Matt Bayles

Matt Bayles
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	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 and former keyboard player with Minus the Bear.

Information

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.^[1]

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
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
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

References

1. "The Top 50 albums of 2006". Rolling Stone. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-01-24.

External links

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