John Congleton (American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician)

John Anthony Congleton is an American record producer, engineer, mixer, writer and musician. In addition to his production work, Congleton has fronted the alternative rock band the Paper Chase, and writes music for a newer project titled 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 Congleton and the Nighty Nite would be releasing a full-length studio album on April 1 of that year. Musically, Congleton is best known for being a founding member of the band the Paper Chase, an alternative rock band formed in Dallas, Texas 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 nearly all of the material, with a few exceptions. Since the dissolution of the Paper Chase he has formed the Nighty Nite with former Paper Chase bandmate, Jason Garner. Congleton has worked with the following musicians and groups. 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 Baboon Baha Men Baroness Being Dead Best Coast Better Oblivion Community Center Big Harp Bill Callahan Bitch Magnet The Black Angels Black Joe Lewis Black Mountain Black Pumas Blondie Blood Red Shoes Bombay Bicycle Club Bono Phoebe Bridgers Brian Wilson Michelle Branch Briston Maroney Brutal Juice Bully Brandon Boyd David Byrne Buddy Miles Budos Band Chairlift Chelsea Wolfe Chin Up Chin Up Chicano Batman Civil Twilight Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clairo Clinic Cloud Nothings Cults Cursive Cymbals Eat Guitars Death Cab for Cutie The Decemberists Disappears The Dismemberment Plan The Districts Beth Ditto Earl Sweatshirt Elvis Perkins Erykah Badu Everything Everything Explosions in the Sky Floodlights Franz Ferdinand FFS Foxing Ezra Furman Future Islands Girl in Red Goldfrapp Good Kid Gossip The Good Life Guster Stone Gossard Hagfish Debbie Harry Heartless Bastards Honeyblood Hrishikesh Hirway Islands Illuminati Hotties Jamie T Jens Lekman John Grant John Vanderslice Keren Ann Kimbra Kirk Franklin The Killers Lana Del Rey Land of Talk Lightning Dust Little May Logh Local Natives Lou Bega Lower Dens Lucy Dacus Lucius Lymbyc Systym MC Breed Midlake Mattiel Margot & the Nuclear So and So's Manchester Orchestra Mannequin Pussy Maserati Mason Jennings Glen Hansard Micah P. Hinson Miles Kane Mini Mansions Minus Story Modest Mouse Mogwai Mothers The Mountain Goats Mozella Murder By Death The Murder Capital Nakhane Nelly Furtado Nilüfer Yanya Conor Oberst The Octopus Project Okkervil River Pattern is Movement Peach Pit Pink Mountaintops Phantogram The Polyphonic Spree Pompeii Port O'Brien Priests PUP The Regrettes Nile Rogers Regina Spektor Rogue Wave The Roots Rubblebucket Sarah Jaffe Sarah Kinsley Shame (band) Sharon Van Etten Shearwater Sir Chloe Sigur Rós Sleater Kinney Smog Something for Kate Sparks Spoon The Staves St. Vincent Strand Of Oaks Suuns Moses Sumney Swan Lake Swans Sybris Sky Ferreira Tegan and Sara 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 Unknown Mortal Orchestra Megan Washington The Walkmen The War on Drugs Warpaint Waters Wallows We Ragazzi Wild Beasts William Elliott Whitmore Wires Under Tension Whitney The Wombats Wye Oak Ximena Sarinana Xiu Xiu Vagabon Eddie Vedder Yico Zeng Congleton has worked with the following musicians and groups. Dallas Symphony Orchestra "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"[citation needed] Nu Nation Project Jackie McCullough "This is for You, Lord" The Roots w/ Erykah Badu "You Got Me" (Single)[citation needed] MC Breed Let's "Go To the Club" Modest Mouse Float on/Bukowski Erykah Badu[citation needed] Monger, James Christopher. "John Congleton | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2021. "John Congleton". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-03-20. "Instagram". https://www.grammy.com/news/chicano-batman-new-album-notebook-fantasy-interview-carlos-arevalo. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) "Floodlights Drop New Single & Sign with PIAS". "POWER". "Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven". Pitchfork. ""In the studio, everyone is a sad, tragic animal that has no idea what they're doing - no matter how successful they are": Mogwai producer John Congleton". 4 February 2025. "PUP Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song "Hallways"". Pitchfork. 12 February 2025. "Sarah Kinsley discusses handing over the productions reigns". 9 September 2024. "Instagram". "Hold/Still, by Suuns". "The Wombats Announce New Album 'Oh! The Ocean' | News". 15 October 2024. "John Congleton". 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 https://songexploder.net/sharon-van-etten 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 tape op live interview by larry crane interview with radio.com interview with Myspace Interview gearwire Interview - popmatters (August 2006) 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 Interview on Unstoppable Recording Machine Interview on Never Meet Your idols