Carlos de la Garza (music producer)
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| Origin | Cerritos, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
Carlos de la Garza is an American Grammy Award-winning mixer, record producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter based in Los Angeles.
Early life
De la Garza was born and raised in Cerritos, California. He started playing drums in high school and played in various local bands. While still in high school, he simultaneously joined Long Beach ska-punk band Suburban Rhythm and punk band F.Y.P, and later became a member of Reel Big Fish.
Music production and engineering
De la Garza has worked with artists and bands such as The Linda Lindas, Paramore, M83, Young the Giant, Jimmy Eat World, Teenage Wrist, Tegan and Sara, Wolf Alice, Cherry Glazerr, Best Coast, Hunny,[1] Wild Belle, Charly Bliss, Bad Religion, Ray Barbee, Fitz and the Tantrums, Third Eye Blind, Bleached, and Ziggy Marley, whose self-titled album mixed and engineered by de la Garza won a Grammy Award in 2016. Paramore's Self-titled album, which de la Garza engineered and performed on, also won a Grammy award for "Best Rock Song" in 2015. In 2018 Wolf Alice was awarded the Mercury Prize for their album "Visions of A Life", which de la Garza also engineered.[2][3]
In addition to his production and engineering work, de la Garza is an accomplished musician and multi-instrumentalist, being highly proficient in drums and percussion, guitar, bass, and keyboards. de la Garza was also a member of punk band F.Y.P. from 1991-1993 and popular ska punk band Reel Big Fish, in which he played drums from 1999-2003.[4][5]
Two of de la Garza's daughters, Lucia and Mila, are members of the punk rock band The Linda Lindas.[6]
Discography
| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
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| 2023 | Paramore | This Is Why | Atlantic Records | Producer |
| M83 | "Oceans Niagara" | Engineer | ||
| 2022 | Friday Pilots Club | "Bury Me" | Co-write, Co-producer | |
| 2021 | Hayley Williams | Flowers for Vases / Descansos | Atlantic Records | Mixer |
| Natalie Bergman feat. Beck | "You've Got A Woman" | Third Man Records | Mixer | |
| Man On Man | Self-titled LP | Polyvinyl Records | Mixer | |
| Third Eye Blind | Our Bande Apart | MegaCollider Records | Mixer | |
| The Linda Lindas | "Oh!" | Epitaph | Producer, engineer, mixer | |
| Justin Courtney-Pierre | An Anthropologist on Mars | Epitaph Records | Mixer | |
| 2020 | Becca Mancari | The Greatest Part | Captured Tracks | Mixer |
| Best Coast | Always Tomorrow | Concord Records | Producer, mixer, co-writer | |
| Elephant Castle | Cool To Be Unhappy EP | Old Wizard | Engineer, Mixer | |
| Hayley Williams | Petals for Armor | Atlantic Records | Engineer, Mixer | |
| Bad Religion | '"Faith Alone", "Emancipation of the Mind", "What Are We Standing For", "Lose Your Head (demo version)"' | Epitaph Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixer | |
| 2019 | All American Rejects | Send Her to Heaven | Epitaph Records | Mixer |
| Bad Religion | Age of Unreason | Epitaph Records | Producer, mixer, co-writer | |
| Charly Bliss | Young Enough | Barsuk Records | Mixer | |
| Cherry Glazerr | Stuffed and Ready | Secretly Canadian | Producer, mixer, co-writer | |
| HalfNoise | Natural Disguise | Congrats Records | Mixer | |
| HUNNY | Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. | Epitaph Records | Producer, Composer & Mixer | |
| Wild Belle | Everybody One of a Kind | Love Tone | Mixer, additional production | |
| Fitz and the Tantrums | All The Feels | Elektra Records | Engineer | |
| 2018 | Culture Abuse | Bay Dream | Epitaph Records | Producer, mixer, various instruments |
| Parade of Lights | Human Condition Pt. 1 & 2 | UMG Recordings | Producer, Writer & Engineer | |
| Plague Vendor | "Locomotive", "I Only Speak In Friction" | Epitaph Records | Mixer | |
| Teenage Wrist | Chrome Neon Jesus | Epitaph Records | Producer, co-writer, engineer, mixer | |
| The Wonder Years | Sister Cities | Hopeless Records | Mixer | |
| Wavves and Culture Abuse | "Big Cloud", "Up and Down" | Epitaph Records | Mixer | |
| Ziggy Marley | Rebellion Rises | Tuff Gong Worldwide | Engineer | |
| 2017 | Cherry Glazerr | Apocalipstick | Burger Records, Secretly Canadian | Producer, mixer[7] |
| Paramore | After Laughter | Fueled by Ramen | Mixer, engineer[8][9] | |
| Alvarez Kings | Somewhere Between | Sire, Warner Bros. | Producer, mixer[10] | |
| Wolf Alice | Visions of a Life | Dirty Hit | Engineer, additional percussion (tracks 7, 12)[10] | |
| 2016 | Wild Belle | Dreamland | Columbia | Bass, engineer, guitar[10] |
| Jimmy Eat World | Integrity Blues | RCA | Engineer[11] | |
| M83 | Junk | Naive, Mute | Engineer[10][2] | |
| Lyle Workman | Love (Original Netflix Series Soundtrack) | Independent | Mixer[10] | |
| School of Seven Bells | SVIIB | Vagrant | Engineer[11] | |
| The Naked and Famous | Simple Forms | Somewhat Damaged | Engineer[11] | |
| Bleached | Welcome the Worms | Dead Oceans | Producer, mixer, engineer[11] | |
| Ziggy Marley | Ziggy Marley | Tuff Gong Worldwide | Mixer, engineer[10][12] | |
| 2015 | Night Riots | Howl | Sumerian Records | Producer, mixer, engineer[10] |
| YACHT | I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler | Downtown Records | Engineer[11] | |
| WATERS | What's Real | Vagrant Records | Producer, mixer, engineer, various instruments[10] | |
| 2014 | Young the Giant | Mind over Matter | Fueled by Ramen | Engineer, percussion[11][2] |
| Jaymes Young | Habits of my Heart EP | Atlantic | Producer[10] | |
| The Colourist | The Colourist | Republic, Universal | Producer,[11] composer ("Tonight (Young Hearts)") | |
| M83 | Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Interscope Records | Engineer[10] | |
| The Downtown Fiction | Losers & Kings | Photo Finish Records | Producer, engineer[11] | |
| 2013 | Hellogoodbye | Everything is Debatable | Fearless Records | Additional production, drums[10] |
| Tegan and Sara | Heartthrob | Vapor, Warner Bros. | Engineer[11] | |
| Paramore | Paramore | Fueled by Ramen | Engineer, mixing engineer, vocal producer, percussion[11] | |
| 2012 | Neon Trees | Picture Show | Mercury | Engineer, percussion[10] |
| 2010 | Valencia | Dancing With a Ghost | I Surrender Records | Producer, engineer[10] |
| Neon Trees | Habits | Mercury | Engineer, mixer[11] |
Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2019 | "Rebellion Rises" (as Engineer) | Grammy Award: Best Reggae Album | Nominated |
| 2018 | "Visions of a Life" (as Engineer) | Mercury Prize | Won |
| 2017 | "Ziggy Marley" (as Mixer & Engineer) | Grammy Award: Best Reggae Album | Won |
| 2015 | "Ain't It Fun" (as Engineer, mixing engineer, vocal producer, percussion) | Grammy Award: Rock Song Of The Year | Won |
References
- ^ Major, Michael. "Los Angeles Indie-Pop Band HUNNY Share New EP 'Homesick'". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ a b c Wong, Martin (2014-04-21). "8 Questions with Carlos de la Garza/Music Friends Studio". ImprintLab.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ "Ziggy Marley wins Best Reggae Album for 'Ziggy Marley'". Grammy.com. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Miner, Patrick (1999-02-08). "Reel Big Fish reels in new talent, album". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ "Reel Big Fish Hire New Drummer, Tour Canada". Chart Attack. 2003-06-18. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Brown, August (May 23, 2021). "'This is crazy': L.A. teen punks the Linda Lindas on going viral (right before finals)". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021
- ^ "Cherry Glazerr". SXSW.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ "Paramore Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Coscarelli, Joe (2017-04-19). "Paramore Bounces Back With Old Faces and a New Sound". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Carlos de la Garza credits". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Carlos de la Garza discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Moayeri, Lily (2016-05-31). "Ziggy Marley on 'Ziggy Marley'". Mix Online. Retrieved 2018-01-30.