Music Producer Tucker Martine’s Portland Studio Was Burglarized Last Night

More than a dozen pieces of equipment are missing.

By Matthew Singer

Several guitars, amplifiers and microphones have been stolen from Flora Recording and Playback, the Portland recording studio operated by Grammy-nominated producer and engineer Tucker Martine.

Martine, whose production credits include work with the Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie and Neko Case, posted on Facebook that someone broke into the studio last night and left with more than a dozen pieces of equipment.

"As you can imagine, I am devastated," Martine wrote.

Martine posted a long list of missing items, though it is not yet complete:

Dear beloved music community of Portland and beyond. My studio was broken into last night and robbed. As you can...

Posted by Tucker Martine on Friday, March 15, 2019

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Matthew Singer

Matthew Singer

A native Southern Californian, former Arts & Culture Editor Matthew Singer ruined Portland by coming here in 2008. He is an advocate for the canonization of the Fishbone and Oingo Boingo discographies, believes pro-wrestling is a serious art form and roots for the Lakers. Fortunately, he left Portland for Tucson, Arizona, in 2021.

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