Matt Pence

Matt Pence
Matt Pence
	Matt Pence at Echo Lab working on record by True Widow
Background information
Birth name	Matthew Louis Pence
Born	April 13, 1972; St. Louis, Missouri U.S.
Genres	Americana; country; rock and roll;
Occupation(s)	Record producer; Drummer; recording engineer; mixer;
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Idol; Misra; Undertow Music;
Associated acts	Centro-matic; South San Gabriel; Will Johnson; Paul Cauthen;
Website	mattpence.com

Matthew Louis Pence (born April 13, 1972) is an American recording engineer, producer, and drummer.[1] He owns and manages The Echo Lab studio in Denton, Texas.[2][3]

Early life and education

Pence is from St. Louis, Missouri.[3]

In 1990, Pence moved to Denton, Texas to study jazz at University of North Texas College of Music.[3]

Career

In 1996, Pence did his first recording for a drummer friend on their record.[3]

In 1999, musician and mastering engineer Dave Willingham created The Echo Lab studio outside the woods in Denton, Texas. In 2006, Pence and musician / engineer Matthew Barnhart became co-owners with Willingham of his Echo Lab studio.[2][4] Pence is currently the full owner of The Echo Lab.[5]

International bands from Australia, Britain, and other places, like Sweard from Spain and Horse Company from Holland, have all recorded at The Echo Lab.[3]

From 1997 until 2014, Pence played drums in the alternative country band Centro-matic. He was also the drummer in the Centro-matic-fueled band, South San Gabriel.[6]

Pence has also had a long-time collaboration with musician Sarah Jaffe, co-producing her 2011 record, The Way Sound Leaves a Room and her 2017 record, Bad Baby, as well as touring with Jaffe as her drummer.[7]

In 2004, Pence mixed American Music Club's album called Love Songs For Patriots. He also recorded the song "Song Of The Rats Leaving The Sinking Ship".

Pence produced the forthcoming 2020 record by John Moreland, called LP5, which will feature contributions from Centro-matic's Will Johnson, as well as Bonnie Whitmore and Moreland's long-time bandmate, John Calvin Abney.[8]

In addition to his work as a drummer, producer, and engineer, Pence is a photographer.[9]

Honors

2011: Dallas Observer Music Awards, Producer of the Year (nominee)[10]
2017: Dallas Observer Music Awards, Best Drummer[11]

General discography

Drummer

Production

Breastfist
Fishboy
Here We Go Magic
Isaac Hoskins
Jonathan Tyler
Rossif Sutherland
Telegraph Canyon
The Breeders
True Widow
Yuck

Selected discography

2001: Midlake, Milkmaid Grand Army EP (self-released) – recorded by, mixed by
2001: Jay Farrar, Sebastopol (Artemis Records) – drums, percussion
2002: Lewis, Even So (Deep Elm Records) – engineer[13]
2004: Aqueduct, Pistols at Dawn EP (Sub Pop Records) – producer, drums
2004: American Music Club, Love Songs For Patriots (Merge Records/Devil in the Woods/Cooking Vinyl) – mixer
2004: Brave Combo, Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album (Dentone Records) – engineer
2006: The Drams, Jubilee Dive (New West Records) – producer, photography[14]
2006: Glossary, For What I Don’t Become (Undertow Music) – producer[15]
2007: Robert Gomez, Brand New Towns (Bella Union) – producer[16]
2009: Midlake, Acts of Man CD single (Bella Union) – mixed by
2009: Midlake, The Courage of Others EP (Bella Union) – mixed by
2009: Jason Isbell, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (Lightning Rod Records) – producer[17]
2009: Jason Molina and Will Johnson, Molina and Johnson (Secretly Canadian) – recording engineer, drums
2009: Monsters of Folk (Conor Oberst, Jim James, Mike Mogis, M. Ward), Monsters of Folk (Shangri-La Music, Rough Trade Records) – mixer[18]
2010: Glossary, Feral Fire (Liberty & Lament) – producer
2010: The Foxymorons, Bible Stories (self-released) – producer[19]
2010: Micah P. Hinson, Micah P. Hinson And The "Pioneer Saboteurs" (Houston Party Records) – co-producer, mixed by, mastered by, backgrounds
2010: John Grant, Queen of Denmark (Bella Union) – mastering, mixing
2011: Sarah Jaffe, The Way Sound Leaves a Room (Kirtland Records) – engineer, co-producer
2011: True Widow, As High As the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth (Kemado Records) – producer
2012: Dodgy, Stand Upright in a Cool Place (Strike Back Records) – mixing
2012: Jens Lekman, I Know What Love Isn't (Service/Secretly Canadian) – mixing
2012: Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Yim Yames: New Multitudes (Rounder Records) – mixing
2013: True Widow, Circumambulation (Relapse Records) – producer
2013: Cody Jinks, Blacksheep EP (Late August Records) – drums
2013: Sean Nelson, Make Good Choices (Really Records) – drums
2014: Justin Townes Earle, Single Mothers (Vagrant Records, Loose Music) – drums
2014: The Bigsbys, Good Will Suitcase (Shiner Records) – producer[20]
2014: Collin Herring, Some Knives (self-released) – producer[21]
2015: Becca Stevens, Perfect Animal (Universal Music Classics) – mixed by
2015: The Foxymorons, Fake Yoga (Foxyphoton) – producer[22]
2015: Denim Wonder (aka Daniel Hopkins, Carnation (self-released) – producer[23]
2015: Justin Townes Earle, Absent Fathers (Vagrant Records, Loose Music) – drums
2015: Redeye, The Memory Layers (Lafolie Records/Microcultures) – producer[24]
2016: Rodney Parker, Bomber Heights (self-released) – producer[25]
2016: Midlake, The Trials Of Van Occupanther single (Bella Union) – "The Fairest Way" / "Festival" mixed by, mastered by
2017: Nikki Lane, Highway Queen (New West Records) – drums, engineer, percussion, producer
2017: BNQT, Volume 1 (Dualtone Records) – mixed by, mastered by
2017: Lift to Experience, The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Bella Union) – engineer, mixing[26]
2017: Sarah Jaffe, Bad Baby (Kirtland Records) – producer[7]
2017: Tomkat, Icarus (self-released) – producer[27]
2018: Josh T. Pearson, The Straight Hits! (Mute) – engineer[28]
2018: Claire Morales, All That Wanting (self-released) – engineer[29]
2018: Maps & Atlases, Lightlessness Is Nothing New (Barsuk Records) – mastering
2018: Elle King, Shake the Spirit (RCA Records) – co-producer
2018: John Grant, Love Is Magic (Bella Union) – drum programming, engineering, additional production by
2018: Paul Cauthen, Have Mercy EP (Lightning Rod Records) – engineer
2019: Paul Cauthen, Room 41 (Lightning Rod Records) – mixed by
2019: E.B. the Younger, To Each His Own (Bella Union) – engineer, mixing, executive producer, drums, percussion[30]
2020: John Moreland, LP5 (Thirty Tigers) – producer[8][31]

Centro-matic and associated projects

1995: Centro-matic, Redo the Stacks (Steve Records) – co-producer with Will Johnson, drums
1999: Centro-matic, Navigational (Idol Records) – co-producer with Will Johnson, drums
1999: Centro-matic, The Static vs. The Strings Vol. 1 (Idol/Quality Park) – drums
2000: Centro-matic, All the Falsest Hearts Can Try (Idol/Quality Park/Munich) – drums
2000: South San Gabriel, South San Gabriel Songs/Music (Idol/Munich) – drums
2001: Centro-matic, Distance and Clime (Idol/Munich) – drums
2002: South San Gabriel, Welcome, Convalescence (Munich/Undertow Music) – drums, keyboards
2002: Will Johnson, Murder of Tides (Undertow Music) – producer[32]
2003: Centro-matic, Love You Just The Same (Misra Records/Munich) – drums, engineer[33]
2005: South San Gabriel, The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until the Operation's Through (Misra/Munich/Houston Party) – drums
2006: Centro-matic, Fort Recovery (album) (Misra Records) – drums
2008: Centro-matic/South San Gabriel, Dual Hawks (Misra/Cooking Vinyl/Houston Party) – drums[34]
2011: Centro-matic, Candidate Waltz (Undertow Music) – drums[35]
2012: Will Johnson, Scorpion (Undertow Music) – producer[36]
2014: Centro-Matic, Take Pride in Your Long Odds (Navigational Transmissions) – engineer, producer[37]

References

Hopkins, Daniel (30 August 2012). "Seven of the Best Drummers in DFW". Dallas Observer.
Firstley, Ashley-Crystal (16 September 2010). "Recording studio gives bands creative freedom". North Texas Daily.
Jones, Abby (4 May 2017). "Little studio in the woods". North Texas Daily. p. 6 – via Issuu.
Sims, Dave (29 May 2008). "The Echo Lab Is An Extension Of Denton's Scene". Dallas Observer.
Willingham, David (2 June 2012). "David Willingham: About". 70 hurtz audio. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
Freeman, Doug (12 December 2014). "Centro-Matic Packs It In". The Austin Chronicle.
Dearmore, Kelly (5 July 2017). "4 musical stages of Sarah Jaffe, in honor of her excellent new album 'Bad Baby'". The Dallas Morning News.
Trigger (18 October 2019). "John Moreland Announces New Album "LP5" – Releases New Song". Saving Country Music.
"Matt Pence & Will Johnson Photo + Art Show". Undertow Music. 6 August 2009.
Freedman, Pete (19 October 2011). "DOMAXXIII: Announcing Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners..." Dallas Observer.
North, Caroline (6 December 2017). "The 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners". Dallas Observer.
Blackstock, Peter (25 August 2018). "This week's music picks: Graham Reynolds, Flynt Flossy, Carolina Story". Austin American-Statesman.
Sutlief, Shannon (20 June 2002). "Even Handed". Dallas Observer.
Guarino, Mark (31 August 2006). "The Drams - Back from the Bone break". No Depression (65).
Fahy, James P. (20 November 2006). "Band of the Week: Glossary". Paste Magazine.
Freeman, Doug (20 April 2007). "Robert Gomez: Brand New Towns Album Review". The Austin Chronicle.
Dansby, Andrew (1 February 2009). "Q&A: Jason Isbell". Lone Star Music Magazine.
Powell, Austin (8 October 2010). "The Sound and the Fury: Austin's own Monster of Folk, Will Johnson". The Austin Chronicle.
"MP3 At 3PM: The Foxymorons". Magnet Magazine. 2 October 2010.
Dearmore, Kelly (1 March 2014). "The Bigsbys: "Good Will Suitcase"". Lone Star Music Magazine.
Caligiuri, Jim (23 May 2014). "Collin Herring". The Austin Chronicle.
Dearmore, Kelly (4 November 2015). "Foxymorons Are a Local Band Who Aren't Really Local and Kind of Not Even a Band". Dallas Observer.
Jones, Preston (4 November 2015). "Lone Star Sounds: New music from Denim Wonder".
Basedow, Neph (21 August 2015). "Redeye: The Memory Layers Album Review". The Austin Chronicle.
Mooney, Thomas (19 September 2016). "Q&A: Rodney Parker". Lone Star Music Magazine.
Wood, Marie (2 March 2017). "Interview "This is for the love of the art": DiS Meets Lift To Experience". DrownedInSound.
Breeding, Lucinda (11 October 2017). "With first album, Denton's Tomkat ready for prime time". Denton Record-Chronicle.
Dearmore, Kelly (10 April 2018). "Former Denton musician Josh T. Pearson debuts new record on Friday the 13th ... before mankind is wiped out". The Dallas Morning News.
Smith, Nathan (24 August 2016). "Spotlight On… Claire Morales". Texas Music Magazine (67).
"E.B. The Younger announces debut album "To Each His Own"" (Press release). Bella Union. 2019.
Irons, Aaron (10 October 2019). "Still Belonging: John Moreland Shares Details On New Album". Sound & Soul of Central Georgia.
Chamy, Michael (1 November 2002). "Will Johnson: Murder of Tides Album Review". The Austin Chronicle.
Chamy, Michael (12 September 2003). "Centro-Matic Reviewed". The Austin Chronicle.
"Field of Dreams: A nine-inning sampler of Johnson's best songs". The Austin Chronicle. 8 October 2010.
Markel, Jim (2011). "Centro-matic: Candidate Waltz". Swampland.
Mongillo, Peter (11 September 2012). "Will Johnson calls on longtime bandmate for solo effort". Austin American-Statesman.
Kelly, Jennifer (2 September 2014). "Beating the Odds: Centro-Matic". Blurt Magazine.

External links

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[2012_DallasObserver-BestDrummerDFW-1] Hopkins, Daniel (30 August 2012). "Seven of the Best Drummers in DFW". Dallas Observer.

[2010_NorthTexasDaily-Feature-2] Firstley, Ashley-Crystal (16 September 2010). "Recording studio gives bands creative freedom". North Texas Daily.

[2017_NorthTexasDaily-Feature-3] Jones, Abby (4 May 2017). "Little studio in the woods". North Texas Daily. p. 6 – via Issuu.

[2008_DallasObserver-Feature-4] Sims, Dave (29 May 2008). "The Echo Lab Is An Extension Of Denton's Scene". Dallas Observer.

[2019_Willingham-EchoLab-5] Willingham, David (2 June 2012). "David Willingham: About". 70 hurtz audio. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

[2014_AustinChronicle-Centro-End-6] Freeman, Doug (12 December 2014). "Centro-Matic Packs It In". The Austin Chronicle.

[2017_DallasMorningNews-SarahJaffe-7] Dearmore, Kelly (5 July 2017). "4 musical stages of Sarah Jaffe, in honor of her excellent new album 'Bad Baby'". The Dallas Morning News.

[2019_SavingCountryMusic-Moreland-LP5-8] Trigger (18 October 2019). "John Moreland Announces New Album "LP5" – Releases New Song". Saving Country Music.

[2009_UndertowMusic-GoodRecords-Photo-9] "Matt Pence & Will Johnson Photo + Art Show". Undertow Music. 6 August 2009.

[2011_DallasObserver-Awards-10] Freedman, Pete (19 October 2011). "DOMAXXIII: Announcing Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners..." Dallas Observer.

[2017_DallasObserver-Awards-11] North, Caroline (6 December 2017). "The 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners". Dallas Observer.

[2018_AustinAmStatesman-MarieLepanto-12] Blackstock, Peter (25 August 2018). "This week's music picks: Graham Reynolds, Flynt Flossy, Carolina Story". Austin American-Statesman.

[2002_DallasObserver-Lewis-EvenSo-13] Sutlief, Shannon (20 June 2002). "Even Handed". Dallas Observer.

[2006_NoDepression-TheDrams-14] Guarino, Mark (31 August 2006). "The Drams - Back from the Bone break". No Depression (65).

[2006_Paste-Glossary-15] Fahy, James P. (20 November 2006). "Band of the Week: Glossary". Paste Magazine.

[2007_AustinChronicle-RobertGomez-16] Freeman, Doug (20 April 2007). "Robert Gomez: Brand New Towns Album Review". The Austin Chronicle.

[2009_LoneStarMusicMag-JasonIsbell-17] Dansby, Andrew (1 February 2009). "Q&A: Jason Isbell". Lone Star Music Magazine.

[2010_AustinChronicle-MonstersOfFolk-18] Powell, Austin (8 October 2010). "The Sound and the Fury: Austin's own Monster of Folk, Will Johnson". The Austin Chronicle.

[2010_Magnet-Foxymorons-19] "MP3 At 3PM: The Foxymorons". Magnet Magazine. 2 October 2010.

[2014_LoneStarMusicMag-Bigsbys-20] Dearmore, Kelly (1 March 2014). "The Bigsbys: "Good Will Suitcase"". Lone Star Music Magazine.

[2014_AustinChronicle-CollinHerring-21] Caligiuri, Jim (23 May 2014). "Collin Herring". The Austin Chronicle.

[2015_DallasObserver-Foxymorons-22] Dearmore, Kelly (4 November 2015). "Foxymorons Are a Local Band Who Aren't Really Local and Kind of Not Even a Band". Dallas Observer.

[2015_FtWorthStarTelegram-DenimWonder-23] Jones, Preston (4 November 2015). "Lone Star Sounds: New music from Denim Wonder".

[2015_AustinChronicle-Redeye-24] Basedow, Neph (21 August 2015). "Redeye: The Memory Layers Album Review". The Austin Chronicle.

[2016_LoneStarMusicMag-RodneyParker-25] Mooney, Thomas (19 September 2016). "Q&A: Rodney Parker". Lone Star Music Magazine.

[2017_DrownedInSound-LiftToExperience-26] Wood, Marie (2 March 2017). "Interview "This is for the love of the art": DiS Meets Lift To Experience". DrownedInSound.

[2017_DentonRC-Tomkat-27] Breeding, Lucinda (11 October 2017). "With first album, Denton's Tomkat ready for prime time". Denton Record-Chronicle.

[2018_DallasMorningNews-JoshTPearson-28] Dearmore, Kelly (10 April 2018). "Former Denton musician Josh T. Pearson debuts new record on Friday the 13th ... before mankind is wiped out". The Dallas Morning News.

[2016_TxMusicMagazine-ClaireMorales-29] Smith, Nathan (24 August 2016). "Spotlight On… Claire Morales". Texas Music Magazine (67).

[2019_BellaUnion-EBYounger-30] "E.B. The Younger announces debut album "To Each His Own"" (Press release). Bella Union. 2019.

[2019_SoundSoul-JohnMoreland-31] Irons, Aaron (10 October 2019). "Still Belonging: John Moreland Shares Details On New Album". Sound & Soul of Central Georgia.

[2002_AustinChronicle-MurderOfTides-32] Chamy, Michael (1 November 2002). "Will Johnson: Murder of Tides Album Review". The Austin Chronicle.

[2003_AustinChronicl-LoveYouJustTheSame-33] Chamy, Michael (12 September 2003). "Centro-Matic Reviewed". The Austin Chronicle.

[2010_AustinChronicle-FieldOfDreams-34] "Field of Dreams: A nine-inning sampler of Johnson's best songs". The Austin Chronicle. 8 October 2010.

[2011_Swampland-CandidateWaltz-35] Markel, Jim (2011). "Centro-matic: Candidate Waltz". Swampland.

[2012_AustinAmStatesman-Scorpion-36] Mongillo, Peter (11 September 2012). "Will Johnson calls on longtime bandmate for solo effort". Austin American-Statesman.

[2014_Blurt-Centromatic-37] Kelly, Jennifer (2 September 2014). "Beating the Odds: Centro-Matic". Blurt Magazine.