Harry Thumann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Harry Thumann

German electronic composer, record producer and sound engineer

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1952

Place of Birth: Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2001

Profession: composer, engineer, audio engineer, record producer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Harry Thumann

  • Harry Thumann (28 February 1952 – 2001) was a German electronic composer, record producer and sound engineer.
  • He designed and built groundbreaking synthesizers and studio equipment from the early 1960s onwards. Born Harald Thumann in Germany, he started out as a drummer while getting a thorough grounding in audio engineering in German broadcasting.
  • When touring lost appeal, Thumann put his musical and technical experience to work and started his first recording studio in a bedroom at the family home.
  • Thumann participated in the development of the SSL 4000 series of consoles, and took the first one for this studio.
  • Premises for a permanent studio with live-in accommodation were found in Germering near Munich, and Countrylane Studios were born. Thumann later recognised the potential of MIDI, and used Commodore 64 computers with MIDI cards, controlling a system that evolved into a synthesizer installation including Fairlight II and Moog 3C modular system.
  • This led to a string of albums for Rondò Veneziano, which married both acoustic instruments and synthesizers.
  • Thumann released his first solo album American Express in 1979.
  • It had the hit single "Underwater", which was later used in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
  • His second solo album was Andromeda, released in 1982, contained the highly influential track Sphinx, which later inspired the theme to Knight Rider.
  • Both albums remain out of print and only released on vinyl.
  • American Express was given a remastered digital release on iTunes, but Andromeda remains left out. Thumann had a run of what he called "dog records", under the 'Wonder Dog' name, which received some success in Germany and the UK (through E&S Music).
  • The single, "Ruff Mix", peaked at #31 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1982.With the introduction of the Yamaha DMP-7 digital mixer, Thumann built a second control room housing several DMP-7s as an integrated digital console system, interfaced with a rebuilt Neve broadcast console.
  • Countrylane moved into audio-visual production, and started producing its own telefilms.

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