GRAMMY NOMINATED PRODUCER
COMPOSER & ENGINEER
Ben is proud to be a founding Director of The Umbrella Rooms in Shaftesbury Avenue where his studio is based. His work with The Umbrella Rooms has taken him around the world working on music content for various Theatre promotions including '& Juliet '(Broadway/Toronto/US Tour/Melbourne), ‘Cabaret’ (London / Broadway), and ‘Parade’ (Broadway) with Ben Platt.
In his London studio he has Produced albums for Sydney Christmas (2024 Winner of Britain’s got Talent), Tom Ball, Craig Revel Horwood, Jamie Lambert, Marisha Wallace, Louise Dearman, Kerry Ellis, Samantha Barks, John Owen Jones, Ramin Karimloo, Rachel Tucker and Bradley Jaden.
In 2024 Ben Produced/Arranged recorded and Mixed ’Schwartz Songs’ for Westway music, the album features material from some of Schwartz's most beloved shows sung by major West End Stars.
He Produced & Mixed the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Tony and Olivier award winner Eddie Redmayne as ‘The Emcee’ and BAFTA and 2022 Mercury Prize nominee Jessie Buckley as ‘Sally Bowles’ in the London Cast Recording of Cabaret for Decca Records released in 2023.
More recently he Produced & Mixed Adam Lambert as ‘The Emcee’ singing ‘I Don’t Care Much’ at the iconic Power Station Studios in New York.
As a composer he is currently writing songs & developing his own Musical ‘The Empress Of Soho’ as a 6 part series for streaming platforms.
Ben is a Grammy Nominated Producer, Engineer & Composer who works from his studio: Umbrella Sound in the heart of London's West End. His career has spanned many genres from Pop to Classical and now Musical Theatre.
Ben is proud to be a founding Director of The Umbrella Rooms in Shaftesbury Avenue where his studio is based. His work with The Umbrella Rooms has taken him around the world working on music content for various Theatre promotions including '& Juliet '(Broadway/Toronto/US Tour/Melbourne), ‘Cabaret’ (London / Broadway), and ‘Parade’ (Broadway) with Ben Platt.
In his London studio he has Produced albums for Sydney Christmas (2024 Winner of Britain’s got Talent), Tom Ball, Craig Revel Horwood, Jamie Lambert, Marisha Wallace, Louise Dearman, Kerry Ellis, Samantha Barks, John Owen Jones, Ramin Karimloo, Rachel Tucker and Bradley Jaden.
In 2024 Ben Produced/Arranged recorded and Mixed ’Schwartz Songs’ for Westway music, the album features material from some of Schwartz's most beloved shows sung by major West End Stars.
He Produced & Mixed the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Tony and Olivier award winner Eddie Redmayne as ‘The Emcee’ and BAFTA and 2022 Mercury Prize nominee Jessie Buckley as ‘Sally Bowles’ in the London Cast Recording of Cabaret for Decca Records released in 2023.
More recently he Produced & Mixed Adam Lambert as ‘The Emcee’ singing ‘I Don’t Care Much’ at the iconic Power Station Studios in New York.
As a composer he is currently writing songs & developing his own Musical ‘The Empress Of Soho’ as a 6 part series for streaming platforms.
Ben was born into a theatrical family with both parents professional actors, and so from an early age was no stranger to theatres, studios, rehearsal rooms and film sets. At the age of 7 he was a Chorister at Westminster Cathedral where for the next 5 years he was engulfed in music, singing alongside professional singers and taking part in numerous broadcasts and recordings. At 13 he won a music scholarship to King’s College, Wimbledon, where he studied piano and oboe, winning competitions in both instruments.
His first job was as assistant engineer at RGJones Studios, where he worked for the next ten years learning his craft as an engineer, working alongside artists such as A-ha, Cliff Richard, Leo Sayer, The Moody Blues, D-Influence, Gabrielle, Shola Ama, David Cassidy, Jason Donovan, Barbara Dickson, Simon May Orchestra, and Vanessa May. During this time he is proud to have worked on 3 Christmas No1s, including the infamous 'Mr Blobby' (biggest selling UK single of 1993.)
In 1996 he set up his own studios to concentrate on writing and production, having hits with Tina Arena, Toby Bourke, Errol Brown, Rick Astley and Laura Pausini (co-producing her first song sung in English ‘The Extra Mile’ for which he was nominated a Latin Grammy award.) In 2002 he was signed to Rive Droite Music (Right Bank) as house producer and songwriter and co-produced Katherine Jenkins first album 'Premier' which stayed at No1 in the Classical Charts for 7 weeks - and a total of 100 weeks in the top 10. He also produced and co-wrote for Russian boyband 'Smash!!' who's debut album 'Freeway' sold over 2 million albums, and co-wrote the Eurovision entry for France in 2004 with Steve Balsamo sung by Pop Idol's Jonatan Cerrada.
In 2005 he set up Production and Songwriting facility 'Private & Confidential Music' with Sir Harry Cowell. Here Ben wrote and produced for artists such as Delta Goodrem, Pam Sheyne, Anthony Callea, Liz McClarnon, Chico, Keedie (and the English Cricket Team) and M-People's Heather Small, co-writing and producing her second solo album 'Close To A Miracle' In 2007 Ben moved to Central London and took up residency of Studio 3 in Dean St. Studios in the heart of Soho. From there he moved to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Studio at the top of The Palace Theatre.
In Sep 2007 Ben won Classic FM's Composer competition with his setting of 'In Paradisum' performed by Soprano Fiona Jessica Wilson.
Artistes that have worked with Ben since his move to Soho in 2007 include:
Ben has co-written with:
Below are two playlists of Ben Robbins' work as a Producer and Composer.
Below is a playlist of videos of various songs recorded and produced at Umbrella Sound
For further information, booking and enquiries, please use the form below
The Umbrella Rooms
239-241 Shaftesbury Ave
London
WC2H 8EH
Studio entrance: White door on the corner