Khalil Chahine

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Khalil Chahine
GenresWorld Music, Jazz, Pop-Classic, Funk, Rock, Hip-Hop
Occupation(s)Audio Engineer, Mixer, Producer
Website khalil-chahine.com

Khalil Chahine is a German-Lebanese audio engineer, mixer, and music producer. Originally from Beirut, he has worked with artists and musicians from the Middle East, Europe, and North America.

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Early life and education

Though he studied music and played keyboard as a child, an early interest and aptitude for math and sciences drove Chahine to complete a BA in Physics. While undertaking specialised studies in Psychoacoustics, his curiosity about the physics of sound and its relation to music led him to audio engineering, and he was trained as a recording engineer in France. [1]

Professional career

Studio production

Chahine worked on several influential albums within the Middle Eastern music scene with producers Michel Elefteriades, Ziad Rahbani, and others. He mixed and mastered "Sukoon" an album released after the early death of Palestinian composer and musician Mohsen Subhi. [2] [3]

In Berlin, Chahine founded Musigma, an audio consulting, production, and distribution company. Through Musigma, Chahine has worked with artists and musicians in Europe and the Middle East to produce and distribute music with a wide team of experts, working at Riverside Studios, Jazzanova Recording Studios, and Blackbird Music Studio among others in Berlin. [4] He has worked and collaborated with a number of other producers and engineers, including Hrólfur Vagnsson, Bernd Kurtzke, Sacha "Busy" Bühren, Martin Eyerer, Peter "BlackPete" Schmidt, Victor Van Vugt, and Samon Kawamura. [5] [6] He has also mixed music for film, including German drama Tiger Girl (film), which was screened at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. [7]

Research and development

Chahine took part in research and development of algorithms related to 3D Sound at Ralph Kessler's Pinguin Inc. in Hamburg, Germany. [8] He has been invited to give guest lectures at the SAE Institute Berlin and consulted by Focusrite for his professional opinion on new products within the audio engineering market. [9] [10]

Live music production

In Beirut, Chahine worked as an audio consultant and live mixing engineer with various artists. He was also partially responsible for developing the sound and acoustic treatment of MusicHall (Beirut) and Metro Al Madina, two of Beirut's premier live music venues. [11] Chahine has worked as an FOH & monitor engineer as well as in the role of Music Director for several productions. [12] [13]

Selected Production Discography [14] [15] [16]

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  2. ↑ "STUDIO". Khalil Chahine. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  3. ↑ "Al-Kamandjati Winter-Spring Newsletter" (PDF). Al Kamandjati. 2012.
  4. ↑ "About". Khalil Chahine. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  5. ↑ "Young Love". Bandcamp. 2016.
  6. ↑ "Max Herre - MTV Unplugged Kahedi Radio Show". Discogs. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  7. ↑ "STUDIO". Khalil Chahine. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  8. ↑ "R&D". Khalil Chahine. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  9. ↑ "Khalil Chahine Engineer and Producer talks about "Sound Engineering Physics & Mixing Philosophy | SAE Institute Deutschland - Creative Media Education". www.sae.edu (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  10. ↑ "Interface Shootout | Focusrite". focusrite.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  11. ↑ "About". Khalil Chahine. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  12. ↑ "Cabaret Show: "The Flaming Agent and The Double Dancer"". Beirut.com City Guide. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  13. ↑ "Cabaret Show: العميل الملتهب والراقصة المزدوجة « Lebtivity". Lebtivity. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  14. ↑ "Khalil Chahine (2)". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  15. ↑ "STUDIO". Khalil Chahine. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  16. ↑ "Falak - Rima Khcheich | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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