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| 1984 – 1989 | Studies of Sound and Video Engineering at the Fachhochschule and Rhineland State Conservatory of Music Robert Schumann Institute, in Düsseldorf (instruments: percussion and harpsichord) |
| 1986 – 1987 | Tutor for the subject mathematics |
| since 1986 | Working as freelanced sound engineer, producer, musician, sound designer, programmer, AV engineer for music productions, commercials, TV-series, live recordings, sound reinforcement, concerts, performances, symposia, Concerts and performances with different acts |
| 1986 | “Neue Töne – Computermusik”, live recording of several compositions like: “Kontakte” by Karl Heinz Stockhausen, “Nested Loops III” by Dirk Reith, “Klavierstudien Nr. 6, 7, 19, 21 by Conlon Nancarrow, “Verhältnisse” by Klarenz Barlow, “Touch Monkeys” by Michel Waisvisz, “Kunststoff Drumprojekt” by Jörg U. Lensing |
| 1988 | “Terror II” by Tommi Stumpff for Rough Trade (D): recording |
| 1989 | Master degree about “The function of analog mixing desks with computer added mixing utilities” |
| 1989 - 2005 | Specialist for acoustic recordings, musician and instructor for volunteers at Skyline Studios, Düsseldorf; working on music production, television and radio commercials, features and jingles |
| 1989 – 1991 | Engineering on the music score by Jürgen Dahmen for the TV-soap “Das Buschkrankenhaus” for TV-station Bayerischer Rundfunk |
| 1989 |
“Sunny Side Of The Road” by Moon Rose for Biker News: recording “We’re On The Road Again” by G´Loyd for I & Ear Records (D): live recording, mix, mastering “Ultra” by Tommi Stumpff for Rough Trade (D): recording, mix “Dr. Acid In The Bat.House” by Monster Twins: recording, mix |
| 1990 |
“Live” by The Invincible Spirit for Last Chance Records (D): live recording, mix Ute Lemper rehearsal recordings at Skyline Studios Düsseldorf Jingle production for Antenne Düsseldorf, Radio NRW and associated stations, recording, mix |
| 1991 – 1994 | Producer of Tommi Stumpff |
| 1991 |
“13 Minuten Massaker” by Tommi Stumpff for Rough Trade (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “XMAS with Satyricon” for Satyricon records (D): live recording, mix “Oddities” by The Fair Sex for Last Chance Records (D): restoration, compilation, mastering “Mich kriegt ihr nicht” by Tommi Stumpff for Mental Decay Records (D): restoration, compilation, mastering |
| 1992 |
Founder of the sound and music laboratory Killing Sound Research where productions came into being “TV Ritual” and “Trivial Schock” by Tommi Stumpff for EMI Electrola (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Brettermeier” by Dietmar Wischmeyer & Tommi Stumpff for Fruehstyx Radio FFN (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Still There” by G´Loyd for I & Ear Records (D): recording, mix, mastering “Paradies” by Tommi Stumpff for EMI Electrola (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Black Trees” by Spirit of Soma: recording, mix, mastering “A.N.G.E.R.” by Testify for our choice (D) and van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Maßanzug” by Die Toten Hosen, song for the movie “Langer Samstag” by Hanns Christian Müller for Scotia (D): recording, mix, mastering |
| since 1993 | Producer and member of industrial music project Testify |
| 1993 |
With Troubadour Soft GmbH development of the first German Mixed Mode CD “Chaos” of Herbert Grönemeyer
for EMI Electrola (D): engineering, production “Bommerlunder” by Technodosen for Polydor: producer, recording, mix, mastering “Driving Me Wild” by Bones for EMI Electrola (D): recording, mix “?” by Stg. Peppers for Telstar Music Entertainment (D): recording, mix, mastering “Benni Boxt Nie!” Rockmusical for kids for Great Scott Production (D): recording “Alle sind tot” by Tommi Stumpff for EMI Electrola (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Oligophrenie” by L. Van L. on the “Tour de Trance” for EMI Electrola (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Testify 01” by Testify for our choice (D) and van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering |
| since 1994 | Working for BTL Düsseldorf as live engineer |
| 1994 |
“Da boarische Hiasl” by Biermösl Blosn & Die Toten Hosen on “wo samma” for Mood Records (D): recording “Pam Pam Club”: mastering “Disco Gold” remake medley for Dance Street (D): recording, mix, mastering “Point Blanc” with Maria Mutier, Xaver Fischer & Reiner Witzel for Groove Attack Records (D): recording, mix “59510” by Victims for Terrordome for Deltaphon (D): recording, mix, mastering “Headrocks” by Headrocks for Meteor Music (D): recording “Hele Can” by SES with Ergün Aktoprak, Xaver Fischer & Reiner Witzel for Twin Records (D): recording, mix, mastering “Ballroom Killer” by Testify for our choice (D) and van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering |
| 1995 – 2001 | Public sound for weekly broadcasted television shows “Happy Hour Düsseldorf” and “Lokalzeit Wuppertal” of Westdeutscher Rundfunk in association with Ton Art Düsseldorf |
| 1995 |
“Düsseldorf Percussion” conducted by Mathias Haus: recording, mix, mastering “Two Worlds” by Birthcontrol for WZ (D): mastering “You Know White Noise” remix for The Fair Sex for Our Choice (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Karneval” by Rheinpiraten: recording, mix, mastering “Me & Mr. Fantasy” by Cosma for EMI Electrola (D): recording, mix, mastering “Stian Mar” for Deltaphon (D): recording, mix, mastering “1000 Beats” by 1 AM for Zoth Ommog: remix “Where The Eagle Flies” by G´Loyd for Fun Beethoven Records (D): recording, mix, mastering “I am The Gas To Burn” by Testify on “Diva Performance 10th Anniversary” for Semaphore (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Mind Ripper” by Testify for van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering |
| 1996 |
“Jungle Life” by Birthcontrol for Green Tree records (D): recording, mix, mastering “RP in Rock” live recording at Archäologischer Park Xanten for Rheinische Post: recording, mix, mastering “Blue Light” by Armageddon Dildos for RCA (D): remix “Wadde Wedder Widder” by Peter Fassbender: mix “Musique Française pour 2 Pianos” by Katia Burger for Deltaphon (D), recording, mix, mastering |
| since 1997 | Working with Karl Bartos on music productions and audio- visual performances |
| 1997 |
“MMMYAOOO” by Testify for van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Cumberland’s Tree” by Belgium for Atelier Music: recording, mix “Düsseldorfer Sangesfreunde” feat. Eugene Holms: recording, mix, mastering “Rheinpiraten in Rock” for ZYX (D): recording, mix, mastering “Ich weiß nicht ob es Liebe ist” by Armageddon Dildos on “Götterdämmerung Tribut an die beste Band der Welt, Die Ärzte” for EMI (D): mix |
| since 1998 | Producer of the dark wave band The Fair Sex |
| 1998 |
“The Mobile Homes” by The Mobile Homes for SPV (D), Arcade (S), produced by Karl Bartos: recording, mix “Call On Me” by Electric Music for SPV (D): recording, mix “Perceptions” by Wetzel’s Venue: recording in New York with David Sanborn, Vernon Reed & Reiner Witzel for Lipstick (D) “Speed” by Armageddon Dildos for BMG Ariola (D): recording “Never Mind” by Armageddon Dildos on “10 Years of Zoth Ommog”: producer, recording, mix, mastering “Varieté Musik” from Bernhard Paul’s Roncalli´s Apollo for SoundsGood (D): recording, mix “Fred Kellner with Anke Engelke” concert pre production for SAT 1 New Year’s Eve at Brandenburger Tor, Berlin: recording, mix “Bleibt alles anders” by Herbert Grönemeyer for EMI Electrola: engineering “Crack The Mind” by Testify for van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Dumb” by Testify on “Moonraker Volume 4” for SPV (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering |
| 1999 |
“Violin” by Testify on “Knuckle Tracks XV” for van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Straight Shooter” by Armageddon Dildos, film soundtrack for eastwest (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “re-match” by Armageddon Dildos for Zoth Ommog (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “The Young Urban Professional” by Electric Music for SPV (D): mix “Love & Violence” by Flatz for Sony (D), produced by Karl Bartos: recording “El Jazz Cuarteto”: recording, mix, mastering “From Moscow to Paris” by Interjazz: recording “Craft” by The Soul Cages for Massacre records (D): producer, recording, mix |
| 2000 |
“15 Minutes of Fame” by Karl Bartos for Orbit/Virgin: recording, mix, mastering “east west 2000” and “re:match” by Armageddon Dildos for Zoth Ommog (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Brathahn die knusprige Combo”: recording, mix, mastering “Beautiful Nightmare” by The Fair Sex on “Gothic World Compilation Vol.1”: producer, recording, mix & mastering “Triviality Beyond Acceptance” by Testify for van richter records (USA): producer, recording, mix, mastering Ray Charles at Tennisgala Duisburg Mercatorhalle: audio engineering |
| 2001 |
“Laughter Of Mirth” by The Fair Sex on “Der Seelen Tiefengrund 2”: producer, recording, mix, mastering “Kindgott” remix by The Fair Sex on the Compilation “re_laborat” by Das Ich for Dance Macabre (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “The Palace Of the Bad” by The Fair Sex on “Gothic Compilation XII”: producer, recording, mix, mastering |
| 2002 |
“Lost Traces Of the Far side” by The Fair Sex for endless records (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Joy To The World” vocal recording with Joy Fleming and Michael Holm for Eurovision Song Contest 2002 “TFS” by The Fair Sex for endless records (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “15 Minutes of Fame” by Karl Bartos on “Electrolife” for Cinq Etoiles (NL): recording, mix, mastering New year’s concert in Ilsenburg of the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Wernigerode: audio engineering |
| 2003 |
“I’m The Message” by Karl Bartos for Home Rec./Sony: recording, mix, mastering “Thin Walls Part I” by The Fair Sex for endless records (D): mastering “Traurige Nation” by Armageddon Dildos on “Cyberl@b the Ultimative Industrial Compilation” for Alfa Matrix (B): producer, recording, mix, mastering “Communication” by Karl Bartos for Home Rec./Sony: recording, mix, mastering “Morgengrauen” by Armageddon Dildos for Ausfahrt (D): producer, recording, mix & mastering “In The Streets” by Living Room Rockers for Orange Coffee: mastering Hanna Schygulla live at Tonhalle Düsseldorf: audio engineering |
| 2004 |
Conception of AudioVison with Karl Bartos, creating of “Klang Regie” for live performances “Morgengrauen” by Armageddon Dildos and “13 Minuten Massaker” by Tommi Stumpff on “Electrocity XIII” for Ausfahrt (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “The Walk” by The Fair Sex on “Our Voices a Tribute to the Cure” for Equinox Records: producer, recording, mix, mastering Gala 25 years Vogue Germany, concert with Brian Ferry: audio engineering “Börsenforum der Nationalbank” with guest speaker Richard von Weizecker: audio engineering “Ahoj Brause Viewmaster” commercial series with Hape Kerkeling: set recording, audio engineering Schumannfest 2004 Düsseldorf: audio engineering |
| since 2005 | Lecturing at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin), workshops on Auditory Media Design as part of Sound Studies – Acoustic Communication. |
| 2005 |
“Camera Obscura” by Karl Bartos for AudioVision: recording, mix, mastering “Sangreal” by Armageddon Dildos for Ausfahrt (D): producer, recording, mix, mastering “13. Jazz Rally Düsseldorf” TV documentation from Westdeutscher Rundfunk with Klaus Doldinger, Till Brönner, BUJAZO, Nils Landgren, Markus Stockhausen, Curtis Stigers, Georgie Fame & Alan Skidmore Quintet, Joo Kraus, Trevor Richards: live recording |
| since 2006 | Performing with Karl Bartos the dj/vj-set Dance Cinema |
| 2006 |
“Dangerous” by Armageddon Dildos on “Bright Lights, Dark Room an Electro B-Side Tribute to Depeche Mode” for Cronica Music (UK): mastering “Faltered” by Myk Jung for endless records: producer, recording, mix “Moebius Redux - A Life in Pictures” Soundtrack by Karl Bartos: recording, mix, mastering “Das Mikrofon”: speech at “Ringvorlesung Sound Studies”, Berlin |
| 2007 | “0_1 The Binary Code” by Karl Bartos for Visionaire Magazine: co-producer, recording, mix, mastering |