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Evan Schiller is a Seattle-based recording and mix engineer, musician, soundtrack composer, mastering engineer, and producer.

Owner of [l547264], Evan has recorded, mixed and/or performed with such artists as Sadhappy, Eyvind Kang, Jami Sieber, Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa band), Skerik, Michael Manring, Ahamefule J. Oluo, Timothy Young, Alan Bishop, Joshua Kohl, Mike Patton, Bill Frisell, etc.

He has composed soundtracks for films, documentaries, and TV commercials. Evan recently co-composed (with cellist Jami Sieber) the PBS American Masters documentary Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning.

Evan studied percussion performance, music theory and ear training at Western Washington University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in audo/video production at The Evergreen State College. Schiller played drums with the instrumental punk/jazz band Sadhappy, which included (at different times): Paul Hinklin, Skerik, Michael Manring, and Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa band).

ALBUMS


Jami Sieber & Evan Schiller
Dorothea Lange: Grab A Hunk Of Lightning (Original Soundtrack)
2017, CD, Album, Out Front Music
Jami Sieber And Evan Schiller
Big Joy: The Adventures Of James Broughton (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014, CD, Album, Out Front Music
Jami Sieber with Evan Schiller & Omiza River
Queen Of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? - Motion Picture Soundtrack
2011, CD, Comp, Lush Mechanique Music, ,
New Age/Folk Rock/Neo-Classical/Contemporary
Diminished Men
Damage Mécanique
2022, ,
Krautrock/Post-Punk/Experimental/Surf
Aiko Shimada
Like Hannah
2004, CD, Bera, ,
Acoustic
Eyvind Kang
Virginal Co Ordinates
2003, ,
Experimental
Aiko Shimada
Blue Marble
2001, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Folk/Experimental
Eyvind Kang
The Story Of Iceland
2000, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Alternative Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Folk
Sadhappy
Good Day Bad Dream
1997, CD, Album, Periscope Recordings, ,
Experimental
Artis The Spoonman
Entertain The Entertainers
1995, CD, Album, Sapphire Records (12)
BOG ORE
BOG ORE
2024
Vincent Blackshadow
Burn Out Loud
2023, File, FLAC, MP3, WAV, Album + CD, Album, Former Priest Productions
Various
The Originals 3
2023
Samantha Boshnack's Seismic Belt
Live In Santa Monica
2019, CD, Album, Orenda Records
Led To Sea
Down by the Water: The Covers EP
2019, 4xFile, FLAC, EP, Scary Trophy
Truly
Wheels On Fire
2018, ,
Indie Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Alternative Rock
Ezra*
Dweller
2017, CD, Album, Not On Label (Ezra Anderson Self-released)
Sam Boshnack Quintet*
Nellie Bly Project
2017, CD, Album, Artists Recording Collective
Sam Boshnack Quintet*
Exploding Syndrome
2014, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Modern
The Invisible Hands
Teslam
2014
Syrinx Effect
Gnarly And Sweet
2013, CDr, EP, Not On Label (Syrinx Effect Self-released)
Led To Sea
Slowly We Decay
2013, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Led To Sea Self-released)
B'shnorkestra
Go to Orange
2013, CD, Album, Present Sounds Recordings
Skerik's Bandalabra
Live At The Royal Room
2012, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Skerik's Bandalabra Self-Released),
Dead Kenny Gs*
Gorelick
2012, Vinyl, ,
Punk
Paul Kikuchi
Portable Sanctuary Vol.1
2011, CD, Album, Present Sounds Recordings
Open Graves With Stuart Dempster
FlightPatterns
2010
Edisyn
Edisyn
2003, CD, Album, Dig, Not On Label (Edisyn Self-Released)
Jessica Lurie Ensemble
!Zipa Buka! (Watch Out, Noise!)
2002, CD,
Very Special Forces
Very Special Forces
2000, CD, Periscope Recordings, Periscope Recordings
Various
Northwest Ungrunge - An Elemental Compilation
1993, ,
Indie Rock/Heavy Metal/Alternative Rock/Alternative Metal/Thrash/Jazz-Rock/Funk/Swing/Punk
SadHappy
The Good, The Bad...And The Scary
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Bedazzled Compact Discs
The Pleasure Elite
Bad Juju
1994
Sadhappy
Before We Were Dead - Live
1993, CD, Album, Periscope Recordings
Sadhappy
Depth Charge
1992
Sadhappy
Spin Cycle
1991

APPEARANCES +


Barry Cleveland
Hologramatron
2010, CD, Album, Moonjune Records, ,
Prog Rock/Alternative Rock
Ponga
The Remixes
1999
Sadhappy
Outerbasses
2013, 11xFile, MP3, Album, Not On Label (Sadhappy Self-released)
Sadhappy
Sideways Laughing
5xFile, MP3, RE, Not On Label (Sadhappy Self-released)
Jeff Greinke
Late Rain
2025, CD, ,
Ambient/Electroacoustic/Fusion
The Invisible Hands
The Big Minute
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Abduction
Vincent Blackshadow
Awake Right Now
2022, File, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
John Schuller
Lesser Angel Of Failure 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
2022
Glass Penguins
raspberry
2021, CDr, Album, Green Monkey Records, ,
Power Pop
Vincent Blackshadow
B
2021, File, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Vincent Blackshadow
C
2021, File, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Cantrip
Authentic Luxury
2019, CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
Fusion/Math Rock/Space-Age
New Series One
Welcome to the Future
2018, CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
Post Bop/Hard Bop/Free Jazz
Jim Davis*
The Spirit of Nature/Dalgalath
2018, Cass, Album + File, MP3, Not On Label
Ruler
Winning Star Champion
2018
Various
Ishq Ke Maare: Sufi Songs From Sindh And Punjab, Pakistan
2017, LP, Album, Comp, Ltd, Sublime Frequencies, ,
Field Recording/Qawwali
Alvarius B*
With A Beaker On The Burner And An Otter In The Oven Vol. 1 Natural Wonder
2017, LP, Abduction
Alvarius B.
With A Beaker On The Burner And An Otter In The Oven Vol. 2 A Mark Twain August
2017, LP, Abduction
Alvarius B*
With a Beaker on the Burner and an Otter in the Oven
2017, 2xCD, Album, Abduction
WAH
Travellers Station
2016, LP, Album, Assophon Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Today Is Tomorrow
What's To Want
2016, 8xFile, FLAC, MP3, WAV, Album, EP, Twin Buddha
Diminished Men
Vision In Crime
2016
Weeed
Our Guru Brings Us To the Black Master Sabbath
2015, ,
Doom Metal/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Radio Niger
2014, CD, Album, Sublime Frequencies
Alvarius B.
What One Man Can Do With An Acoustic Guitar, Surely Another Can Do With His Hands Around The Neck Of God
2014, LP, Album, Ltd, Abduction
Alvarius B.
Fuck You And The Horse You Rode In On
2013, LP, Album, Ltd, Abduction
The Invisible Hands
The Invisible Hands
2013
Diminished Men
Six O'Clock Baby
2011, CD, Album, Bowels of Lunacy, ,
Surf/Soundtrack/Fusion/Theme/Experimental
Led To Sea
Into The Darkening Sky
2010, CD, Album, Scary Trophy,
Various
It Crawled From The Basement: The Green Monkey Records Anthology
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Green Monkey Records, ,
Post-Punk/Power Pop/Alternative Rock
Jami Sieber
Unspoken - The Music Of Only Breath
2008, CD, Album, Out Front Music
Diminished Men
Names Of The Dead
2005, CD, Bowels Of Lunacy, Hector Stentor
Master Musicians Of Bukkake
The Visible Sign Of The Invisible Order
2004, ,
Experimental
Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate
2002, ,
Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock
The Hans Fahling Quartet
Hamburg: Port Of Call
2000, CD, Album, Origin Records
Eyvind Kang
7 NADEs
1996, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Leftfield/Modern Classical/Noise
Various
Seattle Music Scene Volume 2
1994, CD, Comp, Insight Records (2), Insight Records (2)
Various
Northwest Post-Grunge; Another Elemental Compilation
1994, CD, Comp, Elemental Records (2), ,
Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Grunge
Various
Seattle Music Scene Volume One
1993, CD, Comp, Insight Records (2)
Various
Warm And Fuzzy Feelings
1993, CD, 3:23 Reckerds, ,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Rock & Roll/Psychedelic Rock/Art Rock/Country Rock
Various
Eye Of The Needle
1991, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Vagrant Records (2), ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/Reggae/Ska/Folk Rock/Zydeco/Cajun/Power Pop/Industrial/Post-Punk
Glass Penguins
Raspberry
1987, Cass, Album, Green Monkey Records, ,
Power Pop
The BridgeTown
The BridgeTown
1984, Cass, EP, Not On Label
Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate
2003