[2] In 1982, he started working with John Cale, initially as an audio engineer (along with David Lichtenstein) on what would become the Music for a New Society studio album.

He stayed with Cale's band until the end of 1985, in the later period (after Ollie Halsall joined) switching from guitar to bass.

[4] In 1987, he engineered the Cale-produced second studio album by the German rock band Element of Crime called Try to be Mensch [cs].

He then went on to produce their subsequent albums Freedom, Love & Happiness (1988), The Ballad of Jimmy & Johnny (1989), Crime Pays (1990), Damals hinterm Mond (1991), Weißes Papier (1993), An einem Sonntag im Apri (1994), Die schönen Rosen (1996), Psycho (1999), Romantik (2001), Mittelpunkt der Welt (2005), Immer da wo du bist bin ich nie (2009) and Lieblingsfarben und Tiere [cs] (2014).

[3] He left the band due to ill health in June 2022, just a few months before he died, and was replaced by Markus Runzheimer.