Moses Schneider
Moses Schneider (* 1966 in Berlin as Andreas Schneider ) is a German music producer and recording studio owner. He achieved fame primarily for his collaboration with German rock bands, such as the Beatsteaks and Tocotronic. Schneider captures the live qualities of his artist what determines the sound of his productions.
Life
Schneider came in 1982 with recordings of his former band emphasis for the first time with music studio equipment in contact and saw possibilities. From 1985 to 1987 he worked as an assistant in the sinus recording studio of Hans -Ulrich Weigel in Berlin, before moving in 1987 to the Hansa recording studios and worked with Tom Mueller. His first work as an assistant were shooting for the song Blown Away Album Bossa Nova of the Pixies. In 1989, he completed his training and moved from Berlin to Hamburg and returned in November 1990 after the fall of the wall in his hometown. He played for some time with the band Gum (release date: Soul Corrosion, 1994) and as a bass player with Susie van der Meer. Schneider was between 1991 and 1996 part of the production team Bauknex. In 1996 he founded in Berlin with Bernd " Ben" Lauber and other studio the transporter room, their first release in 1997, the album Static Warp Bubble by Susie van der Meer was.
His preferred mode of production, contrary to usual practice in the rock and pop industry not to include bands individually but in interaction and quasi- live, earned him the features section names, such as " child prodigy " ( Tagesspiegel) or " star producer " (taz ) that sometimes he was as " the German Steve Albini " means. With Steve Albini Schneider has shared not only the production style; Albini's debut as a producer in 1988 was the album Surfer Rosa Pixies.
Schneider was nominated in 2005 and 2008 Producer of the Year for the echo, but was defeated in 2005 against Stefan Raab and 2008 against Andreas Herbig, who also produces under the pseudonym Boogieman (including Wolfsheim, Reamonn, Culcha Candela, I I ).
Discography (selection)
- 2004: Beatsteaks - Smack Smash
- 2005: Spitting Off Tall Buildings - Spitting Off Tall Buildings
- 2005: Tocotronic - Pure reason must never prevail
- 2005: Ohrbooten - playfulness
- 2006: edge - the animals are restless
- 2006: Olli Schulz and the dog Marie - Waiting for the boomerang
- 2007: Beatsteaks - Limbo Messiah
- 2007: Tocotronic - Capitulation
- 2007: Turbostaat - foreman Leiss
- 2008: Tocotronic - surrender live
- 2008: Beatsteaks - butterfly on a wheel
- 2008: Julia Marcell - It Might Like You
- 2009: Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
- 2009: Olli Schulz - It burns so beautiful ( part production )
- 2009: Tele - Each animal ( part production )
- 2010: Tocotronic - Schall & Wahn
- 2010: Fehlfarben - Happiness Machines
- 2010: Dendemann - Gone with the Vintage
- 2010: Turbostaat - The Iceland maneuver
- 2011: Ja, Panik - DMD KIU LIDT
- 2011: Beatsteaks - Boombox
- 2012: Fehlfarben - Xenophonie
- 2013: Tocotronic - How do we want to live
- 2013: Chuckamuck - Jiles
- 2013: Turbostaat - City of Fear
In addition, he is also active in numerous productions as co- producer and / or co-author.
Awards / Nominations
- Echo 2005: Producer / in the year nationally ( nominated )
- Echo 2008: Producer / Producer of the Year ( nominated )