Tony VisconTi WoWs aT PMi audio GrouP’s eVenT durinG The aes conVenTion New York, New York October 24- After making several appearances at PMI Audio Group’s booth at the 131st AES, Tony Visconti made his way from the Jacob Javits Event Center to L. Brown Recording on 9th Avenue for a special and intimate meet ‘n’ greet. Visconti is the legendary producer of , T. Rex, Dandy Warhols, Moody Blues, Ziggy Marley, , , The Finn Brothers and more recently . Hosted by PMI and Louis Brown at L. Brown Recording, some lucky AES attendees were given invi - tations at the PMI Audio Booth during the show. The invitations also served as an entry to a special raffle in which Louis Brown and Tony Visconti at L. Brown Recording a Trident Series 80B® was given away! releases. Toft’s Trident Audio consoles The event was an informal Q&A forum have also been a favorite of Tony’s with Tony discussing his much-lauded over the years. history as well as current events. Tony The evening was capped off by the shared details of his many sessions at highly anticipated giveaway of a new Trident Recording Studios and EMI’s Trident Series 80B® module. Under Studios, both in . the wanting eyes of the crowd, Tony One of which was recounting his skill picked a winner. Congratulations to as an expert recorder player. In Mark Downie! Mark is a producer, addition to his production duties with FOH mixer, musician and engineer David Bowie on and The from Massachusetts. He's worked with Man Who Sold the World , Tony also local and international artists and performed as what he considers “the bands, and looks forward to utilizing only rock n roll recorderist.” He also the Series 80B in his setup. To hear shared some stories about working at some of his work, go to Trident with , Roy Thomas www.markdownie.com. Baker, and others. Mal - colm Toft also joined the event, albeit www.tonyvisconti.com through video chat, and painted an www.lbrownrecording.com even more detailed picture of the clas - www.tridentaudiodevelopments.com Tony addresses the crowd at sic days at Trident Studios. Further in depth recounts of these days can be -END- L. Brown Recording read in Tony’s book Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the About PMI Audio Group: Brooklyn Boy . Established in 1979, PMI Audio Group Visconti pointed out that Toft was his is a professional audio company first recording “teacher”, as they located in Gardena, California worked together on many early T.Rex specializing in the manufacture and (then known as Tyrannosaurus Rex) distribution of professional audio products for recording, video, post, film, broadcast, and the fixed installation markets. PMI brands include: Studio Projects, Trident Audio Developments, Joemeek, Toft Audio Designs, Tonelux, and Valley People. Series 80B module winner Mark The Series 80B module Downie and Tony Visconti