Producers

The bench

The people who made the records — 14,615 producers, ranked by the Groove of what they produced. Not by fame. By the work.

Sort Career Groove Per record Output

Career Groove across, per-record up. Right is volume; high is consistency; the corner is both.

The crown

Michael Cuscuna

354 records · 1954–2013

17,464.15

9,901

Richard Bell

3 records · 1988–2001

95.81

31.94/rec

9,902

Kreidler

4 records · 2000–2009

95.80

23.95/rec

9,903

MC Ren

3 records · 1990–1998

95.80

31.93/rec

9,904

Joaquín Torres

4 records · 1987–1992

95.78

23.95/rec

9,905

Lewis Parker

3 records · 1996–2010

95.71

31.90/rec

9,906

Warren Defever

7 records · 1994–2008

95.69

13.67/rec

9,907

Ice Dale

3 records · 2006–2011

95.66

31.89/rec

9,908

Edd Kolakowski

3 records · 1986–1998

95.65

31.88/rec

9,909

Pretty Girls Make Graves

3 records · 2002–2006

95.65

31.88/rec

9,910

Helena Nenne Zetterberg

3 records · 2002–2004

95.64

31.88/rec

9,911

Girls Under Glass

6 records · 1991–2001

95.63

15.94/rec

9,912

High Roller Studios

3 records · 2005–2007

95.63

31.88/rec

9,913

Matthias Haß

3 records · 2004–2007

95.62

31.87/rec

9,914

Bernd Skibbec

4 records · 2005–2009

95.58

23.90/rec

9,915

Scott Bennett

3 records · 2002–2008

95.52

31.84/rec

9,916

Alberto Penzin

4 records · 1989–1995

95.50

23.88/rec

9,917

Γιώργος Μακράκης

7 records · 1974–1996

95.49

13.64/rec

9,918

Minus Habens Records

4 records · 1991–1995

95.48

23.87/rec

9,919

Randy Scruggs

6 records · 1981–2007

95.48

15.91/rec

9,920

Little Brother

3 records · 2005–2007

95.41

31.80/rec

9,921

Melechesh

3 records · 2001–2006

95.36

31.79/rec

9,922

Pebbles

3 records · 1987–1995

95.35

31.78/rec

9,923

Wendy Dio

3 records · 2000–2011

95.31

31.77/rec

9,924

Benjamin Wright

3 records · 1979–2007

95.30

31.77/rec

9,925

Steuart Smith

3 records · 1986–2007

95.29

31.76/rec

9,926

Ian D’Sa

3 records · 2006–2012

95.27

31.76/rec

9,927

Andy Ellison

3 records · 1977–1978

95.26

31.75/rec

9,928

Jim Callon

3 records · 1978–1994

95.26

31.75/rec

9,929

Krzysztof Domaszczyński

3 records · 1985–1987

95.26

31.75/rec

9,930

Wolfgang Funk

4 records · 1992–1995

95.25

23.81/rec

9,931

Julio Palacios

7 records · 1980–1993

95.24

13.61/rec

9,932

Claudio Guidetti

3 records · 1990–2010

95.19

31.73/rec

9,933

Justin Harris

4 records · 2002–2006

95.19

23.80/rec

9,934

Alexis Ouzani

3 records · 1996–1999

95.18

31.73/rec

9,935

JOR

3 records · 1992–1995

95.16

31.72/rec

9,936

Jacques Bisceglia

4 records · 1968–1971

95.15

23.79/rec

9,937

Phunk Investigation

3 records · 1999–2003

95.15

31.72/rec

9,938

Jim Marrer

4 records · 1994–1997

95.09

23.77/rec

9,939

Richard Barratt

3 records · 1994–2007

95.08

31.69/rec

9,940

Till Brönner

6 records · 2000–2007

95.06

15.84/rec

9,941

David Haid

3 records · 1998–2001

95.05

31.68/rec

9,942

Jeremy Harding

5 records · 1997–2003

95.03

19.01/rec

9,943

James Hardway

6 records · 1996–2003

95.01

15.84/rec

9,944

Jim Fischel

3 records · 1981–1982

95.00

31.67/rec

9,945

Phillip Damien

3 records · 1990–2000

95.00

31.67/rec

9,946

Jörg Umbreit

7 records · 2001–2012

94.97

13.57/rec

9,947

Alison Ball-Gabriel

5 records · 1995–1999

94.96

18.99/rec

9,948

General Surgery

3 records · 1991–2006

94.96

31.65/rec

9,949

Mervyn Warren

3 records · 1992–2000

94.92

31.64/rec

9,950

Kelo

3 records · 1994–1996

94.91

31.64/rec