Andy LeMaster

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Andy LeMaster
Origin	Athens, Georgia
Genres	Indie Rock Experimental Rock Electronic Music Singer/Songwriter
Occupation(s)	Songwriter Musician Producer Engineer
Instruments	Guitar Bass Voice Synths Programming
Labels	Saddle Creek Records
Associated acts	Now It's Overhead Bright Eyes Michael Stipe Azure Ray Maria Taylor

Andy LeMaster is an American musician, songwriter, engineer, and producer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band in the 2000s was Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and contributed to many albums since he began recording in the late 1990s, including many Saddle Creek releases by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray, Maria Taylor, and Orenda Fink. He is co-owner of Chase Park Transduction studio in Athens with fellow producer/engineer/musician, David Barbe. He's been a frequent touring member of Bright Eyes since the late 1990s, and has performed live as a band member with many other artists including Azure Ray, Fischerspooner, and Michael Stipe. LeMaster is also a talented visual artist, and has done all the covers for Now It's Overhead's records.

Album appearances[]

see also albums by Now It's Overhead

1998[]

• Bright Eyes – Letting off the Happiness (1998) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Performance
• Drive-By Truckers – Gangstabilly (1998) – Soul Dump Records/New West Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Macha – Self-titled (1998) – Jetset Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Drip – Inside Job (1998) – Ghostmeat Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

1999[]

• Macha – See It Another Way (1999) – Jetset Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Drive-By Truckers – Pizza Deliverance (1999) – Ghostmeat Records/New West Records – Mixing
• David Dondero – Pity Party (1999) – Ghostmeat Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2000[]

• Bright Eyes – Fevers and Mirrors (2000) – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Performance
• Lona – To the Nth (2000) – Ghostmeat Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2001[]

• Now It's Overhead – Self-titled (2001) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Bright Eyes – Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes (2001) – Saddle Creek Records – Performance
• David Barbe – Comet of the Season (2001) – Backburner Records – Production, Assistant Engineering, Performance
• Seaworthy – Ride (2001) – Jetset Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2002[]

• Bright Eyes – Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002) – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, String and Horn Arrangements, Performance
• Bright Eyes – There Is No Beginning to the Story (2002) – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Horn Arrangements, Performance
• Azure Ray – November EP (2002) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• R.E.M. – R.E.M.I.X. (2002) – Warner Bros. Records – Production, Mixing, Performance
• Lovers – Starlit Sunken Ship (2002) – Orange Twin Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Mayday – Old Blood (2002) – Saddle Creek Records – Performance

2003[]

• Azure Ray – Hold On Love (2003) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Azure Ray – The Drinks We Drank Last Night (2003) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Various Artists – Saddle Creek 50 (2003) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Pacific UV – Self-titled (2003) – Warm Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• The Few – Self-titled (2003) – PSB Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2004[]

• Now It's Overhead – Fall Back Open (2004) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Now It's Overhead – Wait In a Line (2004) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Macha – Forget Tomorrow (2004) – Jetset Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Azure Ray – New Resolution (2004) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Bright Eyes – Take It Easy (Love Nothing)) (2004) – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering
• Lovers – Gutter and the Garden (2004) – Orange Twin Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• The Good Life – Lovers Need Lawyers (2004) – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing

2005[]

• Bright Eyes – I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005) · Saddle Creek Records – Performance
• Bright Eyes – Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (2005) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Performance
• Maria Taylor – 11:11 (2005) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Orenda Fink – Invisible Ones (2005) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Mayday – Bushido Karaoke (2005) – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing
• Amy Ray – Prom (2005) – Daemon Records – Performance
• Various Artists – Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2006[]

• Now It's Overhead – Dark Light Daybreak (2006) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Michael Stipe Featuring Chris Martin – In the Sun (Gulf Coast Relief) – EP (2006) – Warner Bros. Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Bright Eyes – Noise Floor (Rarities 1998–2005 (2006) – Saddle Creek Records – Performance

2007[]

• Maria Taylor – Lynn Teeter Flower (2007) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Now It's Overhead – Dark Light Daybreak (Live in the Studio EP (2007) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Bright Eyes – Four Winds (2007) – Saddle Creek Records – Performance
• Bright Eyes – Cassadaga (2007) – Saddle Creek Records – Performance
• Art In Manilla – Set the Woods On Fire (2007) – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing
• Mezzanine Owls – Slingshot Echoes (2007) – Mezzanine Owls Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Summerbirds In the Cellar – With the Hands of the Hunter It All Becomes Dead (2007) – Slow January Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2008[]

• Conor Oberst – Self-titled (2008) – Merge Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Magnetic Morning – A.M. (2008) – Friend Or Faux Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Rig 1 – Above the Tree Line West of the Periodic (2008) – Team Love Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• The Fatales – Great Surround (2008) – Monopsone Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Mezzanine Owls – Snowglobe – 7 Inch’’ (2008) – Jaxart Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing

2009[]

• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South (2009) – Merge Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Orenda Fink – Ask the Night (2009) – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Taylor Hollingsworth – Life With a Slow Ear (2009) – Team Love Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Maria Taylor – LadyLuck (2009) – Nettwerk Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster – Savannah Drive (2009) – Nettwerk Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Har Mar Superstar – Dark Touches (2009) – Dilettante – Mixing
• James Husband – A Parallax I (2009) – Polyvinyl Record Co. – Mixing

2010[]

• Elf Power – Elf Power" (2010) – Orange Twin Records – Engineering, Mastering
• Azure Ray – Drawing Down the Moon (2010) – Saddle Creek Records – Performance, Additional Engineering
• Various Artists – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine (2010) – Oh Boy Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Venice Is Sinking – Sand & Lines (2010) – One Percent Press Records – Engineering
• New Idea Society – Somehow Disappearing (2010) – SHYE Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2011[]

• Bright Eyes – The People's Key (2011) – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Performance
• Drive-By Truckers – Ugly Buildings, Whores, and Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009 (2011) – New West Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Haroula Rose – These Open Roads (2011) – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2012[]

• Conor Oberst – One of My Kind (2012) – Team Love Records – Engineering, Performance
• Whispertown – Parallel (2012) – Acony Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Conduits – Self-titled (2012) – Team Love Records – Mixing
• Azure Ray – As Above So Below (2012) – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• White Violet – Hiding, Mingling (2012) – Normaltown Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• The Casket Girls – Sleepwalking (2012) – Graveface Records – Mixing
• Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance (2012) – ATO Records – Engineering

2013[]

• Western Lows – Glacial (2013) – Jaxart Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Alessi's Ark – The Still Life (2013) – Bella Union – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Amanda Shires – Down Fell The Doves (2013) – Lightning Rod Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Pacific UV – After the Dream You Are Awake (2013) – Mazarine Records – Mixing
• Lovers – A Friend in the World (2013) – Badman Recording Co. – Mixing
• Maria Taylor – Something About Knowing (2013) – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing
• Yip Deceiver – Medallius" (2013) – New West Records – Mixing
• Shonna Tucker and Eye Candy – A Tell All (2013) – Sweet Nectar Records – Mixing
• Dead Confederate – In the Marrow (2013) – Spiderbomb Records – Engineering

2014[]

• The Casket Girls – True Love Kills the Fairy Tale (2014) – Graveface Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain (2014) – Nonesuch Records – Engineering, Performance
• Michael Stipe – The Cold Lands Soundtrack (2014) – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Young Statues – The Flatlands Are Your Friend (2014) – Run for Cover Records – Production, Engineering, Performance

2015[]

• Reptar – Lurid Glow (2015) – Joyful Noise Recordings – Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Des Ark – Everything Dies (2015) – Graveface Records – Mixing, Performance
• Thayer Sarrano – Shaky (2015) – Guildwater Group – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Yip Deceiver – YPD E.P. (2015) – New West Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Packway Handle Band / Jim White – Take It Like a Man (2015) – Yep Roc Records – Engineering, Performance
• Ruby the RabbitFoot & Yip Deceiver – Take a Bow/Crush – Single (2015) – Normaltown Records – Engineering, Mixing
• The Casket Girls + Stardeath and White Dwarfs – What Keeps You Up At Night – EP (2015) – Graveface Records – Engineering, Mixing

2016[]

• Ruby the RabbitFoot – Divorce Party (2016) – Normaltown Records – Production, Engineering, Performance, Mixing
• Bright Eyes – The Studio Albums 2000–2011 (2016) – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Performance
• The Casket Girls – The Night Machines (2016) – Graveface Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Haroula Rose – Here the Blue River (2016) – Little Bliss Records – Production, Engineering, Performance

2017[]

• Conor Oberst – Salutations (2017) – Nonesuch Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Black Kids – Rookie (2017) – Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Nana Grizol – Ursa Minor (2017) – Orange Twin Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing

2018[]

• Fischerspooner – SIR (2018) – Ultra Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Michael Stipe – Souris Calle – Souris Nocturne (2018) – Perrotin – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• The Glands – Double Coda (2018) – New West Records – Engineering, Mixing
• Neighbor Lady – Maybe Later (2018) – Friendship Fever – Mixing
• Azure Ray – Waves (2018) – Flower Moon Records – Mixing
• Violet Delancey – Columbia Road (2018) – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Thayer Sarrano – I Will Never Be Used To Your Beauty (2018) – Guildwater Group – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Glowworm – Can't Let Go – Single (2018) – Post Dog Productions – Mixing

2019[]

• Better Oblivion Community Center – Self-titled (2019) – Dead Oceans – Production, Engineering, Performance
• Michael Stipe – "Your Capricious Soul" (2019) – Songwriting, Production, Performance^[1]

2020[]

• Bright Eyes (band) – Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was (2020) – Performance

References[]

External links[]

• Saddle Creek Records
• Chase Park Transduction Studio
• Official Now It's Overhead Website
• Wonderful Scar live video