Matt Bayles

Matt Bayles

Matt Bayles is a record producer based in Seattle, Washington.

Information

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.

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	Snaganubbin	Earworm	Mixed
2010	Dance Gavin Dance	TBA	Produced

External links

• Mattbayles.com - Matt Bayles' official website.
• Red Room Studios - Red Room Studios website.