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home news January 23rd, 2012CALIGOLAFOH Mix for Caligola. After rehearsals in Stockholm we had the live world premiere in Zurich/CH.December 10th, 2011STILLE NACHT - LIVE CDOn Stille-Nacht tour with Kelly Family members Paddy, Patricia, Kathy and Paul. We recorded Hamburg and Erfurt.16 Tracks were mixed and mastered in 48 hours. A DVD-Recording is on schedule.October 2nd, 2011MANDO DIAO - Gold AwardMTV-Unplugged got gold for more than 100.000 copies sold.September 24th, 2011MANDO DIAO - Unplugged Tour24. October 2011 Barcelona BAM Open Air 02. October 2011 Berlin Brandenburger Tor04. October 2011 München Zenith, die Kulturhalle 05. October 2011 CH Zürich Komplex 45707. October 2011 Oberhausen König-Pilsener-Arena 08. October 2011 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle 09. October 2011 CH Zürich Komplex 45711. October 2011 L Luxembourg RockhalSeptember 23rd, 2011PADDY KELLY - Spain & The PopeAfter a show in front of the Notre Dame in Paris this year we played a couple of shows in Spain and Gibraltar finally had a performance at the Pope-Event in Germany. Each of them were really special !June 10th, 2011MANDO DIAO - Rock am Ring / Rock in ParkWe got 2 very succesful shows in front of 100.000 people .March 3rd, 2011MANDO DIAO - Dance With Somebody (Unplugged Version)The unplugged version of Dance With Somebody is cutted, mixed, mastered and now on air. The single release will be this month.December 4th, 2010MANDO DIAO - 1Live Radio ShowWe had an amazing unplugged 1Live radio show. Very intimate and great new versions of the songs. Follow the blue pic on the left...November 28, 2010MANDO DIAO - MTV UNPLUGGED in Top 10"Above and Beyond" has entered the german album charts on No.6November 12, 2010TIERRA NEGRA - CLASSIC Album Mixed & MasteredThe new compilation from germans master of flamenco has been mixed and mastered.The songs have been newly arranged with a string orchestra that is driving the songs into a new kind of atmosphere.November 11, 2010MANDO DIAO - MTV UNPLUGGED CD Release & TV premiere on MTVToday is the premiere of the MD Unplugged on MTV. The CD will be released tomorrow on the 12th of November.October 27, 2010MANDO DIAO - MTV UNPLUGGED Down In The Past Single & VideoHere is the first single release from MD MTV UnpluggedOctober 15, 2010MANDO DIAO - MTV UNPLUGGED Mixed & MasteredThe mix of Mando Diao´s MTV-Unplugged is finally done. The whole session was done in 4 weeks and contains 24 songs which are all fantastic. Mando Diao was the first swedish band who was ever invited to do the famous MTV-Unplugged which will be released all over Europe and Canada as a DVD, CD, D-CD and as a double Vinyl this month.September 5th, 2010MANDO DIAO - MTV UNPLUGGED Recorded in BerlinAfter 3 production days at Union Film Studios Berlin we got a great MTV-Unplugged show on tape. We had 108 audio tracks all in all including the legendary SPL Atmos for recording the audience. Audix supported us with over 50 microphones which made our life way easier. DPA provided their 4099 condenser mics for the string section, acoustic guitar and upright bass. Now I am looking forward to hear the results in the studio. The mixing sessions starts right now...

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about Dirk Schulz - Producer, Sound Engineer, Musician, SongwriterDirk Schulz is working in the music business for about 20 years. With this he can look back on a wide range of experiences that made him work around the world f.e. as a sound engineer, producer, guitar tech, musician, stage & production manager etc...Beside his work as a producer for international artists he is touring as the front of house sound engineer with swedish vintage rockers Mando Diao. After managing the audio live recording of their MTV-Unplugged he has engineered and finalized the whole project at the DS Soundworks studio located in Dortmund.The record reached gold in October 2011.Artists he worked with:The Rasmus, Mando Diao, Sasha, Angelo Kelly, Bela B., Bauhaus, Liquido, Reamonn, Paddy Kelly, Tierra Negra, Tiamat, The Kelly Family and many more...Productions he was involved:MTV Unplugged, Top Of The Pops, Viva Overdrive, Rock am Ring/Park 1Live Krone, Ricky Martin, Echo Award and countless international festivals/shows ...
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