Thomas Fessler is a producer, sound engineer, songwriter and session musician who works with a number of artists, including Hecht, Nickless, Sina, Joya Marleen, Florian Ast, Adrian Stern, Kunz, Baba Shrimps, Michael von der Heide, Plüsch, Pippo Pollina and many, many more. Already as a young child Thomas played various instruments and started writing his own songs at the age of twelve. He’s accompanied many artists as a live guitarist and multi-instrumentalist both at home in Switzerland and abroad.

Thomas’ credo: “Music has to be authentic – there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.” In each collaboration, Thomas aims to bring out an artist’s unique musical personality and make it heard. His experience and keen understanding of people makes him a sought-after partner in all genres of music. He is also a freelance lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and is frequently invited to talk as an expert in his field.

Manfred knew where his life’s journey was taking him early on: He turned his childhood room into his first studio and converted his parents’ closet into his first recording room, complete with optimized acoustics. Trained as a sound engineer, Manfred first took an eye-opening detour as a producer in the world of film before realizing his dream of having a studio with music production, film editing and postproduction facilities.

 Next to music, Manfred’s strengths lie in the professional combination of image and sound, where he takes advantage of his interests in content and fruitful cross-connections “Everything needs content: Music needs dramaturgy, films need rhythm, sound design needs a mood and a message – what’s a voice recording without a story?” In music as in film, Manfred like to go far below the surface.

 Manfred has worked with musical artists such as Hania Rani, Joss Stone, Bibi Vaplan, Aaron Asteria, Stefan Eicher, Orishas and Angus Stone, and with film companies and broadcasters such as SRF Dok, 3Sat, Joint Venture, Hugo Film, and RTR.

The day even Yvan picked up a guitar for the first time at the age of 18, he became obsessed with music. Now active in several bands, he also works as a live and studio musician. Since August 2021, Yvan has been working as intern with 571 Recording Studios, gaining valuable experience and complementing his training as a sound engineer at the college for sound engineering FF Ton. If you don’t find him in our studios, you might catch him as a barista at Campo.

Momo has a passion for music. Playing drums since she was ten, she’s already made a name for herself as the musical backbone of several bands. And before she even turned 18, she was playing as opening act for some of the biggest Swiss musicians and had won various music awards. Most recently, she’s discovered a zeal for music production and arrangement – her second big love – and has been working with us as an intern since July 2021 as part of her training in audio engineering training at HOFA-College.

Since the 90s, Peter has helped shape the urban Swiss music scene with his own style as bassist and toured with various bands in Switzerland and abroad. After graduating from the Basel Music Academy in 2002, he turned to music and audio production.

 As a music producer and sound engineer, Peter’s creative approach makes him an ideal partner – with experience in a wide range of musical styles and a home base at 571 Recording Studios. For voice recordings and video dubbing, he understands how to use sound to get right to the heart of stories and emotion.

Roland “Roller” Frei founded his company Bloop in 2016 – a creative full-service partner for sound and music in the field of audiovisual media. Roller offers custom made music, music supervising, audio post, voice recording and sound design for advertising, corporations, games, apps and live communication – and produces it all in the 571 Studios.