Mastering · Engineering
Chris Hanzsek
Chris Hanzsek is credited on 682 releases across 179 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1983–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
682
Pressings credited
179
Albums
5
Decades active
85
In collections
Biography
Chris Hanzsek is an American musical engineer and record producer, living in Snohomish, Washington. He was co-founder, with then partner Tina Casale, of C/Z Records and their recording studio, Reciprocal Recording, in 1984. He produced bands in the mid-1980s such as, The Melvins, Soundgarden, The U-Men, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard, and Green River, who can all be heard on C/Z's compilation album, Deep Six.
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Credited work
682 releases · 179 albums · active 1983–2026
- Mastering · 468
- Engineering · 268
- Production · 115
- Other credits · 28
- Performance · 5
Studios: Reciprocal Recording · Soundhouse Recording · Ironwood Studios · Hanzsek Audio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Ultramega OK
1988

Telephantasm
2010

Gluey Porch Treatments
1987

Come On Down
1985

Dry As A Bone
1987

Longing
2012

Sub Pop 200
1988

Demo 2011
2011

Whenever You're Ready
1993

Duesenjaeger / Countdown To Armageddon
2014

NVM
2014

Fossils Of Our Kind
2011

Hater
1993

The Losing End
1990

Easy As It Was
1986

Drink The Sea - I & II
2025

1984 Demos
2016

Meltdown
2012

Last Words: The Final Recordings
2011

Mind Spiders
2011

Weekend
2009

Can't Stand Modern Music
2008

Static Thoughts
2008

Midnight Cashier
2007
Frequent collaborators
- Heiress
- Various
- Flop
- Los Pepes (4)
- Green River
- Big Heavy Stuff
- Dead Bars
- J. Greinke
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