Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld is a writer,[1] music producer[2] and expert of psychedelic music on vinyl.[3]
| Stephan Colloredo - Mansfeld | |
| Birth Place: | Athens, Greece |
| Occupation: | Music producer |
| Known For: | Old Carpet Factory |
| Mother: | Kristina Colloredo - Mansfeld |
He was born in Athens in 1976. His parents are artist Kristina Colloredo-Mansfeld and writer Michael Begert. In 1978 his parents bought a historical mansion on the Greek island Hydra, known locally as the Old Carpet Factory since 1924.[4] He grew up on the island. [5] On his mother's side he belongs to the Colloredo - Mansfeld family. His paternal grandfather was a Swiss educational reformer Fritz Jean Begert (1907-1984), nonconformist and the founder of the «Kerzenkreises» (Candle Circle) [6]
In 2019 he added a residential recording studio called the Old Carpet Factory to his Hydra home. [7] Many international artists stay at the house and record at the studio,[8] among them are Sebastien Tellier, Oracle Sisters,[9] Chet Faker, Cate Le Bon, and others.
Stephan Colloredo - Mansfeld started collecting vinyl records at the age of 11 and amassed a collection consisted of over 10,000 LPs, most of which were psychedelic rock including the largest collection of Tiger Lily releases in the world.[10]
Greek writer Makis Malafekas based his pulp-noir novel "De les kouventa / Δε λες κουβέντα" [11] (Athens Undocumented) on the events that took place at the Old Carpet Factory mansion with one of the main characters drawn from Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld. "The Warp of Time" book published by Mnemosyne Projects in 2024 tells the history of the Old Carpet Factory mansion and its owners from Anastasios Tsamados to Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld. The book "Dream Businesses" about some of the most inspiring business owners changing the face of entrepreneurship worldwide features an interview with Stephan Colloredo-Mansfeld.[12]