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). Along with Built to Spill, Phil Ek has also worked with such indie rock bands as Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Modest Mouse, Murder City Devils, The Shins, Duster, 764-HERO, Big Business and Mudhoney.
Selected discography Year Band Album1994LyncThese Are Not Fall Colors1994Built to SpillThere's Nothing Wrong with Love1994Butterfly TrainBuilding Distrust from Trust1994Green Apple Quick StepLudes and Cherry Bombs1995EarthPhase 3: Thrones and Dominions1997Modest MouseThe Lonesome Crowded West1997Built to SpillPerfect from Now On1998DusterStratosphere1998Gas HufferJust Beautiful Music1998The Halo BendersThe Rebels Not In1998Caustic ResinThe Medicine Is All Gone1999Built to SpillKeep It Like a Secret1999Built to SpillCarry the Zero2000Modest MouseThe Moon & Antarctica2001Built to SpillAncient Melodies of the Future2001The Murder City DevilsR.I.P2001Les Savy FavGo Forth2001UnwoundLeaves Turn Inside You2002Pretty Girls Make GravesGood Health2002David CrossShut Up You Fucking Baby2003Pretty Girls Make GravesThe New Romance2003The ShinsChutes Too Narrow2005Dios MalosDios2005Band of HorsesEverything All the Time2006MudhoneyUnder a Billion Suns2006IrvingDeath in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers2007The ShinsWincing the Night Away2007TerreneThe Indifferent Universe2007Band of HorsesCease to Begin2007Sea WolfLeaves in the River2008Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes2009The DodosTime to Die2009Throw Me the StatueCreaturesque2009Animal KingdomSigns and Wonders 2010Shout Out LoudsWork2010Band of HorsesInfinite Arms2011Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues2012The WalkmenHeaven2012Father John MistyFear Fun2014The SidekicksRunners in the Nerved World2015The Paper KitesTwelvefour2017 Fleet FoxesCrack-Up2017 The Black AngelsDeath Song2020Smoke FairiesDarkness Brings the Wonders Home2024Tyler RamseyNew Lost Ages2025Dutch InteriorMoneyball
References
External links Phil Ek - Official website, includes discography Interview, HitQuarters May 2009