Joel Hamilton (born 1980) is an American Brooklyn-based record producer, audio engineer and musician. Hamilton performs as a musician for the band

Book of Knots The Book of Knots is an American experimental art rock band consisting of the members Matthias Bossi, Joel Hamilton, Carla Kihlstedt and Tony Maimone. History The Book of Knots was formed in 2003 by three core band members Joel Hamilton, Matth ...

. He is also a producer and engineer at Studio G in

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. In the summer of 2014, Hamilton appeared as the host of a web series produced by

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and

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named "Art of Sound", which focuses on the connection between the physical, technical and emotional sides of music and sound. He hosted many musicians and sound engineers to conduct experiments on a wide variety of sound-related topics. Hamilton has been a guest speaker and panelist at: Nordic Music Week, Norway (2012 and 2013), Pot Luck Con., Tucson (2012), AES Latin America (2011, 2019), and Tape Op Con., Tucson (2006).

Credits

Hamilton has produced and mixed three studio albums for

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band

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. The band’s debut album ''

Mister Asylum ''Mister Asylum'' is the debut album by American rock band Highly Suspect, released on July 17, 2015. It features the singles "Lydia" and " Bloodfeather". Reception The album debuted at No. 56 on ''Billboard'' 200, and No. 7 on the Top Rock A ...

'' was nominated for

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at the

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, and the song “

Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...

” was nominated for the

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. From their second album ''

The Boy Who Died Wolf ''The Boy Who Died Wolf'' is the second studio album by American rock band Highly Suspect. It was recorded in Bogotá, Colombia and Brooklyn, New York. The album's lead single "My Name Is Human" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock c ...

'', the song “

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” was nominated for Best Rock Song at the subsequent award ceremony.

's third album ''

MCID ''MCID'' (initialism for "My Crew Is Dope") is the third studio album by American rock band Highly Suspect, released on November 1, 2019. ''Loudwire'' named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019. History On August 16, 2019, Highly Suspect anno ...

'' (2019) includes: * "16”: charted #1 on the Billboard Rock Chart for three weeks * "Tokyo Ghoul” featuring

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* "These Days” which charted #24 on the Billboard Rock Chart on April 4, 2020. He produced and mixed Turkish mega-pop star Sertab Erner's rock band Oceans of Noise's self-titled debut EP in 2017. * Hamilton also produced, mixed and co-wrote the English lyrics to "Ayla", the title track from the Turkish film ''Ayla-Daughter of War'' (2017) (nominated for an

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in 2017). He produced and mixed Brkn Love's debut album for Universal Music, including the single "Shot Down”, which spent 10 weeks on the Billboard charts (peaking at #21 on September 21, 2019). He produced and mixed Norwegian band

Violet Road Violet Road is a Norway, Norwegian folk and rock band from Tromsø who sing mainly in English language, English. The band is made up of five members, the three brothers Håkon, Hogne, Halvard and Kjetil Holmstad-Solberg and Espen Høgmo. Earlier ...

's album ''Lines Across Light''. * This album includes the single "Monument”, which was featured in an NSB (Norwegian Rail) commercial and television campaign in 2018. He produced, engineered, and mixed the song "Og sangen kom fra havet” for artis
Ingvild Koksvik
who won the Arts Council of Norway's work grant for songwriters in 2018. Hamilton engineered and mixed

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's album ''Apache'', released on Tell It/ Kobalt in 2016; the album peaked on the Billboard chart at #38. Hamilton's work also includes: * Pretty Lights’ ''

A Color Map of the Sun ''A Color Map of the Sun'' is the fourth studio album by the American electronic music producer Pretty Lights, released on July 2, 2013 by Pretty Lights Music and 8 Minutes 20 Seconds Records. The album is Smith's second double album, as well a ...

'' - engineering, mixing and additional production (nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 2014

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) * Puss n Boots’ ''

No Fools, No Fun ''No Fools, No Fun'' is the debut full-length album by Brooklyn-based alt-country trio Puss n Boots, released on July 15, 2014, through Blue Note Records. It is a collection of five original and seven cover songs originally performed by artists i ...

'' - engineering and mixing from

Blue Note Records Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Or ...

* Tom Waits’ "Pray" - co-writing and production * Bonobo’s ''Migration'' – engineering (nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album and best Dance Recording 2017) * " Blakroc"- Co-production, engineering and mixing with

the Black Keys The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their ...

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's "

Postales ''Postales'' (Spanish "postcards") is the third studio album of singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno. The album was released on September 4, 2012 under the independent label Metamorfosis (label), Metamorfosis and includes 12 songs. The album was mixed an ...

"- Engineering and Mixing *

Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of ...

with

The Plastic Ono Band The Plastic Ono Band was a rock band formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 for their collaborative and solo projects based on their 1968 Fluxus conceptual art project of the same name. Lennon and Ono began a personal and artistic relati ...

Waiting for the D Train Waiting, Waitin, Waitin', or The Waiting may refer to: Film * Waiting (1991 film), ''Waiting'' (1991 film), a film by Jackie McKimmie * Waiting... (film), ''Waiting...'' (film), a 2005 film starring Ryan Reynolds * Waiting (2007 film), ''Waiting ...

" (song)- Mixing *

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's "Elegancia Tropical"- Engineering and mixing (Nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the

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2013) *

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"Live at Stubb's, Volume 2"- Mixing *

Jolie Holland Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, rock, jazz, and blues. Career Growing up in Houston, Texas, Jolie left in 1994, moving to Austin, New Orleans, and San Francisco before en ...

" The Living and The Dead" & "Pint of Blood"- Mixing *

Dub Trio Dub Trio is a dub/rock cross-over band from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. History Dub Trio consists of bassist Stu Brooks, guitarist DP Holmes, and drummer Joe Tomino. With the addition of electronic, rock, punk and heavy metal, the group pa ...

" Another Sound Is Dying" & all other

releases- Co-production, engineering and mixing *

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot (; born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably Tom Wait ...

's Ceramic Dog "

Party Intellectuals ''Party Intellectuals'' is the debut album by jazz fusion trio Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog. It was produced by Joel Hamilton and released June 24, 2008 on Pi Recordings. Reception Response was generally positive, with Metacritic assigning the al ...

"- Production and mixing *

Inner Party System Innerpartysystem (often stylized as InnerPartySystem) is an American electronic rock band. The group consists of Patrick Nissley, Jared Piccone and Wuki, Kris Barman. The band is well known for their live performance lighting largely by Andrew N ...

's self-titled album- Production, engineering and mixing *

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" Blood Run"- Production, engineering and mixing *

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- Production, engineering and mixing *

Sparklehorse Sparklehorse was an American indie rock band from Richmond, Virginia, led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous. Sparklehorse was active from 1995 until Linkous' 2010 death. Prior to forming Sparklehorse, Linkous fronted local bands ...

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" & "Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain"- Engineering *

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

"Beautiful" for the television series "House"- sound design engineering and programming *

Juiceboxxx Juiceboxxx is an American rapper, producer, and label-owner based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Music Juiceboxxx released his first album in 2005: ''R U There God?? Itz Me Juiceboxxx'' on Vicious Pop Records. In 2010, Juiceboxxx released two mixtap ...

's album
It's Easy to Feel Like Nobody When You're Living in the City
released on

Dangerbird Records Dangerbird Records is an independent record label in Los Angeles, California. The label is home to artists from around the world and part of the burgeoning Silver Lake music scene. The label has had international success from its small roster of ...

on February 28, 2020- Production and mixing
Thick
s album
5 Years Behind
released on

Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most acts signed to the label were punk and pop punk acts, while there are many post-hardcore and emo bands ...

on March 6, 2020- Production and mixing
Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown
s album
Truth and Lies
released for

Universal Records Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

in 2019- Production and mixing Hamilton has also mixed the film ''

Charlie Victor Romeo ''Charlie Victor Romeo'' is a 1999 play, and later a 2013 film based on the play, whose script consists of almost-verbatim transcripts from six real aviation accidents and incidents. "Charlie Victor Romeo," or CVR, derived from the aviation phon ...

'', which premiered as the official selection of the New Frontiers installation at The

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in 2013.

References

External links

Studio G Brooklyn: Joel Hamilton

AllMusic: Joel Hamilton

Art of Sound
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Joel 1972 births Living people American record producers American rock musicians American multi-instrumentalists American audio engineers Place of birth missing (living people)