I think we can all agree that Spatial Audio is the final frontier when it comes to enjoying acoustic music, such as classical or contemporary classical music. Creating a holographic “image” with the musicians almost palpably in front of you, with the immersive acoustics of the recording venue all around it, all blended together to …
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How to play Spatial Audio Downloads (Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Auro-3D or Discrete DXD)
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Do cables really make a difference? Try it out yourself!
If you read this blog, you probably already know we have some pretty wild stuff in our studio — high-end boutique microphones, ultra-linear preamplifiers, a 5.1.4-channel system with high-end loudspeakers and amplification, and, perhaps controversially, really expensive cables. Some say there’s no difference at all between a high-end cable and a coat hanger, some say …
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Behind the Scenes: Creating The Power of Indifference
Maya Fridman’s The Power of Indifference marks two important milestones: it’s Maya’s first album with her own music, and it’s our new label TRPTK X’s first album. The album has been such a wild ride to produce, with almost 20 days of recording sessions on all sorts of instruments both real and electronic/virtual as well …
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Introducing TRPTK X
TRPTK’s motto has for a long while been “Recording the extraordinary”; recording extraordinary immersive experiences with extraordinary artists from all over the world. These immersive experiences in pretty much all cases have been recorded of acoustic performances, in concert halls, churches, and other places with beautiful acoustics. We simply record what’s happening in that moment, …
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New year, new TRPTK
Dear listeners, artists, friends and family, happy new year! We’re so excited for this new year that we’d love to start it off with a blog, telling you more about what’s been happening in 2022 and what’s going to happen in 2023. But before we do that, I would first like to take a moment …
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Celebrating 8 Years of TRPTK
Who could’ve thought, our eight year anniversary already. Words cannot express how proud and thankful I am to be celebrating this moment. And not just by myself, no, with a grand total of 115 wonderfully creative, talented and beautiful artists, who together made 70 great recordings. I’m thankful for all these great moments at recording …
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Lower Resolution, Better Sound Quality?
In our never-ending quest for the ultimate sound quality, we have been looking for tools and techniques that help us get precisely there. And today, let me tell you the story of how we ended up changing our entire production chain to provide you with better quality music whilst lowering our overall resolution. From 24bit …
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Behind the Scenes: Recording B.ACH
I have this weird obsession with trying to make a mix as pure as possible, mixing in spot mics only if absolutely necessary. This obsession, like many of my habits I created over the years, at the university where I studied at. Aside from having the luxury of studying under some of the most knowledgeable …
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Behind the Scenes: Recording The Forest in April
TRPTKs very first orchestral recording. All our separate team members (of course, just counting the production team) have done orchestral recordings elsewhere for different labels, but this was the first time we got to record something this big in TRPTKs house style: minimalist, purist, audiophile. The piece The album we started recording contains two cello …
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Behind the Scenes: Recording Eclipse, Vol. 1
When young pianist Mattias Spee came to our studio to talk about a long-term project to bring new life to forgotten (or, eclipsed) composers and pieces, we were instantly hooked. TRPTK is all about the out-of-the-box projects that other labels don’t dare to do, all in an effort to bring new music to the ears …
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Behind the Scenes: Recording Dareyn
This has been such a fun recording to make. A quick session of only a couple of hours, but with three of the most incredible artists we’ve had the pleasure of working with. Emine Bostanci on kemenche, Maya Fridman on cello, and Jacobus Thiele on percussion. Oh, and the ladies also sing. Beautifully, might I …
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Behind the Scenes: Recording Canto Interno
With Canto Interno, double bassist Luis Cabrera set out to record some of his favorite chamber music written or arranged for his instrument, together with pianist Justyna Maj and violinist Sylvia Huang. On this album, you’ll hear some of the double-bass greats such as Koussevitsky and Bottesini, but also Schumann and Franck arrangements. We recorded the …