Mix Engineer · Manchester

Your songs, the way you intended to hear them.

Most artists & producers get too close to their own songs to hear what they could become. I'm the second set of ears that helps you get there.

Joshua Riley in the studio
How I work

It's not about saving your song. It was already great. The question is how we make it become the best version of itself.

A second set of ears

Whether you're the artist or the producer who's lived inside the session for months, I come in fresh and help the team make better decisions about it.

Built on trust

If a mix isn't quite what you wanted, we talk about it. No egos, no feeling like a burden. Just a safe space to bring out the best in the song.

Never transactional

I work with the team, not just on the mix. The goal is a record that sounds exactly how you heard it in your head, and relationships that last.

Selected work

Real records, with real people.

Heavy
Booshle G.
Stardust
David Derman
Ms. Can't Do Wrong
Kieran Stracey
I Would Lose It All
Booshle G., Jake Isaac
Life to Make
David Derman
Do It Do It Do It
Kate Gambhir
Through It All
Fedge
something new
ZUBIN

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What it feels like to work together.

Real reactions from the artists and producers I work with, at every stage of the song.

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Joshua Riley
A bit about me

I'm Josh, a mix engineer based in Manchester.

I rebuilt my whole business from scratch when I moved to the UK, from South Africa, and along the way I've worked out the thing I care about most: that making a record should feel like a partnership, not a transaction. The teams I'm part of, artists and producers alike, aren't sending files into a void. They're working alongside someone who's genuinely in their corner.

When I'm not mixing, I'm usually hunting down a new coffee and pastry spot, watching football, or arguing with my wife about which movie we're watching next.

Let's talk

Working on something special?

I'd love to hear it. Whether you're an artist, a producer, or a whole team mid-project, the best place to start is a conversation.

How do you like receiving files? +

Straight from where production left off, so I'm there to carry the momentum, not disrupt it. Every team's workflow is different though, so a quick chat early on usually lands us on a way of working that suits us both.

What's the revision process like? +

Collaborative. You send notes, we talk them through, and we keep going until it sounds the way you heard it in your head. I want you to feel safe asking for changes.

What actually happens after I send you a song? +

You send over the files, and we hop on a call to talk through the song before I start. I go away and mix it, then send it back on a private link so you can sit with it properly. From there we revise until it's right, then it heads off to mastering before I prep your final deliverables.

Who do you usually work with? +

Artists and producers who care about getting it right, from solo writers to full teams with a clear sound they're chasing.

What about rates? +

Every project's a little different, so I'd rather talk it through than throw a number at you. Drop me a message about what you're working on and we'll figure out what makes sense.