Nick Sylvester

Nick Sylvester
Born
Nick Sylvester

Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • music executive
Years active2008–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • synthesizers
  • drums
  • vocals


Formerly ofMr. Dream

Nick Sylvester is an American record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music executive. He is best known for his writing and production work with Channel Tres and Yaeji,[1] and as the creative co-founder of Godmode Music.[2]

Early life and education

Sylvester was born and raised in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia.[3] In high school, he played trumpet professionally in wedding and jazz bands.[4][5]

Sylvester attended St. Joseph's Prep and Harvard University, where he was a writer for The Harvard Lampoon concurrently with Colin Jost, Simon Rich, and Zach Kanin.[6] In 2002, Sylvester raced Albert Hammond Jr. and Julian Casablancas of The Strokes in a go-kart race hosted by the Lampoon in the streets of Cambridge.[7][4]

Career

Journalism, writing

Sylvester wrote about pop, rap, dance, indie and experimental music for the music publication Pitchfork from 2002 to 2006 and served as an editor from 2004 to 2006.[8]

In 2006, while he was a writer and senior associate editor at The Village Voice, he was suspended for his essay “Do You Wanna Kiss Me?”, a piece about Neil Strauss's The Game, after the essay was revealed to contain fabrications about a secret society of pickup artists.[9] Later that year, he was hired as a writer by The Colbert Report, and continued to write articles for n+1, The Wire, and New York Magazine.[10]

Songwriting, record production

From 2008 to 2012, Sylvester produced, co-wrote, and played drums in the Brooklyn punk rock music group Mr. Dream. In 2009, Sylvester lived with James Murphy in Los Angeles during the recording of the music that would become LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening.[11] His time in Los Angeles with Murphy was when Sylvester extensively learned how to record, mix, and produce.[12] Sylvester also wrote an essay for the release of Shut Up and Play the Hits, and he also performed in the men's chorus for the then-final LCD Soundsystem shows in 2011.[13]

In 2014, he produced La Isla Bonita by Deerhoof, as well as the Northtown and Ratchet by Shamir.[14] In 2016, Sylvester moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his career as a songwriter and record producer.[15] He has co-written, produced, recorded, mixed, and remixed for a variety of artists, including Channel Tres, Yaeji, Shopping, Honey Dijon, Denzel Curry, Tyler, The Creator, JPEGMafia, and The Dare.

In 2017, he co-founded Godmode Music, an artist development company that blended traditional record label and management, based originally on his vanity label for Mr. Dream.[16] Sylvester co-wrote and produced the recordings of the artists signed to the company. At Godmode, he also co-developed the music workflow app Bounce.[17] He exited the company in 2022 and started a new label, called smartdumb, in 2023.[6]

In 2022, it was announced that Sylvester had scored the 30 for 30 documentary “American Son” about tennis player Michael Chang, directed by Jay Caspian Kang.[18]

Personal life

Sylvester married ESPN analyst Mina Kimes in 2015, and lives in Los Angeles with their dog Lenny.[6] Their first child, a boy, was born in fall 2023.

Discography

Songwriter and record producer[19]

Year Artist Song Album
Uffie "Oopsie" Oopsie/Alchemy
2023 "Alchemy"
Isola "Last Winter" LP1
"Too Soon"
"Red Balloon"
"Aquarius"
"Heaven"
"In the Dead of Night"
"For Thee I Sing"
"Prayer"
"Sundowner"
The Dare "Sex" Sex EP
Avalon Emerson "Karaoke Song" & the Charm
Channel Tres "Sleep When I'm Dead" Real Cultural Shit
"6am"
"Just Can't Get Enough"
"Big Time"
"All My Friends"
2022 Channel Tres "Acid In My Blood" Acid / Ganzfeld
"Ganzfeld Experiment"
"No Limit" non-album single
Honey Dijon "Show Me Some Love" Black Girl Magic
PawPaw Rod "Message (Better Days)" Another PawPaw Rod EP
"Beautiful"
"Lovetap"
"Shining Star"
2021 LoveLeo "BUZZCUT" non-album single
"TUNG TIED" non-album single
PawPaw Rod "HIT EM WHERE IT HURTS" A PawPaw Rod EP
"Glass House"
"Thin Lines"
"Lemonhaze"
2020 Isola "Ischia" EP1
"Any Day"
"Canis Major"
"Said It Again"
"Two Birds"
"La Notte"
"Ricorda - Tell Me"
Channel Tres "i can’t go outside - intro" I Can't Go Outside
"2000 chevy malibu"
"skate depot"
"broke down kid interlude"
"fuego" (feat. Tyler, the Creator)
LoveLeo "BOYFREN" LOOK AT THIS MESS IVE MADE
"RECENTLY DELETED"
"AHHHHHHH"
"HEAD OVER HEELS"
"ROSIE"
"LEMONS"
"BABYFREEZE"
"ROCKBOTTOM"
2019 Channel Tres "Orpheus" Black Moses
"Brilliant Nigga"
"Black Moses" (ft. JPEGMafia)
"Sexy Black Timberlake"
"Raw Power"
2018 Channel Tres St. Julian (Intro) Channel Tres EP
"Controller"
"Jet Black"
"Topdown"
Mai Lan "Peru" Autopilote
"Pumper"
"Nail Polish"
"Missile"
"Dial My Number"
"Blaze Up"
"Clermont"
"Time To Fade"
"Technique"
"Pas d'amour"
2017 Yaeji "Feelings Change" EP2
"Raingurl"
"Drink I'm Sippin' On"
"After That"
"Passionfruit"
"Therapy" Therapy
"Last Breath" Last Breath
Mai Lan "Vampire" Autopilote
2016 Yaeji "New York 93" Yaeji
"Guap"
"Noonside"
"Feel It Out"
"Full Of It"
Mai Lan "Technique" Vampire EP
"Haze"
2015 Shamir "Vegas" Ratchet
"Make A Scene"
"On the Regular"
"Call It Off"
"Hot Mess"
"Demon"
"In For The Kill"
"Youth"
"Darker"
"Head in the Clouds"
"KC"
Sky Ferreira "I Blame Myself" (Negative Supply Remix) non-album remix
2014 Deerhoof Paradise Girls La Isla Bonita
Mirror Monster"
"Doom"
"Last Fad"
"Tiny Bubbles"
"Exit Only"
"Big House Waltz"
"God 2"
"Black Pitch"
"Oh Bummer"
Shamir "If It Wasn’t True" Northtown
"I Know It’s A Good Thing"
"Sometimes A Man"
"I’ll Never Be Able To Love"
"Lived and Died Alone"

Mr. Dream

Album Release Year
The Ultimate in Luxury 2014
Fatherland 2012
Trash Hit 2011
No Girls Allowed 2010
Mr. Dream Goes to Jail 2009

References

  1. ^ Hsu, Hua (March 30, 2020). "Yaeji's New Mixtape Is the Opposite of Social Distancing". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Ross, Danny (November 28, 2017). "Why 'NY Versus LA?' Is The Wrong Question". Forbes. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. ^ Tornoe, Rob (October 18, 2019). "ESPN Daily podcast host Mina Kimes has Philly ties and an appreciation of Terry Gross". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Sylvester '00 Journeys to the Top of the Music Scene". St. Joseph's Preparatory School. July 14, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "Death of a Mr. Dream". The Awl. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Fraser, Belle (July 13, 2023). "Who is Nick Sylvester, Mina Kimes' husband?". Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "Strokes Punish 'Poonster In Go-Kart Around Castle | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  8. ^ "Nick Sylvester: Contributor". Pitchfork. February 16, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "Ex-'Poon Editor Caught in Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  10. ^ Jedrzejczak, Antonina. "Here Are Five Great Things That Can Happen To You After A Career-Shattering Media Gaffe". Business Insider. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  11. ^ Breihan, Tom (March 20, 2007). "Status Ain't Hood Interviews LCD Soundsystem". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  12. ^ Development, PodBean. "Nick Sylvester of Godmode on becoming a producer, learning from James Murphy, and developing artists like Shamir, Yaeji, and LoveLeo | Fluxpod". fluxpod.podbean.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  13. ^ Lovelace, Will; Southern, Dylan (October 9, 2012), Shut Up And Play The Hits, Oscilloscope, retrieved October 31, 2023
  14. ^ "Stream Godmode's Common Interests Were Not Enough To Keep Us Together Comp". Stereogum. February 14, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  15. ^ Sylvester, Nick (August 8, 2017). "The Internet Doesn't Matter, You're Making Music in L.A." Vulture. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  16. ^ "GODMODE – Impose Magazine". imposemagazine.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  17. ^ Eggertsen, Chris (October 30, 2019). "Music Workflow App Bounce Launches Public Version". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  18. ^ Hayes, Dade (September 1, 2022). "Tennis Great Michael Chang To Be Profiled In ESPN Films '30 For 30' Documentary 'American Son'". Deadline. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  19. ^ "Nick Sylvester Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

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