BACEFACE got his degree from Temple — Media Studies and Production, with a minor in Entrepreneurship — and then went and proved the entrepreneurship part by mixing his way onto a Billboard #1.
The Philadelphia-raised, Brooklyn-based engineer works out of Jungle City Studios, and his fingerprints are on Lil Uzi Vert's chart-topping "Pink Tape" — "Aye," "Suicide Doors," "Werewolf," "CS." Add A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's "Glasses" and Me vs Myself, plus Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, and a run of music on FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance."
Ask him the secret and there's no trick to it. "The only way to get better at music and become one of the greats is to eat, sleep and breathe it," he says — a work ethic, not a plugin.
BACEFACE is a closer — the engineer you hand a record to when it needs to sound like it belongs next to the hits. Because, in his words, success is "doing something you love and making a comfortable living doing it." He's doing both.
“The only way to get better at music and become one of the greats is to eat, sleep and breathe it.”
— Johnny “BACEFACE” Ayoub, to Audeze
Who’s In The Booth?
Booth Receipts
Billboard #1 album (Pink Tape) · Jungle City Studios · FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” (s12, 14, 16)
A&R’s Corner
What They're Doing Right
He's already at the finish line of the biggest records. Pink Tape went Billboard #1, and he's the hands that get a record radio-ready — the unglamorous, decisive last step most of the industry can't do at this level.
Biggest Opportunity
Becoming the destination for serious indie records that want a Billboard-#1 finish without the major-label gate — the credits already justify the rate.
Industry Outlook
Established. His lane is being the go-to mix for artists who want their record to sound like the chart, and he's already proven on it.
Mic Check
If someone gave you $100,000 today to invest in your career, exactly how would you spend it?
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