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AVANTASIA Producer Sascha Paeth Receives Golden Bobby Award




AVANTASIA Producer Sascha Paeth Receives Golden Bobby Award
Sascha Paeth, producer, engineer and guitarist of AVANTASIA has just received the prestigious sound award Golden Bobby by the German association of sound engineers (VDT) for the best production of the year 2008 - in the category Rock. The song that made the difference was the 11-minutes-epic 'The Scarecrow'. The jury of highly acclaimed and established sound engineers and professors stated that they were astonished at the dynamics and the power and that they couldn't think of a song winning so clearly. "The Scarecrow", latest Avantasia album of EDGUY-main man Tobias Sammet starred a long list of guest musicians (MAGNUM's Bob Catley, JORN LANDE, ex-HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, ALICE COOPER, KISS drummer Eric Singer, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker, GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen), featured Top 10 hit single 'Lost In Space' and went on the official album charts in 15 countries, going Top 10 in four countries.

When asked about the award, that is sponsored by the prestigious Neumann-company frontman Tobias Sammet said: "It's no surprise to me, Sascha is one of the best producers in the world. He is a genius, it's just that he can't show the scope of his talent every time, because in most of his productions his clients ask him to put all that fast overloaded stuff, which makes it hard to define and shape a clear but yet powerful sound. The next Avantasia record will feature a symphonic orchestra and I think there is no better choice than letting Sascha arrange, produce and engineer it. He is a great man, a great producer and he deserves that award like no one else."