We are aware that we are dealing here with a world class band. The combination of these musicians with our tube equipment has brought us to the highest result what we have brought in our career so far. It is a privilege for us to be able to create this product with these professional musicians in our professional studio.
– Rinus Hooning, Artone Recording Engineer
In October 2022, Djabe took part in a special recording session at the ARTONE studio belongs to Record Industry pressing plant in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The band direct-to-disc recorded 4 sides of the double album at 45 RPM. The recording was done on the Direct Metal Mastering cutting machine, using High-End analogue equipments only.
Djabe is known for the excellent sound of its recordings and vinyl records. They recorded several of their albums using analogue technology, and they always cut their records from analogue master tapes, but they have not yet recorded any of their albums directly to record.
The high-quality technique of the ARTONE studio and the professional knowledge of the studio’s staff make the result unique in the band’s history. The discs reproduce analog sound at a level that is also outstanding internationally.
Tamás Barabás, the band’s sound engineer and bassist, worked closely with the studio’s professionals, including engineers Rinus Hooning and Martijn Schouten during the recording.
At the same time as the direct-to-disc recording, the band also recorded the music on tape. There were two reasons for this. On the one hand, they could listen back to the album sides’ takes, they had to play in one run, and they were able to decide whether the given album side could be the master or whether a new take should be recorded. At the same time, the master tapes in this way made it possible to produce high-quality master tape copies.
Content of the tapes(2 X SM900 Master Tape Copies)
Djabe: Art In Tone Tape 1
Tape 1 contains Side A and B of the album.
1. Clouds Dance 6:06
2. Turtle Trek 6:38
3. Distant Dance 4:27
4. Lava Lamp 9:15
5. Two Little Snowflakes 7:49
34:20
Djabe: Art In Tone Tape 2
Tape 2 contains Side C and D of the album.
1. Deep Lights 8:35
2. Buzzy Island 6:40
3. Island 4:55
4. Beats Of Haarlem 5:49
5. In That Quiet Earth 5:02
31:20
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Djabe
Tamás Barabás – bass guitar, sound engineer
Attila Égerházi – classical and electric guitar, percussion
Áron Koós-Hutás – trumpet, flugelhorn
Péter Kaszás – drums, vocal
Zoltán Bubenyák – keyboards
Steve Hackett – pre-recorded electric guitar (D/3)
Tracklist
Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.Total time: 01:05:16
Additional information
| Label | |
|---|---|
| SKU | GR1642 |
| Qualities | |
| Channels | |
| Artists | |
| Composers | Banks, Barabas, Briem, Collins, Egerhazi, Hackett, Koos-Hutas, Rutherford |
| Genres | |
| Mastering Equipment | Altec Tube Limiters 322 – C Cinema Engineering Passive filters 400031 – B Maselec Equalizer MEA – 2 Maselec Compressor MLA – 2 Maselec H.F. Limiter MPL – 2 |
| Microphones | Telefunken drum-kit set Classical guitar – Neumann TLM-170 Electric guitar/Roland GR-55 – DI Trumpet, flugelhorn – AKG-C414 EB / RCA KU – 3A Percussion – 2 × KM254 tube Stereo setting Fender Rhodes, Nord Stage – DI Bass guitar – DI Vocal – DPA d:facto™ 4018 |
| Other Equipment | Tree Audio Roots console tube 16 channels Midas console analoque 8 channels EMT Gold plate Maselec mastering console VMS 82 DMM cutting lathe (Direct Metal Mastering) Studer A80 for safety recording Studer A80 for playback Steve Hackett tape |
| Instruments | Bass, Classic Guitar, Electric guitar, Flugelhorn, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Trumpet, Vocal |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Recording/Cutting Engineers | Rinus Hooning & Martijn Schouten Artone, Tamás Barabás Djabe |
| Release Date | March 15, 2024 |
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