Dave Trumfio

Dave Trumfio

David Trumfio (born in Chicago in 1968) is a record producer, arranger, engineer and songwriter.

DAVE TRUMFIO began his career leading his own band, the Pulsars, to a deal with Almo Sounds/Geffen Records in the mid-Nineties. He wrote for, produced and engineered all the band’s material, paving the way for more engineering work on stellar albums like Wilco’s masterpiece, Summer Teeth. He has since discovered, produced and engineered major label artists such as OK Go and Patrick Park, and is now in the studio with LA buzz band and V2 recording artists the Adored.

- © 2008 Vintage Microphones

Dave Trumfio's Discography

• Certain Distant Suns — Huge E.P. (1992)
• DQE — But Me, I Fell Down (1994)
• Holiday — Holiday (1995)
• Number One Cup — Divebomb (1996)
• The Handsome Family — Milk and Scissors (1996)
• The Handsome Family — Odessa (1972)
• Pulsars (band)| Pulsars — Pulsars (1997)
• Floraline — Floraline (1999)
• Tristeza — Dream Signals In Full Circles (2000)
• My Morning Jacket — At Dawn (2001)
• Ok Go — Get Over It (2002)
• Slowrider — Nacimiento (2002)
• Ok Go — Ok Go (2002)
• Elkland — Apart (2005)
• Elkland — Apart (The Remixes) (2005)
• Elkland — Golden (2005)
• Grandaddy — Excerpts From The Diary of Todd Zilla (2005)
• Grandaddy — Just Like the Fambly Cat (2006)
• The Baldwin Brothers — The Return of the Golden Rhodes (2006)
• Earlimart — Mentor Tormentor (2007)

Early Work

Dave's has recorded Mermaid Avenue 1 & 2 with Billy Bragg and Wilco along with Wilco's album "Summerteeth". His early work artist as The Mekons, Alternative TV, Young Marble Giants, Stewart Moxham and British rock band The Pretty Things.

The Pulsars

Dave Trumfio also was the lead man in 90's new-wave band The Pulsars. The Pulsars securded contracts with Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss's post A&M venture ALMO Sounds in 1995; although never quite got off the ground.

Like The Modern Lovers in the '70s (who recorded one of my top three albums of all time), the Pulsars were yet another cool cult band that broke up after one album before they even had a chance to hit their stride.

-Pope Penguin

Recent Work

Dave Trumfio recently worked for indie labels; such as Merge, Teenbeat, Touch and Go Records / 1/4 stick, Minty Fresh, Simple Machines, Darla Records and Vagrant. Dave launched the careers of OK GO (Capitol Records), singer songwriter Patrick Park (Hollywood), Gay disco band The Aluminum Group (Minty Fresh) and funk musicians The Baldwin Brothers (TVT).

Trumfio is recently working with Built To Spill, Jesus and Mary Chain, American Music Club, Booker T and new wave revivalists The Rentals.

References

• Dave Trumfio: Monthly Special at vintageking.com
• Interview with Dave Trumfio ( Wilco, OK Go, Patrick Park) at vintagemicrophone.com