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