Pat Dillett Explained

Patrick Dillett
Birth Name:	Patrick Dillett
Occupation:	Record producer, mixer, recording engineer

Patrick “Pat” Dillett is a 4 x Grammy winning New York based record producer, mixer & sound engineer. He is known for his working relationships with David Byrne, Nile Rodgers, and Thomas Bartlett a/k/a Doveman.^[1] He has worked with notable artists including They Might Be Giants, Sufjan Stevens, Rhye, Angelique Kidjo, the Gloaming, Glen Hansard, Chris Thile, Laurie Anderson, Marisa Monte, St. Vincent, Caetano Veloso and the National, as well as successful pop and R&B singers Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey.^[2]

Selected discography

Production

They Might Be Giants – every album since Factory Showroom (1996)
1998: Lounge Lizards – Queen of All Ears (co-produced with John Lurie)
1998: Soul Coughing - El Oso
2004: David Byrne – Grown Backwards (co-produced with Byrne)
2005: Doveman – Acrobat (co-produced with Dougie Bowne)
2009: Doveman – The Conformist
2009: Tegan and Sara – "Alligator (remix)"
2012: David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant (co-produced & mixed with Byrne, Annie Clark and John Congleton)
2012: Julia Stone – By the Horns
2014: Angelique Kidjo – Eve
2018: David Byrne – American Utopia (co-produced with Byrne and Rodaidh McDonald)
2019: Joe Jackson – Fool
2020: Marvin Pontiac – The Asylum Tapes
2021: Steely Dan –
2023: Joe Jackson – What a Racket!
2024: Lizzie No - Halfsies (co produced with Graham Richman and Lizzie No)

Mixing

1990: Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
1991: Caetano Veloso – Circuladô
1991: Ryuichi Sakamoto – Heartbeat
1993: Queen Latifah – Black Reign
1996: Aaliyah – One in a Million
1999: Arto Lindsay – Prize
2000: Marisa Monte – Memories, Chronicles and Declarations of Love
2007: Mary J. Blige – Growing Pains
2008: David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
2009: Bebel Gilberto – All in One
2010: The National – High Violet
2011: My Brightest Diamond – All Things Will Unwind
2011: Marisa Monte – O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade
2012: Glen Hansard – Rhythm and Repose
2012: Julia Stone – By the Horns
2012: Donald Fagen – Sunken Condos
2013: Rhye – Woman
2013: Trixie Whitley – Fourth Corner
2014: The Gloaming – The Gloaming
2014: Anna Calvi – Strange Weather
2014: Dawn Landes – Bluebird
2015: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
2015: Matthew E. White – Fresh Blood
2016: Kishi Bashi – Sonderlust
2017: St. Vincent – Masseducation
2017: Chris Thile – Thanks for Listening
2017: Blonde Redhead – 3 O'Clock
2018: They Might Be Giants – I Like Fun
2019: Kishi Bashi – Omoiyari
2019: Norah Jones – Begin Again
2019: Oh Land – Family Tree
2020: Owen Pallett – Island
2020: Haux – Violence in a Quiet Mind
2020: Charli Adams – Good at Being Young
2022: Henry Jamison – The Years
2023: Paul Simon – Seven Psalms
2024: Hollow Coves – Nothing to Lose
2024: Lizzie No – Halfsies
2024: Vancouver Sleep Clinic – Someone to Stay (acoustic)

Recording and engineering

1989: Diana Ross – Workin' Overtime
1992: Chic – "Chic Mystique"
2003: Mary J. Blige – Love and Life
2005: The Notorious B.I.G. –
2010: Laurie Anderson – Homeland
2017: St. Vincent – Masseduction

Soundtrack and film

1995: Get Shorty (recording and mixing)^[3]
2002: Maid in Manhattan (engineer)^[2] ^[3]
2009: Dark Was the Night – various artists benefit album for the Red Hot Organization (DVD mixing)^[3]
2013: A Portrait of Marina Abramović (mixing)^[4]

Notes and References

News: Crane. Larry. Opportunities to Make Something Exciting. 2010-09-15. Tape Op. 2010-09-15. January 16, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116111906/http://tapeop.com/articles/79/pat-dillett/. live.
Web site: Dillett . Patrick . Credits . . April 1, 2015 . June 25, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625162634/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/patrick-dillett-mn0000160540/credits . live.
Web site: Discography - Patrick Dillett . . January 31, 2019 . February 19, 2024.
Trailer: 130919 - A Portrait of Marina Abramović by Matthew Placek . Matthew Placek . . short film video trailer. March 7, 2015 . February 20, 2024.