Ben H. Allen

Producer / Mixer / Songwriter

Ben has had a storied career to-date, both as an engineer and as a producer.

Cutting his teeth in the studios of New York City, Ben came up the ranks in the Bad Boy camp, engineering records with Puff Daddy, Mase, Carl Thomas and Lil’ Kim. After a brief stint working for pop producer Mike Mangini (Joss Stone, David Byrne), 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 fixture in the Atlanta hip hop scene.

In 2001, Ben worked his first sessions with Cee-Lo Green and a quick friendship was struck. Their mutual interest in avant garde rock as well as the more muscular rhythms of Atlanta’s rap sound made for brilliant studio sessions that evolved into Cee Lo’s second solo project, 2004’s Cee Lo Green is the Soul Machine. The two continued their working relationship on the Gnarls Barkley project, St. Elsewhere. “Crazy”, the 1st single from St. Elsewhere, was a gigantic US and international hit and the 1 single in the UK for 9 weeks. Recorded and mixed by Allen, the album went on to win a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album for 2006.

Allen continues to exercise considerable influence as a mixer and is also making his mark as a producer. Working with his writing partner, Tony Reyes, Ben produced and co-wrote “Here to Stay” on Christina Aguilera’s Back to Basics, which debuted at 1. The duo also remixed the track for an international Pepsi ad campaign.

Currently, Ben is developing Atlanta-based collective The Constellations, a Southern take on the concept of the Gorillaz: cross-genre, left of center, beat-based music with a distinctively Southern feel. Ben is also busy with production work with several local artists; he has worked on projects from Y.O.U. and Gringo Starr and recently completed the 2nd LP for local psychedelic rock group All the Saints.

Ben also owns Maze Studios

Ben’s Most Recent Credits

Animal Collective
MIA
Matt & Kim
Gnarls Barkley
Christina Aguilera

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Fun bits about Ben

Worst Job Ever: Working for his Dad 1 summer washing cars. At the end of the summer Ben drove a new car into a pylon wrecking it and using every hard-earned penny made that summer to pay for his ‘recklessness!’

Ben H. Allen

Ben’s Most Recent Credits

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Fun bits about Ben

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