Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy to continuously improve upon something, which we employ everywhere in our production chain. The word kaizen means ‘improvement’ or ‘change for better’, and stems from 改 kai (‘change’ or ‘revision’) and 善 zen (‘virtue’ or ‘goodness’). Ever since the start of TRPTK almost exactly ten years ago, we’ve used the …

We are thrilled to announce that TRPTK, our pioneering classical music label, has received not one but two prestigious nominations for the AFAS Edison Klassiek awards. Both nominations are in the highly competitive category of Nieuwkomer (“Newcomer”), underscoring our commitment to bringing fresh, innovative talent to the classical music scene. The nominated albums are Nocturne, …

My journey with Brendon, Maya, and Ben began a year ago through our collaboration with Sibil.la Ensemble for the production of the medieval music album Viriditas. Our connection and mutual interest in each other’s work were instant and have grown over time, leading to this exciting new venture. As a vocalist and composer focusing on …

As you may know, we do a little year-in-review blog each year — going over some little fun facts, tidbits, statistics. And this year has been such a crazy one that we’re especially excited to go over it, looking back at what releases we’ve celebrated, what happened over at the studio, and of course, your …

A while ago, someone reached out to us on social media, responding to a post about an upcoming release. They said: “You don’t make beautiful recordings.” It did make me think for a second, but finally I responded “That’s because we don’t want to make beautiful recordings.” Hear me out. So what is a beautiful …

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, …

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 …

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 …