HOME.-Studios ("House Of Music & Entertainment“) is the largest recording-studio complex in Hamburg, Germany. The founder and owner of HOME.-Studios is German music producer and songwriter Franz Plaza. The HOME.-Studios has been situated in the middle of Hamburg's Eimsbuttel-District since the 1980s.
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History
The studio's original name "Château Du Pape" was changed in 1989 after Plaza acquired and reconfigured it. HOME released productions for bands including Echt" and "Selig", as well as recordings and productions for Udo Linden-berg, Nena, and Rammstein.
Productions for Eminem, Mariah Carey, Xavier Naidoo, Herbert Grönemeyer, Lauryn Hill as well as part of the album Faith and Devotion by Depeche Mode were recorded and engineered there.
Related firms
HOME.-Studios produces artists for its record label Bring me Home, manages rights for its publishing company Ponk and acts as an agent for local, national and international corporate-events.
Staff
The HOME. Studios team includes Plaza; audio-engineer Peter Schmidt (Peter Fox; Reamonn, Beat steaks); producer and songwriter Philip Schwarz (Eli f, Fayzen, Cäthe); and Benny Dernhoff (KRIS (Revolver held), Ni-co Suave, Ken Kenay).
Equipment
Facilities include space for pre- and post-production as well as two large studios with separate recording and control rooms. Both studios are equipped with mixing-consoles by SSL - Solid State Logic (9080J Series and Duality SE). Control-room 1 and its monitoring system were specially designed for HOME.-Studios by Roger Quested. The recording-room counterpart was designed by acoustician Wolfgang Jensen. Connected are two 9-cubic-meter tile and mirror rooms, offering unique acoustic reflection and customizable sound and recording possibilities.