Biography
BRAT Productions is a mashup artist, and the alias of Daniel Barassi, who by day is the webmaster, social media manager, and archivist for Depeche Mode. (Really.)
Barassi's love of audio mixing began when he received a Fisher Dual-Deck cassette deck for Christmas in 1982. From there, he started doing "cassette editing" (literally busting the pause control from overuse). After a few years, he moved onto edits on many open reel tape decks. He'd buy the open reel decks used, and use them until they died—which was often—due to the use and abuse.
In 1992, Barassi moved onto a Macintosh IIsi with an AudioMedia II card, and began doing pro work for radio, including infamous Los Angeles radio station KROQ.
Fast-forward to today (with multiple Macs, Pro Tools, et cetera), and Barassi is still mixing—proper remixes, mashups, remastering, and more. He still keeps his old editing block on his desk, so he can remember the hard work it used to be to recreate all those Latin Rascals and Shep Pettibone remixes.
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