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Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen

Hansen Studios - the sound of magnitude!

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HIStory: Jacob Hansen has been a freelance engineer/producer since 1990. Some of the first recordings were made on 4-track cassette machines!The recordings were getting more and more serious and Jacob produced most of the local metal bands' repertoire on better rented equipment. And things started to expand. The rumor about this guy in Esbjerg spread, and soon bands would be either traveling or getting Jacob to twiddle the knobs at other studios.He's been working in numerous studios a.o.: Borsing Recording, El-Sound, Take One, Los Angered, Lundgaard, AMP etc.The musical background of Jacob Hansen goes back to 1985, where he at an age of 15, started to jam with a friend. This was later to become the heavy metal band Invocator. A band which was active until 1995. The band was recently, after 7 years of absence from "the scene", re-started with new members. Other bands where Jacob Hansen is active as a musician is the prog/power metal bands Beyond Twilight (as a guitarist), and Anubis Gate (as a vocalist).Jacob's own recording studio - Hansen Studios - has now become a well-known metal/rock recording mekka, which has done albums for prominent acts such as Rob Rock, Destruction, Hatesphere, Fear My Thoughts, Heaven Shall Burn, Without Grief, Ancient, Nightrage, Neaera, Illdisposed, Volbeat, Mercenary, Beyond Twilight, Maroon, Communic etc. etc.The studio is located in Ribe, Denmark and takes the best of both analogue world with old 60's and 70's broadcast equipment, and the latest in harddisc computer recording, ProTools. This blend makes a unique sound that fits todays demanding metal and rock scene.

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Member Since: 1/9/2007
Band Website: jacobhansen.com
Band Members: My musical touch is to find in these nice bands: Invocator - Anubis Gate - Beyond Twilight. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- I produced, engineered or mixed these fine bands:(in no order whatsoever!) Rob Rock (US), Maroon (D), Destruction (D), Naildown (FIN), Nightrage (S), Neaera (D), Fear My Thoughts (D), Communic (N), Mercenary (DK), Hatesphere (DK), Maintain (D), Volbeat (DK), Falconer (S), Ancient (N), Pyramaze (DK/US), Manticora (DK), The Arcane Order (DK), Raunchy (DK), Submission (DK), Aborted (B), Phazm (F), Destinity (F), Yyrkoon (F), Without Grief (S), Leatherwolf (US), Pilgrimz (DK), Illdisposed (DK), Breaking Silence (G), etc. etc.
Influences: Personally I've been influenced by a number of bands and persons, but let's say that the early German thrash scene made a huge impact on me back in the mid 80's. Destruction, Kreator and the likes made me want to play extreme music.Slayer's "Reign In Blood" and Dark Angel's "Darkness Descends" made me think in different ways and these 2 albums were complete openers to a new way of playing extreme metal!Thru the years these bands and acts have inspired me a lot: Fates Warning, Queensryche, Artillery, Meshuggah, King's X etc.And some non-metal that has had a great impact on me musically: Stina Nordenstam, Jellyfish, Elvis Costello, ELO - Jeff Lynne, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley.As a producer these people have changed my way of hearing things: Brendan O'Brien, Jeff Lynne, Bob Rock, Daniel Bergstrand
Record Label: unsigned because I suck :)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Volbeat goes platinum

30.000 copies sold IN DENMARK! Congrats. There's space on my wall for another trophy ;)
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:29:00 PST

MERCENARY back on track

MERCENARY picked up the recordings of their new album today. A great part of the vocals have been made (in another studio), and Morten started tracking keys today. Martin will start working on his lea...
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:32:00 PST

Back in the USSR!

...not really, but nevertheless I've been tracking drums with Morten Loewe for an album with Russian newcomers ICON IN ME, featuring HOSTILE BREED members. Great modern metal with a twist of brutality...
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:27:00 PST

The Cleansing +

I just started tracking drums for Danish blast death metallers THE CLEANSING (ex-Usipian) with Morten Loewe of THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION, SCARVE etc. Later this week, Morten will track drums for a ...
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:51:00 PST

Mercenary

I just finished tracking drums and guitars for Mercenarys new album. Everything went by the plan, and while we (Martin, Jakob, Mike and I) were tracking in my studio, Mikkel started singing in another...
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:27:00 PST

Next up...

...after a short, well-earned vacation - is recording the new MERCENARY album, which I am looking very much forward to! The last one was a blast! There are some other projects that I'll be working on ...
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:07:00 PST

Digimortal mix

I have just ended the mix of this great Russian industrial metal band. It's really fantastic! Great songs and great ideas , and performed razor-sharp! These guys can compete with the best in the rest ...
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:46:00 PST

Centaurus-A

This coming week I'll be mixing the Centaurus-A album. I already had a glimpse of what is expecting me, and I'm really thrilled about the material. Quite unique!
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:44:00 PST

The Arcane Order mix

These days I am putting the finishing touch on the mix of the new The Arcane Order album. It really rips! People will be floored! It's a very different album than last time, both in terms of songwriti...
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:54:00 PST

Destinity

French death thrashers Destinity has started recordings of their 3rd album. I did the last one 2 years ago, and the improvement is striking!  
Posted by Hansen Studios & Jacob Hansen on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:30:00 PST