Arranger and Sound Engineer Dan Lacksman
Dan is a Belgian musician, composer, sound engineer and produced.
He was also a member of the legendary trio Telex.
In 1980, he founded Synsound studio I in Brussels, and has worked there with many Belgian and international artists like the Sparks, Alain Chamfort, Etienne Daho and Haruomi Hosono from Yellow magic orchestra.
In 1983, he recorded Thomas Dolby’s second album, The Flat Earth.
In 1990, he co-produced with Sacha Chaty, and engineered two albums of French female vocalist, Sara Mandiano, which included her biggest hit "J'ai des doutes". He also co-produced and engineered for the German label Metronome Camouflage’s albums Methods of Silence and Bodega Bohemia.
In March 1995, he opened the second Synsound studio in an old brewery close to his home. The new studio's acoustics were designed by the famous designer Andy Munro (more than 200 studio designs including George Martin’s Air studios in London).
He has worked there with artists like: Will Tura, Maurane, K’s Choice, Clouseau, Ozark Henry,Arno, Marie Daulne (Zap Mama), Youssou N’Dour, Alain Chamfort, Benabar, Eros Ramazzotti, Hooverphonic, David Bowie, Viktor Lazlo,..
In 1993 Lacksman produced the first album Deep Forest which became a huge hit worldwide. In 1996, he produced, the first album of Ozark Henry, I’m Seeking Something That Has Already Found Me.
During all those years, Lacksman has recorded, mixed and produced albums in all genres, including jazz, classic, pop, rock, dance and of course electronic music, one of his first passions. He has combined the big modular Moog IIIP and more vintage analog synthesizers with some of the best virtual plugin synthesizers to form a powerful electronic music studio.
In 2013 he released the Album Electric Dreams.
Composer and Sound Engineer Dan Lacksman