René Shostak
René Schostak (born August 22, 1967 in Berlin ) is a German studio musician , guitarist , music producer and composer .
Life
René Schostak learned to play guitar as a child and wrote his first songs. In 1982 he was together with Tommy Heart ( Fair Warning ) one of the founders of the Berlin heavy metal band Angel Dust , with whom he was already founded a. a. Gave concerts in Berlin's Latin Quarter . After the band broke up, he played for a long time in the art rock band Contact and in various rock and jazz bands. During this time he took guitar lessons from Gustl Lütjes .
In the 1990s he took part in numerous blues , rock , metal and jazz productions by national and international artists, including Jeanette Biedermann , Kristina Bach , Gabi Decker , Habibi, Jill Morrison , Markus Küpper Band , haase & band and Marc Terenzi , for whom he wrote the song You Complete My Soul . In 2010, he received a gold DVD for his work on the live DVD Laut meant von Silbermond .
Today he is an independent producer with the studio and label Mugwort Road Records in Berlin and an employee of the Valicon production team . His current live projects are the indie pop band Radio Alaska and the American singer-songwriter Wayne Grajeda .
From the end of 2011 to the beginning of 2012 he composed the score for the award-winning short film Burial at Sea . In 2013 he composed the score for the psychological thriller Exitus (produced by Eberhard Weißbarth ). In 2014, the sound production for the feature film Himmel im Kopf - Remo followed, and in 2015 music and sound production for the short film Living for American Dream, directed by Dominik Balkow . In 2017 he wrote the advertising music for the trailer from Mercedes Benz - future bus .
Schostak was a songwriter and producer a. a. active for Michelle ( Steh zu ), Chris Doerk , The Dark Tenor , Maria Voskania , Bernhard Brink ( Die Zeit ohne dich ), Frank Schöbel ( That's the moment ), Tommy Heart , Frank Zander ( Still the old man ), trailer for Tribute to Bambi 2017 , VoXXclub ( go dancing ), Ben Zucker ( just look ).
In cooperation with the producer team Valicon, The Dark Tenor - Symphony of Light received gold again in 2017 .
Web links
- Literature by and about René Schostak in the catalog of the German National Library
- René Schostak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- René Schostak at Discogs (English)
- René Schostak at Allmusic (English)
- Website of René Schostak
- Website recording studios
- Website Valicon
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SURNAME | Shostak, René |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German guitarist, producer and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd August 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |