Kristian Nord on Nord

Artist Profiles: Kristian Nord

“The Nord Lead is an essential part of my studio for more than 10 years  and the only hardware synth that survived the “virtual instrument revolution”. I love it’s warm sound and the amazing filter. What a great instrument! - Kristian Nord, music producer, composer and studio drummer

Gear: Nord Wave,Nord Electro 3

Bio:
Samuel Kristian Nord, born January 2nd 1977, is an independent music producer, composer and studio drummer from Hamburg, Germany. He lives in Los Angeles, California since 2005.
 
Career Highlights

2002 Co-Writing with Brian Johnson (ACDC) for Sarah Brightman’s “Arabian Nights”
2003 Cooperation with Nigel Kennedy and the London Symphony Orchestra ho played on Sarah Brightman’s “The War Is Over” (written by   Nord/Benzner)
2006-2010 Collaborations for the last two Tokio Hotel Albums with Ryan Tedder, Red One, The Matrix, Desmond Child, Andreas Karlson, Diane Warren
2008 Engineering/Arranging the new duet “Canto Della Terra” of Sarah Brightman and Andrea Boccelli
2010 Resent placement of the song “Strange” (coproduced by Kristian Nord) on the Almost Alice Soundtrack, which was #5 in the Billboard Album Charts

Over the past 12 years Kristian sold more then 6 million records and won many international awards (1x Diamond, 32x Platinum, 17x Gold, 2 MTV Music Awards, 1 Arabian Music Award).
 
Client List

Tokio Hotel, Sarah Brightman, AFI, Star Search, ATC, Princessa, Gregorian, Nevio Passaro, Aquarius, Goldrausch, Marque, Hand In Hand For Children, Orange Blue, Bosson, Terence Trent D’Arby, Elton John, Sugababes, Roanan Keating, Chris De Burgh, Jasmin Wagner, Palomino, Jaw, Lollipops, Project Pichfork, Ayman, Mr. President, DJ@Work, Bell, Book & Candle, Band ohne Namen

Sony, Yamaha, Burton, BMW, Quwest, ADT, Tacobell, Prudential, Scion, US Army, Daimler/Chrysler, Unilever, Deutsche Bahn, Katjes, Equinox, Robin Hood .

Artist Website:
http://www.kristiannord.com