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American musician, engineer and producer
Musical artist
Ben Brodin is a music producer, recording and mix engineer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist from
Omaha, Nebraska . He is a member of several bands, including
Mal Madrigal ,
McCarthy Trenching ,
Our Fox and
The Mynabirds , and has performed both live and in the studio with artists such as
Conor Oberst and
First Aid Kit . Brodin is a recording engineer at ARC Studios, formerly
Presto! Recording Studios , and his own Hand Branch Studio.
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Cat Piss - Cat Piss Rides Again (2022, Mishap Records) -recording and mix engineer
Simon Joyner - Songs From A Stolen Guitar (2022, Grapefruit Records, BB*ISLAND) -recording engineer, B3, Wurlitzer, vibraphone
Little Brazil - Just Leave (2022, Max Trax) -production, recording and mix engineer, bassVI, B3
Seahaven - Halo DLX (2022,
Pure Noise Records ) -recording and mix engineer
Megan Siebe - Swaying Steady (2021, Grapefruit Records) -production, recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, B3, Wurlitzer, piano, electric guitar, percussion
Dream Regime - Figures In The Clouds (2021, Self) -mix engineer
Danni Lee - Truth Teller (2021, Self) -production, instrumentation, recording and mix engineer
Noah James Gose - Monowi (2021, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Justin Carter - Colossus Drift (2021, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Tom Kutilek - Beginner's Luck (2020, Self) -recording and mix engineer, B3
Seahaven - Halo of Hurt (2020,
Pure Noise Records ) -recording engineer
Staffers - In The Pigeon Hole (2020, Ever/Never) -mix engineer
Stavro - Akoma: Songs For Greek America (2020, Toyroom) -recording and mix engineer, production
Owen Meany's Batting Stance - Featherweights (2020, LHM) -mix engineer
Ben Eisenberger - Soloists (2020, Plastic Miracles) -mix engineer'
Jim Schroeder - Mesa Buoy (2020, Self) -recording and mix engineer
John Laughlin - Ten Years, Linked In (2020, Self) -recording and mix engineer, B3
The Wandering Hearts - Over Your Body (2020,
Decca Records ) -keyboards
The Bruces - The Bruces (2020, Unread Records) -mix engineer
The Lowest Pair - The Perfect Plan (2020,
Team Love Records ) -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, Mellotron
Avi Kaplan - I'll Get By (2020,
Fantasy Records ) -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, Mellotron
InDreama - Poison House (single) (2020, Self) -recording engineer
Big Nope - Back To You (2020, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Kyler Daron - A Room Of Painted Glass (2020, Self) -mix engineer
Field Club - Saint June b/w Another Midnight (2020, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Eddy Mink - Open Container Heart Surgery (2020, Self) -recording engineer
Ben Sasso - Carousel (2020, Dolphin Camp) -recording and mix engineer, production
Stavro - Chances (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer, production
Avi Kaplan - Aberdeen (single) (2019, Self) -piano, keyboards
James VanDeuson - Dilation (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer, production, drums, bass, keyboards, guitars
Hussies - Fast (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Bazile Mills - Holiday (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Taylor Janzen - Shouting Matches (2019, 2mm) -B3, Mellotron, Wurlitzer
Earnhardt - Earnhardt (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer, production, B3, guitar
Bad Self Portraits - Amsterdam (2019, Self) -mix engineer
Jack McLaughlin - Covered In Black (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer, bass
Pro Magnum - Knight Speed (2019, Max Trax) -recording and mix engineer
Blake Rave - Dreams and Fears (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer, production, drums, bass, keyboards, guitar
The Wildwoods - Across A Midwest Sky (2019, Self) -recording and mix engineer, production
Wrong Pets - Fucked Up b/w We Have To (2018, Max Trax) -recording and mix engineer
The Bruces - Thieves in the Wick (2018, Grapefruit Records) -mix engineer, piano, keyboards
Citizen Electrical - Archive Spinoffs (2018, Gertrude Tapes) -mix engineer
Wolfie's Just Fine - Perfection, Nevada (2018, Normal Guy) -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, pump organ
Pile - Odds and Ends (2018,
Exploding In Sound ) -recording and mix engineer
David Nance Group - Placed and Slightly Pulverized (2018, Trouble In Mind) -mix engineer
Chy - Atlantica (2018, Capotista) -mix engineer
Audrey Edris - All The Bad Things (2018, Self) -recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, keyboards, guitar
Mr. E & The Stringless Kite - Seeds (2018, Self) -recording engineer
The Ruralists - The Birth Of Birds (2018, Self) -mix engineer
Little Brazil - Send The Wolves (2018, Max Trax Records) -recording and mix engineer
Ben Eisenberger - Three Islands (2018, Self) -mix engineer
Staffers - Torn Between Two Loves (2018, Unread Records) -mix engineer
Anna McClellan - Yes and No (2018,
Father/Daughter Records ) -production, recording and mix engineer, bass, B3, guitar
High Up - You Are Here (2017,
Team Love Records ) -B3, Clavinet, piano
Refrigerator - High Desert Lows (2017,
Shrimper Records ) -mix engineer
The Wildwoods - Birdie and Gose (2017, Self) -recording and mix engineer
The Lupines - Mountain of Love (2017, Self) -recording and mix engineer
The Wildwoods - Sweet Nostalgia (2017, Self) -recording and mix engineer, production, B3, guitar
N.W. Engbers - The Inner World (2017, Self) -recording and mix engineer, production, B3, guitars
Bell Mine - Bell Mine (2017, Self) -mix engineer
Simon Joyner - Step Into The Earthquake (2017,
Shrimper Records ) -recording and mix engineer, Mellotron, vocal
David Nance - Do The Negative Boogie (2017,
Ba Da Bing Records ) -recording and mix engineer, Rhodes
Justin Townes Earle -
Kids In The Street (2017,
New West Records ) -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, Clavinet, vibraphone, percussion
See Through Dresses - Horse Of The Other World (2017,
Tiny Engines ) -recording engineer
Pile - A Hairshirt of Purpose (2017,
Exploding In Sound ) -recording and mix engineer
Tim Kasher - No Resolution (2017, 15 Passenger Records) -recording engineer, mix engineer
High Up - High Up (2017,
Team Love Records ) -recording and mix engineer
Rake Kash - Rake Kash (2016, Gertrude Tapes) -mix engineer
Miwi La Lupa - Beginner's Guide (2016, Tiger Shrimp) -recording engineer, piano, Rhodes, vibraphone
Conor Oberst - Tachycardia b/w Afterthought (2016,
Nonesuch Records ) -recording engineer
Timecat - Through The Roof (2016, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Bazile Mills - Where We Are (2016, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Conor Oberst -
Ruminations (2016,
Nonesuch Records ) -recording engineer
Pro Magnum - Desinfactar (2016, Self) -recording and mix engineer, B3
Oquoa - In Oneir (2016, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Jump The Tiger - Nightlife (2016, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Simon Joyner & The Ghosts - Why Don't You Come Back Around (2016, Ricordo) -recording and mix engineer
Joseph -
I'm Alone, No You're Not (2016,
ATO Records ) -piano, B3, Mellotron
Ruston Kelly - Halloween (2016, Razor and Tie) -piano, B3
David Nance - More Than Enough (2016,
Ba Da Bing Records ) -mix engineer
Noah's Ark Was A Spaceship - Three (2016, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Miwi La Lupa - Ended Up Making Love (2016,
Team Love Records ) -recording engineer, Wurlitzer, B3, piano, Mellotron
Sam Martin - Get With The Programmed (2016, Self) -mix engineer
Katie Burns - Weighted Balloon (2016, Self) -production, recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, keyboards, guitar
Conor Oberst - Lean On Me, "Life on Normal Street" (2015,
Amazon ) -production, recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, electric guitar, B3, vocals
McCarthy Trenching - More Like It (2015, Sower Records) -recording and mix engineer
High Up - Two Weeks (single) (2015, Self) -recording and mix engineer
Oh Lazarus - Good Times (2015, Off Label) -mix engineer
See Through Dresses - End Of Days (2015,
Tiny Engines ) -mix engineer
Anna McClellan - Fire Flames (2015, Majestic Litter) -recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, vibraphone
Pro Magnum - Pro Magnum (2015, Dom) -recording and mix engineer, B3
Falls - Omaha (2015,
Verve Records ) -assistant engineer, piano
The Good Life - Everybody's Coming Down (2015,
Saddle Creek Records ) -recording engineer
Orenda Fink - 7” Mighty Mist (2015,
Saddle Creek Records ) — recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, piano, guitars, vibraphone, samples, vocals, arrangement
Desaparecidos - Payola (2015,
Epitaph Records ) -recording engineer
Orenda Fink - Ace of Cups (2015,
Saddle Creek Records ) -production, recording and mix engineer
The Good Life - Novena On A Nocturn (Demo Tapes) (2015,
Saddle Creek Records ) -mix engineer
Icky Blossoms - Mask (2015,
Saddle Creek Records ) -assistant engineer, drum editing
Pile - You're Better Than This (2015,
Exploding In Sound ) -recording and mix engineer
Simon Joyner - Grass, Branch and Bone (2015,
Woodsist ) -recording and mix engineer, piano, B3, percussion
Josh Hoyer - Living By The Minute (2014, Silver Street) -recording and mix engineer
Jason Mraz -
Yes! (2014,
Atlantic Records ) — assistant engineer, drums, percussion, piano, organ
Orenda Fink - Blue Dream (2014,
Saddle Creek Records ) — production, recording and mix engineer, guitars, bass, keyboards
First Aid Kit -
Stay Gold (2014,
Columbia Records ) — assistant engineer, piano, organ, vibraphone
Conor Oberst -
Upside Down Mountain (2014,
Nonesuch Records ) — vibraphone
Katie Burns - Throw The Flowers Down (2014, Self) — production, recording and mix engineer, guitar, piano, vibraphone
Seahaven (band) - Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only (2014,
Run For Cover Records ) — recording and mix engineer, guitar, trumpet, organ, vibraphone, bells
Brad Hoshaw - Funeral Guns (2014, Self) — mix engineer
John Davis - Spare Parts (2013,
Shrimper Records /Riot Act) — recording engineer
PRO-MAGNUM - 7" (2013, TBA) — recording and mix engineer
Savages - TBA (2013,
Matador Records ) — recording engineer
News For Lulu - Circles (2014, Urtovox) — recording and mix engineer, guitars, vibraphone
Jake Bellows - New Ocean (2013,
Saddle Creek Redcords ) — recording and mix engineer, drums, guitars, mellotron, Hammond B-3, piano, vocals
Jake Bellows - Help [EP] (2013, Majestic Litter) — recording and mix engineer, drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals
Our Fox - Sea Glass (2013, Majestic Litter) — recording and mix engineer, drums, keyboards, guitar, vibraphone, vocals
Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship - You Need You (2013, Self) — recording engineer
Mal Madrigal - All The Ghosts (2013, TBA) — drums, bass, vibraphone, Hammond B-3, vocals
Ted Stevens Unknown Project - ‘Singles’ (2013, TBA) — mix engineer, guitars, keyboards
Ladyfinger (ne) - Errant Forms (2013,
Saddle Creek Records ) — Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer
Big Harp - Chain Letters (2013,
Saddle Creek Records ) — recording engineer
UUVVWWZ - The Trusted Language (2013,
Saddle Creek Records ) — recording engineer
Chromafrost - The End of Instinct (2013, Death Ray) — recording and mix engineer
The Fucking Party - The Fucking Party (2013, Self) — recording and mix engineer
Elizabeth Davis - Latitudes (2013, Self) — recording and mix engineer, production, drums, bass, guitars, vibraphone, keys
Maria The Mexican - Moon Colored Jade (2013, Self) — mix engineer
Katie Burns - You’ll Find Your Way (2013, Self) — recording and mix engineer, production, guitars, vibraphone, piano, percussion
CatsMelvin - Houston (2013, Self) — mix engineer
Tilly and the Wall -
Heavy Mood (2012,
Team Love Records ) — recording engineer
Azure Ray - As Above So Below (2012,
Saddle Creek Records ) — guitar samples
Simon Joyner - Ghosts (2012, Sing, Eunuchs!,
Ba Da Bing Records ) — mix engineer
McCarthy Trenching - Plays The Piano (2012, Slumber Party) — recording and mix engineer
Con Dios - There’s a Beat in Your Cold Black Heart (2012, Self) — recording and mix engineer
The So-So Sailors - Young Hearts (2012, No Dancing) — recording and mix engineer, Hammond B-3
Conduits - Conduits (2012,
Team Love Records ) — recording engineer
First Aid Kit -
The Lion’s Roar (2012,
Wichita ) — piano
One Eye White - For Better For Worse (2012, Self) — recording and mix engineer
Dirty Fluorescents - Cut The Line (2012, Self) — recording and mix engineer, mastering
Custom Catacombs - Self-Titled (2012, TBA) — recording engineer
McCarthy Trenching - Fresh Blood (2011, Slumber Party) — recording and mix engineer
Man Man -
Life Fantastic (2011,
Anti Records ) — assistant engineer
The Bruces - (TBA) — marimba
Bright Eyes -
The People’s Key (2011,
Saddle Creek Records ) — assistant engineer
Kevin Pike/John Kotchian - Pulse/Flow (2011, Bocca Lupo) — mastering
Film Streams - Silents in Concert Series (various) — composition and arrangement, piano, guitars, tape loops, sound reinforcement
Before the Toast and Tea - Methods of the Mad (2010, Bocca Lupo) — composition and arrangement, recording/mixing, mastering, drums, guitars, keyboards, bass, vocals, vibraphone, percussion
Orenda Fink -
Ask The Night (2009,
Saddle Creek Records ) — upright bass, pump organ
Mal Madrigal - From The Fingers of Trees (2009,
Bocca Lupo ) — drums, organ, vibraphone, feedback
Pete Yorn -
Back and Forth (2009,
Columbia Records ) — organs, piano, vibraphone
Son Ambulance -
Someone Else’s Déja Vu (2008,
Saddle Creek Records ) — vibraphone
Mal Madrigal - The Road is Glue (2007,
Bocca Lupo ) — vibraphone, drums
Mal Madrigal - Life Among The Animals (2007,
Bocca Lupo ) — vibraphone, drums, Rhodes
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