Phil Ek
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Phil Ek is an American
record producer
, engineer and mixer. Ek began his career in Seattle
, Washington, in the early 1990s recording live sound in clubs. He then moved into studio recording, recording small projects and demos for local bands. Around this time, Ek was frequently working with influential producer Jack Endino
. Producing Built to Spill
's second album, There's Nothing Wrong with Love, proved to be Ek's mainstream breakthrough, the album has since ranked in the Top Ten of Spin Magazine's top indie
records of all time. Phil Ek has worked with such indie rock bands
as Built to Spill
, Fleet Foxes
, Modest Mouse
, The Shins
, Band of Horses
, 764-HERO
, Big Business
and Seattle legends Mudhoney.
United States
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record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, engineer and mixer. Ek began his career in Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, Washington, in the early 1990s recording live sound in clubs. He then moved into studio recording, recording small projects and demos for local bands. Around this time, Ek was frequently working with influential producer Jack Endino
Jack Endino
Jack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
. Producing Built to Spill
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009.-History:...
's second album, There's Nothing Wrong with Love, proved to be Ek's mainstream breakthrough, the album has since ranked in the Top Ten of Spin Magazine's top indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
records of all time. Phil Ek has worked with such indie rock bands
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
as Built to Spill
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009.-History:...
, Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes...
, Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...
, The Shins
The Shins
The Shins are an American indie rock band comprising singer, songwriter, and guitarist James Mercer, guitarist/bassist Dave Hernandez, Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats, drummer Joe Plummer and bassist Ron Lewis. Their sound draws on several musical genres, including pop, alternative rock, indie rock,...
, Band of Horses
Band of Horses
Band of Horses, originally briefly known as Horses, are an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell. They have released three studio albums, the most recent and most successful of which is 2010's Grammy nominated Infinite Arms...
, 764-HERO
764-HERO
764-HERO was an American Indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, signed to Up Records. The band's name, suggested by a friend, is taken from the Washington State Department of Transportation phone number for reporting HOV lane violators ....
, Big Business
Big Business (band)
Big Business is a stoner metal/sludge metal band from Seattle who are currently signed to Gold Metal Records.-History:Big Business started as a two piece band composed of Jared Warren of Karp and The Tight Bros From Way Back When, and Coady Willis of Murder City Devils...
and Seattle legends Mudhoney.
Selected discography
| Year | 1994 | Built to Spill Built to Spill Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009.-History:... |
There's Nothing Wrong with Love |
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| 1994 | Butterfly Train | Building Distrust from Trust |
| 1994 | Green Apple Quick Step Green Apple Quick Step Green Apple Quick Step, often abbreviated as GAQS, is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. Their sound was described as hard-edged, post-grunge rock. The band began as Inspector Luv and the Ride Me Babys in Tacoma, Washington before becoming Green Apple Quick Step, in Seattle, by 1992... |
Ludes And Cherry Bombs |
| 1995 | Earth Earth (band) Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson.Earth's music is nearly all instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages... |
Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions is the second full-length studio album by drone band Earth.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Dylan Carlson - Guitars, Percussion*Tommy Hansen - Guitar *Rick Cambern - Drums... |
| 1997 | Built to Spill | Perfect from Now On Perfect from Now On Perfect from Now On is the third full-length album released by Built to Spill, and the band's first major label release. The line-up for the album was singer/guitarist Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Scott Plouf. It was recorded at the Avast! Recording Company in Seattle,... |
| 1998 | Gas Huffer Gas Huffer Gas Huffer was an American garage rock band from Washington state. They were known for their formal and comical lyrics and their antic stage presence.-History:Gas Huffer classified themselves loosely in the Garage punk genre... |
Just Beautiful Music Just Beautiful Music Just Beautiful Music is the fifth album released by the punk rock band Gas Huffer, in 1998.-Track listing:# "Rotten Egg"# "Beware Of Viking"# "Over The Side"# "Is That For Me?"# "Clay Pigeon"# "Old Man Winter"# "Hacked"# "The Last Act"... |
| 1998 | The Halo Benders The Halo Benders The Halo Benders was a band formed in 1994 as a side project by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. They released their first album, called God Don't Make No Junk, in 1994... |
The Rebels Not In The Rebels Not In The Rebels Not In is the name of the third and to date final album recorded by the American group The Halo Benders.The album was released on K Records on 3 February 1998 on vinyl LP and compact disc. It was the third full-length release from the Halo Benders, a side project of Calvin Johnson and... |
| 1998 | Caustic Resin Caustic Resin Caustic Resin is an indie rock band from Boise, Idaho, who have released several albums for Up Records, Alias Records, and C/Z Records. The band is Brett Netson on guitar and vocals, Tom Romich, Jr. on bass guitar, and either James Dillion or Pat Perkins on drums... |
The Medicine Is All Gone |
| 1999 | Built to Spill | Keep It Like a Secret Keep It Like a Secret Keep It Like a Secret was the fourth full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill, and their second for Warner Bros. The core line-up of the band had not changed since Perfect from Now On: singer/guitarist Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Scott Plouf... |
| 1999 | Built to Spill | Carry the Zero |
| 2001 | Built to Spill | Ancient Melodies of the Future Ancient Melodies of the Future Ancient Melodies of the Future is the fifth full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill. The core line-up of the band remained as it had for the previous two albums, with singer/guitarist Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Scott Plouf. The album was recorded at Bear... |
| 2001 | Les Savy Fav Les Savy Fav Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington... |
Go Forth Go Forth Go Forth is the third album by Les Savy Fav, released in 2001. It was released by French Kiss Records. It was mixed during June 2001 at Magic Shop, Manhattan and was mastered by John Loder at Abbey Road studios, London.-Track listing:... |
| 2002 | Pretty Girls Make Graves Pretty Girls Make Graves Pretty Girls Make Graves was an art punk band, formed in Seattle in 2001, named after The Smiths song of the same name... |
Good Health Good health Good health may refer to:*Health, the medical state of physical, mental and social well-being.*Good Health, an album by Pretty Girls Make Graves.*Our Lady of Good Health, an apparation of Mary in India.... |
| 2002 | David Cross David Cross David Cross is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr... |
Shut Up You Fucking Baby |
| 2003 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | The New Romance The New Romance The New Romance is the second album from Pretty Girls Make Graves. It was released September 9, 2003 on the label Matador Records.-Track listing:# "Something Bigger, Something Brighter" – 5:09# "The Grandmother Wolf" – 2:58# "Mr... |
| 2003 | The Shins The Shins The Shins are an American indie rock band comprising singer, songwriter, and guitarist James Mercer, guitarist/bassist Dave Hernandez, Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats, drummer Joe Plummer and bassist Ron Lewis. Their sound draws on several musical genres, including pop, alternative rock, indie rock,... |
Chutes Too Narrow Chutes Too Narrow Chutes Too Narrow is The Shins' 2003 follow-up to their debut album, Oh, Inverted World. The album title comes from a lyric in the song "Young Pilgrims." The album was well-received by critics, garnering an overall score of 88/100 on Metacritic... |
| 2005 | Dios Malos | Dios Dios (album) dios is an album by dios Malos released by Startime Records in 2004. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 .-Track listing:#"Nobody's Perfect" – 5:27#"Starting Five" – 3:17... |
| 2005 | Band of Horses Band of Horses Band of Horses, originally briefly known as Horses, are an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell. They have released three studio albums, the most recent and most successful of which is 2010's Grammy nominated Infinite Arms... |
Everything All the Time Everything all the Time -Personnel:*Ben Bridwell - Vocals, guitar*Mat Brooke - Guitar, co-lead vocals on tracks 8 & 10*Chris Early - Bass guitar*Tim Meinig / Sera Cahoone - Drums-Chart performance:-Songs from Everything All the Time in popular culture:... |
| 2006 | Mudhoney | Under a Billion Suns Under a Billion Suns Under a Billion Suns is the seventh album by Mudhoney, released in the USA in March 2006. It was recorded with three different producers: Phil Ek, Johnny Sangster and Tucker Martine.... |
| 2006 | Irving Irving (band) Irving is an American indie rock band. It was founded by Alex Church, later of Sea Wolf, Brian Canning and Steven Scott in 1998, after playing together for the first time at an arts festival. Soon after, they added keyboardist Shana Levy and Brent Turner; Levy remained with the group until 2003,... |
Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers is the second full-length release from Los Angeles indie band Irving, released in 2006.The title track was used in a Totino's Mega Pizza Rolls commercial which began airing in early 2007.-Track listing:... |
| 2007 | The Shins | Wincing the Night Away Wincing the Night Away Wincing the Night Away is a Grammy-nominated album by indie rock group The Shins. It was released by Sub Pop Records on January 23, 2007. It is the band's third album, and the final under their contract with Sub Pop... |
| 2007 | Terrene Terrene Terrene is a Seattle-based musical project fronted by songwriter John Dylan. Experimenting with lush soundscapes, guitar effects, samples, and pop structures, Terrene has featured a rotating lineup over the years with Dylan being the only constant. Terrene is currently a solo project for Dylan... |
The Indifferent Universe |
| 2007 | Band of Horses Band of Horses Band of Horses, originally briefly known as Horses, are an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell. They have released three studio albums, the most recent and most successful of which is 2010's Grammy nominated Infinite Arms... |
Cease to Begin Cease to Begin *Track 4 is named after the German basketball player Detlef Schrempf who played for Seattle SuperSonics in the 1990s, although no mention of him is made in the song's lyrics.-Album credits:* Phil Ek - producer* Jon Ashley - assistant engineer... |
| 2007 | Sea Wolf | Leaves In the River Leaves in the River Leaves in the River is the full-length debut album by Sea Wolf, released on September 25, 2007.-Track listing:All songs by Alex Brown Church.# "Leaves in the River" - 4:57# "Winter Windows" - 3:51# "Black Dirt" - 3:39# "The Rose Captain" - 3:40... |
| 2008 | Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes... |
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes... |
| 2009 | The Dodos The Dodos The Dodos are an American indie rock band consisting of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber.- History :The Dodos began playing music together in 2005, when musician Meric Long, who had been gigging steadily in San Francisco as a solo singer-songwriter, was introduced to Logan Kroeber through a mutual... |
Time to Die Time to Die Time to Die is the third album released by indie folk trio The Dodos. It was produced by producer Phil Ek, best known for his work on albums by The Shins, Fleet Foxes, Built to Spill and Band of Horses... |
| 2009 | Throw Me the Statue Throw Me the Statue -Biography:Throw Me the Statue was formed by Scott Reitherman after he began self-releasing CDs of buzzy, lo-fi indie pop in 2004. Friends, including Pedro the Lion member Casey Foubert, pitched in to help as Reitherman added instruments including drum machines and glockenspiels to round out his... |
Creaturesque |
| 2009 | Animal Kingdom | Signs and Wonders |
| 2010 | Shout Out Louds Shout Out Louds Shout Out Louds are an indie rock band from Stockholm, Sweden.The group has toured with bands such as The Strokes, Kings of Leon, The Magic Numbers, The Rosebuds, The Essex Green, and Johnossi... |
Work Work (album) - Chart positions :... |
| 2010 | Band of Horses Band of Horses Band of Horses, originally briefly known as Horses, are an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell. They have released three studio albums, the most recent and most successful of which is 2010's Grammy nominated Infinite Arms... |
Infinite Arms Infinite Arms -Reception and chart performance:Infinite Arms has proved a major international success for Band of Horses. It has performed well in charts in Europe, Australasia and North America, reaching the top 10 in the US, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Norway and Sweden.... |
| 2011 | Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes... |
Helplessness Blues Helplessness Blues Helplessness Blues is the second studio album by Seattle, Washington-based folk band Fleet Foxes. It was released on May 3, 2011 as a follow-up to their eponymous 2008 Fleet Foxes album.-Summary:... |