Hans-Martin Buff began his career as a recording engineer and music producer at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, USA, where he made excellent coffee and then proceeded to hone his studio chops by assisting on projects such as Live’s million seller "Throwing Copper". Buff worked his way through various Minnesota rock’n’roll factories, before he found a more permanent home at Prince’s Paisley Park Studios, whose personal engineer he became and remained for four funky years. During this period, he wasn’t only responsible for His Purple Majesty’s recordings, but also for Prince’s collaborations with artists such as No Doubt, Chaka Khan and Larry Graham. Being a native of Germany, Buff relocated to Europe in 2001, where he has since recorded, mixed and/or produced a host of national and international talent, such as Mousse T., Joss Stone, Zucchero, Eric Burdon, Roachford, Maxi Priest and the Scorpions. Since 2018, Buff has explored the subject of 3D-Audio, especially for headphones. Buff is now considered an industry expert, and he is proud to help artists lift their immersive adventures to the next musical level. Buff is affiliated with msm-studios in Munich and Berlin, Germany, and with Real World Studios in Box, England, where he shaped the Dolby Atmos “In-Side” mixes of Peter Gabriel’s 2023 release i/o. https://buffwerk.com/ Instagram: buffwerk
INTRO
2mins30s - Did Prince ever try to persuade Hans to join him on the road?
4mins - Were you aware that you were working on Prince's first acoustic album 'The Truth' at the time?
10mins - Any reason why Prince chose to do an acoustic album? Hans explains the Ani Di Franco influence.
14mins - Prince, Boys II Men, and 90s RnB.
16mins - The stuff that lit Hans' candle!
18mins - Learning the art of the sequence from Prince...
21mins - Working on the mythical 1990s version of the Crystal Ball project...and going down to the Vault, being watched by Security.
25mins - Working on the Crystal Ball edits, and Hans honing his production skills.
28mins - Working on the 3-disc Emancipation set, as five to six tracks don't make the cut.