Leon Zervos


Leon Zervos is a mastering engineer who has worked with many world-renowned artists, including Pink, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Beastie Boys, and Willie Nelson.

Life and career

Leon Zervos began his mastering career in 1982 at the then EMI Studios 301 in Sydney, where he worked with the likes of INXS, Crowded House, and Midnight Oil. Moving to New York City in 1992, he worked mastering for Absolute Audio for six years, before taking on the role of Senior mastering engineer at Masterdisk in 1993, where he added artists such as Aerosmith, Mobb Deep, Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, Duran Duran, Ben Folds and NSYNC to his mastering portfolio, with some of the music he mastered going on to win GRAMMY Awards. Zervos left Masterdisk in 2003, becoming senior mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New York City, until 2009 when he returned to Sydney.
Leon Zervos currently works as a mastering engineer at Studios 301 in Sydney, Australia. He works with a wide variety of genres, including pop, jazz, country, metal, R&B, dance, and orchestral, boasting Platinum selling credits in each category.

Credits

Leon Zervos is credited as the Mastering engineer on all of the following recordings
YearSong/AlbumArtistYearSong/AlbumArtist
1985"Go West " singleThe Cult1985Down on the Farm EPCosmic Psychos
1985Speak & Spell albumDepeche Mode1985"Living in a Dream" singlePseudo Echo
1986Wa Wa Nee albumWa Wa Nee1986"Who Made Who" singleAC/DC
1986Nobody Likes a Thinker albumMassappeal1986Jack albumJohn Farnham
1987At First Sight, Violets Are Blue albumThe Stems1987Mayhemic Destruction albumMortal Sin
1987Noiseworks albumNoiseworks1987feedtime albumfeedtime
1989Safety in Numbers albumMargaret Urlich1989Cyclone Raymond albumMental As Anything
1990Blue Sky Mining albumMidnight Oil1991Live Baby Live albumINXS
1992Welcome to Wherever You Are albumINXS1992"Four Seasons in One Day" singleCrowded House
1992Ferry Boat Fred albumABC Music1995The Infamous albumMobb Deep
1998Once in a LIVEtime albumDream Theater1996"Macarena" RemixLos del Rio
1996Chicago Original Broadway Cast albumChicago Musical1997Nine Lives albumAerosmith
1997Falling into Infinity albumDream Theater1998NSYNC albumNSYNC
1988Cruel Summer albumAce of Base1998The Winter Album albumNSYNC
1998I'm Telling You for the Last Time albumJerry Seinfeld1998Gift of Love albumDeepak Chopra
1999Keith Urban albumKeith Urban1999Supernatural albumSantana
2000"Most Girls" singlePink2001Last Wave of Summer albumCold Chisel
2002Songs About Jane albumMaroon 52002Getta A Kick albumDiesel
2002Get the Party Started RemixPink2002"This Love" singleMaroon 5
2002Dance for Me albumMary J. Blige2002Perihelion albumDeep Purple
2002Feast on Scraps albumAlanis Morissette2002The Morning After albumDeborah Cox
2003Motown albumBoyz II Men2003Ride 'Til I Die albumGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers
2004BigBigLove albumLittle Birdy2004Revolutions albumThe X-Ecutioners
2004Chariot albumGavin DeGraw2004A Song Is a City albumEskimo Joe
2004Astronaut albumDuran Duran2004Under My Skin albumAvril Lavigne
2005Songs for Silverman albumBen Folds2005Flyleaf albumFlyleaf
2005Solid Gold Hits albumBeastie Boys2006Home albumCollective Soul
2006"Hurt" singleChristina Aguilera2006Coming Home albumLionel Richie
2006The Hard Stuff albumGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers2007Divas albumAndrew Lloyd Webber
2008What a Life albumAdam Brand2008Good Girl Gone Bad albumRihanna
2008Folie a Deux albumFall Out Boy2008Black Clouds & Silver LiningsDream Theater
2008"Mercy" RemixDuffy2008"Touch My Body" RemixMariah Carey
2009Golden Rule albumPowderfinger2009Sgt. Pepper Live albumCheap Trick
2009The Resistance albumMuse2010Bliss Release albumCloud Control
2010Love the Fall EPMichael Paynter2010"Just Say So" singleBrian McFadden
2010Modern Day Addiction albumClare Bowditch2010"Animal" singleDash and Will
2010With Emperor Antarctica EPBoy & Bear2011Ghosts of the Past albumEskimo Joe
2011Kosciuszko albumJebediah2011The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating albumThe Living End
2011"Talk Talk Talk" singleDarren Hayes2011Put Your Hands Up EPKylie Minogue
2011Beats & Blips albumMarvin Priest2011Australian Idle albumTim Freedman
2011Fingerprints and Footprints albumPowderfinger2012Christmas EPDelta Goodrem
2012The Sapphires: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack albumThe Sapphires2012Pope Innocent X albumBertie Blackman
2012Child of the Universe albumDelta Goodrem2012"Battle Scars" singleGuy Sebastian
2012No Plans albumCold Chisel2012"Just a Game" singleBirdy
2013Thirty albumAnthony Callea2013Blue Sky Blue albumPete Murray
2013The Christmas Album albumHuman Nature2013God Loves You When You're Dancing EPVance Joy
2013Kensal Road albumKate Ceberano2013Goin' Your Way albumNeil Finn and Paul Kelly
2014Sea of Approval albumAndy Bull2014Beautiful albumJessica Mauboy
2014 albumJimmy Barnes2014Flesh & Blood albumJohn Butler Trio
2014"Super Love" singleDami Im2014"Que Sera" singleJustice Crew
2014Love of Cartography albumsleepmakeswaves2014"Create/Destroy" singleArt vs. Science
2014Here's to You & I albumThe McClymonts2014The Beard Album albumThe Beards
2018Penetr8The Marion Cranes