American mastering engineer (born 1962)
Musical artist
Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey.
Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR , Dua Lipa , Drake , Ed Sheeran , Gwen Stefani , Harry Styles , Lady Gaga , Rihanna , Selena Gomez , Twenty One Pilots , Lana Del Rey , Lil Nas X , Lizzo , and many others. Works engineered by Gehringer span many genres such as pop, R&B, hip hop, and dance.
Early life
Gehringer was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in Bergen County . After graduating from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey , he attended the Institute of Audio Research .[ 1]
Career
Gehringer’s first job in the music industry was at Greene Street Recording. From there, he went on to work as a cutting assistant at Trutone Records.[ 2]
In 1985, Gehringer joined Tom Coyne and Herbie Powers at Frankford-Wayne Mastering and mastered primarily dance and R&B records throughout the 1980s.[ 2]
In 1988, he moved to the Hit Factory , where he worked for twelve years.[ 2] golden age of hip hop , mastering landmark releases by artists such as Naughty By Nature , Mobb Deep , Wu Tang Clan , and PM Dawn .
In 1999, Gehringer joined Sterling Sound as a senior mastering engineer.[ 3]
Gehringer received his first Grammy Awards nominations in 2012 in the category of Album of the Year . He was nominated both for his work on Rihanna ’s Loud Lady Gaga ’s Born This Way Grammys and 7 Latin Grammys . In 2022, he won Latin Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album and Album of the Year for his mastering work on Rosalía 's album Motomami
In 2016, he became an official partner of Sterling Sound.[ 4] [ 5]
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards [ 6]
Latin Grammy Awards [ 7]
TEC Awards
Notable works
As adapted from the Career Highlights section of Gehringer's official web page.[ 9]
Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature , 1991Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan , 1993"Thug Love ", by 50 Cent , 1999
Hot Shot Shaggy , 2000Stillmatic Nas , 2001We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. Jason Mraz , 2008Thank Me Later Drake , 2010Loud Rihanna , 2010Born This Way Lady Gaga , 2011Unapologetic Blurryface Twenty One Pilots , 2015"Be Careful ", by Cardi B , 2016
Anti Harry Styles Harry Styles , 2017Masseduction St. Vincent , 2017Good Thing Leon Bridges , 2018Head over Heels Chromeo , 2018Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe , 2018Cuz I Love You Lizzo , 2018Trench Twenty One Pilots , 2018Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey , 2019Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa , 2019Glow On Turnstile , 2020"Heat Waves ", by Glass Animals , 2021
Scaled and Icy Twenty One Pilots , 20215SOS5 5 Seconds of Summer , 2022"I Ain't Worried ", by OneRepublic , 2022
Dance Fever Florence and the Machine , 2022Motomami Rosalia , 2022"Single Soon ", by Selena Gomez , 2023
World Music Radio Jon Batiste , 2023Snow Angel Reneé Rapp , 2023So Much (for) Stardust Fall Out Boy , 2023"Me & U ", by Tems , 2023
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You Caroline Polachek , 20237 Nelly Furtado , 2024GOLDENWEEK MILLENNIUM PARADE , 2024KIZAO MILLENNIUM PARADE , Rauw Alejandro , Tainy , 2024Apt. Rosé , Bruno Mars , 2024Happy Jin , 2024Burnout BoyWithUke , 2024Cosa Nuestra Rauw Alejandro , 2024
References
^ "Chris Gehringer" . themanifesto.co .^ a b c Gehringer, Chris. "Masters Behind the Mix" . Atlantic Records via internet archive . Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . ^ "Sterling Sound Discography | Discogs" . Discogs ^ Gehringer, Chris. "Engineers" . Sterling Sound . ^ Chris, Gehringer. "Chris Gehringer" . Sound on Sound . Retrieved March 12, 2017 . ^ "Chris Gehringer | Artist | GRAMMY.com" . www.grammy.com . Retrieved January 25, 2024 .^ "Chris Gehringer | Artist | GRAMMY.com" . www.latingrammy.com . Retrieved January 26, 2024 .^ Gehringer, Chris. "nominations" . legacy.tecawards . ^ "Chris Gehringer | MASTERING ENGINEER" . STERLING SOUND . Retrieved December 27, 2023 .
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