Matthew Cullen is a freelance Recording Engineer, Musician and Producer......OK, i'll drop the third person bit......

I live in Kingston NY but I was born in the UK. Moved to the US 13 years ago.


I have played with, Ultraam, Nina Violet,Robyn Hitchcock,Duke McVinnie,Willy Mason, Man Forever, various members of Mercury Rev and Pauline Oliveros...... amongst others.

I make a living recording bands...... Over the years I have recorded and/or mixed albums by Bettye LaVette ( Thankful n Thoughtful) My Morning Jacket ( Z ) , Madeleine Peyroux ( Standing on a Rooftop ) , Rachael Yamagata ( Elephants ) , Mercury Rev ( The Secret Migration ) , Martha Wainwright ( Martha Wainwright ) , Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan ( Sunday at Devil Dirt and Hawk ) , Ray LaMontagne ( 'Till The Sun Turns Black ) ,Glenn Jones( Barbecue Bob in Fishtown) ,Lizz Wright ( Orchard),Tall Tall Trees ( Moment), Meredith Sheldon,Duncan Sheik,  The Holmes Brothers ( State of Grace ),Susana Baca ( Travesias), Rebbeka Bakan, Alyssa Graham( Lock Stock & Soul ), Willy Mason, Sean Lennon, Kemp & Eden ( Black Hole Lace), Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Yoko Ono, The Flaming Lips / Plastic Ono Band, The Lemonheads, Dr John, Mandy Moore ( Wild Hope ), Nicolai Dunger, Cassandra Wilson, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Amy Cook ( Summer Skin ), Blueberry, Johnny Society, Nervous Cabaret, Bronwyn Exter, Meshell Ndegeocello, Laika Fatien,Donna The Buffalo and many, many more.

I have been a contributing writer for TapeOp Magazine since the late 90's.

When not helping other people make records I can be found fiddling around in my studio, The Nightmare Room, some of the fruits of which can be found here.....

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