When I was asked to transfer a lot of the original master tapes for The Smashing Pumpkins albums – Gish, Siamese Dream, and Adore – we did a lot of converter testing in the beginning of that project before we started, and the Lavry won out because it sounded as close to tape as the tape.
Mastering Engineer
Evren Göknar was drawn to music early in his life, first studying the piano, and later developing his skills as a singer / songwriter and guitarist. He began his professional audio career as a recording and mixing engineer. As a staff engineer at Paramount Studios (Hollywood) and Guess Recording (North Hollywood), he recorded and engineered sessions for Tupac Shakur, Tone-Loc, Mavis Staples, The Cult, Steve Vai, General Public, Carole King, and Montell Jordan (RIAA Platinum “This Is How We Do It” album). Building on the skills he honed as a recording engineer, Evren shifted his focus to mastering and in 1995 he joined Capitol Records Mastering.
Over the last eighteen years, Evren has established himself as a top-tier mastering engineer, and was awarded a Grammy in 2011 for mixing and mastering the “Gathering Of Nations” album (Best Native American Music Album). He has mastered such notable EMI acts as 30 Seconds to Mars, Good Charlotte, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Eat World, Iggy Pop, Heart, Megadeth, George Clinton, Eazy E, N.W.A and George Thorogood. His remastering credits include the entire Grand Funk Railroad and Queensrÿche catalogs, as well as new collections by Poison (RIAA Platinum) and Pat Benatar (RIAA Gold).
Outside of the EMI family, Evren has mastered thousands of records by a wide range of artists including the new KISS album “Monster”, and releases by Smashing Pumpkins, Mariah Carey (“Loverboy” RIAA Gold, Billboard #1 Single), Keri Hilson, Greg Laswell, Carey Brothers, The Weepies, Airborne Toxic Event, Reel Big Fish, Five Finger Death Punch and underground hip hop group Living Legends.
Internationally, Evren has established himself as the preeminent mastering engineer for recording artists in Turkey (Duman, Sebnem Ferah, Sezen Aksu, Tarkan, Mor ve Ötesi and Teoman); Cuban artist Luis Conte, and songwriter Laura Jansen (platinum in the Netherlands).
