Steve Bays is a Canadian musician, audio engineer, and producer. He is a member of Canadian bands Left Field Messiah, Fur Trade, and Mounties. Bays was also the frontman and one of the founding members of Hot Hot Heat.
Career
Bays has worked with a number of artists, either writing, recording, or producing, including The Zolas, Dear Rouge, We Are The City, The Killers, Diplo/Steve Aoki, Fitz and the Tantrums, Mounties, Born Ruffians, Mother Mother, Gay Nineties and Hawksley Workman.
Selected discography
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!Year
!Artist
!class="unsortable"|Title
!class="unsortable"|Label
!class="unsortable”|Role
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! 2013
|Fur Trade
| Don't Get Heavy
- Released: July 22, 2013
|Last Gang Records
|Producer<br />
Engineer<br />
Mixer<br />
|-
! 2014
|Mounties
| Thrash Rock Legacy
- Released: March 4, 2014
|Light Organ Records
|Producer<br />
Engineer<br />
Mixer<br />
|-
! 2014
|Steve Aoki, Diplo, Deorro
| 22 Jump Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ("Freak")
- Released: June 10, 2014
|Republic Records
|Co-writer<br />
Vocals<br />
|-
! 2014
|JPNSGRLS
| Circulation
- Released: July 15, 2014
|Light Organ Records
|Producer<br />
Mixer<br />
|-
! 2015
|Hawksley Workman
| Old Cheetah
- Released: June 2, 2015
|Six Shooter Records
|Producer<br />
Co-writer<br />
Mixer<br />
|-
! 2015
|We Are the City
| Above Club ("Kiss Me Honey", "Cheque Room", "Heavy as a Brick", "Take Your Picture With Me While You Still Can")
- Released: November 13, 2015
|Tooth & Nail Records
|Mixer<br />
|-
! 2016
|The Zolas
| Swooner ("Swooner", "CV Dazzle", "Molotov Girls", "Fell In Love With New York", "Invisible", "Why Do I Wait")
- Released: March 4, 2016
|Light Organ Records
|Mixer<br />
|-
! 2017
|Fake Shark
| Faux Real ("Heart 2 Heart", “NOFOMO”, “Cheap Thrills" and “Something Special")
- Released: May 26, 2017
|Light Organ Records
|Producer<br />
Co-writer<br />
Engineer<br />
Mixer<br />
|-
! 2017
|Yukon Blonde
| Crazy (single)
- Released: July 28, 2017
|Dine Alone Records
|Producer<br />
Engineer<br />
Mixer<br />
|-
! 2018
|Dear Rouge
| Phases ("Motion", "Flashes")
- Released: March 9, 2018
|Universal Music Canada
|Producer<br />
Engineer<br />
Mixer<br />
|-
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