Roman Klun

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Roman Klun


“Whether the recording sessions include Aaron Comess, Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner, 3, or just me; the Earthworks Microphones enable us to really hear what’s going on!”

-Roman Klun on his DK25/L DrumKit™ Systems

Biography:

RK: Roman Klun is a Genie (Oscar) Award Winning Producer, Grammy Nominated and Multi-Platinum Engineer with a Number One debut at Billboard, and is a nominated Songwriter.

As a Producer, Mix Engineer, Songwriter: RK has played a major role in the creation of nominations and winners at the Grammy’s, Juno’s, Genie’s, Gemini’s, JPF’s, Unity Awards and was recognized by the AES (Audio Engineering Society) for his work in 5.1 Surround Sound. By invitation, RK has juried industry Producer/Songwriter Panels, Engineering Panels and the New York VIP Jury for the celebrated and world renowned Painter/Artist Mark Kostabi with his TV Show, “The Kostabi Show”.

RK hails from Hamilton, ON and is based out of Manhattan. RK is of a rare breed, as quoted; “is in the vein of such celebrated individuals as Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, Robert Mutt Lange, Bono, Bonnie Raitt, Tears For Fears and Trevor Horn.”

RK has shared the live stage as a singer/songwriter and performer with Joey Eppard, 3, The Pete Levin Trio, The Joan Osborne band, and was honored to open for the two time Grammy winning and legendary Levon Helm.

RK: Roman Klun – “Kingsway,” a third solo record; is available on iTunes, Amazon.com and CDBaby. “With “Kingsway,” Klun has crafted an elegant, impressive collection of songs and moments in time.” (The Dailey Freeman).

Musicians on this recording include; Steve Gadd, Jerry Marotta, Aaron Comess, Tony Levin, Daniel Grimsland, Gerry Leonard, Jesse Gress, Pete Levin, Bob Halligan Jr., Joey Eppard, Leslie Mendelson, Steven Bernstein and Erik Lawrence of The Levon Helm Brass to name a few.


Roman Klun

Credits of note: 3, Anthrax, Gino Vannelli, Mark Kostabi-Ornette Coleman, Holmes Brothers-Joan Osborne, Ian Thomas, Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan, Lighthouse, New York Electric Piano, Steve Margoshes (“Musicians of The Sun”-World Premiere), Maestro Fresh Wess, Pam Sue Mann-Donna Lewis, Pete Seeger, Sarah McLachlan, The Steve Gadd Documentary, Tony Levin Band, Wild Animus, to name a few.

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Earthworks Microphones were introduced to me in San Francisco during a two week session with Drummer, Jim Keltner. I loved the Earthworks clarity and sound and Jim liked me. A great session I’ll long remember on both fronts. I loved these Earthworks so much, I took a chance and introduced the Earthworks sound to Steve Gadd while recording his “Life and Times” documentary, and now Steve endorses Earthworks. Jerry Marotta, Aaron Comes, Lenny White, Harvey Sorgen, Rick Gratton, Chris Gartmann, Pat Mastelotto, and the list goes on with the great drummers and Earthworks in place. I’ve recently started applying Earthworks to all my Steinway Piano recordings and these microphones are really great. Thank you, Earthworks! RK: Roman Klun – Record Producer / Mixer / Songwriter

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January 30, 2010
GRAHAM ROCKINGHAM
THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR
(Jan 30, 2010)

When Stoney Creek native Roman Klun's name is read out at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles tomorrow, he'll be at the opposite side of the country doing what comes naturally -- getting the best sound possible for the artist he's recording.
Klun, who built his first recording studio when he was still attending Orchard Park Secondary School, received a Grammy nomination for sound engineer of the year on Leslie Mendelson's soft-rock album, Swan Feathers.
"I got the invitation (to the Grammys) in the mail about a week ago, the free ticket, all the parties and everything," Klun said in a recent interview from his parents' home in Beamsville.
"I almost booked my flight ... but I've been asked to produce an album with a jazz-hip hop band called New York Electric Piano in New Jersey. Because of the players involved, it's a nightmare scheduling sometimes. It's got to be done."
Klun now lives in the United States and has a home and studio near Woodstock, N.Y., and an apartment in New York City.
During his 20-year career as a sound engineer and producer, he's worked on albums by a varied array of artists including Sarah McLachlan, Anthrax, Pete Seeger, Tony Levin, Maestro Fresh Wes, Ornette Coleman, Gino Vanelli, Joan Osborne and the Holmes Brothers. He's also recorded three CDs of his own as a singer-songwriter.
He has won a Genie Award, worked on several Juno-award winning albums and has been honoured by the Audio Engineering Society, but this is the first time he has been nominated for a Grammy.
Klun realizes he's up against tough competition, especially veteran soundman Al Schmitt, whose illustrious career stretches back to the '50s working with people like Frank Sinatra and Sam Cooke.
"For me the victory has already been won. It's just getting the nomination," he says.
Still loyal to his roots, Klun returns home to the Hamilton area several times a year, working with Ian Thomas on his Lunch At Allen's projects, and at Dave King's Barn Window studio with blues guitarist Steve Strongman.
Klun is one of several world-class producers and engineers who learned their craft in Hamilton.
The list includes Daniel Lanois, who is also nominated in two Grammy categories this weekend for his production work on U2's latest CD No Line on the Horizon. Lanois' Grant Avenue Studio also apprenticed star producers like Mark Howard (Lucinda Williams, Tom Waits, Chris Whitley) and David Bottrill (King Crimson, Tool, Mudvayne).
Klun's entry into the local music scene was through Ian Thomas, a Dundas-born songwriter who has had songs recorded by Santana, Chicago, America and Manfred Mann. Through Thomas, Klun met Hamilton guitarist Bill Dillon, a studio magician who has recorded with some of the biggest names in the business, including Robbie Robertson and Joni Mitchell.
Dillon convinced Klun to spend some time at the Lanois team's Kingsway studio in New Orleans in the late '80s. Instead of applying the time to recording other people's music, however, Klun ended up writing his own songs there.
That music stayed tucked away in the back of his mind until last year, when Klun recorded his third solo album. It's called Kingsway and contains an impressive backing band of A-list musicians, including Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson) and members of Levon Helm's band.
"I don't want to be known as just 'a good engineer,'" Klun says. "I'd rather be known as a guy who can do it all, write a good song, make it sound great and produce it. I'm trying to fill as many of the departments I can."
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08/15/2008

Roman Klun's 'Kingsway' an Impressive Collection -- WITH AUDIO



ARTIST: Roman Klun
ALBUM: "Kingsway" (Innsbruck Records)

Hurley resident Roman Klun is known internationally as a recording engineer, vis a vis his work with Sarah McLachlan and others. With this spectacular release, "Kingsway," he now emerges as an artist.

Klun wrote, played, produced, recorded, mixed this CD and uses some of the best musicians on the planet including Steve Gadd and legendary locals Tony Levin, Pete Levin, Jerry Marotta, Gerry Leonard, Joey Eppard, Jesse Gress, Steven Bernstein and Erik Lawrence.

The expansive "Stairs On The Hill" features the to-die-for rhythm section of Levin/Klun, while "Whisper Kiss" holds some sinister synths and a hypnotic groove; here Klun clearly conveys emotion without overtly emoting. Klun climbs into "Red River" pushed along by Levin's ominous quarter notes and Gerry Leonard's lushly layered guitars.

Klun wears his influences on his sleeve here, from the pervading Peter Gabriel vibe, the bigger than life "Something You Said" which recalls Simple Minds; while "More Than This" has underlying U2 overtones. Steve Gadd's ultimate groove pushes "New York Lady," the pensive "Street Artists" is a highlight.

With "Kingsway," Klun has crafted an elegant, impressive collection of songs and moments in time. Maybe that's why they used to call them "records."


Selected tracks from "Kingsway"

1. "Stairs On the Hill"

6. "Love Your Radio"

8. "Nigel"

9. "Between the Lines"

11. "Street Artists"


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- Daily Freeman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 2008

Roman Klun TV Guest Appearance on “Title This”

MHN Management is pleased to announce that on Friday, September 5th, 2008, Roman Klun will be featured as a musical guest on the famed “Title This” – a game show where art critics and celebrities compete to name paintings from world renowned artist and composer, Mark Kostabi, for cash awards.

As Lisa Paul Streitfield’s review in NY Arts of Thomas McEvilley’s new book: The Triumph of Anti-Art: Conceptual and Performance Art in the Formation of Postmodernism: stated, “…[watch] Mark Kostabi’s cynical conceptual art performance piece on his Manhattan cable television show where he invites critics to title his non-art objects (which proclaim their sole importance in not being painted by the artist).”

Roman Klun will be performing two songs from his newly released album, “Kingsway.” Klun is a multi-platinum award winning engineer (Sarah McLachlan) and award winning producer and now emerges as an exceptional solo artist backed by legendary locals, Gerry Leonard (guitar, vocals), Daniel A. Weiss (keys, vocals), Chris Gartman (drums, vocals), Daniel Grimsland (bass, vocals) and Pam Sue Man (vocals, keys).

For additional inquiries or press materials, please contact Maria Infantine, J.D., MHN Management at info@mhnmanagement.com or view Klun’s website at www.myspace.com/romanklun
- MHN Management

Check out RK: Roman Klun in Modern Drummer on October 14, 2008:


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http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummer-blogs/Drummer/Producer/Songwriter%20Roman%20Klun/#B1
- Modern Drummer_10 14 2008

LONG ISLAND PRESS RELEASES
For Immediate Release: November 8, 2008

Roman Klun Releases “Kingsway”
Press Releases —

(New York, NY) MHN MANAGEMENT artist Roman Klun has recently completed his 3rd solo album entitled, “Kingsway,” predominantly written in the French Quarters of New Orleans, with further shaping in Toronto, Paris, Austria, England, Ukraine, San Francisco, New York City and Woodstock, NY. This tour de force is now officially released to the public and fans await the highly anticipated venues.

Roman Klun is an award winning producer, multi-platinum record engineer (Sarah McLachlan), ‘Serious Ears' mix engineer, and nominated songwriter. Roman has been in the hot seat on many projects that became industry winners and nominations at the Grammy’s, Juno’s, Genie’s, Gemini’s, JPF’s, and the Unity Awards and was recognized by the AES (Audio Engineering Society) for his work in 5.1 Surround Sound. By invitation, RK has juried industry producer/songwriter & engineering panels and recently the New York VIP Jury for the celebrated and world renowned painter/artist Mark Kostabi and his TV Show, “Title This.”

Featured musicians on RK’s most recent recording are Steve Gadd, Jerry Marotta, Aaron Comess, Tony Levin, Daniel Grimsland, Gerry Leonard, Jesse Gress, Pete Levin, Bob Halligan, Jr., Joey Eppard, Leslie Mendelson and Steven Bernstein & Erik Lawrence of The Levon Helm Brass, to name a few. Like a true sonic alchemist, RK delivers record certainties that have an impact on the audience with heart and soul.

Upcoming exclusive showcases include the epic Living Room located at 154 Ludlow Street in NYC on November 10th and 17th at 7:00 p.m. and the infamous Colony Café in Woodstock, NY on November 15th at 8:00 p.m.

Roman Klun is receiving regular airplay on various indie stations such as 94.3 FM, UNLABELED radio show hosted by Rick Eberle and Rob Rush – www.wmjcfm.com

Roman Klun is available for private venues as well as exclusive clubs around the globe. The band’s website is www.myspace.com/romanklun or for additional information and press kits, please contact Maria Infantine, J.D., MHN Management at info@mhnmanagement.com

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For more information please check out www.myspace.com/romanklun

- Long Island News

RK: Roman Klun New Release

Roll Magazine

Roman Klun | Kingsway
(Innsbruck Records)

by M.R. Smith
November 2008

Roman Klun has been one busy guy. As a recording and mixing engineer and producer, he’s been behind the desk for numerous projects for such luminaries as Sarah McLachlan, Pete Seeger, Gino Vanelli, and Tony Levin Band, as well as locally based groups Mechanical Bull, Murali Coryell, and the band 3. Somewhere between those sessions, he’s managed to record this, his third full CD of material in twelve different studios in the U.S. and Canada, after having written those songs in New Orleans, Toronto, the U.K., Paris, Austria, the Ukraine, and New York City. The man gets around.

And it’s a stellar cast helping out here. Though he himself is an excellent drummer (and guitarist), Klun enlists some of the very best to help on the skins: Steve Gadd, Jerry Marotta, Aaron Comess. The legendary Tony Levin anchors the bass chair, and other contributors include Jesse Gress, Gerry Leonard, Harvey Jones, and 3’s Daniel Grimsland and Joey Eppard.

The results are a surprisingly cohesive group of songs that wears its influences on its sleeve with pride. The CD’s title, Kingsway, is based on inspiration gained from a visit to Grammy-winning producer Daniel Lanois’ (Peter Gabriel, U2, Bob Dylan, etc.) famous New Orleans studio, and so, in many ways, are the songs and production styles. Swirling guitar and synthesizer atmospheres twist around above fluid bass and motoring drums, songs make unusual and often interesting shifts, and Klun sings his arch lyrics in his lower range, sounding much like gruff Lanois on his Acadie CD. Sonically, it’s densely packed and radio ready, though word-wise nothing quite rises to the anthemic quality the music suggests, though “Stars On the Hill” and “Angel” make a good shot at it.

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- Roll Magazine

RK: Featured on New Playlist for New President

"Stairs on the Hill" is one of three songs featured from RK: Roman Klun's "Kingsway" on the overnight rotation and also being played this month twice every day as part of the "GigApple Live in NYC" program ...

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January 12, 2010 | Category: Music

Grammy Nominee RK: Roman Klun and Innsbruck Studios moves to Manhattan.

RK: Roman Klun is an Genie (Oscar) Award Winning Producer, Grammy nominated and Multi-Platinum Engineer, serious ears Mix Engineer and nominated Songwriter.

We are pleased to announce RK: Roman Klun is moving his private recording facility to New York City close to the American Felt building and one block from Union Square. Continuing his activity as a global freelancer where Roman has collaborated with some of the most talented and has worked at some of the world's most renowned recording studios, Innsbruck Studios/His House Studios on 13th Street will now be home base for this global Producer, Mix Engineer and Songwriter.

As a Producer, Mix Engineer, Songwriter... RK has played a major role in the creation of nominations and winners at the Grammy's, Juno's, Genie's, Gemini's, JPF's, Unity Awards and was recognized by the AES (Audio Engineering Society) for his work in 5.1 Surround Sound. By invitation, RK has juried industry Producer/Songwriter Panels, Engineering Panels and the New York VIP Jury for the celebrated and world renowned Painter/Artist Mark Kostabi with his TV Show, "Title This."

RK hails from Hamilton, ON and is of a rare breed, as quoted; is in the vein of such celebrated individuals as Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, Robert Mutt Lange, Bono, Tears For Fears and Trevor Horn.

RK, as a singer/songwriter, has shared the live stage with Joey Eppard, 3, The Pete Levin Trio, The Joan Osborne band and was honored to open for the Legendary and Grammy Award winning Levon Helm.

RK: Roman Klun - "Kingsway," a third solo record; is available on iTunes, Amazon.com and CD Baby. "With 'Kingsway,' Klun has crafted an elegant, impressive collection of songs and moments in time." (The Dailey Freeman).

Musicians on this recording include; Steve Gadd, Jerry Marotta, Aaron Comess, Tony Levin, Daniel Grimsland, Gerry Leonard, Jesse Gress, Pete Levin, Bob Halligan Jr., Joey Eppard, Leslie Mendelson, Steven Bernstein and Erik Lawrence of The Levon Helm Brass to name a few...

Credits of note: 3, Anthrax, Gino Vannelli, Mark Kostabi, Ornette Coleman, Holmes Brothers, Joan Osborne, Ian Thomas, Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan, Lighthouse, New York Electric Piano, Steve Margoshes ("Musicians of The Sun"-World Premiere), Maestro Fresh Wess, Pam Sue Mann, Donna Lewis, Pete Seeger, Sarah McLachlan, The Steve Gadd Documentary, Tony Levin Band, Wild Animus, to name a few.

For additional information on Roman Klun, please contact Maria Infantine, J.D., MHN Management at minfantine@mhnmanagement.com - MHN Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 3, 2009

MHN Management is proud to announce that multi-platinum award winning engineer,Roman Klun, has been nominated for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards for 'Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical' category 91:

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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parentheses.))

Ellipse
Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)
[RCA/Megaphonic Records]


Gossip In The Grain
Ethan Johns & Dominic Monks, engineers (Ray LaMontagne)
[RCA Records]


My One And Only Thrill
Helik Hadar & Al Schmitt, engineers (Melody Gardot)
[Verve]


Safe Trip Home
Jon Brion, Grippa, Greg Koller & Jim Scott, engineers (Dido)
[Arista]


Swan Feathers
Richard Alderson, Chris Allen, Roman Klun, Lawrence Manchester, Rob Mounsey, Jay Newland & Gordie Sampson, engineers (Leslie Mendelson)
[Rykodisc]

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MHN Management will keep everyone posted on this exciting news! For additional information on the Grammy Award festivities, visit www.grammy.com or inquire with Maria Infantine, J.D. at minfantine@mhnmanagement.com
- MHN Management

Grammy Nomination for Ukrainian, Roman Klun

Roman Klun, multi-platinum award-winning engineer, producer and nominated songwriter, has been nominated for a Grammy Award this year for “Best Engineered Album.” The record “Swan Feathers” features songstress, Leslie Mendelson, signed to Rykodisc Records, New York. The Grammy is the recording industry’s most prestigious award and is presented annually by The Recording Academy. The Academy’s voting membership awards a Grammy to honour excellence in the field of recording arts and sciences. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and the ceremony will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on January 31, 2010, and will be broadcast live on CBS.

Roman Klun headed-up several projects that became industry winners and nominations at the Grammy’s, Juno’s, Genie’s, Gemini’s, JPF’s, and the Unity Awards and was recognized by the AES (Audio Engineering Society) for his work in 5.1 Surround Sound. By invitation, RK has juried industry producer/songwriter and engineering panels.

As a songwriter, Klun has recently completed his 3rd solo album entitled “Kingsway”, predominantly written in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The record was officially released at three showcases in New York and Klun opened for legendary Grammy award-winning rock band drummer, vocalist and actor Levon Helm.

Roman Klun has also produced and engineered many records with The Canadian Bandurist Capella, operatic bass-baritone Pavlo Hunka, Ukrainian Vanguard Ensemble, Ron Cahute & Burya and was also the Producer and Director of FestUkraine at Paramount Parks – Canada’s Wonderland.

Roman is the son of Jackilyn and Jaroslav Klun who was born in Western Ukraine, a choreographer who founded the dance group in the Ukrainian National Federation’s ‘Chaika’ Ensemble in Hamilton, Ontario. He has travelled the world conducting workshops of Ukrainian dance with Roman’s sister, Nadia Klun Stadler. We extend sincere congratulations and continued excellence to this artistic family.

For additional information and press kits, please contact Maria Infantine, J.D., MHN Management at minfantine@mhnmanagement.com










- The New Pathway Newspaper Dec 2009