group, Paul Fakhourie, Jagan Jones, Gabre Selessie, PBM- Thomas David, Al Paul Lefton, Jimmy Williams, Kathy Kosins, Posse Deep, Rick Coghill- Cohen & Rose, When Worlds Collide, Tony Beck, GutBucket, Rodney Mansfield, Henry Nellons, Hellen Brunner, The Gift, Tarabridge, Curby Shields, Whey Cooler- Pretty Poison- 2 Cool, Lyle Holdahl, Alim Nasir, Hank Barron, Barry  Featherman, Carmen Magro, Kurt Shore, Changing Faces...

...also...Eddie Murphy, Ram Squad, Frank Bey, the Barrio Boys, Rocking Horse, New Born, Deliverance Choir, Bizzy Boys, Tom Pizzi, Bruce Saunders--"Touch You There", Peter's Cathedral, Scott Faro, For, Pyramid, Linda McAdams, Robinson Steele, Crucial Death, Troy Shelton, Martin Nash, Dave Madson, John Alberti, Flight of Maves, Sevan Campbell, Jimmy's Auto Parts, The Skam, Andrew Lofton, Bert Willis- Charles, Grace Little, Tracy Pitt, Veronica Underwood, Bambi Alridge, Gloria Gallante, Stacey Harcum- Latest Image-Task Force, Lori Fulton, Donald Robinson, Kae Williams, MC LaVee, Hilltop Hustlers- Steady B--"Steady B V"- Cool C, Pennsylvania State Mass Choir, Jersey Transit-”Bumpy Road to Love”, Counterparts--”Explicit Groove”, “Progression”, & “Housekeeping”...

...also...Gene McFadden, Mustangs, Danger Zone Mob Squad, Tuff Crew--"Back to Wreck Shop", Preacher, Shooting From the Sky, Midnight Angel, 5-0 Posse, Joey Lawrence, Sybil, Group W Broadcasting, Side 2 Side, Robert Benjamin, Instant Funk, Reuben Cross, Skitzo, Lacy James- Jim Gallagher, Trouble City, Andrew Lofton, Nine Ways to Sunday, Nu Marx, Rodney Whitenberg- Dark Blond, Wavelength, Jamie Knight, Ed Foirini & Company, Bobby Eli, Chris McLaughlin, Brand X Communications, Interior Design Nutritionals, Goodtimes Storybooks, PNC Bank, SCI Communications, Design For Television, Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Rick Schefelen, Harris, Baio & McCullough ...etc...

Thanks to all of you!