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Trumfio grew up in Mountain. Prospect, Illinois, and was a staff engineer after apprenticing at Seagrape Recording Studios.
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Dave Trumfio
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He currently resides in Los Angeles and runs Kingsize SoundLabs, a recording studio in Silver Lake, California. "Dave Trumfio knew he wanted to make recording his life from the day he bought his first multitrack, a Fostex X15 4 track, way back in 1984."
His early work included recordings by Evil Beaver, The Mekons, Wilco, Alternative television, Young Marble Giants guitarist Stewart Moxham and British rock band The Pretty Things. He has since worked with acts such as Wilco, Oklahoma Go, and Patrick Park.
Trumfio has worked for independent record labels such as Merge, TeenBeat Records, Touch and Go Records / 1/4 stick, Minty Fresh, Simple Machines, Darla Records and Vagrant.
He has also produced recordings by singer songwriter Patrick Park, chamber popular band The Aluminum Group, funk musicians The Baldwin Brothers, Number One Cup, and Franklin Bruno. Trumfio has recently worked with Built To Spill, Jesus and Mary Chain, American Music Club, Booker T, new wave revivalists The Rentals, and Australian band Papa vs Pretty.
After releasing their debut single, the band signed to Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss"s post Agricultural and Mechanical venture Almo Sounds in 1995, and released an album and two EPs. He also played in Ashtray Boy, The Mekons, in Sally Timms" band, and on The Aluminum Group"s Plano album.
