[X] Ursus sound design, mix KesselsKramer less ordinary..
[X] HEMA FLUIT sound design CCCP don't try this at home
[X] Soundalikes and remakes music production "is it real, or is it a Park Studio soundalike?"
[X] VSM - Pure Lijfkracht music, audio post-production Roorda when does the album come out??
[X] Tendence music, mix DNB Media I'm gonna smack you !
[X] Diesel Dreamlab music, sound design, mix Johan Kramer a spooky extra from Diesel Dreams
[X] Getronics ICT music, audio post-production . They do you realize..
[X] REAAL Sound design, mix KesselsKramer
[X] RVS audio post-production They supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
[X] Proefdiervrij music, audio post-production RourdaBoudesteinVerbreek the happy rabbit...
[X] Goretex "Happy Toes" music, audio post-production Wieden + Kennedy "it's raining - but we don't get wet!"
[X] Kijkers sound design KesselsKramer the amazing beatbox trees!
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[X] FERDINAND BAKKER is concerned with the quest for perfect form in space and time, and brings this zeal to his work with art directors, film makers and other choreographers. It all began when he tried to persuade the University of Delft that architecture is music, and he left to prove the point by founding symphonic rock band Alquin. Subsequently Ferdi has developed an exciting and innovative new way to slice a tomato.
[X] Manchester-born KIM HAWORTH played drums on America's "A Horse With No Name" and went on to play for The Meteors, The Time Bandits and Gruppo Sportivo. He joined with Ferdi in 1989 to form The Park Studio and has developed further expertise in mixing films, commercials and cappucinos. When not at the desk he can be found tending to the geese behind the studio (Kim has degrees in animal husbandry and crops & machinery).
[X] BRIAN PUGSLEY (enneagram type nine, Myers-Briggs type INTP) moved to Amsterdam to bring his sonic skills and computer know-how to audio post-production. In London he was engineer and mixer for artists such as Bjork, The Shamen, The Stone Roses and Right Said Fred. Away from the studio he'll be buried in a book, contemplating the infinite or recovering from yoga exertions. Brian is a member of the British Midland Diamond Club.
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[X] What would a film be without the music? The score for Radeloos, the new film from Dave Schram of Shooting Star, is written and produced by Kim Haworth & Ferdinand Bakker. Over 100.000 visitors within 2 weeks!
[X] The world premiere of Cuniculus, a play from Stuffed Puppet, was scheduled for the latest Ruhrtriennale. As with previous Stuffed Puppet productions, the music and sound design is by Ferdinand Bakker and Kim Haworth. To be seen in Holland from February on.
[X] The woman of Sanne Sannes. IDFA 2008 A documentary by Frodo Terpstra, a production of Duinzand Film in cooperation with NPS, mixed by The Park Studio. Terpstra seeks out Sannes' original models and friends as he tries to unravel the story of his life and the meaning of his mysterious works.
[X] Audio books are becoming more and more popular. The Park Studio recorded eight titles over the last two years. Drs. P, Yvonne Kroonenberg, Ivo de Wijs, Susan Smit and Ellen van Rijn came in to read their own (!) books. Dunya and Desi were the latest to shake up the place.
[X] Blue Planet is not going to be the last ALQUIN album!. After their succesful theatre tour last year ALQUIN are preparing their new album at The Park. The release by Universal is planned for early June 2009
[X] Ever tried to integrate a press bulletin into a song? Next time we'll try the dictonary
[X] A growing specialisation at The Park has been the recording of voices for computer systems. We have twice recorded 150 native dutch speakers for a Japanese client developing multilingual voice recognition software, and also two professional dutch and turkish voice artists for Loquendo's voice synthesis software. We are now working on a simular project (recording 10.000 lines,pffff) for IBM Germany
[X] Our coffee machine has just served 25000 cups of coffee! To celebrate, we offered a prize of one years free studio time plus the complete "Alquin" back catalogue. The lucky winner was our own Ferdinand Bakker. Second came Maikel van der Laken from THEY, but unfortunately there is no second prize.
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[X] The Park Studio was established in Amsterdam in 1989 to provide audio and music production facilities for commercials, films, theatre productions and music. To begin with the emphasis was more on music, but this changed to sound design and post-production as more and more commercials were made for clients such as FHV BBDO, Result DDB, 180, Bates Not Just Film, Ogilvy, Wieden+Kennedy, KesselsKramer, and ID&T.
[X] Dropouts (pic) by Will Wissinck was the first feature film mixed at The Park Studio. For Bella Bettien (pic) by Hans Pos - Shooting Star, we took care of the audio post-production, sound design, and produced the music by Ferdinand Bakker & Kim Haworth, who also composed and produced the music for "To Play or to Die" (pic) by Frank Krom - Shooting Star. "Kruimeltje" and "Pietje Bell" (Maria Peters - Shooting Star) we dubbed into English, which also involved casting and coaching the English voices. Many other short films and documentaries have enjoyed our music, sound design and mixing.
[X] Music composed and produced by Kim and Ferdi at The Park has featured in four Stuffed Puppet Theatre productions - namely "RE: Frankenstein", "Moliere" (pic), "MacBeth" (pic) and "Schicklgruber: alias Adolf Hitler" (pic). Their music also featured in the theatre production of "De Bende van Venlo" (pic). The music of Boudewijn Tarenskeen has been recorded and produced for the Toneel Groep Amsterdam, the film "Iris" (Nouchka van Brakel), and other theatrical productions.
[X] An early recording at The Park was Kim and Ferdi's band Red Cinder (pic). The album was mixed by Brian Pugsley, at that time working with The Shamen, and this marked the beginning of his long association with the studio prior to becoming a partner in 2002. Singer Victoria Wilson James (Soul II Soul, The Shamen) co-wrote with Kim and Ferdi songs for her solo album (pic), which were then recorded and produced at The Park. Dance productions for ID&T led to a top 30 hit in the UK from a co-write and production with Vincent de Moor (pic). Brian has mixed tracks for Arling & Cameron (pic), Ad Visser (pic) and Laberinto. A DVD (pic) for the re-formed Alquin has been mixed in 5.1 surround.
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[X] Florence Foster Jenkins sings Queen of the Night from Mozart's Magic Flute. Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) was an American soprano famous for her extraordinary lack of ability. In her own words, "People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing." You have been warned!
[X] Daniil Kharms: Selected Prose "I read a very interesting book about how one young man fell in love with a certain young person, and this young person loved another young man, and this young man loved another young person and this young person loved another young man yet again, who loved not her but another young person. And suddenly this young person stumbled down a trapdoor and broke her spine. But when she has completely recovered from that, she suddenly catched cold and died. Then the young man who loved her killed himself with a revolver shot. Then the young person who loved this young man threw herself under a train. Then the young man who loved this young person climbed up a tram pylon from grief, and touched the live wire, dying from an electric shock. Then the young person who loved this young man stuffed herself with ground glass and died from perforation of the intestines. Then the young man who loved this young person run away to America and took to drink to such a degree that he sold his last suit and, for the lack of a suit, he was obliged to lie in bed, where he suffered from bedsores, and from these bedsores he died." from Letter to the Lipavskys, 1932
[X] My complaint about The Park Studio The points I plan to make in this letter will sound tediously familiar to everyone who wants to make The Park Studio answer for its wrongdoings. Nevertheless, it seems that no one else is telling you that it has abandoned ethics altogether. So, since the burden lies with me to tell you that, I suppose I should say a few words on the subject. To begin with, there is something grievously wrong with those scurrilous amnesiacs who fuel the censorship-and-intolerance crowd. Shame on the lot of them! The Park Studio's long-term goals are an icon for the deterioration of the city, for its slow slide into crime, malaise, and filth. make your own complaint.
[X] So what does the Bilderdijkpark actually look like, then?
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The Park Studio is situated within the Bilderdijkpark in the Old West of Amsterdam, about a 15 minute walk from the Leidseplein. There are three control rooms and two live recording areas, all linked to each other using an advanced digital audio networking system. They share access to a huge sound effects library and an APT Worldink ISDN audio system. studio one is the 5.1 surround studio. A very successful acoustic design by Ben Kok has created a marvelous working environment for audio post-production, sound design and mixing. studio two is a small control room looking out over the park and canal, equipped for copying, editing, and research & development. studio three has a comfortable and private control room alongside the canal, with its own voiceover booth and access to the live room of studio one. There is also a collection of vintage analogue synthesizers.
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contact us: telephone +31 (0)20 412 4686 fax +31 (0)20 412 4688 email info@parkstudio.com ISDN +31 (0)20 412 5387 APT codec +31 (0)20 616 6435 2 lines per number +31 (0)20 616 6547 mail The Park Studio Bilderdijkpark 4C 1052 RZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
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CAR: From the Ring A10 take exit s105. Follow s105 (Jan van Galenstraat) to Hugo de Grootplein. Turn right into Frederik Hendriklaan. At the second traffic lights turn right into De Clerqstraat. Take the first right turn into Bilderdijkpark. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Tram stop "Bilderdijkstraat/De Clerqstraat" - trams 3, 12, 13 and 14
