Matthew J Barnhart

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Recording, live sound, mastering engineer, tour manager, and amateur janitor based in Denton, Texas.

Recording and Production

Recording engineer since 1997. Co-owner, engineer, producer, and studio manager of The Echo Lab recording studio since 1999.

Recording Discography

2009

So far I’ve worked on records for The Distant Seconds, Beautiful Supermachines, The Angelus, Shiny Around The Edges, White Drugs, The Me-Thinks, Deep Snapper, and Tre Orsi.

2008

The New Year “The New Year” The New Year
The New Year
(Touch and Go Records)
recorded overdubs, mixed
Shearwater “Rook” Shearwater
Rook
(Matador Records)
co-produced, recorded, mixed

Deep Snapper Into The Ugly (Edna Peppers Records) | recorded, mixed
Individual Fantastic Smile (Junk Records, Spain) | mixed, mastered
Espous Magazine #10 compilation CD | mastered
Jasper Stone Wheelhouse | co-produced, recorded, mixed

2007

Shearwater Palo Santo Shearwater
Palo Santo: Expanded Edition
(Matador Records)
recorded and mixed 5 songs
hogpig_curse.jpg Hogpig
Blade Hits Bone
(TXMF)
recorded, mixed

Tre Orsi no. 7 7″ (Works Progress) | recorded, mixed
The Great Tyrant 2-song 7″ (Dada Drumming) | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Four Days To Burn 2-song 7″ (Dada Drumming) | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Tame Tame and Quiet Tin Can Communicate | recorded, mixed and mastered
Deep Snapper A Drowning Man Can Pull You Under (Edna Peppers Records) | recorded, mixed

Earlier

tny-tein.jpg The New Year
The End Is Near

(Touch and Go, 2004)
Recorded overdubs and mixed
bg_nsng.gif The Baptist Generals
No Silver No Gold
(Sub Pop, 2004)
Mixed and mastered

American Werewolf Academy Tell Them Right Now | recorded and mixed
American Werewolf Academy Devil, Spit It Out | recorded and mixed
The Angelus s/t (Pyramid Scheme) | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Ashburne Glen Making Aeroplanes Of Our Bodies | recorded, mixed
Birth to Burial Sinner’s Sonic Testimony | recorded, mixed and mastered
Brave Combo
Let’s Kiss (Dentone Records) | recorded overdubs
Best Polka Album, 47th Annual Grammy Awards
[DARYL] The Technology (Beatville) | recorded overdubs
[DARYL] Communication: Duration (Urinine) | assistant engineer
Eskimo Kisses
s/t (Post-Parlo) | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Farstar Broken Down And Wandering | co-produced, recorded (with Matt Pence)
Collin Herring The Other Side of Kindness | co-produced, recorded (with Matt Pence)
Jasper Stone Back 40 Star | recorded and mixed 2 songs
Knife In The Water Cut The Cord (Aspyr/Glitterhouse) | recorded 7 songs
Little Grizzly Please Let Me Go, It Wasn’t Meant To Be (Quality Park Records) | produced, recorded, mixed
Little Grizzly I’d Be Lying If I Said I Wasn’t Scared (Quality Park Records) | produced, recorded, mixed
Little Grizzly When It Comes An End, I Will Stand Alone (Woodson Lateral) | produced, recorded, mixed
Pleasant Grove s/t (Last Beat) | recorded, mixed (with Matt Pence)
Polar
Surrounded By Happiness (Jabalina Musica, Spain) | recorded, mixed and mastered
Record Hop Pareidolia (TXMF) | recorded and mixed
Red Animal War Polizada (Ice Planet) | recorded and mixed with J. Robbins
Robot Monster Weekend Funeral Candy | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Robot Monster Weekend Turn Down Your Sorrow, It’s… | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Saturnine
Rememberance of Things Past | recorded and mixed
The Tah-Dahs Le Fun | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Tank Tank 5 (Pyramid Scheme) | recorded, mixed, and mastered
Tre Orsi
“Insomnia” on An Idiot To Not Appreciate Your Time: The Songs of Silkworm (Genuflecting Records) | produced, recorded, mixed
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Trying To Never Catch Up (Barsuk) | recorded and mixed four songs
Woodeye Such Sweet Sorrow| recorded, mixed

Archives

Other stuff of note: Co-owner of The Echo Lab recording studio. Occasional svengali of Works Progress. Member of Tre Orsi and other notable social networks.

Twitter: matthewbarnhart