Located in London, Ontario’s Old East Village, the studio was founded by producer, mixer, and engineer Dean Nelson as a place where artists could feel supported, heard, and inspired to create.
Daisy Age grew out of Dean’s decision to step away from full-time teaching to return to hands-on collaboration. That journey began with the founding of Divide the Silence—an ongoing creative partnership between Dean and Vancouver-based composer/musician Evan Brendt, focused on original works, experimental production, and creating boundary-pushing sound.
A year later, Daisy Age Studios was founded to carry forward that spirit of experimentation, creative vision, and collaboration.
Daisy Age opened its doors in 2024 as a creative space for music-making in all its forms.
Dean Nelson
Studio Founder, Owner & Sound Lead | Producer | Engineer | Mixer | Educator
Dean is a recording industry professional with 20+ years of scholarship and particular interest in the fields of pop, Indy, ambient, classical, and minimalist music production.
He worked for over a decade in some of Los Angeles’s most sought-after studios, including a one-of-a-kind mentorship at the iconic Ocean Way (United) Studios under producer/mixer Jack Joseph Puig and as an engineer/mixer role in Beck’s home studios in L.A. and Malibu.
Dean studied Music Production at the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology (OIART) and returned in 2011 where he served as the Director of the Music Production Program for over a decade.
He currently teaches in the Music Industry Arts (MIA) Program at Fanshawe College, is Co-Owner/Founder of the creative collaborative venture Divide The Silence (www.dividethesilence.com), and is Owner/Founder of Daisy Age Studios.
His discog includes Grammy, Juno, and Brit Awards nominated and winning artists as well as projects from Beck, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jamie Lidell, The Rolling Stones, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks to CBC 2 host Buck 65, Montreal-based Paper Beat Scissors and Aistis, Vancouver-based Van Ber and Caitlin Goulet - plus local London artists Lost in Japan, My Father’s Son, and Scott Brunelle.
Sabine Scott Brunelle
Engineer | Mixer | Producer
Sabine is a musician first and foremost, specializing in the real time playing and capture of analog sources like guitar, drums and piano. They are an experienced recording engineer, mixer, and producer, having worked on an extensive list of genre-spanning projects. Sabine is an honours graduate of OIART, and received the award of excellence in music production. Sabine has personally released 24 full length solo albums, having performed every instrument on them as well.
Sabine is also in demand as a Front Of House engineer and understands how sound functions in an acoustic space, and how to best capture it. They have ran the board for many artists, and festivals including Folk Music Ontario, Hold Your Ground, and Middle River Music Fest. Sabine was nominated as part of Aeolian Hall’s team for their work on “The Phoenix Sessions”, which was nominated for best digital production at the 2022 Canadian Live Music Awards.