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Stephan Kraemer — Music Production • Sound Engineering. “My little universe. Spanning 40 years of my life, you'll find a fairly complete overview of my modest career in the music business. Enjoy…as much as I have and still do!”

“I firmly believe in the fact that a listener can feel how a record was made when listening to a song — even if he can't describe it with words. There is more to it than just the notes.”

40 Years Experience
1000+ Songs Recorded
150+ Artists
50+ Film Scores

History

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1962 — Present. A journey through four decades of music production, sound engineering and countless collaborations.

1962 — Born in Brussels
Born in Brussels, Belgium. Would later develop a passion for music and sound.
1972 — First Guitar
Started playing guitar at the tender age of 10, moving on to electric guitar at 12.
1977 — Behind the Drums
Got my first drumkit at 15 and played with various friends from school. Also started working behind mixing boards at school concerts.
1980 — First Studio
Moved briefly to Germany, starting a small 4-track studio. The beginning of a lifelong journey in sound engineering.
1986 — Sound Engineer School & Neumann
Finished sound-engineer school. Worked for the prestigious German microphone-manufacturer Neumann. Also worked at Synsound studio with Dan Lacksman, meeting artists like Alain Chamfort, The Sparks, and Dani Klein.
1987 — Brussels Square Studios
Began work at Brussels Square Studios as main house engineer, recording an interesting blend of bands and artists from all over the world. These were the beginning days of MIDI and tape recording.
1990 — Wim Mertens Collaboration Begins
Started a collaboration with Belgian pianist and composer Wim Mertens that would last over 30 years, recording over 600 songs together.
1991 — Impuls Studios
Began working at the Herent-based Impuls Studios, working with a team of 6 engineers almost around the clock.
1992 — Studio Owner
Took over the Impuls Studios premises to run it independently. Contributed largely to the emergence of the French metal scene.
2005 — New Chapter
Decided to close the studio chapter and explore new opportunities. Various studios in Belgium and France have since welcomed me to their premises.
Present — Continuing the Journey
Still active in music production and sound engineering, with ongoing collaborations and new projects always in the pipeline.

Work Philosophy: Every new band that comes in is considered a new challenge and an enrichment of my craft. I tend to respect every artist's specificity and not to impose my style. My main goal is to respect an artist's vision, help them accomplish it and make the journey a pleasant one.

References — Artists

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10000 Women Man
Abkahn
Aeons
Allegria
A Split Second
Arbeit Adelt
Artsonic
Astronomix
Axelle Red
Backstab
Bamgli
Bart Kaell
Beautyful Babies
Becky Bell
Benny B
Black Bomb A
Black Jam
Blaine Reininger
Bobby Lambrosio
Boost
Carcariass
Catalepsy
Cecile A
Clearcut
Company of State
Couvreur & Schatteman
Daddy K
Deformity
De Mens
Demorpheus
Dirk Blanchart
Dollsex
Dominique A
Duke
Dylath Leen
Enhancer
Eric Mertens
Fats Garden
Fishbone
Fitzcarraldo Sessions
Flexa Lyndo
Flying Pooh
Fugu
Funny Rose
Gibson Brothers
Gojira
Groovymax
Guido Belcanto
Guts Syndicate
Hector Islas
Helmut Lotti
Hertz and Silence
Hiks
Holy Gang
Hugh K
Human Eyes
Isabelle Fontaine
Ialma
Inspector Cluzo
Jack the Ripper
Jah Wobble
Jane Kelly Williams
Jean Bosco Safari
Jean-Louis Murat
Jo Lemaire
Junior Jack
Kerplunk
Kloot Per W
K's Choice
Koen Crucke
Laam
Lander Vervaet
Launch
La Zombie et ses Bisons
Liliane St Pierre
Loïc B
London Symphony Orchestra
Loudblast
Luc Van Acker
Lydie Keller
Mangoreva
Marcel & son Orchestre
Mama's Jasje
Mantra
Margriet Hermans
Marianne's Kitchen
Mellow
Merzhin
Metisolea
Mickael Guerrand
Moriarty
Mr Jack
My perfect alien
Mystery
Nathalie Paque
Naufragés du Silence
Niki Mono
No Flag
Non Stop
Noordkaap
Noisy Fate
Oversoul
Patxi
Pedro Castano
Pitti Polak
Plastic Bertrand
Pleymo
Pop in Wonderland
Psyche
Psycho Mutants
Purr
Red Army Choir
Red Cardell
Red Sofa
Robbie Crown
Rocco Granata
Rodd
Rozlyne Clarke
S.Box
Samson
Slade
Snowy Red
Sons of Solomon
Stereotypical Workingclass
Steven Brown
Stuart Staples
Technotronic
The Extended
The Gallery
The Hypnotics
The Liberators
The Romans
The Scabs
Tom Fool
Tres Amigos
Two Boys
Urbanus
Valérie Leuilliot
Volt
Vox Populi
Watcha
Will Tura
Willy Sommers
Wim Mertens
Wolfunkind
Won Ton Ton
Wünjo
Yann Tiersen
Yasmine
Zap Mama

Album Covers — Artists A–K

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Abkahn - And People Say
Aeons - Supergreen
Arbeid Adelt - Slik
Artsonic - Fake
Artsonic - Fashion Victim
Artsonic - Hacktivist
A Split Second - From the Inside
Axelle Red - A Tientas
Backstab - Aiki Taiso
Bamgli - Le Meilleur des Mondes
Black Bomb A
Black Bomb A - Human Bomb
Blaine & Steven - 100 Years
Blaine - Book of Hours
Blaine - Rain Palace
Boost - In-Difference
Carcariass - Sideral Torment
Clearcut
Company of State
Connie Neefs - Van op een afstand
De Bres - Vallen en Opstaan
D-Morpheüs - Symphony of Lies
Dylath Leen
Eleazar - Paranormal Dédale
Enhancer - Et le monde sera meilleur
Eric Mertens - White Worker
Fats Garden - Buried in Eden
Fats Garden - Tree
Fishbone - Live Bordeaux
Fitzcarraldo Sessions
Flexa Lyndo - Slow Club
Flying Pooh - Viva San Antonio
Free Tyson Free
Fugu
Glow - Ademloos
Gojira - Terra Incognita
Grandma's Toy - Good Days
Günther Neefs - Hier in dit land
Guts Syndicate - Laisse Faire
Helmut Lotti - Alles wat ik voel
Hertz & Silence - You Machine
Hertz & Silence - Bio|uni|logical
Hiks - Bezañ en e vutun
Hiks - Boson
Hiks - Opération Malicorne
Hugh K - One More Time
Ialma - Simbiose
The Inspector Cluzo - Debut
Inspector Cluzo - The French Bastards
Inspector Cluzo - Gasconha Rocks
Inspector Cluzo - Les Mousquetaires
Jack the Ripper - Ladies First
Jo Lemaire - Aujourd'hui
Junior Jack - E Samba
Kerplunk - Brotherhood
Koen Crucke - Parlami d'amore
The Big Day - Cinema Romance
Volta-X

Album Covers — Artists L–Z

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Lââm
Lander - Rétrospective
Les Oiseaux de Passage
Loic B.O. - Million Dreams
Loudblast - Fragments
Luke Slott - Two Pieces for Solo Piano
Luke Slott - Don't Go Back to Sleep
Lydie Keller - Tombée de l'arbre
Mama's Jasje - Letters en Lawaai
Mama's Jasje - Testament
Mantra - Reset
Marcel et son Orchestre - ECM2
Marcel et son Orchestre - Un pour tous
Marcel et son Orchestre - Bon Chic
Mary and the Girl
Mellow
Merzhin - Adrénaline
Merzhin - Live
Métisoléa - La Chute
Mickael Guerrand - Soleil Brun
Mystery 1
Mystery - Backwards
Naufragés du Silence
Niki Mono - Dauda & The Crow
Niki Mono - Contradictions Are a Luxury
No Flag - Big Boss
Noisy Fate - Avoir l'air
Non Stop - Kamikazes
Non Stop - Un autre jour
Noordkaap
Oversoul - State of Decadence
My Perfect Alien - Face the World
Pitti Polak - Spirit
Pleymo - Kesk'ispas
Pop in Wonderland
Purr - Praise the Bottle
Psyche - Mystery Hotel
Psyche Live
Psychomutants - Tango With Me
Red Cardell - Douleur
Robbie Crown - Sacred Memories
Slade - Keep on Rockin'
Snowy Red - The Compilation
Snowy Red - The Beat is Over
Tom Fool
SWC - Illusions
SWC - Sans repères
Valérie Leulliot - Caldeira
Vox Populi - Burn Baby Burn
Watcha - Veliki Cirkus
Wolfunkind - Fou?
Wünjo - Extralucide
Wünjo - Ventoline
Yann Tiersen - L'Absente
Yann Tiersen - Amélie Poulain
Yann Tiersen - C'était Ici
Yann Tiersen - Le Phare
La Zombie et ses Bizons - Herbe de Bizon
Christian Brendel & Zomb - Peuple des Songes
Zwischenfall - From the 80s
Zwischenfall - TSOB Vol.3
Patxi - Amour Carabine
The Liberators
Won Ton Ton
Cecile A - Hope
Muragostang

Audio Clips

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Aeons - Supergreen (Full Album)
Artsonic - The Seer
Artsonic - None
Artsonic - Time
Artsonic - Revolution Action
Axelle Red - Dejame ser mujer
Backstab - L'oeil du clone
Bamgli - L'âge de Cristal
Black Bomb A - Clip
Blaine L. Reininger (Tuxedomoon) - Justice
Blaine L. Reininger (Tuxedomoon) - Sainte Thérèse
Boost - Le monde s'écroule
Carcariass - Sideral Torment
Carcariass - Clip
Cecile A - New World
Clearcut - Full Album
Dollsex - Track
Fats Garden - The Verb to Love
Fishbone - First Official Live CD&DVD
Fitzcarraldo Sessions / Stuart Staples - Les méfiants
Flexa Lyndo - Grand Jumble Army
Fugu - The Best Of Us
Gojira - Playlist
Hiks - Le prince d'Orange
Hiks - AMZER VREMAÑ (Rond de saint Vincent)
Hiks - Energie noire
Ialma - Simbiose
Inspector Cluzo - TIC Theme
Jack The Ripper - I Was Born a Cancer (Remastered)
Jean-Louis Murat - Jim (Live)
Jo Lemaire - Sans Retour
Loïc B.O. - Stuck On Our Bones / Punks (Live)
Loudblast - Flesh
Lydie Keller - Qui serai-je?
Mama's Jasje - Kon dit nu maar blijven
Mantra - Jing Xing
Marcel et son Orchestre - Fil à retordre
Marcel et son Orchestre - Nous n'avons plus les Moyens
Merzhin - L'échapée
Metisolea - Espero
My Perfect Alien - Bloom Again
Mystery - The Land of Mystery
Niki Mono - Contradictions are a Luxury
Noisy Fate - Au jour d'aujourd'hui
Patxi - Non non non
Pitti Polak - Don't Come Home Before Midnight
Psyche - Eternal (Official Video)
Red Cardell - La fuite
Red Sofa - Under My Hands
Slade II - Black and White World
Snowy Red - Treat Me (Club Mix)
Sons of Solomon - Heaven's Paradise
Stereotypical Working Class - Bustabraï
Valérie Leulliot - L'eau Du Gange
Vox Populi - Burn Baby Burn
Wünjo - La firme
Yann Tiersen - La valse d'Amélie (Live)
Yann Tiersen - La Dispute
Yann Tiersen / Dominique A - Bagatelle

Wim Mertens — Albums

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Over 30 years of collaboration since 1990, 700+ songs recorded, 50+ albums.

Double Entendre
Certain Nuances Excepted
Cran aux Oeufs
What Are We
Charaktersketch
That Which Is Not
The Gaze of the West
Heroides
Ranges of Robustness
Voice of the Living
When Tool Met Wood
Open Continuum
Lisa
A Sense of Place
Shot and Echo
Music and Film
Nature's Largess
Integer Valor
L'Heure du Loup
Integer Valor Intégrale
Stratégie de la Rupture
Series of Ands
Father Damien
Dust of Truths
Kere Weerom
Decorum
Jardin Clos
Poèma
A Starry Wisdom
Zee versus Zed
Skopos
If Five is Part of Ten
Best Of
Epic That Never Was
Receptacle
Aren Lezen
Partes Extra Partes
Jérémiades
Nosotros
The World Tout Court
Gave Van Niets
You'll Never Be Me
aRe
Sin Embargo
Cave Musicam
Inescapable
Divided Loyalties
In the Absence
Not Yet No Longer
Reculer Pour Mieux Sauter
Platinum Collection
Qua
Der Heisse Brei
Kaosmos
Years Without History
Ver-Veranderingen
Un Respiro
As Hay in the Sun
As Water is to Fish

Visual — Movies

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The Insurer
Amélie Poulain
Li
Fiesta
Métisse
Je Pense à Vous
Damien de Molokai
Good Bye Lenin!
Der Lebensversicherer
Qui Vive
Otávio e as Letras
No Regret
La Sainte Victoire
1.99 Um Supermercado
Lisa
Winter Sleepers
Nós que aqui estamos

Visual — Short Movies

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La Fleur noire
Pays des 4 vents
Larger than Life

Visual — DVDs

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Wim Mertens Ensemble - Struggle for Pleasure
Multiple 12 - Wim Mertens
Wim Mertens - Old Katarakt
Wim Mertens - Apatride
Servitude - Fishbone - Live In Bordeaux DVD

Visual — Commercials

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AGORA Belgium Flashmob Elections 2024
Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
Eraser ride at Six Flags Park
Belgian Cinéma Made in Wallonia-Brussels
Garde-meubles MOL
Netdays Europe 2001 Teaser
La Fonction Publique
Les primes de la Région Wallonne
Peugeot Service
Un Jour un Geste (pour ma planète)

Visual — Corporate Movies

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Strategie (Hermee)
Thalys - The Race
IDELUX Promo Video
Belgocontrol Corporate Movie
European Parliament AV facilities
Sport Forum of European Parliament
Promo video for paraglider company UP
Mon métier, c'est ma vie (Electricien)

Making Of Films

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Loudblast - LOUDBLAST Studio Sessions: FRAGMENTS
Marcel et son Orchestre - En studio avec Stéphane Kraemer
Watcha - Veliki Cirkus - Making Of
The Inspector Cluzo - The 2 Mousquetaires: A Fight for Independence
Impuls Studios - VTM Journaal 1997 - Impuls Studios: Levenslijn
Merzhin - DANS MA PEAU - Le film
Making Of
Patxi - "A l'évidence" - Vidéo Studio

Own Bands — Various Videos

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IBEN - Voyager (1999)
IBEN - Tree of Life (1999)
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Photo Galleries & Press

Image and press collections across the site (counts).

In The Studio — 27 items
Behind-the-scene pictures of life in a recording environment.
On The Road — 24 items
Impressions of life on the road with bands and artists mixed live around the world.
Impuls Studios — 24 items
The 4-room recording complex owned and run 1992–2005 near Leuven. Plus 2 videos (IMPULS A, IMPULS B).
Press — 48 items
Press articles about bands and Stephan Kraemer over the years.
Zwischenfall photos — 17 items
Early 1980s electronic/new-wave studio project.
The Gallery photos — 7 items
Alternative rock band formed around lead singer Iben Larssen.
Astronomix photos — 3 items
Electronic music project with Uwe Teichert.
Various photos — 4 items
Iben's solo album, LIV collective and other collaborations.

Contact

Location: Belgium & France (working with studios across Europe). Services: Music Production • Sound Engineering (Recording, Mixing, Mastering). Contact email: kraemer.stephan@gmail.com.