Theodore Heilman

Managing Director

Ted was essential to getting ˚Orbital up and running and has been our Business Manager since 2017.  He brought us decades of general and financial management experience — in international trade, manufacturing, private equity and software development — and he’s picked up on a lot of the finer points of the music business remarkably quickly for an old dog.  He's managed businesses in 7 countries in the Americas and in China.

Born in Havana, the son of a Cuban mother and an American father, he speaks, reads and writes Spanish fluently, and gets along in Portuguese thanks to years of traveling to Brazil on business. 

He's a Blues fanatic and plays guitar badly, but with great feeling.

Carr Bonner

associate Producer

A recent addition to our team, Carr plays an integral role in the client-facing side of °Orbital. He works to nail down clients’ musical and marketing needs so we can craft music custom-tailored to their projects.

Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, at the ripe age of ten Santa Claus gifted him a drum set and the rest was history. He played in bands through his time in high school and at Berklee College of Music, where he studied music marketing.

Now residing in Brooklyn, his three years of living in NYC have been filled with music making, playing, and networking in the music community.

Carr works very closely with Alfonso day-to-day and, in addition to client service, assists with music supervision and records drum sets. He would also consider himself the best-dressed at °Orbital.

Colin Bryson

Recording & Mastering Engineer

As ̊Orbital's resident audio engineer and sound mixer, Colin brings a finely-tuned ear to all stages of music and sound production -- from engineering studio sessions to recording live concerts, mixing and post audio, as well as audio mastering on both analog and digital platforms. 

His flair for client service and meticulous attention to detail come in part from his background in hospitality management, having -- in another incarnation -- developed and managed some of New York’s most celebrated restaurants and cocktail lounges

Colin also engineers voice over sessions and remote sessions for ˚Orbital in some of New York’s large ensemble recording rooms when orchestral sessions are needed for scoring. 

Chaim Rubenstein

Location Sound & Post Mixer

Chaim, working with Alfonso, developed the current configuration of ˚Orbital’s recording studio, located on Christopher Street in New York’s West Village, and oversees its maintenance and operation.

The studio has been featured in Tape Op Magazine and over the years has hosted recording sessions by PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Gogol Bordello, Billy Bragg, among many others. It features a hybrid analog/digital workflow that caters to the modern age’s recall needs without sacrificing the warmth and depth of analog audio.

The studio’s gear includes brands like Trident, Neve, Tannoy, Neumann, SSL, Gibson, Fender, Martin, Taylor, Studer, Burl, Focusrite, Apollo, Yamaha, Auratone, Oram, DBX, Spectrasonics, Electro Harmonix, Ibanez, Ramirez, API, MCI, Shure and AKG, as well as the latest software for recording, mixing and mastering.