Flemming Rasmussen

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Flemming Rasmussen
Born (1958-01-01) 1 January 1958 (age 65)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres Heavy metal, power metal, hard rock, death metal, thrash metal
Occupation(s)Record producer, sound engineer

Flemming Rasmussen (born 1 January 1958) is a Danish sound engineer, record producer, and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen. He is chief sound engineer at Sweet Silence Studios.

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Biography

Throughout his career, Rasmussen has worked with many different music genres, but is best known for his work with heavy metal.

Rasmussen began his career as an assistant at the Rosenberg Studios facility run by producer/engineer Freddy Hansson. In 1976, Hansson founded the Sweet Silence Studios and brought Rasmussen with him. In 1980, Rasmussen became co-owner of the studio, and one year later became an engineer, recording the 1981 album Difficult to Cure by Rainbow. This subsequently attracted Metallica, who brought in Rasmussen to work on their album Ride the Lightning (1984). The partnership continued through to the proceeding two studio albums, Master of Puppets [1] (1986) and ...And Justice for All (1988). [2]

He also produced the Morbid Angel album Covenant , [3] Blind Guardian's albums Imaginations from the Other Side , [4] The Forgotten Tales [5] and Nightfall in Middle-Earth , [6] Artillery's By Inheritance [7] and Ensiferum's Iron , [8] amongst others. In 1999 he took over Sweet Silence, which was demolished in 2009 to make way for an apartment complex and a car park. [2] Rasmussen then moved to Winding Road Studios in Copenhagen. [9] He then left in January 2014 to reopen Sweet Silence in Helsingør north of Copenhagen, under the name of Sweet Silence North.

Rasmussen won a Grammy for producing Metallica's "One" in 1989. In 1994, the Danish Grammys recognized him as producer of the year for his work on Sort Sol's Glamourpuss . Flemming also worked with Evile on their debut Enter the Grave in 2007. [10] and Monte Pittman "The Power of Three" in 2014.

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Sweet Silence Studios was the leading Danish recording studio for rock music during most of its existence. It was originally built in Amager by Danish engineers Freddy Hansson, Flemming Rasmussen and Stig Kreutzfeldt beginning in February 1976. Flemming Rasmussen was immediately hired as assistant engineer, who later became producer and main engineer, taking full ownership of the studio in 1999. The studios relocated a short distance, start 2000, sometimes being credited as "Sweet Silence Upstair Studios" afterward, and closed in 2008. The building was demolished in 2009 to make way for an apartment complex and a car park. Rasmussen then moved to Winding Road Studios in Copenhagen, where he stayed until opening Sweet Silence North in Helsingør in January 2015. The studio in Helsingør was closed December 2017, and moved to Copenhagen, January 2018 in Bådehavnsgade, Sydhavnen.

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References

  1. ↑ Saulnier, Jason (13 January 2013). "Flemming Rasmussen Interview, Producer talks Master Of Puppets". Music Legends. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Buskin, Richard (May 2011). "Metallica 'One': Classic Tracks". Sound on Sound . SOS Publications Group. OCLC   61313197 . Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Credits: Covenant". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Review: Imaginations from the Other Side". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Credits: Forgotten Tales". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "Credits: Nightfall in Middle-Earth". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Credits: By Inheritance". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  8. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review: Iron". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  9. ↑ Winding Road
  10. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review: Enter the Grave". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 March 2010.


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