Records
Songwriting and production credits include The Amity Affliction’s #1 ARIA album Chasing Ghosts and Top 20 Oricon work with Joy Opposites.
About
The work has never really been about just microphones. It is about helping artists realise their potential.
Atelier XXIII is the name for the way Imran Siddiqi has worked for more than two decades: listening closely, finding the strongest version of an idea, and building the right creative world around it.
His path has moved through almost every corner of music—from major labels and digital platforms to touring, songwriting and recording studios. That range brings a wider perspective to the room. Not only how to make a record sound compelling, but how to make it feel honest, distinctive and ready to live beyond the studio.
For some artists, that wider perspective simply informs the record-making. For others, especially those working independently without label infrastructure, it can extend into release strategy and campaign thinking. It is available when needed, not assumed.
The aim is to create a space where artists feel safe enough to take risks and challenged enough to move beyond the obvious. It is a human process, grounded in close listening, clear decisions and technical craft.
A wider perspective
Experience presented as evidence, not a résumé.
Industry
Former Label Manager at Spinefarm Records / Universal Music, later working across editorial and label relations at iTunes in London—experience that brought a close understanding of how records are positioned, delivered and supported beyond the studio itself.
On the road
Tour and production management for Bring Me the Horizon, Fever 333, Mae Muller, Alexis Ffrench, letlive., FACT and others. Working at major festivals—Rock Werchter, Graspop, Fuji Rock, Summersonic (Tokyo & Osaka), Rock am Ring / Rock im Park, Big Day Out, Hellfest, Lowlands, Pinkpop, … Live musician having performed on support and headline tours across the US (w/ Pierce the Veil, Trivium, Motionless In White, The Devil Wears Prada, …), Europe (Sepultura, Funeral for a Friend, Parkway Drive, Architects, …), Australia (Soundgarden, My Chemical Romance, …) and Japan multiple times.
In the room
Worked on albums alongside Alex Newport, Elvis Baskette, Jef Moll and Liam Nolan, in studios including Studio 606 (Los Angeles), Tiny Creatures (Montecito), Studio Barbarosa (Florida) and Metropolis (London).
Label Management
Selected campaigns, separate from production credits.
Before Atelier XXIII, Imran worked in label management at Spinefarm Records / Universal Music, running and coordinating full release campaigns. The work covered product management, street promotion, press coordination across print, radio and television, digital release strategy, brand partnerships and the wider campaign activity needed to bring a record into the world. That experience now informs the artist development and creative direction side of Atelier XXIII for artists who need support beyond the finished record.
RammsteinLiebe ist für alle da
Full release campaign coordination spanning product management, street promotion, press coordination across print, radio and television, digital release strategy, brand partnerships and related campaign work.
Five Finger Death PunchThe Way of the Fist
Campaign coordination across the teams and disciplines involved in bringing the record to market, including product management, street promotion, press, digital strategy and wider release planning.
Children of BodomBlooddrunk
Release campaign work across physical and digital planning, promotional coordination and the broader campaign activity required to support the album's launch.
Other album campaigns I worked on during that time include Nightwish, Ensiferum, Backyard Babies, Apocalyptica, Shadows Fall, Chthonic, Beherit, Rotten Sound, Tarja, Finntroll, Solstáfir, Sonata Arctica, Swallow the Sun, Dragonforce, Volbeat, D'espairsray and MUCC.
How we work
Truth before trend. Direction before days.
01
Listen first
Understand the artist, the ambition and what still feels unresolved before prescribing a sound.
02
Find the centre
Strengthen the emotional promise of the song and remove anything that obscures it.
03
Build with intent
Make production, performance and creative choices that belong to this artist—not a generic version of the market.
Selected records