René Tinner (born February 18, 1953, in

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

) is a Swiss recording engineer and producer, who has produced over 200 studio records and numerous live performances.

Career

Tinner began his career as the audio engineer of the German rock band Can in 1973, with whom he has recorded seven albums until 1989. In 1978 Tinner took over the so-called Can-Studio, which had been and continued to be the rehearsal and recording room of the Cologne based band Can. Tinner managed the studio until it was dismantled to be integrated into the German rock'n pop museum in 2007. During those years, Tinner produced there many artists and bands. In 1978 and 1979 Tinner worked on two records of Lou Reed ('' Live: Take No Prisoners'' and '' The Bells''). Other artists and bands he produced with in his studio were Maloo (worldwide hit single “The Captain of Her Heart”), KFC,

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, Trio,

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, Holger Czukay, Die Krupps, Floyd George, Julian Dawson,

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, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Jule Neigel Band, Kreisler, amongst many other artists and bands of international recognition. Tinner produced there also

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's record ''Living On the Outside'' (2001). On November 9, 2007, Can-Studio was integrated into the German rock'n pop museum in Gronau, where it was inaugurated in the presence of all the Can band members and René Tinner himself. Tinner went on to work with clients from various backgrounds in other studios, predominantly across Europe, such as German actor and musician

, multi-award winning Russian band

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, German comedian Dieter Nuhr, Norwegian alternative rock band Serena-Maneesh, and others. Tinner has also completed numerous TV and film soundtracks. In 2008, Tinner recorded the film music of the Wim Wenders movie ''

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'' (presented at Cannes Film Festival in 2008). Other TV and film soundtrack productions include ''

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'' ( Hans W. Geißendörfer, 2004), ''Lösegeld'' (Stephan Wagner, 2012), and many more. Tinner is the producer of Minneapolis based independent production company Megabien Entertainment.

Discography

* CAN: Soon over Babaluma, 1974 * CAN: Landed, 1975 * CAN: Flow Motion, 1976 * CAN: Saw Delight, 1977 * CAN: Out of reach, 1978 * CAN: Can, 1979 * Lou Reed: LIVE Take no prisoners, 1979 * Lou Reed: The Bells, 1979 *

: Silberblick, 1980 * Mitch Ryder: Got change for a million, 1980 * Duesenberg: Strangers, 1980 *

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: Filmmusik Vol. 1, 1980 * Holger Czukay: On the way to the peak of normal, 1981 *

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& Phantom Band: Phantom Band, 1981 *

: Filmmusik Vol. 2, 1981 *

: Edelweiß, 1982 *

& Phantom Band: Freedom of speech, 1983 * Trio: Bye Bye, 1983 *

: Märchenblau, 1983 * Holger Czukay: Der Osten ist rot, 1984 *

: Die Sonne so rot, 1984 * Zeltinger Band: Der Chef, 1984 *

: Mit Rucksack und Harpune, 1985 * Holger Czukay & Jah Wobble Full Circle, 1985 *

& Phantom Band: Nowhere, 1985 *

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: Blue (Captain of her heart), 1985 *

: Lausige Zeiten, 1986 * Romie Singh: Masters, 1986 *

: Musk at Dusk, 1987 *

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: As real as Disneyland, 1987 * Rams: Romantic Challenge, 1987 *

: Luckiest Man in the Western World, 1988 *

: Westernhagen, 1988 * Holger Czukay & David Sylvian: Plight & Premonition, 1988 * CAN: Rite Time, 1989 *

: Halleluja, 1989 * Haindling: Muh, 1989 * Holger Czukay & David Sylvian Flux & Mutability, 1989 *

: LIVE, 1990 * Jule Neigel Band: Wilde Welt, 1990 * Kreisler: So bizarre, 1990 *

: Impossible Holidays, 1991 * Hans Christian Müller: Zeit lassn, 1992 * Jingo de Lunch: Déja Voodoo, 1994 * Floyd George: Teenage Radio, 1994 * Hubert von Goisern & die Alpinkatzen: Omunduntn, 1994 * Michel van Dyke: Reincarnation, 1994 * Doran, Studer, Minton, Bates, Ali: Play the music of Jimi Hendrix, 1994 * Kurt Maloo: Soul & Echo, 1995 * Fury in the Slaughterhouse: Brilliant Thieves, 1997 * Pia Lund: Lundaland, 1999 * Eric D. Clark: Fur Dancefloor, 1999 *

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: Psycho Engineer 1999 *

: So weit, 2000 * Hans Nieswandt: Lazer Musik, 2000 * Pia Lund: La folie Angélique, 2001 *

: Romantic, 2001 *

: Living on the outside, 2001 * Justus Köhncke: Was ist Musik, 2002 *

: Poor boy blue, 2003 * The New London Chorale: The young Mendelsohn, 2003 * Justus Köhncke: Doppelleben, 2004 * Andreas Dorau: Ich bin der eine von uns beiden, 2005 *

: Like a woman, 2007 *

: Wunschkonzert, 2008 * Serena Maneesh: No 2: Abyss in B Minor, 2009 * Safranski, Joeres, Schmeckenbecher: Schiller und die Romantik, 2009 *

: Filmmusik Anthology Vol. 4 & 5, 2009 * Zeltinger Band: Die Rückkehr des Retters, 2010 * Dieter Nuhr: Nuhr unter uns (Comedy), 2011 * Fortuna Ehrenfeld: Das Ende der Coolness Vol.2, 2015

Filmography

(movie directed by Wim Wenders), engineer, 2008 * Westernhagen Live (video), music producer and mixing engineer, 1990 * Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett (TV movie documentary), himself, 2009 * Lola da musica (TV-series), himself, 1997 full cast & crew of Lola da musica on IMDB
* CAN: Het zwarte gat (TV documentary), himself, 1997 * Eurogang (TV-series), engineer (4 episodes), 1975 *

(film directed by

), engineer, 1978 * Flächenbrand (directed by Alexander v. Eschwege), engineer, 1981 * Die Heimsuchung des Assistenten Jung (film directed by Thomas Schamoni), engineer, 1981 *

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I & II (TV-series directed by Klaus Emmerich), engineer (14 episodes), 1983/86 * Tausendschönchen (TV-series (Bloch) directed by Christoph Stark), engineer, 2003 * Silbergraue Augen (TV-series (Bloch) directed by Markus O. Rosenmüller), engineer, 2003 * Ich werde immer bei Euch sein (TV-series directed by Markus Fischer), engineer, 2003 * Wenn Frauen Austern essen (TV film (

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) directed by Klaus Emmerich), engineer 2003 * Fleck auf der Haut (TV-series (Bloch) directed by Stephan Wagner), engineer, 2004 * Schwestern (TV-series (Bloch) directed by Edward Berger), engineer, 2004 * Der Stich des Skorpion (TV film directed by Stephan Wagner), engineer, 2004 *

(film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer), engineer, 2004 * Ein krankes Herz (TV-series (Bloch) directed by Michael Hammon), engineer, 2005 * Spiegel TV - "Inside Nazi Germany" (documentary), engineer, 2011 * Lösegeld (film directed by Stephan Wagner), engineer, 2012 * (TV film (

) directed by Stephan Wagner), engineer and mixing 2015

References

External links

record productions, which René Tinner worked on as a producer, on hitparade.ch

credits of René Tinner on www.allmusic.com

discography of René Tinner on www.discogs.com

the history of CAN
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producer of Megabien Entertainment
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