Desmond Williams

Desmond Williams
Born	Jamaica
Origin	New Jersey
Genres	Electronic, Dub, Reggae
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Instruments	Keyboards, bass, guitar, singing
Years active	1993–present
Labels	RAS, ESL, Rhythm & Culture
Associated acts	Thievery Corporation, Browntempo, Midnite

Desmond Williams is an American electronica musician, as well as a record producer and was the chief sound engineer for the Eighteenth Street Lounge Music record label. Born in Jamaica and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, Williams has been known for his remixing and producing style.

In 1993, Williams began working with the legendary reggae/dub engineer, Scientist. Together, they did a great deal of experimentation with new digital audio techniques, as well as mixing live events for such artists as Third World (band), Supercat, Freddie McGregor, etc. In 1995, they co-produced an album for the renowned Sugar Minott entitled "International" for RAS Records. At this time Desmond also was the house sound engineer at the world-famous Takoma Station Tavern Jazz club in Washington, DC. At this time he did sound for almost every Reggae and Jazz band in town, including Chuck Brown, the godfather of Go-Go music, Little Bennie, Sugar Bear from E.U., Black Sheep, and Carl Malcolm.

In 2000, Desmond was hired by Thievery Corporation to work with their fledgling studio. Desmond performed many tasks for Thievery Corporation and the label, ESL Music. He was the head engineer, co-producer for many of Thievery Corporations tracks, played bass, guitar, and keyboards for most of the tracks on the Thievery albums, "Mirror Conspiracy", "Outernationalist" and "Richest Man In Babylon", and was responsible for basic production work on many of the Thievery Corporation remixes.

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