Bastian Kladny (Bastido)

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If you are a musician, producer or artist who loves to create, you know how important it is to be able to present your art professionally and in compliance with all industry standards. I put all my experience and knowledge as a producer, musician and sound engineer in hybrid mastering and mixing at your disposal to help you achieving your goals.

With a love for analog devices and high-quality digital audio effects, I'm working as a freelance audio engineer, having mixed and mastered songs that were placed in official Spotify and Apple Music playlists (Jazz Vibes, lofi beats, Bedtime Beats,...) and gained millions of plays on both platforms. I basically work hybrid, with digital and analog devices to give the music both digital clarity and analog warmth at the same time.
Normally, I work with industry standard plugins (FabFilter, Soundtoys, Softube, Waves, ...) and analog devices (Warm-Audio) based on analog classics (LA-2A, 1176, Pultec EQ).

My offers:

1. MIXING: either just vocals, starting from $40, or a whole arrangement, starting from $120, depending on the amount of tracks. Depending on your needs, your music will retain a warm sound due to the analog gear I work with and at the same time get the clear and full sound it needs.

2. MASTERING: I master your stereo mixdown and bring it to radio and streaming standard for only $30, ready for radio or playlist placements.

3. PRODUCTION: I work out a whole song with you. Mostly, it starts with a demo from the artist to which I compose the instrumental. In a regular exchange, we turn your demo into a radio and playlist ready song together.

4. TUNING / EDITING: I tune your vocals and/or edit your recordings. Here the price varies from 20$ (vocals) to

Send me a note through the contact button above.

Credits

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  • Bastido
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  • Jaguar Skills
  • damaa.beats
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25 Reviews - 2 Repeat Clients

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  1. Review by Peter M.
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    Had an amazing experience using Bastido for mixing and mastering an upcoming ambient project. He is extremely professional and can really complete my vision with beautiful sounding mixes and masters. He's also very insightful about the music/streaming industry often giving me useful advice on how best to release and promote the tracks. Can highly recommend him for your next project.

  2. Review by Peter M.
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    Bastido is the man when it comes to mixing and mastering warm tracks with an analog feel. He really elevated my three lofi beats and they ended up sounding better than I imagined.

  3. Review by Peter M.
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    Another great round of mixing and mastering with Bastian. This time it was two instrumental lofi/chillhop tracks and he really made them sound great taking my initial mix to a whole new level.

  4. Review by Gergo Bille
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    Bastian is a real pro, and I always have creative time with his hq material.
    Thanks man :)

  5. Review by Peter M.
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    Bastian did a great job with my two lofi/chillhop tracks as usual. Pushing my sound to new highs. I also want to mention that three of the previous tracks Bastido has been mixing for me are now placed on large, official Spotify playlists, so he really makes your material shine.

  6. Review by Peter M.
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    Bastian is fantastic at making your recordings sound the absolutely best. This time I used him for an experimental hip hop song and a chillhop/lofi track and both songs ending up sounding far better than we could have ever imagined. He's very professional (and fast) and always explains the process and how he achieves his results. Very open for feedback and iterations until the result is perfect.

  7. Review by Peter M.
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    Bastian really made the most of my three instrumental lofi tracks and brought out everything I could wish for in my productions. Two of there tracks are already out on Spotify and one on them has been picked up by one of the large official Spotify playlists. 🙏

  8. Review by Peter M.
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    Another awesome session with Bastian. This track was something a little different for us and once again Bastian proved that he can mix and master a wide variety of styles and really make the best of our recordings and production. Can't wait to release this one.

  9. Review by Peter M.
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    Another great mixing and mastering session with Bastido for our upcoming track 'Someday'. Once again he was able to push our sound to new levels and he's been very open to suggestions and changes during the proces until everything felt just right.

    The previous track he mixed for me ('Late at Night') just got accepted to a huge official Spotify playlist, so I can't recommend him enough to get your tracks sounding top notch.

  10. Review by Caleb I.
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    I've loved working with Bastian, he was super helpful, has a great ear and really wrangled our pretty messy recording into something that both embodied our brief/vision and just also sounds really damn good! Really excited to work with Bastian on the next project ASAP

  11. Review by Peter Monrad / Tiny Anthem
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    Another fantastic mix by Bastian. He always help us sound our best and is very open for reference tracks and feedback during the process until the result is just perfect. Can't recommend him highly enough.

  12. Review by Peter M.
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    Another great round with Bastian. The track ending up sounding fantastic and and we've been getting some great feedback.

  13. Review by Peter M.
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    Another great experience with Bastian. This time it was two instrumental tracks and he really made it sound like everything I could hope for. Can highly recommend Bastian for mixing and mastering at the highest level.

  14. Review by Peter M.
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    Another perfect mix and master from Bastido. He's very nice to work with and completely nailed the sound we were going for. Will definitely work with him again soon.

  15. Review by Jenny G
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    Bastian was so wonderful to collaborate with! Smooth and easy back and forth communication, all around great vibes and really nice track :) Thank you again Bastian!

  16. Review by Peter M.
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    Bastido is an absolut pleasure to work with. He takes time to listen to the references for the songs and he really nails the sound. All his responses to my comments have been extremely open minded and after a few quick revisions we landed on the perfect mix and master. I couldn't have hoped for more and I will definitely use him again for future tracks I need mixed and mastered.

  17. Review by HILL
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    Awesome as always. Bastido provided really great music to work with. Thanks for having me amigo!

  18. Review by HILL
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    Working on Bastido's music is always a truly pleasure.
    Really well produced and mixed music. Thanks again for having me.

  19. Review by Patricio Böttcher
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    It's been a pleasure working with Bastian, track sounded great and communication was smooth. I highly recommend him! Thanks

  20. Review by HILL
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    Working with Bastido is a real pleasure, great music and communication. Looking forward for more projects together, thanks again for having me!

Interview with Bastian Kladny (Bastido)

  1. Q: Analog or digital and why?

  2. A: Best of both worlds. I love the warmth and charm of analog gear and analog productions, but also like to combine it with the clarity and accuracy of digital effects when desired.

  3. Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

  4. A: Starting out by writing and producing my own songs in 2009, at the age of 15, I've been able to make a living from my own music since I was included in some big Spotify playlists in 2018 which also exposed me to a wider audience in the lofi genre. From 2019 to 2021 I studied Audio Engineering at SAE Institute and specialised from mixing and mastering since then.

  5. Q: How would you describe your style?

  6. A: I would basically describe the style of my personal music, and therefore the music I like to work with from other artists as well, as "stress-free". I'm not a big fan of very dark or very sad music, but it doesn't always have to be smooth and linear.

  7. Q: Can you share one music production tip?

  8. A: Take breaks and don't rush things. Sometimes the next morning everything sounds completely different and if it sounds worse then listen again in a few days. A production should never be influenced by a bad mood.

  9. Q: What do you bring to a song?

  10. A: The most important thing for me is to keep the vibe of the original song. It happens that a song has been mixed and mastered in a highly professional way, but the vibe that the artist or the band recorded has been lost on the long way to completion. This is exactly what I want to avoid. I love to polish a song and give it smoothness, but in the best case I only make it gain fullness and warmth through my mastering.

  11. Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

  12. A: Lately, I've been very fascinated by the return to analog sound. Be it artists like Tom Misch, Khruangbin, Benny Sings or Little Simz, from various countries the trend of hybrid production emerged in recent years, with which D'Angelo was already ahead of his time 20 years ago.

  13. Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

  14. A: Basically, I specialize in mixing and mastering. However, besides the services for other artists I also do whole productions, focussed on (lofi) hip-hop and alternative r&b / indie.

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  • Mac Miller
  • Tom Misch
  • Vampire Weekend
Gear Highlights
  • UAD
  • Warm Audio
  • FabFilter
  • Soundtoys
  • Waves
  • Softube
  • Logic Pro X
  • Pro Tools
  • Reaper
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