Derek Hoffman is a versatile JUNO award winning producer, engineer, musician, and composer from Toronto. Derek began his production career in punk and rock; he cut his teeth on projects by local and international heavyweights like Silverstein (Rise Records/Dine Alone) and Stick To Your Guns (Pure Noise Records).
Derek branched out into the collaborative world of pop/alternative music and has worked with established and burgeoning Canadian artists alike, including Arkells (UMC), GRAE, Andrew Hyatt (604), Aysanabee (Ishkōdé Records), Laraw (Bravo Musique), Tyler Shaw (Sony Canada), and Lili-Ann De Francesco (UMC). His catalogue has amassed over 100 million streams and multiple top-10 hits at traditional radio.
Recent Production, Mix and Writing Highlights
2024 JUNO Award for Alternative Album of the Year: Aysanabee’s Here and Now was produced and mixed by Derek Hoffman.
2024 JUNO Award for Songwriter of the Year: Aysanabee’s “Here and Now” and “Somebody Else” were co-written, produced, and mixed by Derek Hoffman.
2024 ECMA for Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year and Pop Recording of the Year: The East Pointers - Safe In Sound was produced and mixed by Derek Hoffman
2024 PEI Music Award for Album of the Year: The East Pointers - Safe In Sound was produced and mixed by Derek Hoffman
2024 PEI Music Award for Pop Recording of the Year: Noah Malcolm’s “Feel the Same,” was produced and mixed by Derek Hoffman.
2023 JUNO Award for Recording Engineer of the Year, Nominee
2020 JUNO Award for Jack Richardson Producer of the Year, Nominee