Patrik Schwitter
Patrik Schwitter is one of the well known and highly experienced recording, mixing and mastering veterans in Switzerland.
Since his start in 1987 at Ebony Studios, he worked on +1300 productions. With his pal Martin Lachmann (Applied Acoustics), he founded Gamma Recording in 1990 and worked with international artists like Eddie Harris, Gil Scott Heron & Amnesia Express, The JB Horns, The Meters etc. and great musicians like Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel), Daryll Jones (Sting, Miles, Madonna, Rolling Stones), Daryl Thompson (Peter Tosh, Sly and Robbie), Gerry Brown (Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea), Curt Cress (Tina Turner, Falco, Freddy Mercury) and Ray Peterson (Blood, Sweat & Tears) etc. Patrik had the honour of tracking “Destination Unknown”, the very last album of Sun Ra and his Omniverse Arkestra, just before Sun Ra died. In 2010, he won the German Record Critics Award for Steve Lacy's album "November”.
In the summer of 2017, Patrik founded his personal facility in Zurich, which has been optimized for mixing. In his new audio suite, he made productions for Brainticket, Imperial Triumphant, Iandara, Jurczok 1001, Travelogue, Bruno Spoerri, I Am Chaos, Kilter, Hazer Baba, etc. In March 2019, he was nominated for the 19th "Independent Music Award" in NYC in the category "eclectic" with his production of *Andromeda Anarchia's Darkmatters.
One of his recent projects is the album tracking of harp player and Grammy Award Winner Andreas Vollenweider, the most successful musician in Switzerland. "Quiet Places" was released in winter 2020.
