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Composer
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Musician
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Producer
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Sound engineer
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Mixing and Mastering engineer.
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Creator of Relief Studio
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The musical experiences of Dom Torche
>> 1970
Piano & musical studies at both
classical & jazz music Academy of Music of
Fribourg and Bern. Then he moved to London to get
into rock music and formed the band « THE
TICKETS » who won fame playing
concerts with the The Police, Joe Jackson,
The Ramones, Rory Gallagher,
UB40, Uriah Heep and playing festivals all over Europe
for 5 years. The Tickets recorded 2 albums released by CBS and Ariola.
1970 - 1980
Keyboard player with different bands
like 'The Tickets', 'Slapstick', Night, Bonny
B, Francie Conway and the Works, Dom recorded more
than 10 LPs and Singles with these bands and as solo Artist.
1980-1990
Starts up with his
own recording studio : Relief Studio. Realease
of his first solo LP: 'Funny Things' (1987) .
1990 - today
Records numbers of studio tracks
with a lot of different artists such as Bernard
Allison, Graham Broad, Kevin Flynn, Bonny B,
Francie Conway and many more.
Realease of his
second LP : Movie Life (1997).
Created the new actual
Relief Studio, presented in this site. At the
moment, Dom is creating music for multimedia
projects and working on his new solo album. He
also produces other artists such as Nicolas Meier
quartet, Djaimin,
The Black and White Brothers and others.
Dom Torche had the chance to work with
Miroslav Vitous as a sound engineer . Miroslav
Vitous is considered by many as the best bass
player in the world !! (if such thing do exists
!!)
Dom is into all kind of music and he knows what
each style requires to etbe success. From composing – pre production- production-
mixing and mastering – he has the experience
to get the challenge done with class.
Dom Torche was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Awards in Hollywood,
Los Angeles.
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The
Relief team is headed up by accomplished composer,
producer, musician and engineer Dom Torche.
Founder of the Relief Studio, some 20
years ago, Dom studied classical and jazz piano
at the Academy of Music of Fribourg and Bern. Dom is a talented
keyboardist who enjoyed success with numerous bands
such as: The Tickets, Slapsticks and Jamboree.
Over 10 albums and Live appearances
with The Police have provided Dom with an acute sense
for music and engineering.
His latest collaborative projects have seen releases
with the likes of Bernard Allison, Graham Broad,
Francie Conway and many more. His compositions
have also found their way onto numerous films, mini-series and
multi-media campaigns.
Dom has dedicated himself to create
high quality studios and he's overseeing all
projects.
Thanks to the recording work he did for the Cuban
Group "Septet Nacional", Dom Torche was nominated for Grammy Awards 2004
as Sound Engineer.
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The references of Dom
As engineer :
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Miroslav Vitous
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Luther Allison
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Jerome Thomas Big Band
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Core
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New-York
Voices
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Claudio Rugo
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Aventica Crooners
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Nicolas Meier
quartet
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Black and White Brothers
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Tim Hinckley
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Judith Emelyne
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Francisco Araiza
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Michaël von der Heide
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Djaimin
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As producer :
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Bernard Allison
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The Links
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Kevin Flynn
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Smartship Friday
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Angie
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Djaimin
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Colveen
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As composer :
- 2 solo LPs : 'Funny Thing' (1987) - 'Movie Life' (1997)
- Music for 65 serial
TV 'Dodo the Return'
- Songs for solo artists like Francie Conway, Carole Rich, etc.
- Music
for films and TV spots Compositions of music and sounds for multimedia.
- Fondation
Bykov
As multimedia producer :
- 20th Century Fox (more than 100 trailers)
- Cremo
- Philip Morris
- Château de Gruyères
- Opéra d'Avenches
- FIFA
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