Introduction
John Congleton is a Grammy-winning American producer/engineer/mixer/writer.
In addition to his production work, Congleton has fronted the indie 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.
In January 2016 it was announced that John Congleton and The Nighty Nite would be releasing a full length April 1 of that year.
Selected Production Work
Congleton has worked with the following musicians and groups.
- 90 Day Men
- AJJ
- Alvvays
- Amanda Palmer
- Laurie Anderson
- Angel Olsen
- Anna Calvi
- Antony and the Johnsons
- The Appleseed Cast
- Astronautalis
- Autopilot Off
- Baroness
- Big Harp
- Bill Callahan
- Bitch Magnet
- The Black Angels
- Black Joe Lewis
- Black Mountain
- Bleeding Heart Pigeons
- Blondie
- Blood Red Shoes
- Bono
- Brian Wilson
- Brutal Juice
- Buddy Miles
- Budos Band
- Chairlift
- Chelsea Wolfe
- Chin Up Chin Up
- Civil Twilight
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Clinic
- Cloud Nothings
- Cymbals Eat Guitars
- David Byrne
- Disappears
- Dismemberment Plan
- The Districts
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Elvis Perkins
- Erykah Badu
- Explosions in the Sky
- Franz Ferdinand
- Future Islands
- Goldfrapp
- The Good Life
- Hagfish
- Debbie Harry
- Heartless Bastards
- Hitch
- Jens Lekman
- John Grant
- John Vanderslice
- Keren Ann
- Kimbra
- Kirk Franklin
- Knesset
- Land of Talk
- Lightning Dust
- Logh
- Lower Dens
- Lymbyc Systym
- MC Breed
- Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
- Manchester Orchestra
- Marilyn Manson
- Maserati
- Micah P. Hinson
- Mini Mansions
- Minus Story
- Modest Mouse
- Monika
- The Mountain Goats
- Mozella
- Murder By Death
- Nelly Furtado
- The Octopus Project
- Okkervil River,
- Pattern is Movement
- Pink Mountaintops
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Pompeii
- Port O'Brien
- R. Kelly
- Rogue Wave
- The Roots
- Rubblebucket
- Sarah Jaffe
- Shearwater
- Sigur Rós
- Sleater Kinney
- Smog
- Something for Kate
- Sparks
- Spoon
- St. Vincent
- Strand Of Oaks
- Suuns
- Swan Lake
- Swans
- Sybris
- Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
- The Thermals
- This Will Destroy You
- The Toadies
- Trash Talk
- Treefight For Sunlight
- Two Gallants
- Two Ton Boa
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- The Walkmen
- The War on Drugs
- Waters
- We Ragazzi
- Wild Beasts
- William Elliott Whitmore
- Wye Oak
- Ximena Sarinana
- Xiu Xiu
- 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)
- R. Kelly
- MC Breed Let's "Go To the Club"
- Modest Mouse Float on/Bukowski
- Erykah Badu
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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. [1] 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.