Reema – Direct to Master Tape at Studio 3 (Vinil 140g, LP)

Following the huge success of “The LowSwing Sessions,” “Memories Fade To Tape,” and “One For Sorrow, Two For Joy” – which were named Albums of the Month or Year by many music magazines and are also highly regarded by the audiophile community for their sound and musical quality – “Reema – Direct To Master Tape At Studio 3” is now being released. For this special album, the British singer-songwriter and the LowSwing team traveled to Abbey Road Studios in London. The idea behind it was to capture Reema’s songs in their most intimate form: voice and guitar, recorded live in Abbey Road’s “Studio 3” – the place where many legendary works by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, and other musical greats were created.

As the album title suggests, “Reema – Direct To Master Tape At Studio 3” was not recorded during conventional studio sessions: The album was recorded without overdubs or edits, directly onto an analog master tape using a Studer A820 tape machine. While the “Direct-to-Disc” album (LOSW017) captures a complete and unaltered live performance, the tape recording offered various versions and takes of the same songs that were recorded throughout the day. Since every take was captured on tape, Guy Sternberg and Reema had the freedom to select the strongest version of each song. In addition, the tape itself shapes the sound in its own way, lending the recording warmth, depth, color, and texture. “Reema – Direct To Disc At Studio 3” (LOSW017), which offers a second musical and sonic perspective on this fascinating day at Abbey Road Studios, can be found HERE .

Sarah “Reema” Kaydar was born in London in 1985, the daughter of Marius Müller-Westernhagen, and grew up with her mother, an artist and photographer who moved in the circles of artists such as Brian Eno, Michael Karoli, and Jah Wobble. Influenced by this environment, she discovered her passion for songwriting at the age of seven. Through her contributions to the soundtrack of the feature film “Love, Rosie” and her concerts with her band “Mimi And The Mad Noise Factory” as the opening act for great bands like The Kaiser Chiefs, Imagine Dragons, and Biffy Clyro, she built up a large fan base and received a great deal of positive acclaim from the music press. The LP (33 RPM), limited to 2,000 numbered copies, was cut from the master tape by Sidney Clair Meyer at the Emil Berliner Studios and pressed onto 140-gram vinyl at the Pallas record factory in Germany.

LowSwing Records is a young record label dedicated to the love of music in analog format. LowSwing productions are recorded and mixed on analog tape and then cut directly to vinyl. The heart of the label is the LowSwing Recording Studio in Berlin (www.lowswing.de), where owner Guy Sternberg devotes himself to exciting new artists with the production values of yesteryear.

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Lista pieselor

Side A
1.    The Fire (Alternative Take)
2.    Four Letter Words (Alternative Take)
3.    Magpie
4.    Always Enough (Alternative Take)

Side B
1.    The Night Is Velvet (Alternative Take)
2.    Stargazing
3.    Whole World
4.    Road To Last Night
5.    Coffee (Bonus Track)