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Toby Hrycek-Robinson

Toby Hrycek-Robinson

English record producer and composer

Toby Hrycek-Robinson is a British producer, composer, and recording engineer from London, UK.

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Biography

Hrycek-Robinson began his career in Germany where he spent time as a sound engineer working for Karlheinz Stockhausen and Péter Eötvös in Cologne's Westdeutscher Rundfunk Studios.[1] By the early 1970s he had moved to Dieter Dierks' studio, where he recorded with a number of krautrock bands, including work on CAN’s Landed album in 1975.[2]

During this period he used spare studio time to experiment with visiting musicians, often working under pseudonyms such as "The Mad Twiddler" or "Genius P. Orridge".[3] He also teamed up with Fluxus artist Robin Page, creating the mythological Pyramid label to release the tracks under names such as Cozmic Corridors and Golem.[4] Much of this material was eventually released on the Virgin and Psi-Fi Labels from 1996.[5]

After returning to Britain, he opened Moat Studios in London and worked with a wide range of avant garde and rock musicians including The Monochrome Set, Acid Mothers Temple, Rhys Chatham, Bellowhead, David Sylvian, and Gong.[6] He also engineered a series of recordings with Derek Bailey from the mid-1990s until Bailey’s death in 2015.[7]

Apart from his work with musicians, Hrycek-Robinson has composed the themes and incidental music for television, including a number of audio plays for Big Finish Productions.[8]

Selected discography

Hrycek-Robinson served as producer or engineer on the following records:[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Young , Schmidt (May 2018). CAN - All Gates Open. Faber and Faber. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-571-31149-1.
  2. [2]
    "CAN "Landed" Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Cologne Curiosities: The Unknown Krautrock Underground 1972-1976 album review". Louder Sound. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    Barnes, Mike (December 1996). "Sound Check". The Wire (154): 51.
  5. [5]
    Barnes, Mike (March 1998). "Sound Check". The Wire (169): 59.
  6. [6]
    "Toby Hrycek-Robinson Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Derek Bailey remembered". The Wire. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Toby Hrycek-Robinson Contributions". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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