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Ben H. Allen new article content ... Ben H Allen’s goal is simple: to work on music projects that he would want to listen to. Armed with the ability and the flexibility to work as a mixer or a producer, Ben has made a name for himself.

Ben came up in the ranks of the Bad Boy camp, engineering records with Puff Daddy, Mase and Lil’ Kim. After a brief stint working for pop producer Mike Mangini (David Byrne, Joss Stone), Ben moved back to Georgia, opened Maze Studios and began mixing underground rap records for artists such as Gangsta Boo, Rasheeda and Bonecrusher, quickly becoming a ‘go-to mixer’ in the burgeoning Atlanta hip hop scene. In 2001, Ben worked his first sessions with Cee-Lo Green. Their mutual interest in avant garde rock and the more muscular rhythms of Atlanta’s rap sound made for brilliant sessions that evolved into 2004’s Cee Lo Green is the Soul Machine. They continued their working relationship on the Gnarls Barkley project, St. Elsewhere. “Crazy”, the 1st single from St. Elsewhere, was a gigantic US, UK and international hit. Recorded and mixed by Allen, the album went on to win a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 2006. Ben made his mark as a producer that same year. Working with Tony Reyes, Ben produced and co-wrote “Here to Stay” for Christina Aguilera’s Back to Basics LP and an international Pepsi campaign. Ben also co-produced Asher Roth’s hit single “I Love College”. In the last year, Ben has produced new projects for Matt and Kim, Deerhunter and “Bright Lights, Bigger City” for Cee Lo’s The Lady Killer album. Allen continues to exercise influence as a world-class mixer. In addition to mixing the projects he produces, Ben has mixed such successful and diverse projects as Animal Collective’s acclaimed Merriweather Post Pavilion, Cut/Copy’s Zonoscope, “XXXO” by M.I A., as well as new music from Trouble Andrew, Rubik, Washed Out and Givers. In addition to Ben’s busy career as a producer and mixer, Allen has started to release music on his label, MakeRecordsNotBombs. Allen’s first signing to his label, Atlanta’s The Constellations, re-released their debut album “Southern Gothic” when signing to Virgin in 2010. Ben has also signed Athens’ Reptar, releasing a single in 2010 and planning an EP for 2011.


Discography


Produced & Mixed 2011 Fanfarlo forthcoming Album Canvasback/Atlantic 2011 Reptar “Reptar” EP MRNB 2011 Deerhunter “Halcyon Digest” Album 4AD 2010 Matt & Kim “Sidewalks” Album Fader Label 2010 Lightspeed Champions “Life is Sweet, Nice To Meet You” Album Domino 2010 The Whigs “In The Dark” Album ATO Records 2010 Lenka “Roll With The Punches” (*) Track Columbia 2010 The Constellations “Southern Gothic” (Also co-wrote) Album Virgin/MRNB 2009 Grand ‘ole Party album Album DH Records 2008 Gringo Star “All Y’All” Album Self 2009 Kate Earl Tracks (Also co-wrote) Singles Universal/Republic 2009 Asher Roth “I Love College” (Also co-wrote) Single SRC/Universal 2008 Lindsay Rae Spurlock “Heart On” Album Self 2008 Pussycat Dolls “Rio” Track Ad campaign 2006 Christina Aguilera “Here To Stay” (Also co-wrote) Album track RCA (from Back To Basics)

Produced 2010 Cee-Lo “Bright Lights, Bigger City” Single Elektra/Asylum “The Lady Killer” Album Tracks

Mixed 2011 Washed Out “Within and Without” Album Mexican Summer 2011 GIVERS “Up Up Up” Single Glassnote “In Light” Album 2011 Cut/Copy “Zonoscope” Album Modular/Fontanta 2011 Rubik “Solar” Album Full Steam/Paper Tiger 2010 M.I.A. “XXXO” Single Interscope 2010 Animal Collective “Fall Be Kind” EP Domino 2010 Trouble Andrew album Album Virgin 2010 Reni Lane “Ready” Album Tracks Motown 2009 Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavilion” Album Domino 2009 Asher Roth “Asleep In The Bread Aisle” Album Tracks SRC/Universal 2008 Gym Class Heroes “The Quilt” Album Tracks Fuled By Ramen 2008 Solange Knowles “Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams” Tracks Geffen 2007 Athlete “Beyond The Neighborhood” Album Parlophone 2007 Kirsten Price “Guts & Garbage” Album Columbia/Twist 2007 The Pipettes “Pull Shapes” Single Interscope/Cherry Tree 2007 David Ford “Decimate” Single Independiente 2007 Jamie Scott “Standing In The Rain” Single Polydor 2007 The Thrills “Nothing Changes” Single Virgin UK 2007 Cee-Lo Green “Ophidiophobia” Track New Line Records (from Snakes On A Plane soundtrack) 2006 Gnarls Barkley “St Elsewhere” (also recorded) Album Atlantic 2003 Dangermouse and Jemini “Ghetto Pop Life” Forthcoming LP Lex Records 2005 DangerDoom “Mince Meat” Track Lex Records 2006 White Rose Movement “Love Is A Number” Track Independiente

2006 Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly “Chronicles Of A Bohemian Single Atlantic Teenager Pt. 1” 2006 Silje “Quite Simply” Album Columbia 2004 Mase “Double Up”(Clean) Album Track Bad Boy 2003 Gangsta Boo “Enquiring Minds, Vol. 2: Album Loud 2002 Jaws of Life “Fresh Breath” Album Blue Maze 2002 Trancesarc “Color TV Influential” Album Blue Maze 1999 Boyzone “By Request” Album Track Polydor Engineered 2010 Animal Collective “Fall Be Kind” EP Domino 2009 Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavilion” Album Domino 2005 Notorious B.I.G “Born Again” Album Track Bad Boy 2005 Puff Daddy “Forever” Album Track Bad Boy 1999 Lil’ Cease “Wonderful World of Album Track Undeas Recording Cease A Leo” 2005 Carl Thomas “Emotional” Album Track Bad Boy 2004 Various Artists “Bad Boy 10th Anniversary: The Hits” Album Bad Boy

Digital Editing/Engineered/Programming/Mixing 2004 Cee-Lo Green “Cee-Lo Green…Is the Album Arista Records Soul Machine”