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

3,351

Keith Uddin

6 records · 2002–2008

408.91

68.15/rec

3,352

Nightmares on Wax

5 records · 1991–2003

408.80

81.76/rec

3,353

Violent Femmes

4 records · 1983–1998 · United States of America

408.46

102.12/rec

3,354

Frédérick Rousseau

7 records · 1972–1997

408.32

58.33/rec

3,355

Embee

15 records · 1998–2011

408.18

27.21/rec

3,356

Angelo Branduardi

7 records · 1976–1998

408.15

58.31/rec

3,357

Roger Sanchez

8 records · 1992–2010

408.07

51.01/rec

3,358

Eric Westfall

8 records · 1984–1997

407.93

50.99/rec

3,359

Tobias Sammet

8 records · 2000–2022

407.85

50.98/rec

3,360

C.J. Mackintosh

8 records · 1989–1996

407.73

50.97/rec

3,361

Marko Albrecht

13 records · 1995–2009

407.66

31.36/rec

3,362

Farley Jackmaster Funk

4 records · 1985–1988

407.42

101.86/rec

3,363

I.L.L. Will

8 records · 1998–2001

407.23

50.90/rec

3,364

Mercury Rev

9 records · 1991–2008

407.23

45.25/rec

3,365

Paulinho Tapajós

4 records · 1971–1975

407.20

101.80/rec

3,366

Stephen Mallinder

4 records · 1982–1990

407.03

101.76/rec

3,367

Richard Pinhas

7 records · 1976–1982

407.01

58.14/rec

3,368

Kim Fowley

10 records · 1968–1993

406.94

40.69/rec

3,369

David Harper (4)

9 records · 1978–1994

406.76

45.20/rec

3,370

Cosmic Baby

4 records · 1992–1994

406.65

101.66/rec

3,371

Laura Engel

3 records · 1984–1987

406.62

135.54/rec

3,372

Larry Carlton

8 records · 1980–1995

406.38

50.80/rec

3,373

Paul Robb

8 records · 1988–1992

406.36

50.79/rec

3,374

Chris Pennie

3 records · 1999–2004

406.33

135.44/rec

3,375

Jody H. Klein

11 records · 1964–1989

406.32

36.94/rec

3,376

Stevie Nicks

4 records · 1985–1994 · United States of America

406.23

101.56/rec

3,377

Tony Spath

6 records · 1981–1983

406.15

67.69/rec

3,378

Pete Woodroffe

11 records · 1992–2002

406.10

36.92/rec

3,379

Damian Taylor

9 records · 1999–2009

406.09

45.12/rec

3,380

Sufjan Stevens

6 records · 2000–2008 · United States of America

406.04

67.67/rec

3,381

The Only Ones

5 records · 1977–1992

406.02

81.20/rec

3,382

Tsuyoshi Suzuki

6 records · 1994–1998

405.89

67.65/rec

3,383

Joe Reisman

12 records · 1963–1993

405.84

33.82/rec

3,384

Brian Ruggles

4 records · 1981–2011

405.79

101.45/rec

3,385

Mark Neuman

4 records · 1980–1996

405.47

101.37/rec

3,386

Jim Hilton

3 records · 1968–1970

405.36

135.12/rec

3,387

Michael Dumas

7 records · 1987–1998

405.34

57.91/rec

3,388

Mike Kappus

12 records · 1989–2010

404.95

33.75/rec

3,389

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

6 records · 1982–2007

404.91

67.49/rec

3,390

Jack U Rebels

4 records · 1992–1995

404.84

101.21/rec

3,391

Michael Colina

9 records · 1981–1999

404.78

44.98/rec

3,392

Between the Buried and Me

6 records · 2003–2012

404.73

67.45/rec

3,393

Günter Schulz

3 records · 1995–1996

404.64

134.88/rec

3,394

The Mizell Brothers

5 records · 1975–1979

404.62

80.92/rec

3,395

Shazz

10 records · 1993–2009

404.35

40.43/rec

3,396

Michael Caplan

14 records · 1987–2006

404.34

28.88/rec

3,397

Kenneth Hamann

4 records · 1978–1979

404.19

101.05/rec

3,398

Lord Finesse

10 records · 1990–2003

403.92

40.39/rec

3,399

Dizzee Rascal

7 records · 2002–2007 · United Kingdom

403.86

57.69/rec

3,400

Tommaso De Donatis

12 records · 1996–2003

403.63

33.64/rec