Phil Ek


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. Phil Ek has worked with such indie rock bands as Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Built to Spill, Duster, 764-HERO, Big Business and Mudhoney.

Selected discography

YearBandAlbum
1994LyncThese Are Not Fall Colors
1994Built to SpillThere's Nothing Wrong with Love
1994Butterfly TrainBuilding Distrust from Trust
1994Green Apple Quick StepLudes and Cherry Bombs
1995Earth
1997Modest MouseThe Lonesome Crowded West
1997Built to SpillPerfect from Now On
1998DusterStratosphere
1998Gas HufferJust Beautiful Music
1998The Halo BendersThe Rebels Not In
1998Caustic ResinThe Medicine Is All Gone
1999Built to SpillKeep It Like a Secret
1999Built to SpillCarry the Zero
2000Modest MouseThe Moon & Antarctica
2001Built to SpillAncient Melodies of the Future
2001Les Savy FavGo Forth
2001UnwoundLeaves Turn Inside You
2002Pretty Girls Make GravesGood Health
2002David CrossShut Up You Fucking Baby
2003Pretty Girls Make GravesThe New Romance
2003The ShinsChutes Too Narrow
2005Dios MalosDios
2005Band of HorsesEverything All the Time
2006MudhoneyUnder a Billion Suns
2006IrvingDeath in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers
2007The ShinsWincing the Night Away
2007TerreneThe Indifferent Universe
2007Band of HorsesCease to Begin
2007Sea WolfLeaves in the River
2008Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes
2009The DodosTime to Die
2009Throw Me the StatueCreaturesque
2009Animal KingdomSigns and Wonders
2010Shout Out LoudsWork
2010Band of HorsesInfinite Arms
2011Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues
2012The WalkmenHeaven
2012TyphoonWhite Lighter
2012Father John MistyFear Fun
2014The SidekicksRunners in the Nerved World
2015The Paper KitesTwelvefour
2017Fleet FoxesCrack-Up
2017The Black AngelsDeath Song