Joseph Lorge

Joseph Lorge
Born1990 (age 35–36)
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupationssound engineer and music producer
Awards2026 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Websitewww.josephlorge.com

Joseph Lorge (born 1990) is an American sound engineer and music producer. He won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Early life and education

Lorge was born in 1990 to Barry Lorge, a sports columnist for the San Diego Union, and Claudia (née Hanes), a homemaker. He has an older sister, Katie.

He began learning piano in third grade and guitar in middle school, and later taught himself mandolin. He attended Coronado School of the Arts, where he "started dabbling" in sound engineering. He graduated in 2008 and started at University of California, Los Angeles, studying ethnomusicology. While at UCLA he produced and performed with the student band Alto, playing guitar.

Lorge completed an internship at Tony Berg's Zeitgeist Studios in 2011, assisting with the production of Sun Midnight Sun by Sara Watkins. He then attended a term at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, after which he began working as a sound engineer.

Career

Lorge's first commercial engineering credit was on Slowmotionary, Ethan Gruska's debut solo album. He is a regular collaborator of artist and producer Blake Mills. Gabriel Kahane called him "indispensable to my process as a studio artist". Other artists he has worked with have included Chris Thile, Jack Johnson, Phoebe Bridgers, Christian Lee Hutson, and Perfume Genius.

As of 2024 Lorge worked out of Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. He uses Pro Tools and Yamaha NS-10s for audio engineering.

Awards

Selected discography

ArtistAlbumYearReference
Punch BrothersThe Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers2026
Maya HawkeMaitreya Corso2026
Roomful of Teeth / Gabriel KahaneElevator Songs2026
Chris ThileBach Sonatas & Partitas vol. 22025
Hand HabitsBlue Reminder2025
Pino Palladino / Blake MillsThat Wasn't A Dream2025
Japanese BreakfastFor Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)2025
Perfume GeniusGlory2025
The Weather StationHumanhood2025
Christian Lee HutsonParadise Pop. 102024
Blake MillsJelly Road2023
FeistMultitudes2023
Aurora (Daisy Jones & the Six album)2023
Perfume GeniusUgly Season2022
Christian Lee HutsonQuitters2022
Jack JohnsonMeet the Moonlight2022
Marcus Mumfordself-titled2022
Gabriel KahaneMagnificent Bird2022
Pino Palladino / Blake MillsNotes with Attachments2021
William the ConquerorMaverick Thinker2021
The Fearless FlyersTailwinds2020
Phantom PlanetDevastator2020
Bob DylanRough and Rowdy Ways2020
Perfume GeniusSet My Heart on Fire Immediately2020
Blake MillsMutable Set2020
Phoebe BridgersPunisher2020
Christian Lee HutsonBeginners2020
Ethan GruskaEn Garde2020
Blake MillsLook2018
Gabriel KahaneBook of Travelers2018
BoygeniusBoygenius2018
Perfume GeniusNo Shape2017
Ethan GruskaSlowmotionary2017

References

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  2. 1 2 "Barry Lorge". Coronado Eagle & Journal. July 10, 2008.
  3. ↑ Alessandra Selgi-Harrigan (January 11, 2007). "The Wrong Trousers play it right".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gus Berry (January 2024). "Joseph Lorge: open to experimentation". Tape Op.
  5. 1 2 George Varga (February 2, 2026). "San Diego natives Sara Watkins and Joseph Lorge are 2026 Grammy-winners". San Diego Union-Tribune.
  6. ↑ Nicolas Curcio (May 22, 2012). "Spring Sing success fuels buzz for UCLA student band Alto". Daily Bruin.
  7. 1 2 Kaelen Bell (May 31, 2023). "Blake Mills announces new album with Chris Weisman, shares new song 'Skeleton is Walking'". Exclaim.
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  11. 1 2 "2022 GRAMMYs Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
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  14. ↑ Mark Redfern (April 14, 2026). "Maya Hawke shares new song 'Bring Home My Man'". Under the Radar.
  15. ↑ Alex Gallacher (February 12, 2026). "Gabriel Kahane & Roomful of Teeth announce collaborative album Elevator Songs". Klof.
  16. ↑ Kira Grunenberg (November 13, 2025). "Chris Thile infuses himself into Bach's partitas and sonatas". BGS.
  17. ↑ Kayla Sandiford (August 20, 2025). "Hand Habits' bright, blue world". The Line of Best Fit.
  18. ↑ Geoff Stanfield (March 29, 2025). "New music from Lucy Dacus and Perfume Genius produced by Blake Mills". Tape Op.
  19. ↑ Kyle Lemmon (January 31, 2025). "The Weather Station on learning to sew our broken world back together". Flood Magazine.
  20. ↑ Tomas Mier (July 9, 2024). "Christian Lee Hutson announces album 'Paradise Pop. 10,' featuring Phoebe Bridgers". Rolling Stone.
  21. ↑ "Feist surprise-releases three new songs, announces album 'Multitudes' with free mini-concert tonight". FrontView Magazine. February 17, 2023.
  22. ↑ Dessi Gomez (March 25, 2023). "'Daisy Jones & the Six': here's who sang and wrote every 'Aurora' song". TheWrap.
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  25. ↑ "Jack Johnson tells Apple Music about new album 'Meet the Moonlight', working with Blake Mills, hearing his music in public, and more". Grateful Web. June 16, 2022.
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  29. ↑ John Aiello (June 23, 2020). "Bob Dylan's Looking Glass". Electric Review.
  30. ↑ Malachi Lui (June 30, 2020). "Vinyl review explosion: Yves Tumor, Grimes, Perfume Genius, and King Krule". AnalogPlanet.
  31. ↑ "Mutable Set". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  32. ↑ "Phoebe Bridgers 'Punisher' (Dead Ocean Records)". Coachella Valley Weekly. July 16, 2020.
  33. ↑ "Beginners". Polyvinyl Records. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  34. ↑ "En Garde". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  35. ↑ "Look". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  36. ↑ Boygenius (2018). Boygenius (Liner notes). Matador Records. OLE-1408-1.