Matt Bayles

Matt Bayles is a Seattle-based producer, mixer, engineer, musician, and futbol fan. Having moved to Seattle in 1994, he quickly found himself assisting on records by Soundgarden, Deftones, Alice in Chains, and Satchel, as well as engineering for Pearl Jam, Laurie Anderson, and Mike Stern. During his time as staff engineer at Studio Litho, he had the opportunity to work alongside Brendan O’Brien, Tchad Blake, Terry Date, Steve Fisk, and Adam Kasper, among others.

After leaving Litho, Bayles produced and mixed landmark records for Mastodon, ISIS, Botch, Russian Circles, Caspian, The Sword, KENmode, These Arms Are Snakes, The Blood Brothers, Murder City Devils, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Minus the Bear, Screaming Females, and Holy Fawn, earning a reputation as a go-to producer for artists pushing the boundaries of heavy and progressive music. His mixing work extends further still, with records by Make Do and Mend, Buried Inside, A Wilhelm Scream, Tim Kasher, Shook Ones, and others.

Along the way, Bayles was a founding member of Minus the Bear, producing They Make Beer Commercials Like This and Menos el Oso before stepping back to focus on the studio. He continued working with the band as producer on Planet of Ice, Infinity Overhead, and Acoustics 1 & 2. In 2014, he contributed keyboards and production to Dust Moth’s Dragon Mouth EP, released by Mylene Sheath.

He makes records out of his own Red Room Recording studio, as well as studios around Seattle, across the country and internationally.