Photo Credit: Andre Seesink

Hi there! My name is Kenny Boufadene and I am the owner of Studio Meltdown! - "The small studio with the big sound!" located in Kungsbacka, Sweden, (15 minutes outside of Gothenburg).

I have over 20 years of experience in the music industry as an artist and producer and have written and produced songs that have garnered 20+ millions of streams and views, and have worked with over 40 bands and artists in the past few years alone. Signed artists, unsigned artists and everything in between. 

I have mostly been focused on recording, mixing and mastering Rock and Metal, but artists in other genres have also found their ways to me (Which I am very happy for!). 

I especially love the writing and producing of songs. - be it for my own band or for others - It´s in the writing process the true magic happens! Being part of the creative process, adding some flavor and sometimes shifting the "sound" of a song with a simple melody is truly amazing.  

Since I started I have been working in different genres with different people and all the opportunities and challenges that presents, and is probably the reason why I never get tired of it!

- I also make music videos and take band photos! You can check some of them out on the links above.

I professionally produce, record, mix and master singles and albums, and I especially focus on getting the songs to sound the way YOU want them to sound, and not the way I want them to. (Unless that is what you want of course). So wether you have a totally finished song or album that you want to record, or if you need my help to produce/polish/finish up a song before recording it, I am here to help! 

I´m a 38 years old musician/producer/sound engineer originially from Gothenburg Sweden, now living outside of Varberg with my wife Catrin and three daughters.

I play the bass and do backing vocals/growl in the Heavy Metal band Manimal, and play Guitar/co-vocals in the Rock/Alt. Metal band We Are The Catalyst and have been touring and playing festivals all over the world since my early 20s.

I was also the former growler/guitarist of the now disbanded Modern Metal band One Without.

Some of the bands I have Produced and or Recorded/Mixed/Mastered:

Manimal, We Are The Catalyst, Tears of a Fallen Hero, The Chuck Norris Experiment, Outshine, Domesticated Riot, Contra, One Without, All Wasted, Labirr, Flight of Icarus, Black Anchor, Cowherence, Besiege, Järnrock, Corrosive, Porq, Riptide Rats, Vinden and more.

I decided pretty early on in my musical career that I wanted to learn how to mix myself, since I was always dissapointed in the way other people mixed and mastered my music, not really listening to what I/my bands wanted, and instead focusing on what THEY wanted, thought was best etc.

This has lead me to always do my best to listen to what my clients want, and not merely mix how I want it to be, as so many others seem to do. I want my clients to be happy and be returning customers! :)

I studied music and sound engineering for three years in Upper Secondary School and spent a few months in 2012 interning with Pontus Hjelm of Dead By April in his Studio PH in Gothenburg. My main goal at the time was to learn how to mix music so I could mix my own tracks, but as time went by and I got better, friends and aquaintances asked if I could help them out as well, and so I expanded my studio to work with others as well, and at this point I am now in a place where I can focus a lot of my time solely on studio work! 

Don´t hesitate to contact me with any questions, or if you have a special project you want me to work on, but want to discuss more!

I would prefer if you booked me up a few months in advance to when you want your project to be done, as I am sometimes out touring, but if you are on a tight deadline, shoot me a mail and we´ll see if I am available!

Listen to the examples in the player to hear what I can accomplish, and if you are interested in working with me, sendme an email on the "contact" button above and describe your project and I´ll give you a price suggestion! :)