Peter Mayes

{{short description|Australian musician and producer (born 1976)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Peter Mayes

| image = Peter Mayes 2012.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = A picture of Peter Mayes at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2012 - Arrivals

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|5}}

| background = solo_singer

| instrument = Guitars, vocals, bass guitar, synthesiser, keyboard, melodica, keytar

| genre = Alternative rock, electronic

| occupation = Musician

| years_active = 1999–present

| spouse ={{marriage|Rachel Zeilic|2023}}

| label = EMI, etcetc Lab78

| associated_acts = Empire of the Sun
Pnau

| website =

}}

Peter Mayes (born 5 October 1976) is an Australian musician and producer. He is widely known for being a leading member of dance act Pnau. He is a longtime collaborator with Nick Littlemore and has produced and mixed many of his projects, most notably the platinum-selling album Walking on a Dream and Ice on the Dune for Empire of the Sun, and the art-rock act Teenager. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009 he won Producer of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Producer-Of-The-Year?view=list|title=Winners by Award – Producer of the Year|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate=5 November 2016|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016122729/https://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/producer-of-the-year?view=list|url-status=live}}{{cite web | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040222130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/40484/20040223-0000/aria_awards/main.htm | url = http://www.aria_awards.com.au/main.htm | title = 17th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association | archivedate = 22 February 2004 | accessdate = 5 November 2016 | url-status = dead }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'. He has also done work with Elton John, Mika, Karen O, Ellie Goulding, Sia, ESG, Electric Youth and Lindsey Buckingham.

In 2019 he and Nick Littlemore launched the label Lab78.