John Congleton
John Congleton is a Grammy-nominated producer/engineer/mixer who produced his own band, The Paper Chase, and many other artists. He is managed by Adam Katz of Next Wave Management in Los Angeles. He runs Elmwood Recording.
In addition to his production work Congleton fronted the indie rock band, The Paper Chase, and writes music for a newer project entitled The Nighty Nite and music for various projects, including MTV's Jackass, the Discovery Channel, and several Halloween sound effects/music CDs.
Production work
Congleton has worked with The Polyphonic Spree, The Walkmen, Modest Mouse, The Thermals, Cloud Nothings, Swans, Amanda Palmer, Joanna Newsom, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Okkervil River, Sarah Jaffe, David Byrne, Astronautalis, Bill Callahan, Smog, Xiu Xiu, Kirk Franklin, Explosions in the Sky, The Black Angels, Blood Red Shoes, Clinic, R. Kelly, The Mountain Goats, Swan Lake, St. Vincent, The Octopus Project, Wye Oak, Rogue Wave, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Trash Talk, Minus Story, Chairlift, Bitch Magnet, Maserati, 90 Day Men, Mashrooms, Autopilot Off, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Marilyn Manson, John Grant, Elvis Perkins, Jens Lekman, Bono, Two Ton Boa, Pink Mountaintops, Hitch, Logh, Chin Up Chin Up, Sybris, Black Mountain, Baroness, Lightning Dust, Zzzz, John Vanderslice, Hagfish, Antony and the Johnsons, Mozella, The Toadies, Buddy Miles, MC Breed, William Elliott Whitmore, This Will Destroy You, Lymbyc Systym, Anna Calvi, Micah P. Hinson, The Appleseed Cast, Port O'Brien, Land of Talk, Shearwater, The New Pornographers, Pattern is Movement, Pompeii, Waters, Knesset, Murder By Death, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Disappears, Two Gallants, We Ragazzi, Dismemberment Plan, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Civil Twilight.[1][2]
Selected Engineering Work
Band member
Congleton is best known for being founding member of the band The Paper Chase. An Alt. 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.
Guitar
- Budapest One - This Town Just Gave You a Dreamer
- Thumbsucker Soundtrack
Keyboard
- The New Transit Direction - Wonderful Defense Mechanisms
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.[3]