John Congleton
John Congleton is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, engineer, mixer and writer.
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In addition to his production work, Congleton has fronted the alternative rock band the Paper Chase, and writes music for a newer project entitled the Nighty Nite. He has also written music for various other projects, including MTV's Jackass, the Discovery Channel, Friday Night Lights, Evil Lives Here, and several Halloween sound effects/music CDs. He won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for producing St. Vincent's self-titled album.[1]
In January 2016 it was announced that Congleton and the Nighty Nite would be releasing a full-length studio album on April 1 of that year.
Selected production work
Congleton has worked with the following musicians and groups.[2][3]
- 90 Day Men
- AJJ
- The Accidentals
- Alvvays
- Amanda Palmer
- Laurie Anderson
- Angel Olsen
- Anna Calvi
- Antony and the Johnsons
- The Appleseed Cast
- Astronautalis
- Autopilot Off
- Bailen
- Baja Men
- Baroness (band)
- Best Coast
- Better Oblivion Community Center
- Big Harp
- Bill Callahan
- Bitch Magnet
- The Black Angels
- Black Joe Lewis
- Black Mountain
- Bleeding Heart Pigeons
- Blondie
- Blood Red Shoes
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bono
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Brian Wilson
- Brutal Juice
- David Byrne
- Buddy Miles
- Budos Band
- Chairlift
- Chelsea Wolfe
- Chin Up Chin Up
- Civil Twilight
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Clinic
- Cloud Nothings
- Cymbals Eat Guitars
- The Decemberists
- Disappears
- Dismemberment Plan
- The Districts
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Elvis Perkins
- Erykah Badu
- Everything Everything
- Explosions in the Sky
- Franz Ferdinand
- FFS
- Ezra Furman
- Future Islands
- Goldfrapp
- The Good Life
- Guster
- Hagfish
- Debbie Harry
- Heartless Bastards
- Hitch
- Honeyblood
- Jamie T
- Jens Lekman
- John Grant
- John Vanderslice
- Keren Ann
- Kimbra
- Kirk Franklin
- The Killers
- Knesset
- Lana Del Rey
- Land of Talk
- Lightning Dust
- Little May
- Logh
- Lower Dens
- Lucy Dacus
- Lymbyc Systym
- MC Breed
- Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
- Manchester Orchestra
- Marilyn Manson
- Maserati
- Micah P. Hinson
- Miles Kane
- Mini Mansions
- Minus Story
- Modest Mouse
- Monika
- Mothers
- The Mountain Goats
- Mozella
- Murder By Death
- Nelly Furtado
- Nilüfer Yanya
- Conor Oberst
- The Octopus Project
- Okkervil River
- Pattern is Movement
- Peach Pit
- Plague Vendor
- Pink Mountaintops
- Phantogram
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Pompeii
- Port O'Brien
- Priests
- Pumarosa
- Rogue Wave
- The Roots
- Rubblebucket
- Sarah Jaffe
- Sharon Van Etten
- Shearwater
- Sigur Rós
- Sleater Kinney
- Slow Six
- Smog
- Something for Kate
- Sparks
- Spoon
- St. Vincent
- Strand Of Oaks
- Suuns[4]
- Moses Sumney
- Swan Lake
- Swans
- Sybris
- Sky Ferreira
- Regina Spektor
- Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
- The Thermals
- Thrice
- This Will Destroy You
- The Districts
- The Toadies
- Trash Talk
- Treefight For Sunlight
- Two Gallants
- Two Ton Boa
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- The Walkmen
- The War on Drugs
- Warpaint
- Waters
- Wallows
- We Ragazzi
- Wild Beasts
- William Elliott Whitmore
- Wires Under Tension
- Wye Oak
- Ximena Sarinana
- Xiu Xiu
- Vagabon
- Yico Zeng
- Zzzz
Selected engineering work
- Dallas Symphony Orch. "A Dayful of Song"
- Kirk Franklin & the Family Kingdom "Come - O.S.T."
- Prince of Egypt -" O.S.T."
- Bono (w/Kirk Franklin) "Lean On Me"
- Nu Nation Project
- Jackie McCullough "This is for You, Lord"
- The Roots w/Erykah Badu "You Got Me" (Single)
- MC Breed Let's "Go To the Club"
- Modest Mouse Float on/Bukowski
- Erykah Badu
Band member
Musically, Congleton is best known for being a founding member of the band The Paper Chase, an alternative rock band formed in Dallas, TX in 1998. The band was signed to Kill Rock Stars and Southern Records. Their albums "God Bless Your Black Heart" and "Now You Are One Of Us" have been released on vinyl by the Austrian label Trost Records. Congleton produced all the band's material to date. He also wrote all of the material, with a few exceptions: Bobby Weaver co-wrote "A Face That Could Launch a Thousand Ships" and "Off with Their Heads" from the album Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know. Mike Sanger co-wrote "Throw Your Body on the Apparatus", and Elliot Figg co-wrote "When You Least Expect It," both from the aforementioned album. Since the dissolution of The Paper Chase, he has formed The Nighty Nite with former Paper Chase bandmate Jason Garner.
Programming
- David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
- St. Vincent - Strange Mercy, St. Vincent, & Actor
Guitar
- Budapest One - This Town Just Gave You a Dreamer
- Thumbsucker Soundtrack
Keyboard
- Angel Olsen "Burn Your Fire For No Witness"
- Swans "To Be Kind"
- The New Transit Direction - Wonderful Defense Mechanisms
- Micah P Hinson "Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra"
Soundtrack
John Congleton's music is included in the soundtrack for the live action feature film Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012), based on the best selling graphic novel of the same name.[5]
References
- "John Congleton". GRAMMY.com.
- "John Congleton - Biography, Albums, & Streaming Radio - AllMusic".
- "John Congleton".
- "Hold/Still, by Suuns".
- "Bad Kids Go to Hell". 7 December 2012 – via IMDb.
Interviews and External links
- 2014 NPR All Songs Considered Interview and Guest DJ Session
- https://soundcloud.com/tapeopmagazine/tape-op-podcast-episode-13-john-congleton
- https://soundcloud.com/noisecreators/076-john-congleton-st-vincent-explosions-in-the-sky-blondie
- https://soundcloud.com/vinylemergency/episode-63-producer-john-congleton-the-paper-chase-the-nighty-nite
- reddit ask me anything w/john congleton
- 2011 NPR Interview
- http://www.sonicscoop.com/2016/07/13/john-congleton-st-vincent-walkmen-part-1-recording-mixing-production-process/
- consequence of sound interview 2015 "quest for truth in five records"
- conversation with john congleton and dave fridmann
- 2010 Tape Op Interview
- http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/wild-beasts-boy-king/427859
- http://www.matadorreview.com/john-congleton
- Interview with Fangoria
- http://www.15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-john-congleton/page-1/
- interview with audio technology magazine
- interview in sound on sound
- interview with baeble music
- interview with sonic scoop
- video interview with sonic scoop
- tape op live interview by larry crane
- interview with radio.com
- interview with Myspace
- Interview gearwire
- Interview - popmatters (August 2006)
- fan tumblr page
- punk planet interview
- everything went black podcast interview
- interview (regarding the nighty nite)
- d magazine interview about producing the walkmen
- d magazine interview
- Indieheads Podcast Interview
- The Process Podcast Interview