w technologii direct to disc

The musicians are absolute experts in their field: take first the legendary saxophonist Volker Schlott who was very famous in the Berlin jazz scene of the '70s and '80s when the city still belonged to the German Democratic Republic. And then you have the extremely versatile pianist Bene Apperdanier, who ? as musical director of such talent-spotting TV programmes as ?Star Search? and ?Deutschland sucht den Superstar? ("Germany searches for a superstar?) ? possesses a wealth of experience in music. Ame Jansens rocks with his mix of technical brilliance and wild, improvised musical abandonment. Heiko Jung, a real sparkling diamond of the German music industry, makes great use of his experience in the areas of jazz, funk and soul to round up the ensemble as a drummer. And if Heiko is a diamond, then Markus Runzheimer is definitely a bombshell. Quiet and modest, until he reaches for his bass, but then truly explosive beats are let loose with a vengeance. With all these amazingly talented musicians Smith succeeds in becoming totally professional and, thanks to her 'live band' concept, creates a sound that is extraordinarily sophisticated and, more importantly, thereby reveals a true love of art.

 

Volker Schlott    saxophone, flute & accordion
Heiko Jung    drums
Bene Aperdannier    keyboards
Arne Jansen    guitare
Markus Runzheimer    bass
Nadine Kühn
Stefani Mikus
Marce Sadlowski
Johanna Amelie Storck
BiBi Vongehr    backing vocals

Jocelyn B. Smith - w naszej ofercie

DIRECT-TO-DISC

100% Disc

With a direct to disc recording, the music is recorded directly onto a lacquer disc.

The original carrier for manufacturing a vinyl record is the so-called lacquer disc. Direct-to-disc recordings use the lacquer disc as recording medium. Direct-to-disc productions are recordings, which are optimised for vinyl records.

100% Authentic

Genius is genius, mistake is mistake. There is only one chance. What has been played can be heard. What can be heard has been played.

A musician once compared direct-to-disc productions with walking a tightrope. He would perform differently if he knew that there was no chance to correct, cut or improve anything afterwards. It would be more honest and more conscious.

100% Analogue

From the microphone to the final vinyl disc, the audio signal stays analogue, without compromise.

Lacking a storage process on tape or as a coputer file, there are very short and direct signal routes. The instruments' sound waves are transformed into electrical oscillations by microphones, and cut into a groove on the lacquer disc by the cutting stylus directly and without any delay. Direct-to-disc recordings do without digitising the music, and also without a lossy storage on analogue tape.

100% Music

What you can hear on a direct-to-disc recording is the result of a long preparation and rehearsal time. It is not the result of subsequent manipulation and further changes of arrangement and recording.

With today's modern digital signal processing, mistakes are usually corrected in normal recordings. Why play perfectly, if it can be fixed in the computer afterwards anyway? This way of thinking leads to a very different recording process than recording direct-to-disc, as this possibility has been removed deliberately.

100% Originality

Direct-to-disc recordings are originals.

The recording is made onto a lacquer disc. With a galvanic process this lacquer disc is turned into an extrusion die. Every vinyl disc is thus an original copy of this recording. Because lacquer discs and extrusion dies are destroyed or worn out during the manufacturing and multiplication process, the pressed vinly discs are ultimately the best possible reproductions of a direct-to-disc recording.

100% Risk

Recording direct-to-disc is a very consequent way of producing a music recording. The production process and the use of technology is very different from conventional recordings. Everyone involved in a direct-to-disc recording must be able to rely completely on his colleagues' skills, as any mistake from the musicians, the recording team, the equipment or the galvanic process is audible or can lead to a cancellation of the whole production. Musicians and engineers report that in today's time, they perceive this as an enormous incentive and inspiration.