Tucker Martine


Tucker Martine is an American record producer, musician and composer. In 2010, Paste Magazine included Martine in their list of the 10 Best Producers of the Decade.

Early life

Tucker Martine, the son of singer and songwriter Layng Martine, Jr., grew up in Nashville, Tennessee where he played in bands and tinkered with recording devices before moving to Boulder, Colorado upon graduating from high school. In Colorado, Martine was a DJ at a public radio station KGNU. He would frequently play two or more records at once on the air. Martine also took courses at the Naropa Institute where he studied sound collage and befriended Harry Smith - the ethnomusicologist, artist and Kabbalist - who made a large impression on Martine.

Career

In 1993, Martine moved to Seattle, Washington where he began to combine his skills and interests. He joined Wayne Horvitz's chamber group The 4 Plus 1 Ensemble alongside Reggie Watts where Martine's instrument was a series of looping and sound manipulating devices which were fed by the groups otherwise acoustic instruments. Martine received a Grammy nomination in 2007 in the "best engineered album" category for the Floratone album with Bill Frisell on Blue Note. He has also released several albums of his field recordings. As a composer and musician Martine has released 2 albums under the recording pseudonym Mount Analog as well as Mylab and Orchestra Dim Bridges. Additionally, Microsoft called upon Martine's creativity when they asked him to help compose the startup and branding sounds for Microsoft's new operating system Vista. Today Martine lives in Portland and continues to make records in his own studio Flora Recording & Playback.
Martine has worked with artists such as The Decemberists, R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse, Beth Orton, Neko Case, First Aid Kit, Mudhoney, Bill Frisell, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, Grandaddy, Mavis Staples, Courtney Barnett, Iron And Wine, Gary Larson, The Jayhawks, Karl Blau, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Carrie Brownstein, Blind Pilot, Camera Obscura, Robin Pecknold, Stephen Malkmus, k.d. lang, She and Him, M. Ward, Mt. Joy, Case/lang/Veirs,
Jesse Sykes, and Laura Veirs.

Discography

As Tucker Martine

ArtistReleaseContributionYear
Karl BlauIntroducing Karl BlauProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Percussion2016
case/lang/veirscase/lang/veirsProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Percussion2016
Aoife O'DonovanIn The Magic HourProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Percussion2016
My Morning JacketThe WaterfallProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Percussion2015
The DecemberistsWhat a Terrible World, What a Beautiful WorldProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Group Singing2015
Modest MouseStrangers To OurselvesProducer / Engineer2015
Sufjan StevensCarrie and LowellRecordist2015
Punch BrothersThe Phosphorescent BluesRecordist2015
Bill FrisellGuitar in the Space Age!Engineer2014
Brian BladeLandmarksEngineer2014
Don Henley / Blind PilotLooking into You: A Tribute to Jackson BrowneProducer / Engineer / Mixing2014
Jenny ScheinmanThe Littlest PrisonerProducer / Engineer / Mixing2014
Camera ObscuraDesire LinesProducer / Engineer / Mixing2013
Lori GoldstonFilm ScoresEngineer, Producer2013
Jars of ClayInlandProducer / Engineer2013
The Avett BrothersMagpie and the DandelionEngineer2013
Jim JamesRegions of Light and Sound of GodEngineer2013
Richard BucknerSurroundedMixing2013
Neko CaseThe Worse Things Get...Producer / Engineer / Mixing2013
Laura VeirsWarp & WeftProducer / Engineer / Mixing2013
LauRace the LoserProducer2012
Black PrairieA Tear in the Eye Is a Wound in the HeartProducer / Engineer / Mixing2012
FloratoneFloratone IIComposer, Engineer, Producer2012
Jenny ScheinmanMischief & MayhemMixing2012
Beth OrtonSugaring SeasonProducer, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion2012
The Avett BrothersThe CarpenterEngineer2012
Tift MerrittTraveling AloneProducer, Engineer2012
The ChieftainsVoice of AgesEngineer2012
The DecemberistsWe All Raise Our Voices to the Air: Live Songs 04.11.08Mixing2012
Various ArtistsEngineer2012
My Morning JacketCircuitalProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Photography2011
Abigail WashburnCity of RefugeProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Drums2011
R.E.M.Collapse into NowEngineer2011
Wild FlagWild FlagMixing2011
The DecemberistsLong Live the KingProducer / Engineer / Mixing2011
Thao & MirahThao & MirahMixing2011
The DecemberistsThe King Is DeadProducer / Engineer / Mixing2011
John Wesley HardingThe Sound of His Own VoiceMixing2011
Laura VeirsTumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for ChildrenProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Drums2011
Blind PilotWe Are the TideMixing2011
QuasiAmerican GongMixing2010
Black PrairieFeast of the Hunters' MoonProducer, Engineer2010
Laura VeirsJuly FlameProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Drums / Photography2010
Tift MerrittSee You on the MoonProducer / Engineer / Mixing2010
Langhorne SlimBe Set FreeMixing2009
Laura GibsonBeasts of SeasonsProducer / Engineer / Mixing2009
Bill FrisellDisfarmerEngineer, Mixing2009
SpoonGot Nuffin'Mixing2009
Thao & The Get Down Stay DownKnow Better Learn FasterProducer / Engineer / Mixing2009
Brian BladeMama RosaComposer, Engineer, Mixing2009
Loch LomondNight BatsMixing2009
Bill FrisellThe Best of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1: Folk SongsAudio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing2009
The DecemberistsThe Hazards of LoveProducer, Engineer, Mixing2009
Death Cab for CutieThe Open Door EPMixing2009
MirahsperaProducer, Engineer. Mixing2009
Wayne HorvitzA Walk In The DarkEngineer2008
Colin MeloyColin Meloy Sings Live!Assembly, Mixing2008
Transmissionary SixCosmonauticalMixing2008
Chris WallaField ManualMixing2008
Musée MécaniqueHold This GhostMixing2008
Wayne HorvitzOne Dance AloneEngineer2008
Brian BladeSeason of ChangesEngineer, Mixing2008
MudhoneyThe Lucky OnesProducer / Engineer / Mixing2008
Thao & the Get Down Stay DownWe Brave Bee Stings and AllProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Musician2008
Steve WynnCrossing Dragon BridgeMixing2008
Marco BeneventoInvisible BabyEngineer2008
FloratoneFloratoneProducer, Composer, Engineer, Producer2007
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet HereafterLike, Love, Lust and the Open Halls of the SoulProducer, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion2007
Laura VeirsSaltbreakersBeats, Drums, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer2007
Jim WhiteTransnormal SkiperooDrums, Engineer, Handclapping, Producer, Vocals2007
Johanna KuninClouds ElectricProducer, Mixing, Performer2006
Heather GreeneFive Dollar DressBeats, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer2006
Mike DumovichMesojunarianDrums, Engineer, Noise, Producer2006
Transmissionary SixRadarAudio Production, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Shaker, Tambourine2006
The DecemberistsThe Crane WifeProducer, Engineer, Mixing,2006
MudhoneyUnder a Billion SunsProducer, Engineer, Mixing, Treatments2006
Bill FrisellEast/WestEngineer, Mixing2005
The Long WintersUltimatumAudio Production, Producer2005
Erin McKeownWe Will Become Like BirdsProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Musician2005
Laura VeirsYear of MeteorsProducer / Engineer / Mixing / Musician2005
Laura VeirsCarbon GlacierProducer, Musician, Engineer, Mixing, Composer, Treatments2004
Jim WhiteDrill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You SeeProducer, Drums, Engineer2004
Bush Taxi MaliField Recordings From MaliProducer, Engineer, Photography2004
Broken Hearted DragonfliesInsects of Southeast AsiaProducer, Recordist, Photography2004
MylabMylabProducer, Composer, Musician, Mixing, Field Recording2004
Mount AnalogNew SkinProducer, Composer, Musician, Engineer, Mixer2004
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet HereafterOh, My GirlProducer, Engineer, Drums, Mixing2004
Eyvind KangVirginal Co OrdinatesEngineer, Treatments2003
DownPilotLeaving Not ArrivingProducer, Drums, Engineer, Mixing, Beat Box2003
Daniel Carter & Rueben RaddingLuminescenceRecording, Mixing2003
John ZornMasada GuitarsEngineer2003
Petra Haden & Bill FrisellSelf-titledRecorder, Mixer2003
Kelly Joe PhelpsSlingshot ProfessionalsEngineer, Mixer2003
Bill FrisellThe IntercontinentalsEngineer, Mixing2003
Wayne HorvitzForeverProducer, Engineer, Mixing2003
Nicholas VromanPeriods and Question MarksProducer, Endineer, Mixing2003
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet HereafterReckless BurningProducer, Engineer, Mixing2002
Bill FrisellThe WilliesEngineer, Mixing2002
Sarah SiskindCoveredProducer, Drums, Mixing2001
Four Plus One EnsembleFrom A WindowProducer, Musician, Mixing, Drum Machines2001
Laura VeirsTriumphs and Travails of Orphan MaeProducer, Drums, Engineer, Mixing, Field Recording2001
Danny BarnesThings I Done WrongPercussion, Engineer, Mixing2001
Sanford ArmsToo Loud For the SnowmanProducer, Engineer, Mixing2001
Eyvind KangThe Story of IcelandDrums, Voices, Recording, Mixing2000
Eyvind KangTheater of Mineral NADEsDrums1998
Farmer Not So JohnReceiver Producer1998
Eat the DreamGnawa Music From Essaouria, MoroccoRecorded, Produced1996
Land of the LoopsBundle of JoyMixing1996