“You meant extra to us 4 in ABBA than anybody else”

ABBA‘s acclaimed sound engineer, Michael B Tretow, has died on the age of 90.

His spouse and son confirmed the information to Swedish publication Aftonbladet, with ABBA’s supervisor Görel Hanser occurring to substantiate it. No reason behind dying has but been launched, though the tributes paid thus far have made point out of an sickness.

All 4 members of the enduring pop group have shared transferring reflections about their time spent with the technician, who additionally co-owned the band’s document label Polar Music. Within the Nineteen Seventies, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson chosen him as ABBA’s sound engineer, and he went on to work on all of their albums bar 2021’s ‘Voyage’.

”You meant extra to us 4 in ABBA than anybody else,” Andersson advised Aftonbladet. “I hope and imagine that you simply felt it all through all of the years which have handed since we labored (and constantly laughed) within the studio.

“Our music lives on, it appears, and you're the one who made it timeless. You have been a implausible inspirer and joy-maker, and the best sound engineer the world has ever seen,” he stated, seemingly including an in-joke: “I miss you. And I’ve saved all of your coconuts!”

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Likewise, Ulvaeus stated his significance for ABBA “can't be overestimated”, saying he was a “heat, beneficiant particular person and a very good good friend” who he thanked for “all of the laughs” through the years.

Anni-Frid Lyngstad made observe of his “unending creativity, heat and pleasure” and the safety it created within the studio. “Nobody match the invoice in addition to you,” she added. “For us, you might be ceaselessly a part of the ABBA sound and you'll by no means be forgotten.”

In the meantime, Agnetha Fältskog rounded off tributes by reflecting on their current time collectively. “So glad I obtained to spend a while with you a number of weeks in the past… You have been so sick, however your laughter and humor have been nonetheless there.

“So many recollections are preserved, your encouraging phrases through the recordings meant a lot. We're unhappy now, a proficient and distinctive particular person has left us. Sleep nicely Micke, you might be in our hearts ceaselessly.”

Due to Tretow’s constant hand in crafting their sound, followers had taken to dubbing him the “fifth member” of the group, with many taking to social media to pay tribute. “With out his brilliance,” wrote one X/Twitter user, “the Abba sound wouldn’t be what we all know and love.”

Tretow is survived by his spouse and son.