ERWIN MUSPER

Erwin Musper

Internationally acclaimed producer and studio engineer who worked with acts like Doe Maar, Toontje Lager, Normaal, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and the Scorpions.
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1976   The Walkers
1980   Decennium
1981   Armand
1986   Emergency
1986   Evert Nieuwstede
1987   Zinatra
1988   Koen van Baal
1992   Valensia
1998   Jovink & The Voederbietels
1999   Billy The Kid
2000   Jetland
2000   Jovink & The Voederbietels
2002   Van Dik Hout
2003   Mennen
2008   Rigby
2009   The New Shining
2012   Ruben Hoeke Band
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Biography Erwin Musper

Internationally acclaimed producer and studio engineer who worked with acts like Doe Maar, Toontje Lager, Normaal, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and the Scorpions.

Played in

Opus (I)   toetsinstrumenten, zang
Partner   toetsinstrumenten, zang
The Sharons   mondharmonica, toetsinstrumenten
Windmill   toetsinstrumenten, zang

1971 - 1976

Musper plays in the band Windmill.

Windmill

1978 - 1980

Erwin takes his first steps in the world of producing.

Partner Vandale

1981

Musper is asked to become a studio engineer.

Frank Boeijen Johnny Hoes Vandale

1982 - 1984

As the staff engineer of the Telstar record label, he records albums with Dutch acts Toontje Lager and Doe Maar.

Doe Maar Johnny Hoes Toontje Lager

1985 - 1986

Erwin has become studio engineer of the Wisseloord Studios in The Netherlands. He works with Def Leppard on their album Hysteria.

1987

Musper records an album with Dutch metal band Zinatra.

Vandale Zinatra

1990

Musper starts working with Bon Jovi producer Bruce Fairbairn.

Robert Kempe Zinatra

1991

Erwin produces the debut album of Dutch symphonic rock artist Robby Valentine.

Joss Mennen Pete Lovell Picture Robert Kempe

1992

Musper does the monitor mix for Bon Jovi and gets several other jobs through Fairbairn.

1993

Erwin moves to Florida.

1994

Through Fairbairn Musper gets in touch with Van Halen, which results in Musper working as an engineer/producer for Eddie Van Halen and the Scorpions.

Normaal

1996

Musper works with Van Halen and David Lee Roth on the one-off Van Halen mark 1-reunion recordings.

1997

Erwin is involved in the recording of the album Van Halen III.

1998

Erwin is asked by former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth to produce his new solo album.

1999

Musper mixes Anouk's second album Urban Solitude and the Anouk-written single Loser by fellow The Hague band Billy The Kid.

Anouk Billy The Kid

2002

Musper is credited as producer of Vandaag Alleen Maar Winnaars ('Today Only Winners'), the new album by popular Dutch-language rock band Van Dik Hout.

Van Dik Hout

2003

In November the Musper and John Tilly-produced first and only album by The Poema's comes out. Musper also contributes to Freakazoid, the fifth album by hard rockers Mennen. Singer Joss Mennen and Musper go a long way back, to Mennen's previous band Zinatra.

De Poema's Mennen

2005

Musper relocates from Hollywood to Highland Heights, only eight minutes away from the centre of Cincinnati and launches his new studio The Bamboo Room. He also runs his new label Yea Yea Yeah Productions for local new talent. After the summer Mennen visits the studio to start working on the successor of Freakazoid.

2006

In March Musper records the second album of rock band Maladjusted. The end mix of the album takes place in Musper's studio in the US. Rock act Exit 31 (previously Doofus) is the first Dutch act to sign to Musper's label YeaYeaYeah Records with their debut album Phonogenic. One of the international acts in The Bamboo Room in September is Drive Like Maria, featuring band members from Belgium and the Netherlands.

Anouk The Pilgrims

2008

Exit 31's second titleless album is also a Erwin Musper production. Rock band VanderLinde is invited by Musper to come to The Bamboo Room Studio to mix their album VanderLism there.

Circus Custers De Jazzpolitie Kadanz Polle Eduard Toontje Lager

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