Ben Brodin

Ben Brodin is a musician, engineer and producer 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 multi-instrumentalist. He currently fronts the band Before the Toast and Tea and is a recording engineer at ARC Studios, formerly Presto! Recording Studios. Before the Toast and Tea's debut album, Methods Of The Mad, is carried by Saddle Creek Records webstore.[1][2][3][4][5]

Discography

•Jason Mraz - Yes! (2014, Atlantic Records)

assistant engineer, drums, percussion, piano, organ

•Orenda Fink - Blue Dream (2014, Saddle Creek)

production, recording and mix engineer, guitars, bass, keyboards

•First Aid Kit - Stay Gold (2014, Columbia)

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)

recording engineer

•News For Lulu - Circles (2014, Urtovox)

recording and mix engineer, guitars, vibraphone

•Jake Bellows - New Ocean (2013, Saddle Creek)

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)

Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer

•Big Harp - Chain Letters (2013, Saddle Creek)

recording engineer

•UUVVWWZ - The Trusted Language (2013, Saddle Creek)

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)

recording engineer

•Azure Ray - As Above So Below (2012, Saddle Creek)

guitar samples

•Simon Joyner - Ghosts (2012, Sing, Eunuchs!, Ba Da Bing)

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)

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)

assistant engineer

•Orenda Fink - 7” Mighty Mist (2011, Bocca Lupo)

recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, piano, guitars, vibraphone, samples,

vocals, arrangement

•The Bruces - (TBA)

marimba

•Bright Eyes - The People’s Key (2011, Saddle Creek)

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)

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)

organs, piano, vibraphone

•Son Ambulance - Someone Else’s Déja Vu (2008, Saddle Creek)

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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References

1. http://lazy-i.com/2010/05/
2. http://rockcandyomaha.blogspot.com/2010/05/bartolomei-bocca-lup-and-ben-brodin-and.html
3. www.beforethetoastandtea.com Archived February 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
4. Saddle Creek US Online Store Archived December 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
5. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ben+Brodin
6. http://www.benbrodin.com/discography