Sweet Silence Studios was the leading Danish

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for

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during most of its existence. It was originally built in

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by Danish engineers Freddy Hansson,

Flemming Rasmussen Flemming Rasmussen (born 1 January 1958) is a Danish sound engineer, record producer, and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rasmussen is currently main engineer/producer at Sweet Silence North in Helsingør. Bio ...

and

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beginning in February 1976.

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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Recording studios in Denmark Buildings and structures completed in 1976 Buildings and structures demolished in 2009 1976 establishments in Denmark Culture in Copenhagen {{Recording-studio-stub