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René Lee Tinner (born February 18, 1953, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss
recording engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproducti ...
and producer who has produced over 200 studio records and numerous live performances.


Career

Tinner began his career as the audio engineer of the noted German
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band Can in 1973, with whom he recorded seven albums until 1989. In 1978, he took over the Can-Studio, the Cologne-based band’s the rehearsal and recording room. Tinner managed the studio until it was dismantled and integrated into the German rock'n pop museum in Gronau on November 9, 2007, where it was inaugurated in the presence of all the Can band members and René Tinner himself. During this time, he also worked as a producer with a variety of artists and bands. During 1978-79, he worked with
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on '' Live: Take No Prisoners'' and '' The Bells''. Other artists and bands Tinner worked with in his capacity as a producer include Maloo (on their single “The Captain of Her Heart”), KFC,
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, Trio,
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,
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,
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, Floyd George, Julian Dawson,
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, Helen Schneider,
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, Jule Neigel Band, and Kreisler. In addition, Tinner also produced
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's ''Living On the Outside'' (2001). Tinner went on to work with other performers such as German actor and musician
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
, Russian band
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, German comedian
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, Norwegian alternative rock band Serena-Maneesh, and others. Tinner has also worked on a number of television and film soundtracks. In 2008, Tinner recorded the film music for the
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production '' Palermo Shooting'' (which was presented at
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in 2008). Other notable television and film soundtrack productions include Knife in the Head (
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, 1978), '' Schneeland'' (
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, 2004) and ' (, 2012). Tinner is also active as a producer at the 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 *
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: LIVE Take no prisoners, 1979 *
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: The Bells, 1979 *
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: Silberblick, 1980 * Mitch Ryder: Got change for a million, 1980 * Duesenberg: Strangers, 1980 *
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: Filmmusik Vol. 1, 1980 *
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: On the way to the peak of normal, 1981 * Jaki Liebezeit & Phantom Band: Phantom Band, 1981 *
Irmin Schmidt Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can and composer of numerous film scores. Biography Early life and composer career Irmin Schmidt was born on 29 May 1937 in Berli ...
: Filmmusik Vol. 2, 1981 *
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: Edelweiß, 1982 * Jaki Liebezeit & Phantom Band: Freedom of speech, 1983 * Trio: Bye Bye, 1983 *
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: Märchenblau, 1983 *
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: Der Osten ist rot, 1984 *
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
: Die Sonne so rot, 1984 * Zeltinger Band: Der Chef, 1984 *
Joachim Witt Joachim Witt (born 22 February 1949) is a German rock musician and actor who has been active since 1977. During his prolific 50-year career, Witt has released 20 studio albums and a further 8 compilation and live albums as a solo artist. Early i ...
: Mit Rucksack und Harpune, 1985 *
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& Jah Wobble Full Circle, 1985 * Jaki Liebezeit & Phantom Band: Nowhere, 1985 *
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: Blue (Captain of her heart), 1985 *
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
: Lausige Zeiten, 1986 * Romie Singh: Masters, 1986 *
Irmin Schmidt Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can and composer of numerous film scores. Biography Early life and composer career Irmin Schmidt was born on 29 May 1937 in Berli ...
: Musk at Dusk, 1987 *
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: As real as Disneyland, 1987 * Rams: Romantic Challenge, 1987 *
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: Luckiest Man in the Western World, 1988 *
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
: Westernhagen, 1988 *
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& David Sylvian: Plight & Premonition, 1988 * CAN: Rite Time, 1989 *
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
: Halleluja, 1989 * Haindling: Muh, 1989 *
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& David Sylvian Flux & Mutability, 1989 *
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
: LIVE, 1990 * Jule Neigel Band: Wilde Welt, 1990 * Kreisler: So bizarre, 1990 *
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: 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 Fury in the Slaughterhouse is a German rock band from Hanover, founded in 1987. Their hits include "Time to Wonder", "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease", "Won't Forget These Days", "Radio Orchid", "Dancing in the Sunshine of the Dark", "Milk ...
: Brilliant Thieves, 1997 * Pia Lund: Lundaland, 1999 * Eric D. Clark: Fur Dancefloor, 1999 * Element of Crime: Psycho Engineer 1999 *
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
: So weit, 2000 * Hans Nieswandt: Lazer Musik, 2000 * Pia Lund: La folie Angélique, 2001 * Element of Crime: Romantic, 2001 *
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: Living on the outside, 2001 *
Justus Köhncke Justus Köhncke (born 1966 in Gießen) is a German techno producer and pop musician from Cologne. Köhncke was a member of the house music, house trio Whirlpool Productions, along with Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark. Together, they had a numb ...
: Was ist Musik, 2002 *
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: Poor boy blue, 2003 * The New London Chorale: The young Mendelsohn, 2003 *
Justus Köhncke Justus Köhncke (born 1966 in Gießen) is a German techno producer and pop musician from Cologne. Köhncke was a member of the house music, house trio Whirlpool Productions, along with Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark. Together, they had a numb ...
: Doppelleben, 2004 * Andreas Dorau: Ich bin der eine von uns beiden, 2005 * Helen Schneider: Like a woman, 2007 *
Marius Müller-Westernhagen Marius Hubertus Hans Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s. Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know h ...
: Wunschkonzert, 2008 *
Serena Maneesh Serena-Maneesh (previously spelled Serena Maneesh, sometimes shortened to S-M) is a Norwegian alternative rock, alternative rock band formed in Egersund in 1999. The band is led by founder and multi-instrumentalist Emil Nikolaisen and has had se ...
: No 2: Abyss in B Minor, 2009 * Safranski, Joeres, Schmeckenbecher: Schiller und die Romantik, 2009 *
Irmin Schmidt Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can and composer of numerous film scores. Biography Early life and composer career Irmin Schmidt was born on 29 May 1937 in Berli ...
: Filmmusik Anthology Vol. 4 & 5, 2009 * Zeltinger Band: Die Rückkehr des Retters, 2010 *
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: Nuhr unter uns (Comedy), 2011 * Fortuna Ehrenfeld: Das Ende der Coolness Vol.2, 2015


Filmography

* Eurogang (TV-series), engineer (4 episodes), 1975 * Messer im Kopf (film directed by
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), engineer, 1978 *
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(directed by Alexander v. Eschwege), engineer, 1981 * Die Heimsuchung des Assistenten Jung (film directed by Thomas Schamoni), engineer, 1981 * Rote Erde I & II (TV-series directed by Klaus Emmerich), engineer (14 episodes), 1983/86 * Westernhagen Live (video), music producer and mixing engineer, 1990 * Lola da musica (TV-series), himself, 1997 * CAN: Het zwarte gat (TV documentary), himself, 1997 * 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 ), engineer, 2004 * Schwestern (TV-series (Bloch) directed by
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), engineer, 2004 * Der Stich des Skorpion (TV film directed by ), engineer, 2004 * Schneeland (film directed by
Hans W. Geißendörfer Hans W. Geißendörfer (born 6 April 1941 in Augsburg) is a German film director and producer. Director of ''The Glass Cell (film), The Glass Cell'' (1978, starring Brigitte Fossey), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Lang ...
), engineer, 2004 * Ein krankes Herz (TV-series (Bloch) directed by Michael Hammon), engineer, 2005 * Palermo Shooting (movie directed by
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), engineer, 2008 * Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett (TV movie documentary), himself, 2009 full cast & crew of Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett on IMDB
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) directed by ), 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tinner, Rene Swiss record producers 1953 births Living people People from St. Gallen (city)