- Matt Bayles
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Matt Bayles Origin Seattle, Washington, USA Genres Indie rock Occupations Producer, engineer, songwriter, musician Instruments Keyboard, synthesizer Years active 1998–present Labels Suicide Squeeze Associated acts Minus the Bear Website mattbayles.com Matt Bayles is a record producer based in Seattle, Washington.
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Bayles is known for his work with bands such as Isis, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Botch, Mastodon, The Fall of Troy, Minus The Bear, Burnt by the Sun and Norma Jean.
He produced, engineered and mixed the seminal albums Oceanic by Isis and We Are the Romans by Botch. He also produced and engineered Blood Mountain by Mastodon which was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2006, ranking at 9th in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2006.[1]
Bayles handled synthesiser and electronics in Seattle-based indie rock band Minus the Bear. He left them in January 2006 to focus on his production work. He is still in contact with the band however, and worked with them on their third full length, Planet of Ice. He currently co-owns a recording studio in Seattle with Chris Common called Red Room Recording.
Selected discography
Year Artist Album Title Notes 1995 Alice in chains Alice in chains Assistant 1996 Soundgarden Down on The Upside Assistant 1997 Deftones Around the fur Assistant 1997 Queensrÿche Hear in the Now Frontier Assistant engineer & mixer 1998 Botch American Nervoso Produced, engineered, and mixed 1998 Pearl Jam Yield Engineer on "Do The Evolution" and "All Those Yesterdays" 1999 Sharks Keep Moving Sharks Keep Moving Produced, engineered, and mixed 1999 Mike Stern Play Engineered 1999 Rocky Votolato EP with Seth Warren Engineered, Mixed. 2000 Pearl Jam Binaural Engineered 2000 Botch We Are the Romans Engineered and mixed 2000 The Blood Brothers This Adultery Is Ripe Produced, engineered, and mixed 2000 Rocky Votolato A Brief History (EP) Engineered, Mixed. 2001 Isis Celestial Produced, engineered, and mixed 2001 Minus the Bear This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic (EP) Mixed. (Also worth noting is that Bayles had not yet joined the band at this point). 2001 Murder City Devils Thelema Produced, engineered, and mixed 2002 The Blood Brothers March On Electric Children Produced, engineered, and mixed 2002 Botch An Anthology of Dead Ends Co-produced with Botch 2002 Minus the Bear Highly Refined Pirates Mixing on the electronic interludes. Played synethesisers and electronics. (This album, along with the promotional EP Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them are the first to feature Bayles as a band member). 2002 Isis Oceanic Produced, engineered, and mixed 2002 Mastodon Remission Produced, engineered, and mixed 2002 Rocky Votolato Burning My Travels Clean Produced, engineered, and mixed 2004 Isis Panopticon Produced, engineered, and mixed 2004 Mastodon Leviathan Produced, engineered, and mixed 2004 Minus the Bear Menos El Oso Produced (along with the rest of the band and Chris Common), mixed, and engineered. Played keyboards and electronics. (This is the last Minus the Bear album Bayles featured on as a member). 2005 Buried Inside Chronoclast Produced (with Buried Inside) and mixed 2005 Norma Jean O God, the Aftermath Produced 2005 HORSE The Band The Mechanical Hand Produced 2006 Isis In the Absence of Truth Produced, engineered and mixed 2006 Mastodon Blood Mountain Produced and engineered 2006 Planes Mistaken For Stars Mercy Produced, engineered, and mixed 2007 Vanna Curses Produced, engineered, and mixed 2007 The Fall of Troy Manipulator Produced, engineered, and mixed 2007 Minus the Bear Planet of Ice Produced and mixed 2008 ¡Forward, Russia! Life Processes Produced, engineered, and mixed 2008 Russian Circles Station Produced and mixed 2009 From Monument To Masses On Little Known Frequencies Co-produced with FMTM, engineered, and mixed 2009 Giant Squid The Ichthyologist Produced, engineered, and mixed 2009 Polar Bear Club Chasing Hamburg Produced and engineered 2009 A Wilhelm Scream A Wilhelm Scream Mixed 2010 Nothink Hidden State Produced, engineered, and mixed 2010 Night Horse Perdition Hymns Produced, engineered, and mixed 2010 The Sword Warp Riders Produced, engineered, and mixed 2010 Mono (Japanese band) Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra Recorded and mixed 2010 Snaganubbin Earworm Mixed 2011 Steak Number Eight All is Chaos Mixed References
- ^ "The Top 50 albums of 2006". Rolling Stone. 2006-12-29. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12800635/the_top_50_albums_of_2006/2. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
External links
- Mattbayles.com - Matt Bayles' official website.
- Red Room Studios - Red Room Studios website.
Categories:- Living people
- American record producers
- Minus the Bear members
- People from Seattle, Washington
- Albums produced by Matt Bayles
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