Michael Briggs is an audio engineer from Denton, Texas (USA) with more than 18 years recording experience who does recording, mixing, and mastering.
He is the owner of the recording studio Civil Recording. He is also also the founder of Gutterth Records, an independent record label, of Gutterth Productions, a live event productions and promotion company, and the Violitionist Sessions, the recording of exclusive live sessions.
ALBUMS
Blood Bells
Now The Dawn
2023, 7xFile, MP3, Album, Not On Label
Homewrecker & The Bedwetters
Undressing
2023
Lorelei K
Gucci Doom
2023
Noogy
Noogy
2021, CD, Album, Grimace Records
Rosegarden Funeral Party
In The Wake Of Fire
2021
Goodwill, Good Will
Am I Better In Your Head
2020
Mountain Of Smoke
Future Sins
2020
Lorelei K
Lightbender
2019, CD, Album, Not On Label (Lorelei K Self-released)
Better Now / Rei Clone / Crab Legs (2) / Smith + Robot
Split
2017, 12", Gre, Dirty Needle Records
Seres
Seres
2016, Cass, Album, Some Weird Sin Records
Flesh Narc
Slow Deep And Narc
2016
Problem Dogg
Problem Dogg
2014, CDr, Album, Not on Label (Problem Dogg Self-released)
New Science Projects
Bikini Salute
2011, CD, Gutterth Records
Upsetting
Dog Bite Forever
2025, CD, Album, Not On Label
Wish Kit
Guitars Take Flight
2024, Lathe, 10", EP, Cle, Not On Label
Venus Twins
RAXIS
2024
JAW/LINE
JAW/LINE
2023
Yatsu
It Can't Happen Here
2023
Home Is Where / Record Setter
Dissection Lesson
2022, Cass, Ltd, Father/Daughter Records, Topshelf Records (2)
Girlo
Candy / Battery
2022, 2xFile, MP3, Not On Label (Girlo Self-released)
BIGHAND//BIGKNIFE
BigHand//BigKnife's BHBK
2022, Cass, Advance, Album, Not On Label
Upsetting
Like Fire, Spreading Fast...
2022, CD, EP, Not On Label
Lorelei K
Swimming Pool Eternity: The Live Album
2022, Blu-ray, Album, Idol Records
Lorelei K
Swimming Pool Eternity
2022
Sexual Jeremy
The Real Sexual Jeremy
2022
The Chadbourne/Gonzalez Collusion
Irresponsible RocknRoll Shenanigans
2021, CD, Album, C.I.A. Records
Upsetting
A Cold, Lonely Place
2021, CD, EP, Not On Label
Portrayal Of Guilt / Chat Pile
Portrayal Of Guilt / Chat Pile Split
2021
Doomfall
Doomfall
2020, CD, Album, Dig, Not On Label
Jack Onion
Ambient Works 1
2020, Cass, Album, Left Hand Path Tapes (2)
Fists Of Fury
New Age Of Dread
2020
Record Setter
I Owe You Nothing
2020
Eat Avery's Bones
Where's Eat Avery's Bones?
2019, CD, Album, Dig, Trading Wreckage
Endless Caverns
III
2019, Lathe, 10", Ltd, Cle, Not On Label
Soggy
Passion Aggressive
2019, CD, EP, Barf Wave Records
Nosk
Locutus
2019
Maestro Maya
Maestro Maya
2019
Giant Of The Mountain
Nature's Wrath
2018, CD, Album, Not On Label
Mountain Of Smoke
Gods Of Biomechanics
2018, 10xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Goodwill, Good Will
Goodwill, Good Will
2018
Echo Spring
Echo Spring II
2018
Heavy Baby Sea Slugs
Teenage Graveyard Party
2017, 10", EP, "Li, Heavy Baby Records
Trap Lord
Drowning In The Wave
2017, CD, EP, Heavy Baby Records
Felt & Fur
Aftertouch
2017, CD, Album, Heavy Baby Records
Record Setter
Purge
2017
Two Knights
Effing
2017
Ostraca, Flesh Born
Faces Of The Moving Year
2017
Rei Clone
Wet
2016, CDr, Album, Pap, Smoked Cheese Records
Thin Skin (2) / Flesh Narc
Thin Skin / Flesh Narc
2016, Cass, Album, Pecan Crazy Records
Echo Spring
Echo Spring
2016, 6xFile, MP3, 320, Not On Label (Echo Spring Self-released)
Kaboom
Dead Horse
2016, Cass, Album, Ltd, C18, Already Dead
Giant Of The Mountain
The Empty Quarter
2016
Aztec Death
Machine
2016
Whimper
I Heard You The First Time
2015, 5xFile, ALAC, EP, Not On Label (Whimper (2) Self-Released)
Two Knights
Shut Up
2014
Football, Etc. & Square Business
Football, Etc. & Square Business
2012, Cass, ISA Tapes
Thin Skin
Modern Moms From Hell
Cass, Album, Not On Label (Thin Skin (2) Self-released)
APPEARANCES +
Lorelei K
Saint Groupie
2021, File, ALAC, Single, Idol Records
With Hidden Noise
Mayday
2025, 15xFile, FLAC, Album, Lossleader Records
die Strömms
Songs about Living
2025, File, AAC, MP3, Album, Killerbkilled Records
Losing Streak
Silent Treatment
2025, File, FLAC, WAV, Single, People of Punk Rock Records
Dormer.
Concerning You
2024, File, FLAC, Album, Lossleader Records
With Hidden Noise
Embrace
2024, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Slowly
Prayer To God
2024, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
With Hidden Noise
Found You
2024, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Maude Valérie White, Liza Lehmann, Sir Arthur Somervell
Splendid Tears: Settings Of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2024, CD, Album, EM Records (10)
Captain Moon & The Silver Spoons
In The Blue Light
2024, CD, Album, Absorption Band Records
Dormer.
Concerning Me
2023, 12xFile, FLAC, Album, Lossleader Records
Losing Streak
Stuck
2023, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Average Life Expectancy
GUN
2023, Cass, Album, Memory Terminal
Losing Streak
Stuck (single re-release)
2023, File, FLAC, Single, People of Punk Rock Records
Slowly
Blue Haven
2023, 2xFile, FLAC, EP, Lossleader Records
Lethal Dose
Blood On The Streets
2023, LP, Ltd, RE, Cle, Offside Records (2)
smothered
digest
2022, Cass, Album, Not On Label
Porch
In The End, You Choose Nobody
2022, 5xFile, FLAC, EP, Lossleader Records
Heavy Baby Sea Slugs
The Decline and Fall of Everything
2022, CD, Album, Dig, Heavy Baby Records
Slowly
Distance
2022, 11xFile, FLAC, Album, Lossleader Records
Trieste
Gone Under
2022
Sparkshimmer
Songs To Confine To
2021, File, MP3, EP, Not On Label
Donovan Ford
Of Late
2021, Cass, S/Sided, EP, A5 , Left Hand Path Tapes (2)
Lethal Dose
Blood On The Streets
2021, LP, S/Sided, Offside Records (2)
Trieste
Distant Shores
2021, File, AAC, Single, 256, Not On Label (Trieste (4) Self-released)
Hirata
Wolves Of Whittaker
2021, 10xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Hirata (8) Self-released)
Ryder Houston
6 Degrees
2021, 2xFile, WAV, Single, 320, Not On Label
Ryder Houston
My Mysterious Soundtrack
2021, 4xFile, WAV, Maxi, 320, Not On Label
Ryder Houston
6 More
2021, 6xFile, WAV, EP, 320, Not On Label
Ryder Houston
Rapture in Blue (Original Soundtrack)
2021, 14xFile, WAV, Album, 320, Not On Label
die Strömms
Vinum, Et Domina Canticum
2021, Vinyl, 
,
, Punk/Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Pub Rock/Country Rock
Dormer.
Dormer.
2021
Piriform Clone
For The Love Of... Braindance
2020, CD, EP, Ltd, Int, Glorp Records
The Earth Dies Screaming
Ubik
2020, Cass, S/Sided, EP, Left Hand Path Tapes (2)
Mountain Of Smoke
Replicated
2020, 10xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
The Goofs
Beach Boys
2020, File, WAV, Single, Not On Label
The Goofs
The Goofs
2020, 9xFile, WAV, Album, Not On Label
Moonbeam Machine
I Can Dig It
2020, File, FLAC, Not On Label
Tonemirror
Stars Like Starlings
2020, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Lossleader Records
Tonemirror
The Cosmonaut
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Tonemirror
Moons & Goochers
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Slow Planet
The Drone
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Slow Planet
Drag
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Slow Planet
Erase Me
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Slow Planet
Far
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Slow Planet
Long Goodbye
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Slow Planet
The Dinosaur
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Lossleader Records
Ryder Houston
Deep Dark Blue
2020, 6xFile, WAV, EP, 320, Not On Label
George Benson
Weekend In London
2020, CD Digipak, 
BIGHAND//BIGKNIFE / Almanac Man / Emma Goldman (3) / Abandoncy
Meditations In Affinity: Solicitude
2020
BIGHAND//BIGKNIFE
Plunge
2020
With Hidden Noise
Beside The Sea
2020
Black Hole Bears
Death By Walrus
2020
The Happy Buttons
Werewolf Of Paris
2020
Whep
Welp
2019, 5xFile, MP3, 320, Not On Label (Whep Self-released)
Puke Wolf
Everything From Nothing
2019, 12", MiniAlbum, Ltd, 5FeetUnder Records, Heartland Records (9)
Flesh Narc
Narc In The Park
2019, CD, Album, Dig, Trading Wreckage
Whep
Welp
2019, CD, Comp, Barf Wave Records
Lethal Dose
Promo Cassette
2019, Cass, Promo, Thrashzone Tapes
Rei Clone
Greetings From Somewhere
2019, 10xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Not On Label
Wrought Of Obsidian
Children Of A Shattered Infinity
2019, CD, Not On Label (Wrought Of Obsidian Self-released), ,
, Death Metal
Wrangler Cargo Pantleg Trio
Eater's Digest
2019, Cass, EP, Not On Label (Wrangler Cargo Pantleg Trio Self-released)
Various
Group Therapy, Vol. 5
2019, Cass, Comp, Dreamy Life Records
Live Tetherball Tonight
The Open Mouth Kisses
2019, 7", EP, Not On Label (Live Tetherball Tonight Self-released)
Ryder Houston, Ariana Kelly
Wine (A Sea Of Future) - From “Rapture in Blue”
2019, File, WAV, Single, 320, Not On Label
Old Ernie
Flowers For Hardcastle
2019
Rosegarden Funeral Party
Martyr
2019
Slowly
Reveal
2019
Old Ernie
Imagined Memory
2018, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Old Ernie Self-released)
Sympathy Wizard
Cauldron Cycle
2018, 7", EP, Deeptoot Records
Flesh Narc
Pillow Talk
2018, CD, Album, Dig, Heavy Baby Records
Brown Glove
Truth Syrup
2018, CDr, Album, Dig, Not On Label
Big Water
Drink More Water
2018
The Last Great American Rock Band
Subsequent History
2017, Cass, EP, Ltd, Num, Not On Label
Attic Fowler
Addict Flower
2017, Cass, Album, Katuktu Collective, Fall Break Records
Live Tetherball Tonight
Time, Move Slower
2017, CD, EP, Not On Label (Live Tetherball Tonight Self-released)
Bukkake Moms
Last Macaroni Island+
2017, Cass, Album, Cle, Trading Wreckage
Jermaine Rand
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
2017, CD, The ParkElevator Music
Gay Cum Daddies
Crumbs
2017
Avery Boner and the Blonde Dicks
The Dream Is Dead
2017
Flesh Narc
Narc That!
2016, Cass, EP, Whi, Trading Wreckage
Chokey
Chokey
2016, 4xFile, MP3, EP, VBR, Not On Label
Chokey
Sum Of That First Shit Demo
2016, 3xFile, MP3, VBR, Not On Label
Gouge
Up In Smoke
2016, Cass, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Gouge Self-released)
Heavy Baby Sea Slugs
The Minotaur / Trout Fishin’ Man
2016, 7", Heavy Baby Records
Nervous Curtains
Low Defender
2016
Mimisiku
The Thrill Of Living
2016
Trouble Catt
You Are Talking To Your Own Hand
2015, Cass, Album, Trading Wreckage
Bukkake Moms
Landfill III
2015, Cass, EP, Blu, Trading Wreckage
Hate Your Friends
Quit Your Job
2015, Cass, MiniAlbum, Not On Label
Various
iSing to End Homelessness, Vol. 1
2015, CD, The ParkElevator Music
The Earth Dies Screaming
The Earth Dies Screaming
2015, Cass, EP, NTX DIY
Claire Morales
Amaranthine
2015, CD, Album, Ltd, Not On Label
Father Figure
Discography
2015, Cass, S/Sided, Comp, Friendly Otter
Resent (4), Teenage Swoon
Split
2015, Cass, EP, Ltd, Vermin Resplendence
Flesh Narc
Optical Intrusion
2015
Eat Avery's Bones
TMDU
2015
Anger House
Asleep
2014, 7", EP, Ltd, Happy Ass Records
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Rozwell Kid, Kittyhawk (2), Two Knights
Sundae Bloody Sundae
2014, Flexi-disc White,
Father Figure / Marcy
Father Figure / Marcy
2014
Cara Neir / Flesh Born
Split
2014
Flesh Born
Han/All The Pain I Built Up
2014
Marcy (3) / Coma Regalia / Mothlight / Flesh Born
Marcy / Coma Regalia / Mothlight / Flesh Born
2014
Bludded Head
Violitionist Sessions
2013, 3xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Violitionist Sessions
New Science Projects
Hard On!
2013, CD, Album, Gutterth Records
Cat People
Close Enough
2013, CD, EP, Not On Label
Bad Times
Why Are All The Kids Crying?
2013, CD, Album, Not On Label
Varsity Cheerleader
Death To Denton
2013, CDr, EP, Torn Shoe Records
Losing
Losing EP
2013, 5xFile, MP3, EP, V0, Not On Label (Losing (2) self-released)
Father Figure
Jumping Off A Building
2013, 5xFile, MP3, EP, Not On Label (Father Figure Self-released)
Juve
Violitionist Sessions
2013, 2xFile, MP3, 320, Violitionist Sessions
Bukkake Moms
Michael Briggs
2013
Two Knights
A Lot Of Bad Things Happened, But We're Still Here
2013
American Thunder Band
Neither Here Nor Thayer
2013
Various
The Rising Cost Of Livin' High & Lovin' Hard- A Tribute To Kris Kristofferson
2013, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Country/Country Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi
Bitch Teeth
Fukkstorm
2013
Adobe Homes & Innards
Adobe Homes & Innards
2013
Joy Sores
Riding High
2013
Terminator 2
Violitionist Sessions
2012, 3xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Violitionist Sessions
Retox
Violitionist Sessions
2012, 3xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Violitionist Sessions
Bludded Head
Violitionist Sessions
2012, 2xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Violitionist Sessions
New Science Projects, Star Commander
NSP + Star Commander
2012, Cass, Gutterth Records
Eccotone / Sign-Off
A Split For You
2012, CD, Not On Label
Eccotone & Spacebeach
Parts
2012, Cass, Album, Not On Label
Pageantry
Pageantry
2012, CD, EP, Not On Label
Mikal Cronin
Violitionist Acoustic Sessions
2012
Father Figure
死の手
2012
O'Death
Violitionist Sessions
2011, 3xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Violitionist Sessions
Fishboy
Classic Creeps live + acoustic
2011, Cass, Ltd, Not On Label (Fishboy Self-released)
New Science Projects
Extraordinary Renditions
2011, CD, Comp, Gutterth Records
Two Knights
Quilt Chamberlain
2011
Florene
Violitionist Sessions
2010, 4xFile, MP3, 320, Violitionist Sessions
George Benson
Weekend In London
2020, CD, 
,
, Easy Listening
