Biography

Ben Kaplan is an award winning producer, engineer that has established a reputation in the business as a guy with great ears, a lot of musical talent, a Pro Tools whiz and bringing creativity, beauty and perfection to every mix and every recording. Early on learning directly from producing legend Jack Richardson, he has worked in studios across North America and the UK recording a wide variety of genres.

Ben is now based in Vancouver as a Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Programmer, Musician and is one of the founders of Fader Mountain Sound, formerly the historic Little Mountain Sound. He has a long list of credits including Mother Mother, Biffy Clyro, Rare Americans, Five Alarm Funk, Bootsy Collins, Snoop Dogg, Shakira, Rise Against, Gallows, Bend Sinister, Ninja Spy and Chevelle. Ben engineered Biffy Clyro’s critically acclaimed album Only Revolutions which was nominated for the UK’s prestigious Mercury Award in 2010 and their double album Opposites which garnered the band their first #1 album in the UK as well as best album of the year at the 2013 Kerrang Awards.

Ben was awarded the Juno for Jack Richardson Producer of the Year in 2020 and won the Audio Engineering Award at the Western Canadian Music Awards in 2019. He was also nominated for Juno Awards in 2012 for Producer of the Year and in 2017 and 2018 for Engineer of the Year

Ben recently upgraded his Vancouver studio to Dolby Atmos (7.1.4) and now offers immersive mixes for music and post production.