Ben-Zion "Ben" Glatzer (born 8 October 1959,

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) is an Australian

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and producer. He worked on

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's debut album, ''

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'' (1995),

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' ''At Second Glance'' (1995), Cartman's debut '' Go!'' (2002),

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' '' Mushroom Soup: The Citadel Years'' (2003), and

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's debut '' Lovers'' (2003). From 1994 to 2002 Glatzer won a total of eight

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for his work.

Biography

Ben-Zion Glatzer was born on 8 October 1959 in Subiaco. He grew up with his father, Willy (Bill) Glatzer (born 19 December 1927,

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), a

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survivor and furniture business operator, his mother, Leah Freidman, and his older sister, Hanya Glatzer (later Moschner). Glatzer grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth, he attended Carmel Primary School and Mount Lawley High School. After graduating in 1976 he was accepted into the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (WACAE), where he followed Hanya into an education course. By 1977 he obtained a deferral from further studies and became a factory hand in his family's business. In April 1977 Glatzer began pursuing a career in music initially as a drummer and as a technical sound engineer. Glatzer's early work was as a live audio engineer for various musical artists including local, interstate and international acts. In 1979 he founded a related sound system and truck hire company, Glatzer Concert Tours. In 1990 he worked at Pet Rock Studios as a record producer and engineer. In April 1991 Glatzer established the Revolver Sound Studio, where he remained the manager, principal audio engineer and record producer until his partial retirement in May 2006. In mid-2002, Glatzer began production for the rock group,

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's debut

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album. Glatzer urged their lead guitarist and vocalist, Lee Jones, to continue his career in rock music when Jones was tempted by an offer to become a classical music pianist. Jones remained with the band and the album was issued in 2003 on Embryo Records.

Personal life

Ben Glatzer's son Jason Glatzer is a musician who, in 2002, formed a school band which became the Perth-based pop rock group Amberdown. By mid-2011 they were recording a five-track EP with the senior Glatzer producing.

Career summary

* April 1977 – May 1992: Various Musical Groups – Live audio engineer. Engineered for many local, interstate and international artists. * 1979–1987: Owned and operated a medium-sized concert sound system and truck hire company: Glatzer Concert Tours. * February 1990 – May 1991: Petrock Studios – Recording Audio Engineer/ Producer * April 1991 – May 2006: Revolver Sound Studio – Recording Audio Engineer/Producer/Manager

Discography

Ben Glatzer has been credited as producer,

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, audio engineer, or

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er: *

– ''

'' (1995) – producer *

– ''At Second Glance'' (1995) – mixing & audio engineer * DM3 – ''Something Heavy'' (

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EP, 1995) ''Road to Rome'' (Citadel Records, 1996) * Thumb – ''Thumb'' (EP, 1995) * Sugarchild – ''Sugarchild'' (EP, 1997) *

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– ''Afraid'' (EP, 1998), ''Motion'' (1999) * Wax Tadpole – ''Proxy by Proxy'' (EP, 1998) * Cartman – ''

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'' (EP, 1999), ''

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'' (EP, 2000), '' Go!'' (2002), ''

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'' (EP, 2002) – mixing & audio engineer, producer * Beaverloop – ''Resistance Is Useful'' ( Murmur Records, 1999) * Flavour of the Month – ''

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'' (2000) – audio engineer & co-producer *

– '' Mushroom Soup: The Citadel Years'' (2003) – remixing *

– '' Lovers'' (2003) – audio engineer *

– ''

'' (2003) * Mr Sandman – ''Highway Love'' (EP, 2003) * Showbag – ''Town We Loved In'' (2004) – audio engineer

Awards and nominations

WAMI Awards

The

(WAMIs) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc. Glatzer won a total of eight WAMIs for his work. , - , 1992 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Live Sound Engineer , , , - , rowspan="2", 1993 , , "Foolish" – DM3 , , Best Single , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , 1994 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , 1995 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , 1996 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , rowspan="2", 1997 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Record Producer , , , - , rowspan="2", 1998 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Record Producer , , , - , rowspan="2", 1999 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Record Producer , , , - , rowspan="2", 2000 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Record Producer , , , - , rowspan="2", 2001 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Record Producer , , , - , rowspan="2", 2002 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Record Producer , , , - , rowspan="2", 2003 , , Ben Glatzer , , Best Sound Recording Engineer , , , - , Ben Glatzer , , Best Record Producer , , , -

Other awards

*1999 Nominated Best independent release for

's "Away"

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. *2002 Won Simon McCarthy – "Libertine", Nominated USA Song writing Competition in the Pop & Rock category.

References

External links

Revolver Sound Studios, profile of Glatzer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glatzer, Ben 1959 births Living people Australian audio engineers Australian Jews Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent Australian record producers People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School Musicians from Perth, Western Australia