Matthew Sim
Bio
Matt Sim is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning mixer (Stereo/Dolby Atmos), mastering engineer & producer. After he graduated from Berklee College of Music, he moved to New York City and spent the next decade working as a staff mixer at the legendary Germano Studios/The Hit Factory NYC. He is currently signed to Warner Music Asia as their in house Dolby Atmos Music Mixer as well as a pre-approved Dolby Atmos Mixer for Universal Music and Sony Music. He travels extensively but is based in Hong Kong and works from his home studio.
During his time at Germano Studios NYC, he had worked with an impressive list of artists including Post Malone, Big Sean, Idina Menzel, Desiigner, Billy Porter, Pusha T, Bette Midler, John Legend, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Thirdstory, Bon Jovi, John Mayer, Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla $ign, Bettye Labette, Pentatonix, Joan Jett, Travis Scott, J Balvin, Gucci Mane, John Splithoff, Murda Beatz, Jake Paul, Steve Epstein, Zayn, The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, Frank Ocean, Mark Ronson, Volbeat, Lil Uzi Vert, J Cole, IAM, Dream Theater, A$AP Ferg, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Theo Croker, DJ Mustard and many more.
In addition to his work with major American artists, he has also mixed for a lot of international artists including: Aya Nakamura, Jackson Wang, Panthepack, Jojo Siwa, G.E.M, BM@Kard, Karen Mok, Eason Chan, Tia Ray, ONER, Hua Chenyu, OBOY, Dayboyway, Dopebwoy, Naezy, Ph-1, Nafla, Changbin (Stray kids), Young Jae, Loopy, Rose Villain, Theo Croker, OSN, Milli, Twopee Southside, Ramengvrl, Daun Jatuh and many more.
Here’s a list of awards and nominations he received recently:
2021 Asian Pop Music Awards winner of “Best Chinese Group” – Panthaepack’s “The Pack” album & “Best Chinese New Artist” with Haezee’s “Love Maze” album
2021 Golden Indie Music Awards winner of “Best Alternative Pop Album” with Matzka’s “Back To The Roots” album
2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards winner of “Best New Asian Artist – Mandarin” with Anson Lo.
2021 Golden Melody Awards winner of “Best Instrumental album producer award” with Hirsk’s “noista/gia” album
2021 “Nuit” by OBOY is certified Gold in France
2021 “Omega” album by OBOY is certified Gold in France
2020 Golden Melody Awards nomination with GEM’s “City Zoo” Album for Album of the year, Song of the year, Best Mandopop album, Best songwriter, & Best female artist category
2020 “Je M’en Tape” by Aya Nakamura, OBOY & Dopebwoy is certified Gold in France
2020 “Avec Toi” by OBOY is certified Gold in France
2020 First Prize as a producer and mixer for Sprite at the 2020 Content Marketing Awards in China.
2019 Golden Melody Awards nomination with Eason Chan’s “LOVE” album for “Album of the Year” & winner of “Producer of the year” category.
2017, 2018 Grammy Nominated for his work on “Carosell”, “Hello Dolly”, “Things have changed” for Best Musical Theater album, Best Americana album and Best traditional blues album.
2016 German Echo Award (German Grammy) nomination with Theo Croker’s “Escape Velocity” for the Best instrumental jazz category.
In 2017, he co-designed APS/Germano Acoustic AEON II studio monitor. He was also featured on Sennheiser Pro Talk series in 2020 and was endorsed by Avid, Antelope Audio, Blacklion Audio, APS studio monitors, Aria Mastering, Nugen Audio & Sample Magic. In 2020, he was also approved as a certified Apple Digital Mastering studio.
Quotes
DarkFire
DarkFire brings back memories of my dad's old cassette tape boombox, with its straightforward 3-band EQ that I enjoyed so much. I appreciate its intuitive design; it was a delight to turn up the drive and adjust the knobs, watching the magic unfold. It’s very 90s to me somehow