Carlos de la Garza (music producer)
Carlos de la Garza | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Cerritos, California, U.S. |
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| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Carlos de la Garza is an American mixer, record producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter based in Los Angeles.
Early life[edit]
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[edit]
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 to 1993 and popular ska punk band Reel Big Fish, in which he played drums from 1999 to 2003.[4][5]
De la Garza's two daughters, Lucia and Mila, are members of the punk rock band The Linda Lindas.[6]
Discography[edit]
| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
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| 2023 | Paramore & The Linda Lindas | "The News (Re: The Linda Lindas)" | Atlantic Records | Producer |
| Cold War Kids | "Run Away With Me" | Producer | ||
| The Linda Lindas | "Too Many Things" | Epitaph | Producer | |
| Destroy Boys | "Beg For The Torture" | Hopeless Records | Co-writer, producer | |
| Paramore | This Is Why | Atlantic Records | Producer | |
| M83 | "Oceans Niagara" | Engineer | ||
| Spiritual Cramp | Spiritual Cramp | Blue Grape | Producer | |
| 2022 | Friday Pilots Club | "Bury Me" | Co-write, co-producer | |
| HUNNY | Homesick EP | Epitaph Records | 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] | |
| 2002 | Reel Big Fish | Cheer Up! | Mojo, Jive | Drums, Percussion |
Awards[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ Major, Michael. "Los Angeles Indie-Pop Band HUNNY Share New EP 'Homesick'". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c Wong, Martin (April 21, 2014). "8 Questions with Carlos de la Garza/Music Friends Studio". ImprintLab.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Ziggy Marley wins Best Reggae Album for 'Ziggy Marley'". Grammy.com. February 12, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ Miner, Patrick (February 8, 1999). "Reel Big Fish reels in new talent, album". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Reel Big Fish Hire New Drummer, Tour Canada". Chart Attack. June 18, 2003. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "'Whoa, this is crazy': L.A. teen punks the Linda Lindas on going viral (just before finals)". Los Angeles Times. May 23, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ "Cherry Glazerr". SXSW.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Paramore Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ Coscarelli, Joe (April 19, 2017). "Paramore Bounces Back With Old Faces and a New Sound". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Carlos de la Garza credits". Allmusic.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Carlos de la Garza discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ Moayeri, Lily (May 31, 2016). "Ziggy Marley on 'Ziggy Marley'". Mix Online. Retrieved January 30, 2018.