Matt Bayles
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Biography
Matt Bayles (born October 19, 1972) is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician based in Seattle, Washington and former keyboard player with Minus the Bear.
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Bayles (pronounced Bay-Less) 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.
Bayles handled synthesiser and electronics in Seattle-based indie rock band Minus the Bear from the band's inception. He left them in January 2006 to focus on his production work. Following his departure from Minus the Bear, he produced two of their albums, Planet of Ice and Infinity Overhead. He currently owns a recording studio in Seattle called Red Room Recording.
Discography
Year | Artist | Album Title | Notes |
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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 | Engineered "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 and 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 and mixed |
2001 | Isis | Celestial | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2001 | Isis | SGNL>05 | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2001 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | Pretty Girls Make Graves | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2001 | Stone Gossard | Bayleaf | Engineered and mixed |
2001 | Minus the Bear | This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic (EP) | Mixed. (Bayles was a member of the band at this point). |
2001 | Vendetta Red | White Knuckled Substance | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
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, engineered, mixed |
2002 | Burnt by the Sun | Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution | Produced and engineered |
2002 | Minus the Bear | Highly Refined Pirates | Mixing on the electronic interludes. Played synthesizers and electronics. |
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 |
2003 | Burnt by the Sun | The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2003 | Pearl Jam | Lost Dogs | Mixed |
2003 | Eddie Vedder/Zeke | We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To The Ramones | Engineered "I Believe in Miracles", "Daytime Dilemna" |
2003 | These Arms Are Snakes | This Is Meant To Hurt You | Produced, engineer, and mixed |
2003 | From Ashes Rise | Nightmares | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2004 | Isis | Panopticon | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2004 | These Arms Are Snakes | Oxeneers or The Lions Sleeps When It's Antelope Go Home | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2004 | Minus The Bear | They Make Beer Commercials Like This | 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 | Scars of Tomorrow | The Horror of Realization | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2005 | Norma Jean | O God, the Aftermath | Produced, engineered, mixed |
2005 | Norma Jean | Masters of Horror (Soundtrack) | Produced, engineered, mixed "Shaunlulu" |
2005 | HORSE The Band | The Mechanical Hand | Produced, engineered, mixed |
2006 | Isis | In the Absence of Truth | Produced, engineered and mixed |
2006 | Mastodon | Blood Mountain | Produced and engineered |
2006 | Ladyfinger (NE) | Heavy Hands | Mixed |
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, engineered and mixed |
2008 | ¡Forward, Russia! | Life Processes | Produced, engineered, and mixed |
2008 | Russian Circles | Station | Produced, engineered 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 | This City | We Were Like Sharks | Produced and mixed |
2009 | Ladyfinger (NE) | Dusk | Produced and mixed |
2009 | Polar Bear Club | Chasing Hamburg | Produced, engineered and mixed |
2009 | A Wilhelm Scream | A Wilhelm Scream | Mixed |
2009 | Narrows | New Distances | Mixed |
2009 | Sandrider | Sandrider | Produced, Engineered, and 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 | Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra | Recorded and mixed |
2010 | Make Do and Mend | End Measure Mile | Mixed |
2010 | Snaganubbin | Earworm | Mixed |
2011 | Steak Number Eight | All is Chaos | Mixed |
2011 | Tim Kasher | Bigamy: More Songs from the Monogamy Sessions | Mixed, Instrumental Performance |
2011 | Helms Alee | Weatherhead | Engineered and mixed |
2012 | Cursive | I Am Gemini | Produced |
2012 | Narrows | Painted | Produced |
2012 | We're Doomed | How To Destroy Something Beautiful | Mixed |
2012 | Soundgarden | The Classic Album Selection | Engineered |
2012 | Make Do and Mend | Everything You Ever Loved | Produced, engineered and mixed |
2012 | Minus the Bear | Infinity Overhead | Produced (along with the rest of the band) |
2012 | Caspian | Waking Season | Produced (with Caspian), engineered, and mixed |
2013 | Sandrider | Godhead | Produced, Engineered, and mixed |
2013 | Ladyfinger (NE) | Errant Forms | Produced, Engineered, and mixed |
2013 | Caspian | Hymn for the Greatest Generation | Produced, Engineered, and mixed |
2013 | KEN mode | Entrench | Produced |
2013 | A Storm of Light | Nation of Flames | Produced, Engineered, and mixed |
2013 | Steak Number Eight | The Hutch | Mixed |
2014 | Dust Moth | Dragon Mouth | Produced (with Dust Moth), engineered, mixed |
2014 | Luca Brasi | By A Thread | Mixed |
2014 | Septa | Destroyer | Mixed |
2015 | Screaming Females | Rose Mountain | Produced |
2015 | Caspian | Dust & Disquiet | Produced (with Caspian), engineered, and mixed |
2015 | Foxing | Dealer | Produced and mixed |
2015 | Grave Babies | Holographic Violence | Mixed |
2016 | My Goodness | Islands | Mixed "Islands" |
2016 | DSGNS | Chemical Peel | Produced, engineered and mixed |
2016 | Tears In Rain | Ideometry | Mixed |
2016 | Heiress | Made Wrong | Produced, engineered and mixed |