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Don Zientara

Don Zientara is credited on 1,061 releases across 367 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,061

Credits

367

Albums

6

Decades active

716

In collections

Biography

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Audio engineer based in Arlington Virginia, where he owns and operates. Best known as the producer for most of the bands on Washington D.C.'s Dischord Records, Don Zientara was also a musician -- once a member of Under Heaven, in the early eighties -- who released his first solo album, Sixteen Songs, on long time collaborator and friend Ian MacKaye's Northern Liberties label in 2003.

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Credited work

1,061 releases · 367 albums · active 1978–2026

  • Engineering · 1,271
  • Production · 203
  • Performance · 37
  • Mastering · 31
  • Other credits · 21

Studios: Inner Ear Studios · Southern Studios · WGNS Studios · Greenhouse Studio, London

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