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Nik Karpen

NIK KARPEN

About

Nik Karpen is a contributor with 416 credits across their career. Their work is closely associated with Green Day.

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Assistant Mixing Engineer — Nik Karpen

332 tracks · 34 artists

Rise Against

53 tracks

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Green Day

38 tracks

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Billy Talent

26 tracks

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3 Doors Down

25 tracks

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  • Sum 4118
  • Daughtry 18
  • Skillet17
  • Simple Plan13
  • Shinedown13
  • The Kooks12
  • Daughtry12
  • Backstreet Boys12
  • Santana10
  • Paramore10
  • Bruce Springsteen9
  • My Chemical Romance8
  • Avril Lavigne6
  • Rev Theory6
  • 5 Seconds of Summer6
  • Céline Dion4
  • Halestorm2
  • Carrie Underwood2
  • Adelitas Way1
  • Three Days Grace1
  • Deftones1
  • Lights1
  • Leona Lewis1
  • Jonas Brothers1
  • Flyleaf1
  • Cher1
  • 12 Stones1
  • We As Human1
  • Christina Aguilera1
  • Stevie Nicks1
Assistant Engineer

Assistant Engineer — Nik Karpen

33 tracks · 9 artists

Green Day

15 tracks

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Daughtry

7 tracks

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Manic Street Preachers

2 tracks

  • Postcards from a Young ManLyrics
  • Some Kind of NothingnessLyrics

Avril Lavigne

2 tracks

  • Let Me GoLyrics
  • Keep Holding OnLyrics
  • Hollywood Undead 2
  • Leona Lewis2
  • Simple Plan1
  • Krewella1
  • Owl City1
Engineer

Engineer — Nik Karpen

29 tracks · 9 artists

LP

12 tracks

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Lights

6 tracks

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Adam Lambert

5 tracks

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Saliva

1 track

  • Hate Me
  • O.A.R.1
  • Avril Lavigne1
  • Céline Dion1
  • Cher1
  • Nelly Furtado1
Assistant Recording Engineer

Assistant Recording Engineer — Nik Karpen

19 tracks · 5 artists

Escape The Fate

14 tracks

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Bon Jovi

2 tracks

  • This Is Love, This Is LifeLyrics
  • The More Things ChangeLyrics

Billy Talent

1 track

  • A Passage to BangkokLyrics

Green Day

1 track

  • 21 GunsLyrics
  • Avril Lavigne1
Mixing Engineer

Mixing Engineer — Nik Karpen

14 tracks · 5 artists

Bruce Springsteen

8 tracks

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Avril Lavigne

2 tracks

  • Innocence
  • I Can Do Better

Backstreet Boys

2 tracks

  • Everything But MineLyrics
  • InconsolableLyrics

5 Seconds of Summer

1 track

  • Don’t Stop (Calum demo vocal)Lyrics
  • Nashville Cast1
Musical Assistance

Musical Assistance — Nik Karpen

8 tracks · 1 artist

Green Day

8 tracks

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Additional Engineering

Additional Engineering — Nik Karpen

1 track · 1 artist

Lights

1 track

  • INTROLyrics
Additional Mixing

Additional Mixing — Nik Karpen

1 track · 1 artist

Santana

1 track

  • Under the BridgeLyrics
Artists

Associated Artists

Green Day

Green Day

54 tracks

Rise Against

Rise Against

53 tracks

Daughtry

Daughtry

37 tracks

Billy Talent

Billy Talent

27 tracks

3 Doors Down

3 Doors Down

25 tracks

Sum 41

Sum 41

18 tracks

Skillet

Skillet

17 tracks

Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys

14 tracks

Simple Plan

Simple Plan

14 tracks

Escape The Fate

Escape The Fate

14 tracks

Shinedown

Shinedown

13 tracks

The Kooks

The Kooks

12 tracks

LP

LP

12 tracks

Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

12 tracks

Santana

Santana

11 tracks

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

11 tracks

Paramore

Paramore

10 tracks

My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance

8 tracks

Lights

Lights

8 tracks

5 Seconds of Summer

5 Seconds of Summer

7 tracks

Discography

Albums

A6

A6

Lights

2025

Unshelved: Pt. III - EP

Unshelved: Pt. III - EP

The Kooks

2020

Unshelved: Pt. I - EP

Unshelved: Pt. I - EP

The Kooks

2020

Skin&Earth

Skin&Earth

Lights

2017

Good Girls

Good Girls

5 Seconds of Summer

2014

The Black Market (Expanded Edition)

The Black Market (Expanded Edition)

Rise Against

2014

5 Seconds Of Summer

5 Seconds Of Summer

5 Seconds of Summer

2014

American Beauty

American Beauty

Bruce Springsteen

2014

High Hopes

High Hopes

Bruce Springsteen

2014

The Black Market

The Black Market

Rise Against

2014

Avril Lavigne (Expanded Edition)

Avril Lavigne (Expanded Edition)

Avril Lavigne

2013

We As Human

We As Human

We As Human

2013

Notes from the Underground

Notes from the Underground

Hollywood Undead

2013

Loved Me Back To Life

Céline Dion

2013

Closer To The Truth

Cher

2013

¡TRÉ!

¡TRÉ!

Green Day

2012

¡DOS!

¡DOS!

Green Day

2012

¡UNO!

¡UNO!

Green Day

2012

Amaryllis

Amaryllis

Shinedown

2012

Wrecking Ball

Wrecking Ball

Bruce Springsteen

2012

The Midsummer Station

The Midsummer Station

Owl City

2012

Get Your Heart On!

Get Your Heart On!

Simple Plan

2011

Endgame

Endgame

Rise Against

2011

Goodbye Lullaby (Expanded Edition)

Goodbye Lullaby (Expanded Edition)

Avril Lavigne

2011

Under Your Skin

Saliva

2011

Screaming Bloody Murder

Screaming Bloody Murder

Sum 41

2011

Postcards From A Young Man

Postcards From A Young Man

Manic Street Preachers

2010

Diamond Eyes

Diamond Eyes

Deftones

2010

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

My Chemical Romance

2010

Brand New Eyes

Brand New Eyes

Paramore

2009

Awake (Deluxe Version)

Awake (Deluxe Version)

Skillet

2009

Leave This Town

Leave This Town

Daughtry

2009

21st Century Breakdown

21st Century Breakdown

Green Day

2009

For Your Entertainment

Adam Lambert

2009

Memento Mori (Expanded)

Memento Mori (Expanded)

Flyleaf

2009

Sway

Sway

The Kooks

2008

Appeal to Reason

Appeal to Reason

Rise Against

2008

Konk

Konk

The Kooks

2008

A Little Bit Longer

A Little Bit Longer

Jonas Brothers

2008

The Sound of Madness

The Sound of Madness

Shinedown

2008

All Sides

O.A.R.

2008

Underclass Hero

Underclass Hero

Sum 41

2007

The Best Damn Thing (Expanded Edition)

The Best Damn Thing (Expanded Edition)

Avril Lavigne

2007

Girlfriend

Girlfriend

Avril Lavigne

2007

The Best Damn Thing

Avril Lavigne

2007

Daughtry

Daughtry

Daughtry

2006

The Sufferer & The Witness (Expanded Edition)

The Sufferer & The Witness (Expanded Edition)

Rise Against

2006

The Sufferer & The Witness

The Sufferer & The Witness

Rise Against

2006

Underclass Hero (iTunes Edition)

Underclass Hero (iTunes Edition)

Sum 41

Cry Pretty

Cry Pretty

Carrie Underwood

Most Popular

Top Tracks

The Only Exception

The Only Exception

Paramore

All I Wanted

All I Wanted

Paramore

21 Guns

21 Guns

Green Day

Monster

Monster

Skillet

Savior

Savior

Rise Against

Jet Lag

Simple Plan

Ignorance

Ignorance

Paramore

Brick By Boring Brick

Brick By Boring Brick

Paramore

Show Me How You Burlesque

Christina Aguilera

Awake and Alive

Awake and Alive

Skillet

Vampire Money

Vampire Money

My Chemical Romance

Destroya

Destroya

My Chemical Romance