Our Team
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Eric Sanderson
Eric Sanderson is a producer, mixer, engineer, and session musician with over 520 million streams across a career spanning more than two decades.
His recent work includes producing and mixing a Billboard Top 10 single for Nicotine Dolls, mixing the audio for a Hamilton 10th Anniversary video, and mixing a film by Philip Glass and Godfrey Reggio. He is also the owner of Harbor Studios, a 2,000-square-foot recording studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
As a founding member of Augustines, Sanderson toured internationally and built a reputation for making emotionally charged, dynamic records. His work spans production, mixing, engineering, arrangement, and instrumentation, with credits including Nicotine Dolls, Death Cab for Cutie, Wild Rivers, Foreigner, Brian Fallon, Stars, and others.
Eric is also a longtime collaborator and bandmate of Grammy Award-winning producer Peter Katis, best known for his work with The National and Interpol.
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Peter Tavoulareas
Peter joined Harbor as an intern and has quickly proved himself as a talented and dedicated engineer. With a background as a musician, band member, and writer, he brings a deep understanding of the recording process from both sides of the glass. His kind, encouraging, and focused approach fosters a creative and comfortable studio environment, while his commitment to the craft has positioned him as one of NYC’s rising engineers to watch.
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Olav Christensen
Originally from Denmark, Olav Christensen moved to Brooklyn in 2005, bringing with him a deep-rooted passion for music and sound.
Guided in part by the teachings of mastering authority Ian Shepherd, Olav began honing his craft with a sharp ear and a dedication to sonic integrity. Since 2015, he has worked professionally as a mastering engineer, helping artists refine their sound and prepare their music for release.
In 2020, Olav co-founded Prolificators with Rob Vondeheide—a genre-bending duo in which he writes, sings, plays guitar, and handles rhythm programming. The group is signed to East Broad Records and has released several albums to date.
Olav was introduced to Eric and Harbor Studios when the facility opened at its Van Brunt Street location. He has since become a go-to mastering engineer for a variety of projects recorded there, bringing clarity and cohesion to the final stage of the production process.
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James Artache
Jimmy Artache is a New York–born producer, engineer and songwriter working between Ireland and the NYC. He studied composition and production at the Aaron Copland School of Music, graduating from CCNY's Sonic Arts program summa cum laude.
A songwriter’s songwriter and studio craftsman, Jimmy is devoted to the story at the heart of every song. His work is rooted in performance, capturing recordings that feel immediate, human, and alive.
He has recorded Grammy-winning and nominated artists from Nashville to Dublin, and collaborated with artists including Steve Earle, Glen Hansard, Bono, Sharon Shannon, and the late Shane MacGowan. His practice moves fluidly between stripped-back sessions and full band productions, always guided by instinct, feel, and song.