Stevan Krakovic is a Sound Engineer and Music Producer operating from his own Electronic Memory Studio in Frankfurt and Cowshed Studio in London.
Stevan was nominated and shortlisted for „Breakthrough Engineer of the Year“ in the MPG Awards 2011 and „Breakthrough Producer of the Year“ in the MPG Awards 2012.
Having started out mastering live recordings by the likes of The Melvins, The Posies & The Donnas for Austrian's cult radio show Subbacultcha Stevan has now come full circle after 19 years of working in London, specialising in mixing and mastering at his new Electronic Memory Studio in Frankfurt (designed by legendary acoustician Fritz Fey and featuring a full range, calibrated Dynaudio monitoring system).
During his time in London Stevan carved out quite a reputation working on numerous successful and critically acclaimed alternative rock and folk records, Stevan often likes to take a very classic approach to production: Working closely with the artists to get the songs and arrangements perfect and the band tightly rehearsed, to be able to go to the studio and capture great performances and emotion in beautiful sounding spaces. At other times modern production, layering sounds and studio experimentation are more appropriate and Stevan will do whatever the artistic vision requires.
Stevan enjoys recording on location (much of Wolf People’s „Fain“ album was recorded with a mobile setup in an old gatehouse near the Yorkshire Dales) as well as old school recording (all live in a room with no headphones and no overdubs) such as the legendary London folk & jazz collective Whiskey Moon Face’s album, which Stevan recorded.
Longstanding friendships with the bands Wolf People and Tom Mansi & the Icebreakers led Stevan to work on most of their records as well as working on various side projects, such as numerous successful library albums for Boosey & Hawkes.
Through another long term collaborator, musical director Michael Roulston, Stevan also worked with some of London’s finest cabaret acts, including Polly Rae, Dusty Limits, Champagne Charlie, Tricity Vogue and Tom Carradine.
Originally from Frankfurt in Germany Stevan can look back on a 20 year career, which spans from extensive work in UK underground Hip Hop, recording, mixing and producing for Jehst, Scribla & Kyza (Terra Firma), Tommy Evans, Sona Family, Metz &Trix, Kingpin & Manage to working on a long list of alternative rock and folk records for the likes of Ramshackle Union Band, Paul Mosley and The Din amongst others. Other clients include labels like Jagjaguwar and Kartel and corporate clients such as Lufthansa and publisher Renomee.
Since 2009 Stevan runs a small independent record label, Metric Acorn, which has since seen releases by Tom Mansi & The Icebreakers, The Damn Jammage and various others.
Stevan was on the board of directors of the Music Producers Guild (UK) for over six years, heading the Campaigns Group campaigning for proper credits and royalties in the digital world.
After mixing an originals Jazz Album for Katie Birtill (which went straight to number 1 on the iTunes Jazz charts), an album for Mexican/French maestro Paul Bidault and producing a single with Ghost Face Killah Stevan is currently working with classical singer Maria Mysachenko on her folk pop project MASHA.
Electronic Memory Studio is located in the central and quiet Sachsenhausen part of Frankfurt am Main and is based around a large, day lit control room designed by the legendary Fritz Fey and installed by TAS Solingen. There is an adjacent day lit live room and another isolated recording area in the basement with tie lines and instrument cabling between all three rooms. Cabling is Van Damme Blue throughout with Neutrik connectors.
Monitoring is via a calibrated, full range Dynaudio Core midfield monitoring system fit for any mixing and mastering applications.
There is a large selection of outboard, plugins, microphones and backline and a total of 20 inputs and 16 outputs, including up to four different headphone mixes.
For location recordings I also have a mobile recording rig.
In addition to my main studio in Frankfurt I also regularly do sessions at The Cowshed in London so for any bands wanting to track in London please let me know and that can be arranged.
Outboard:
Rupert Neve Shelford Channel
SPL Gainstation preamp
AEA TRP2 dual preamp x2
Rupert Neve 5012 dual preamp
Universal Audio LA-3A compressor
Rupert Neve Master Buss Processor
Tube-Tech HLT 2A EQ
Mics:
Neumann U47fet
Neumann TLM 67
Brauner Phantom AE
Neumann KM184 stereo pair
AEA R88 mk2
AEA R84
AEA Nuvo N22
Coles 4038 stereo pair
Sennheiser MD421
Shure SM7b
Shure SM57 x2
AKG D112
Recording:
RME UFX+
RME Octamic XTC
RME Babyface Pro FS
Pro Tools Ultimate
Logic Pro X
Izotope RX 11 Advanced
Plugins:
Sonnox, Soundtoys, Softube,
Waves, Massey, McDSP, oeksound, TC System 6000, SoundRadix, Melodyne
a.o.
Monitoring:
Dynaudio Core 59 & Core Sub
Sennheiser HD650, HD380 & HD280
Samson S-Phone headphone amp
Beyerdynamic DT 150 & 770s
Instruments/Amps/Synths:
GL Nagel upright piano (fully refurbished)
Fender Telecaster (vintage 1975)
Fender American Professional Stratocaster
ESP Viper 301
Fender PM3 all mahogany acoustic
Fender/Encore hybrid P-bass
Fender Twin Reverb (65)
Marshall JMP 2104 Mk2 50Watt Combo (78)
Mesa Boogie Express 5:50
Palmer Fab 5
Mesa Boogie V-Twin
Fender Rumble 100 v3
Nord Electro 6 HP
Moog Sub 37
Kawai K5000-S
Big selection of guitar & bass pedals
Drums/percussion:
50ies Ajax kit
Ludwig Acrolite Snare (70ies)
Zildjian Custom K Dark cymbal set
DW 3000 Bassdrum pedal
Yamaha HS740a Hi-Hat Stand
Millennium snare & cymbal stands
Large selection of percussion
The Cowshed (London)
Console:
Amek Angela 32 channels
Outboard:
Telefunken V72 valve preamp (vintage)
Rupert Neve Designs 511 preamp
Rupert Neve Designs 517 pre/compressor x2
Universal Audio 1176 compressor x2
Empirical Labs Distressor EL8x x2
Chandler Germanium Compressor x2
AEA TRP preamp
TL Audio C1 preamp/compressor
JDK Audio R22 compressor
dbx De-essers x4
Roland Digital Delay
Lexicon 480 Effects/Reverb
EMT 140 Plate (vintage)
Roland Space Echo
Watkins Copicat x2
Mics:
Neumann U47fet
Neumann U87 (vintage)
AEA R84 x 2
Coles 4038 x2 (vintage)
AKG C414 XLS stereo pair
Beyerdynamic 930 x2
AKG 451
Sennheiser MD421 x2 (vintage)
Shure SM7b
Shure SM57 x2
Shure SM58 x2
Audix D6
Audix i5
Audix D4
Audix D2 x2
Recording:
Otari MTR-80 2" 24 track tape recorder
Otari 1/4" 2 track tape recorder
Pro Tools HDX with Digidesign 192 with 24 I/O
Monitoring:
Dynaudio M1.5 mains
Yamaha NS-10 nearfield
Auratones
Flexible 4 way headphone system
Drums/Percussion:
50ies Ajax Boosey & Hawkes kit
60ies Rogers kit
Big Sonor heavy rock kit
Mapex birch kit
Ludwig festival snare
Rogers 60ies snare (loud)
Pearl Black Beauty copy
Pearl trash snare
various new and vintage cymbals
big percussion box with lots of toys
Instruments/Amps:
Yamaha upright piano with MIDI
Hammond B3
60ies Leslie cabinet
70ies Leslie cabinet
Moog Minimoog
Roland System 100 keyboard
Jen SX-1000
Ensoniq ESQ
Roland TR-505
Framus vintage 12 string guitar
Peavy electric bass
Xylophone
Glockenspiel
Marshall vintage (early 80ies) JMP combo
Marshall Lead & Bass Head
Orange Tiny Terror Head
70ies Dallas Arbiter 4x12" cabinet
Laney Combo
EBS Fafner Bass head & cab
Ampeg bass head
WEM GX-40 BiTone & Cab (vintage)
WEM Copicat (vintage)
Marshall Valvestate VS230
Fender FM 25 DSP
Recent Clients
Some of the fantastic projects I had the pleasure to work on:
I produced and mixed this and also played some keyboards and electric guitar on some tracks.
Katie Birtill "Something's Coming" EP mixed by Stevan Krakovic
Katie Birtill "Baby Dream Your Dream" mixed by Stevan Krakovic
Tiny Circles/Mery (single) - Recording Engineer
Wolf People "Fain" (album) - Recording Engineer
Whiskey Moon Face „One Blinding Dusky Dusk“ (album) - recorded, mixed & produced by me.
mixed by me and produced by Herman Ringer
Danny Toeman "The Way It Seems" (EP) - Recorded, produced and mixed by me.
Ramshackle Union Band „Dry The Wood, Build A Fire“ recorded, mixed & produced by me
Booking Requests
If you would like to work with me or for quotes and rates for mixing, mastering or music production please contact my manager, Charlie Colton, via the contact form. or contact me on Soundbetter.
Electronic Memory Studio:
Thorwaldsenstraße 33
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)69-63152091