Ben Brodin

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. Discography

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