Tony Cohen ( 4 June 1957 – 2 August 2017 ) was an Australian music record producer and sound engineer based in Melbourne . Cohen worked with The Birthday Party , and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from the 1980s on . By July 1987 Cohen was living in Germany . At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 Cohen won Producer of the Year for The Cruel Sea 's album , '' The Honeymoon Is Over '' ( May 1993 ) ; at the 1995 ceremony he won Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year
1995 ceremony
ARIA Music Awards of 1995
Tony Cohen