Featured artists
Now playing at MKUltra
Featuring new music produced, recorded, mixed and/or mastered right here in the hallowed halls of MKUltra Studios. We love our all of artists and think you will too. Maybe you’d even like to become one…? If so, get in touch and let’s talk about your project.
Out now
Little Orange Snakes — “Lunchbox”
Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at MKUltra Studios, “Lunchbox” is the newest release from Renton based widescreen indie pop outfit Little Orange Snakes. This one hits you hard right where you feel things. Get out the kleenex, hit play and turn it up.
Debut EP · November 8
Denny Way — debut EP
Seattle indie rockers Denny Way channel ’90s-inspired rock on their debut EP, produced and recorded at MKUltra Studios. Full release lands November 8!
The truth is in there…
MKUltra Studios is a recording, production, design, and mentorship space in Puyallup for artists, bands, songwriters, and lost musical souls – especially lost musical souls. We’ll help you find that soul, and your unique voice in the process.
You don’t need a perfect plan or a polished image. You don’t need permission from your mom or industry captains who’ve long since sunk the Titanic that is popular music. Just bring what you got – the song, the mess, the bar napkin with three drunken-yet-somehow-genius words scribbled on it. Together we’ll turn it into something – something real, beautiful and human – and release it into the wild, where such humanness is vanishingly rare.
Sounds and sights in harmony
Way we see it, audio and visual work are inseparable – the sound and the image are one, and it’s essential to carry this through and reflect it in a given release. Your new music baby will need clothes and shoes, and we’re here to help you provide.
Recording/Audio Production
A roomy, vibe-rich creative space situated in peaceful, pastoral surroundings, optimized for crafting and capturing performances, sculpting tones, and finishing songs that will make your dad cry – and you’ve never seen Dad cry. We can help you prepare for this eventuality, too.
Mixing and Mastering
Mixes that strike that perfect sonic balance while keeping the humanity fully intact, and masters that translate across systems. We’ll make it sound even more awesome than it does in your head.
Artist Development
Support for artists developing songs, lyrics, arrangements, knowledge, confidence, and a process they can keep using long after the session ends. Need help getting or holding your band together or navigating the release process? We do that too.
Graphic & Web Design
Identity and branding, motion/animation, album art, websites, and campaign work that melds seamlessly with your songs, your product/service, your vision, and your personality.
Client testimonials
Elison Cruz
The Good and the Damned
“Working with Matt was awesome, we had a very cozy recording environment and could create some incredible, visceral sounds I wasn’t expecting. His input was valuable and would love to work with him again!”
Tim Carson
Vocal Coach
“Matt is equal parts brilliant musician, creative artist, consummate professional, dedicated to excellence in all he does, and one of my favorite people on the planet to collaborate with! I simply can’t recommend him and his studio highly enough.”
Logan Manning
Singer/Songwriter
“My first time ever stepping into a studio was at MkUltra and it still remains a year later my go to professional studio to get recording work done. Working with Matt is such a blessing because during recording he always offers constructive ideas to further the recording.”
Steve Damm
Drummer/Songwriter
“Working at MK Ultra Studios stoked the dying fire inside me of what recording original music should be. Every time I’m there it is a beautiful experience and makes me believe I can turn water into wine.”
Bring the idea, together we’ll make a whole big thing out of it.
MKU is purpose-built – quite literally from the ground up – for collaborative art that exceeds the sum of its parts. A perpetual motion machine sitting at the intersection of songwriting, recording, production, and visual identity, MKUltra Studios is both your cartographer and your guide as you move into this new frontier.