Belgian public broadcaster VRT breaks the story of the year for INSIDER fans: the Amek mixing console on which Prince tracked the demos for his 1980 album Dirty Mind is now in INSIDER’s studio in Halle. The piece is by Evi Walschaers, on VRT NWS regional news for Halle and Vlaams-Brabant.
Vanderheyden tells the broadcaster he tried to buy the console from Dr. Fink twenty years ago and was turned down; the desk eventually surfaced at a Propstore auction in 2024. The arrival in his studio coincides — within days — with the tenth anniversary of Prince’s death (21 April 2016).
“Ik wilde het mengpaneel 20 jaar geleden al kopen van Dr. Fink, maar kreeg toen een ‘nee’.” (I wanted to buy the mixing console from Dr. Fink twenty years ago. He said no.)
Kris Vanderheyden
“Dat het nu gewoon in mijn studio ligt, is fantastisch. Het voelt extra bijzonder, omdat het volgende week dinsdag exact 10 jaar geleden is dat Prince overleed.” (That it’s just sitting in my studio now is fantastic. It feels extra special because next Tuesday it’ll be exactly ten years since Prince died.)
Kris Vanderheyden
📰 Read the original (Dutch): vrt.be/vrtnws — Hallenaar Kris Vanderheyden krijgt mengpaneel van Prince in handen