Michael Beinhorn

Born
 
Active Decades
 
 
by Ed Hogan
Michael Beinhorn's professional music career started when he was a keyboard player for Bill Laswell's group Material during the '80s. When Laswell was assigned to produce Herbie Hancock's Future Shock album, he asked Beinhorn to co-produce. The Grammy-winning LP spawned the gold single "Rockit," which went to number six R&B on Billboard's charts in summer 1983.



Beinhorn helped to create the Ultra Analog recording format which uses two-inch tape recorded at 7.5 ips (inches per second) tape speed. This approach brings out the low-end of the sound spectrum, which is good for the type of bands Beinborn produces (Soundgarden, Soul Asylum, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ozzy Osbourne).



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