Hansa Tonstudio
Das Hansa Tonstudio is a recording studio located on Köthener Strasse in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany. Amongst English-performing musical acts it used to be known as 'Hansa Studio By the Wall', 'Hansa by the Wall', or 'The Great Hall by the Wall' in reference to the fact that it was adjacent to the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz.
History
The studios were originally founded in 1964 (3 years after the start of the Berlin Wall) by brothers Peter and Thomas Meisel in the western Halensee part of West Berlin. They moved to their present location in 1972. In the the early and mid-1980s, all productions were overseen by English record producer Michael Blakey.
Operated as the recording facility of Hansa Records, the studios played host to many well-known acts, including Tangerine Dream, David Bowie,[1][2] Brian Eno,[3] Iggy Pop,[4] U2,[2] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds,[3] Claw Boys Claw,[5] Depeche Mode,[6] Marillion,[6] Siouxsie and the Banshees, Killing Joke, Boney M. and most recently Snow Patrol, Kent and Living Things. The roll of notable recordings and the darkly sonorous sound quality, at once rugged and spacious of many of them, have given the studio near legendary status, especially within the post-punk and synth pop genres.
Selected Recordings
- 1977 - David Bowie - Low (part)
- 1977 - David Bowie - "Heroes"
- 1977 - Iggy Pop - The Idiot
- 1977 - Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
- 1979 - Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
- 1982 - David Bowie - Baal
- 1983 - Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again
- 1984 - Killing Joke - Night Time
- 1984 - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead
- 1985 - Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
- 1986 - Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox
- 1986 - Killing Joke - Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
- 1986 - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral… My Trial
- 1991 - U2 - Achtung Baby
- 2008 - Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
- 2008 - Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
- 2008 - Ossler - Ett Brus
- 2010 - KT Tunstall - Tiger Suit
- 2011 - R.E.M. - Collapse into Now
References
- ^ "Frei gefühlt: David Bowie in Berlin". Die Tageszeitung (in German). 2006-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b Susan Fast, "Music, Contexts, and Meaning in U2," in Everett, Walter (ed.) (2000). Expression in Pop-rock Music: A Collection of Critical and Analytical Essays. Taylor & Francis. pp. 33–76. ISBN 978-0-8153-3160-5.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) p. 45 - ^ a b Connell, John (2003). Sound tracks: popular music, identity, and place. Routledge. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-415-17028-4.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Trynka, Paul (2008). Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed. Random House. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-7679-2320-0.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Claw Boys Claw: Biografie". Popinstituut Encyclopedie. Muziek Centrum Nederland. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b Miller, Jonathan (2004). Stripped: Depeche Mode. Omnibus Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-84449-415-6.
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External links
- Official website Template:De icon
- Hansa Tonstudio discography at Discogs
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