Matt Colton

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Matt Colton
Background information
Also known as	The Alchemist
Born	(1975-03-30) 30 March 1975 (age 50)
Genres	Rock pop electronica house classical reggae folk jazz
Occupation	Mastering engineer
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Warner Sony Universal Mute
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Matt Colton is an English mastering engineer and member of the Music Producers Guild. Colton began his mastering career in 1997 at Porky's Mastering run by George 'Porky' Peckham, and has worked at various studios including AIR Studios, Alchemy Mastering and Metropolis. He has mastered records for artists including Arctic Monkeys, Thom Yorke, the Cure, George Michael, Depeche Mode, Aphex Twin, Ellie Goulding and the Rolling Stones.

Other notable releases include albums for James Blake,^[1] Sampha,^[2] Michael Kiwanuka,^[3] Arlo Parks,^[4] and Little Simz,^[5] who all won the Mercury Music Prize respectively. Also Christine and the Queens' Chaleur Humaine achieved international multi-platinum sales,^[6] whereas Flume’s Skin,^[7] Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne,^[8] Wet Leg by Wet Leg,^[9] Hackney Diamonds by the Rolling Stones^[10] were awarded Grammys in their respective release years.

Colton masters all stereo formats including Half-Speed Vinyl, Pure Analogue Vinyl, and Live To Vinyl recording sessions at Metropolis Studios. He also mixes and masters in the Dolby Atmos format, for artists including Oasis, Blur, James Blake, Corrine Bailey Rae and Disclosure. Colton was awarded the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Mastering Engineer of the year award in 2013,^[11] 2018,^[12] and 2020.^[13]

He has lectured on mastering at various institutions including the London Electronic Music Event,^[14] Prism's Mic to Mastering tour,^[15] Alchemea College in London,^[16] and dBS Music Technology college in Bristol.^[17]

In 2025, he won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album (Non Classical) for his mastering work on Peter Gabriel's i/o album.^[18] This follows on from Colton remastering Peter Gabriel's first four solo albums.^[19]