Chris Gehringer

Chris Gehringer is one of the senior engineers at New York's Sterling Sound, whose work has included mastering TV Mania's Bored with Prozac and The Internet? album.

Biography
Like many in this profession, Chris Gehringer's 18-year mastering career can be traced back to his school days, when he started tinkering with band PA systems. This inevitably developed into an interest in recording, and led on to an academic training at the Institute of Audio Research. After graduating Chris worked in the live sound scene for a while before moving on to a small mastering facility in Haworth, New Jersey in the mid 1980s.

When he started mastering he worked mainly with punk rock and hardcore music, and from these small beginnings Chris progressed to larger mastering facilities, teaming up with Tom Coyne at Frankford-Wayne, and then moving on with Tom to the Hit Factory in 1988. Chris started to specialise in hip-hop and R&B while at the Hit Factory, working on projects by artists such as Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang Clan and PM Dawn. After 12 years Chris moved on to Sterling Sound, where he has worked on projects by artists such as Nas, Fat Joe, Dru Hill, LL Cool J, and TV Mania.

A selection of credits
Worked at:
 * Bored with Prozac and The Internet? - TV Mania (Mastering)
 * Jamie Lidell - Jamie Lidell (Mastering)
 * Native - OneRepublic (Mastering)
 * Silver - Will Downing (Mastering)
 * All of Me - Estelle (Mastering)
 * Bravísima! - Paulina Rubio (Mastering)
 * Breakfast - Chiddy Bang (Mastering)
 * Electra Heart - Marina and the Diamonds (Mastering)
 * F*** Me I'm Famous!: Ibiza Mix 2012 - David Guetta (Mastering)
 * Form & Control - The Phenomenal Handclap Band (Mastering)
 * Greatest Hits, Chapter 1 - Kelly Clarkson (Mastering)
 * Hello My Name Is... - Bridgit Mendler (Mastering)
 * La Music Del Futuro - Fuego (Mastering)
 * Life Is Good - Nas (Mastering)
 * Love Is a Four Letter Word - Jason Mraz (Mastering)
 * MDNA - Madonna (Mastering)
 * 1984: Trutone Records (NJ)
 * 1985-1988: Frankford-Wayne Mastering
 * 1988-2000: Hit Factory Mastering
 * 2000-Present: Sterling Sound, New York