Matthew Sim

Bio

Matt Sim is a Grammy-nominated, award-winning mixer specializing in both stereo and immersive formats. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, he moved to New York City, where he spent the next decade as a staff mixer at the legendary The Hit Factory NYC. He is currently affiliated with Warner Music Asia as their in-house Dolby Atmos Music Mixer, as well as a pre-approved immersive mixer for Universal Music Group and Sony Music globally. He is based in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

During his tenure at The Hit Factory NYC, he engineered an impressive roster of artists, including Post Malone, Big Sean, Idina Menzel, Desiigner, Billy Porter, Pusha T, Bette Midler, John Legend, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Thirdstory, Bon Jovi, John Mayer, Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla $ign, Bettye LaVette, Pentatonix, Joan Jett, Travis Scott, J Balvin, Gucci Mane, John Splithoff, Murda Beatz, Jake Paul, Steve Epstein, Zayn, The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, Frank Ocean, Mark Ronson, Volbeat, Lil Uzi Vert, J Cole, IAM, Dream Theater, A$AP Ferg, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, DJ Mustard, and many more.

As a freelance mixer, he has worked with a wide array of internationally renowned artists, including The Chainsmokers, Illenium, Transformer:ONE, Yuqi (G)I-dle, Jon Bellion, X Ambassadors, Hit-Boy, Aya Nakamura, Jackson Wang, A-Lin, Panthepack, Jojo Siwa, Mark B, G.E.M, BM@Kard, illmind, Karen Mok, Eason Chan, Tia Ray, Thaitanium, Edis, Hua Chenyu, Dee Dee Bridgewater, OBOY, Dayboyway, Dopebwoy, Naezy, Ph-1, Nafla, Changbin (Stray Kids), Young Jae, Loopy, Rose Villain, Theo Croker, OSN, Milli, Twopee Southside, Ramengvrl, Benicio Bryant, and many others.

Recently, he has received several awards and nominations as a mixer, including:

• 2024: Nominated for “Best Global Album” at the Grammy Awards for Matt B’s “Alkebulan II”

• 2023 & 2024: Nominated for Best Engineered Album at the Golden Melody Awards for the Jude Chiu & Matzka album.

• 2023: Billboard Latin Rhythm Digital Singles Sales Chart #8 and Latin Digital Singles Sales Chart #16 for DABOYWAY X MARK B - Single "POGO"

• 2024: "Je M'en Tape" by Aya Nakamura, OBOY & Dopebwoy certified Gold in France

• 2023: “Omega” album by OBOY certified Platinum in France

• 2022: Golden Melody Awards nomination for Jude Chiu’s “The Last Aquarium” for Best Male Singer and Haezee’s “Love Maze” for Best New Artist.

• 2022: “Avec Toi” by OBOY certified Diamond in France

• 2022: “Nuit” by OBOY certified Platinum in France

• 2021: Asian Pop Music Awards winner of "Best Chinese Group" for Panthepack's "The Pack" album and "Best Chinese New Artist" for Haezee's "Love Maze" album

• 2021: Golden Indie Music Awards winner of "Best Alternative Pop Album" for Matzka's "Back To The Roots" album

• 2021: Mnet Asian Music Awards winner of "Best New Asian Artist - Mandarin" for Anson Lo

• 2021: Golden Melody Awards winner of “Best Instrumental Album Producer Award” for Hirsk’s “noista/gia” album

• 2020: Nominated for Billboard Music Awards “Top Dance/Electronic Album” and International Dance Music Awards “Best Album” for Illenium’s “Ascend” album

• 2020: Golden Melody Awards nomination for GEM’s “City Zoo” Album for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Mandopop Album, Best Songwriter, and Best Female Artist categories

• 2020: First Prize as a producer and mixer for Sprite at the 2020 Content Marketing Awards in China

• 2019: Illenium’s “Ascend” album reached No. 1 on Billboard US Top Dance/Electronic Album

• 2019: Golden Melody Awards nomination for Eason Chan’s “LOVE” album for "Album of the Year" and winner of "Producer of the Year"

• 2017 & 2018: Grammy-nominated for his work on “Carosell,” “Hello Dolly,” and “Things Have Changed” for Best Musical Theater Album, Best Americana Album, and Best Traditional Blues Album

• 2016: German Echo Award nomination with Theo Croker’s “Escape Velocity” for Best Instrumental Jazz category.

In 2017, he co-designed the APS/Germano Acoustic AEON II studio monitors. He was featured in the Sennheiser Pro Talk series in 2020 and is endorsed by brands like Avid, IK Multimedia, Izotope, Antelope Audio, Blacklion Audio, APS studio monitors, Aria Mastering, Nugen Audio, and Sample Magic. In 2020, he became a certified Apple Digital Mastering studio.