Thomas Sandmann

Thomas Sandmann at a motorsport event in 2018

Thomas Sandmann (born April 5, 1964 in Lünen ) is a German racing driver and motorsport team boss . In addition, the owner of the company master orange group is also known as a music and video producer.

In addition to his main areas of activity, the qualified engineer works as a consultant for radio , television and industry. Sandmann regularly gives interviews and workshops in specialist journals and has written three specialist books. Since 2000, his company master orange group has also included his formerly independent media company ths master mix , which is now managed as master orange music in accordance with the nomenclature master orange motorsport, alongside other areas such as master orange pictures .

Motorsport

After his active racing driver -Career ( touring cars of the group A ) Thomas Sandmann was motor racing team boss and owner of his own racing team. His successes include championship titles and overall victories in various one-make cups and endurance racing series. In the motorsport sector, Sandmann works with many partners and sponsors.

Sandmann's master orange motorsport division builds racing touring cars that are used in various racing series. His Orange Green Racing Team achieved 2nd place in 2009 and 3rd place in the team ranking of the BMW DE Challenge in 2010. In the 2011 season, a Master Orange BMW achieved first place in the overall ranking. With the overall victory, Sandmann ended his active participation in this team.

The master orange group was a media partner and sponsor of the RCN motorsport series from 2009 to 2012 .

One of motorsport master orange -powered Porsche racing car equipped with a passenger seat, was in 2012 the official Racetaxi the DMV . This vehicle is driven by Sandmann himself. Every year at the Essen Motor Show, he raffles rides on various racetracks in Europe. Since 2010 he has donated the entire proceeds to a good cause, since 2014 the DMV Race Taxi has been driving for the "Eyesight in Cambodia" campaign and finances a complete eye operation with every single ride. Since 2018, Sandmann has been driving on specially organized Race Taxi Days in cooperation with diaconal institutions with mentally ill and mentally handicapped passengers. A therapeutic success of these actions has been attested by several psychologists.

Together with the STT racing series , Sandmann has been driving his Race Taxi since 2015 as part of the ADAC GT Masters supporting program .

In 2016, Sandmann presented its Race Shuttle , a VW Touran equipped with four racing seats and racing car technology, especially for use on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring race track . With this he shows interested parties and aspiring racing drivers the characteristics of the racetrack with which he has a lot in common. The trips are coordinated by the Grüne Hölle fan shop , where Sandmann can also be found in person at major events during autograph sessions.

With its own sponsorship program, Sandmann is committed to the youngsters in motorsport, supports a student team in Formula Student and produced a German karting champion (Rotax Max) in the 2013 season.

For marketing and media presence, Sandmann maintains other company areas such as its own video and music production, a press department and an agency for the placement of fair hostesses and grid girls . On the one hand, these arose from demand, and on the other, they were integrated into today's group of companies from earlier independent areas.

music

In several specialist journals, Thomas Sandmann is ranked among the top international audio engineers. He is considered a pioneer of digital studio technology and a pioneer of high-resolution audio formats. The texts he wrote on this topic in the late 1980s were long considered the only ones in German-speaking countries. Manufacturers of high-resolution digital audio systems still use them today almost unchanged in their product descriptions.

Sandmann's productions range from classical to rock. Hip-hop, heavy metal and hit productions were mixed in Sandmann's studios. Sandmann also gives interviews, lectures and workshops on his work. Since he started music production at a very young age, his experience ranges from the beginnings of multi-track technology to current developments. A major technical effort to achieve the highest possible quality is characteristic of his audio productions. Sandmann works with a large number of partners, external pre-production studios, licensees of the audio processes he has developed or affiliated publishers and record labels. Sandmann's projects have already led to further partnerships between the industrial companies involved on several occasions.

According to experts, Sandmann's greatest success is not a single work, but the large number of club hits from the early techno scene in Germany. In the early 1990s, Sandmann mainly produced this music, which he also composed himself. He is regarded as a pioneer of the music genre in Germany and with sound banks for synthesizers gave many other techno producers the tools they needed. For this part of his life he was included in the exhibition of the Gronauer rock'n'pop museum in 2009 .

Today Thomas Sandmann only rarely produces music for independent publications, but mainly for combined use with his other company areas. In the last few years his music can be found in his own video productions as well as mainly in the motorsport sector. For example, Sandmann produced the official title track for the Essen Motor Show . The piece of music Schumania in honor of Michael Schumacher was mixed in the studios of the master orange group.

Video

The music videos produced by Sandmann often do without elaborate and expensive settings or special effects and rather emphasize image quality, the course of the plot and the arc of suspense. His videos for Jürgen Drews , Die Schröders and Rage are considered the most cost-effective productions in the entire industry.

Sandmann is also an advocate of the democratization of the means of production movement , wrote a book on the subject and advises the industry so that the limiting factor is no longer in the budget, but only in the creativity of video makers.

Today, Sandmann's studios mainly feature TV reports on motorsport, and film recordings of racing cars also appear in his music videos.

Discography (extracts)

party

• Jürgen Drews, CD König von Mallorca , Polydor, 2000
• Valetti, CD Whiskey in the jar , Felixdae Musix, 2001
• Jürgen Drews, CD Hey! Amigo Charly , Polydor, 2001
• Jürgen Drews, CD 6x6 am Tag , Polydor, 2002

Punk rock

• The Schröders, CD Das Beste , Uposta / PIAS, 2003
• Nullbock, CD Forever , Uposta, 2002
• The Schröders, TV-Music What Doesn't Fit, Will Fit , 2003
• The Schröders, film music tracks in Motown , movie with Oli P.

skirt

• Souldrinker, CD Semper Fidelis II , Rock Dog Records, 2014
• Black Thunder Ladies, CD First Take , Rock Dog Records, 2012
• Rage, DVD Never Give Up , Nuclear Blast, 2010
• T.Rex, DVD Back in Business , SPV, 2003

pop

• En Vogue, DVD + CD Live in Birmingham , SPV, 2004
• Chic, DVD + CD Live at the Budokan , SPV, 2004
• Marc Almond, DVD + CD Live at the Lokerse Feesten , SPV 2004
• Cle, CD Cle , Sony / BMG, 2003

Techno

• Blue Cascade, Maxi-Single Silver Blue , 23 Frankfurt, 1999
• Syrinxx, maxi-single Exxtasy , Massive / Sony, 1996
• Hardbase, various tracks, SMG 1994
• Concrete, various tracks, SDD 1994

Classic

• Ingeborg Hischer, CDs Ave Maria Vol. 1 and 2 , Sicus Klassik , 1998, 1999
• Philip Langshaw, CD Mahler in Schwerin Cathedral , Sicus Klassik , 2003
• Christoph Keller, CD Percy Whitlock: The Great Organ Works , Sicus Klassik , 2005
• Christoph Keller, CD Toccata Toccatissimo , Splendid Classics, 2007
• Christoph Keller, CD Scherzo Scherzissimo , Splendid Classics, 2009

Country

• Michael Engel, CD Heavenly Melodies , Felixdae Musix, 2006
• Michael Engel, CD Romantic Harmonica , Koch / Universal, 2009

Bat

• Achim Mentzel, CD Sometimes you are up and then down , DA, 2001
• Michael Holm, CD Breakfast , DA, 2008

literature

• Thomas Sandmann: Effects and Dynamics , PPV-Verlag, 7th edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-932275-57-9
• Thomas Sandmann: Musikvideo-Produktion , PPV-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-937841-71-7
• Thomas Sandmann: Studio Basics , PPV-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-955121-11-2

Contributions as a guest author (extracts)

• Thomas Sandmann: Workshop effects , in: journal Keys , monthly. Series, 1996-1998
• Thomas Sandmann: Quickly explained , in: Fachzeitschrift Keys , monthly. Series, 1999
• Thomas Sandmann: Basics of audio technology , in: Sound & Vision magazine , monthly. Series, 2000-2001
• Thomas Sandmann: Aliasing , in: Prof. Dr. Dr. Horst Hischer, Mathematics Lessons and New Media , Verlag Franzbecker, 2002, ISBN 3-88120-353-2
• Thomas Sandmann: Music video production over time , in: Mania / Keazor / Wübbena, Imagebuilder , Telos Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-933060-36-5
• Thomas Sandmann: Studiowissen , in: Fachzeitschrift Keys , monthly. Series, 86 episodes, 05/2008 to 07/2015
• Thomas Sandmann: Driving Dynamics and Driving Physics , in: Race Track 2 Read , quarterly. Series 2016 to 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trade magazines: Rolling Stone, Keys, Studio Magazin, Beat, Sound & Vision, Recording Magazin, PMA, Studio Post Pro, Solo, Tools4Music, Streaming Media, Production Reality
2. ↑ Motorsport XL magazine , June 2012 edition
3. ↑ Example of sponsorship in motorsport ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Press releases of the BMW DE Challenge 12/2009 and 12/2010
5. ^ BMW DE Challenge victory ceremony on November 21, 2009
6. ^ Auto Bild, issue 22, from June 1, 2011
7. ↑ Auto Bild, issue 44, from November 4, 2011
8. ^ Report in the city mirror Dorsten
9. ↑ End credits of the RCN TV trailers 2010 to 2012
10. ↑ Logo in the sponsor field behind the start number on every RCN racing car
11. ↑ Annual review DMV TCC 2012, page 36
12. ↑ Video: DMV TCC Race Taxi
13. ↑ Video: Thomas Sandmann drives for Skate Aid
14. ↑ Motorsport XL online: DMV Race Taxi drives for eyesight in Cambodia
15. ↑ Auto-Rennsport.de: Ride in a racing car
16. ↑ Funding program: Young talent in motorsport
17. ↑ Video: Thomas Sandmann as sponsor and partner of a Formula Student team
18. ↑ Tamino Bergmeier wins the first RMC title
19. ↑ Keys trade journal , edition 09/2012, p. 93: Digitaltechnik
20. ↑ Interview: High definition audio formats
21. ↑ Example of a product description with Sandmann's texts ( memento of the original from March 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ↑ Music Outlook magazine , edition 02/2001: Barefoot or patent leather shoes
23. ↑ Video workshop at C-Tube ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
24. ↑ Sound & Vision magazine , 2001: From the laces to the hard drive
25. ^ Trade journal Streaming Media , 2003: With cannons on sparrows
26. ↑ IMM Excellence , Edition 31, June 2012, p. 7: Power with partners
27. ↑ journal Recording magazine , 6/2012 S. 66
28. ↑ Interview: Sound design
29. ^ Title song of the Essen Motor Show For Drivers And Dreams
30. ↑ Music production: Schumania
31. ↑ Production Reality magazine , 2002, creativity instead of budget
32. ↑ journal Recording Magazine , 2008 Hollywood look
33. ↑ Participation in Magix Video Deluxe, Magix Video Pro X and Video Pro X 2, among others
34. ^ Rage, Never Give Up, DVD 2010

Web links

• Music website by Thomas Sandmann
• Motorsport website from Thomas Sandmann
• Superfast Cars
• Miss Superfast
• Literature by and about Thomas Sandmann in the catalog of the German National Library