The CBC's SM5000 label, featuring artists from across Canada, was launched in 1981 to showcase his new recordings, which met with immediate critical success.
[5][6][7] Among music industry experts and critics, he is widely considered to be one of Canada's leading recording engineers and producers,[8][9][10] with Wholenote Magazine calling him "a celebrity tonmeister".
A later partnership between John and Anton, called Johnathon Productions (their names combined, an Arpin idea), was formed to license material to record labels.
[1]Based in Toronto, Kwiatkowski provides remote and in-house studio recording as well as digital editing and mastering services.
A comprehensive Kwiatkowski discography listing over 900 titles spanning nearly half a century of recording and production work is available on Allmusic.