Nick Sylvester

Nick Sylvester is an American record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music executive. He is best known for his writing and production work with Channel Tres and Yaeji, and as the creative co-founder of Godmode Music.

Early life and education

Sylvester was born and raised in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia. He attended St. Joseph's Prep, where he played trumpet professionally in wedding and jazz bands. After graduating from high school, Sylvester attended Harvard University, where he wrote for The Harvard Lampoon. Sylvester graduated from Harvard with a degree in classics in 2004.

Career

Journalism, writing

Sylvester wrote about pop, rap, dance, indie and experimental music for the music publication Pitchfork from 2002 to 2006 and served as an editor from 2004 to 2006.

In 2006, while he was a writer and senior associate editor at The Village Voice, he was suspended for his essay "Do You Wanna Kiss Me?", a piece about Neil Strauss's The Game, after the essay was revealed to contain fabrications about a secret society of pickup artists. Later that year, he was hired as a writer by The Colbert Report, and continued to write articles for n+1, The Wire, and New York Magazine.

Songwriting, record production

From 2008 to 2012, Sylvester produced, co-wrote, and played drums in the Brooklyn punk rock music group Mr. Dream. In 2009, Sylvester lived with James Murphy in Los Angeles during the recording of the music that would become LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening. His time in Los Angeles with Murphy was when Sylvester extensively learned how to record, mix, and produce. Sylvester also wrote an essay for the release of Shut Up and Play the Hits, and he also performed in the men's chorus for the then-final LCD Soundsystem shows in 2011.

In 2014, he produced La Isla Bonita by Deerhoof, as well as the Northtown and Ratchet by Shamir. In 2016, Sylvester moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his career as a songwriter and record producer. He has co-written, produced, recorded, mixed, and remixed for a variety of artists, including Channel Tres, Yaeji, Shopping, Honey Dijon, Denzel Curry, Tyler, The Creator, JPEGMafia, and The Dare.

In 2017, he co-founded Godmode Music, an artist development company that blended traditional record label and management, based originally on his vanity label for Mr. Dream. Sylvester co-wrote and produced the recordings of the artists signed to the company. At Godmode, he also co-developed the music workflow app Bounce. He exited the company in 2022 and started a new label, called smartdumb, in 2023.

In 2025, Sylvester produced the album Plæygirl by the Danish singer and songwriter MØ.

Personal life

Sylvester married ESPN analyst Mina Kimes in 2015, and lives in Los Angeles with their dog Lenny. !! Artist !! Song!! Album

"Paradise Girls"

"Mirror Monster" "Doom" "Last Fad" "Tiny Bubbles" "Exit Only" "Big House Waltz" "God 2" "Black Pitch" "Oh Bummer"

"If It Wasn't True"

"I Know It's A Good Thing" "Sometimes A Man" "I'll Never Be Able To Love" "Lived and Died Alone"

"Vegas"

"Make A Scene" "On the Regular" "Call It Off" "Hot Mess" "Demon" "In For The Kill" "Youth" "Darker" "Head in the Clouds" "KC" Sky Ferreira "I Blame Myself" (Negative Supply Remix) non-album remix

"New York 93"

"Guap" "Noonside" "Feel It Out" "Full Of It"

"Technique"

"Haze"

"Feelings Change"

"Raingurl" "Drink I'm Sippin' On" "After That" "Passionfruit" "Therapy" Therapy "Last Breath" Last Breath Mai Lan "Vampire" Autopilote

"St. Julian (Intro)"

"Controller" "Jet Black" "Topdown"

"Peru"

"Pumper" "Nail Polish" "Missile" "Dial My Number" "Blaze Up" "Clermont" "Time To Fade" "Technique" "Pas d'amour"

"Orpheus"

"Brilliant Nigga" "Black Moses" (ft. JPEGMafia) "Sexy Black Timberlake" "Raw Power"

"Ischia"

"Any Day" "Canis Major" "Said It Again" "Two Birds" "La Notte" "Ricorda - Tell Me"

"i can't go outside - intro"

"2000 chevy malibu" "skate depot" "broke down kid interlude" "fuego" (feat. Tyler, the Creator)

"BOYFREN"

"RECENTLY DELETED" "AHHHHHHH" "HEAD OVER HEELS" "ROSIE" "LEMONS" "BABYFREEZE" "ROCKBOTTOM"

"BUZZCUT" non-album single "TUNG TIED" non-album single

"HIT EM WHERE IT HURTS"

"Glass House" "Thin Lines" "Lemonhaze"

"Acid In My Blood"

"Ganzfeld Experiment" "No Limit" non-album single Honey Dijon "Show Me Some Love" Black Girl Magic

"Message (Better Days)"

"Beautiful" "Lovetap" "Shining Star"

"Oopsie"

"Alchemy"

"Last Winter"

"Too Soon" "Red Balloon" "Aquarius" "Heaven" "In the Dead of Night" "For Thee I Sing" "Prayer" "Sundowner" The Dare "Sex" Sex EP Avalon Emerson "Karaoke Song" & the Charm

"Sleep When I'm Dead"

"6am" "Just Can't Get Enough" "Big Time" "All My Friends" Allie Teilz "Type of Girl" non-album single

"Meat on a Stick"

"Who Said" "Knife" "Without You" "Joanna (Interlude)" "Sweet" "Plæygirl" "Keep Moving" "Lose Yourself" "Vildchild" "Heartbreak" "Wake Me Up"

Mr. Dream

Album Release year The Ultimate in Luxury 2014 Fatherland 2012 Trash Hit 2011 No Girls Allowed 2010 Mr. Dream Goes to Jail 2009