[4] His career in the music industry began as an assistant and engineer on sessions for groups like Public Image Ltd, the Buzzcocks, Wire, Alien Sex Fiend,[citation needed] and Rush while working at Trident and Advision studios.
[citation needed] Due to his involvement with punk and experimental artists, he went on to work with Icelandic group the Sugarcubes as an engineer on their debut album Life's Too Good.
[3] Thomas went on to undertake production, engineering, and mixing duties for the group throughout several albums including Ágætis byrjun, ( ),[3] and Takk...[6] and also assisted in recording the performances for the documentary film Heima.
[8] Ken was also the father of singer-songwriter Amy Odell, who provided vocals on his production of the Gavin Friday album Catholic.
[9] Thomas was reported to have died in early July 2021 as acknowledged in online statements by Gavin Friday[10] and Sigur Rós.