hcl (@Rocred Records)
Posted: 2019-04-13 19:48
I have been following the Linn community starting out on Topica along with Lejonklou in the late 90's. On here I have not written a lot but have followed many threads, mostly with great pleasure for a long time. In this thread I'd like to share a hobby project that is sprung from the long passion for music. A couple of years ago some friends and I started a music hobby project evolving into a recording business, with the goal of letting musicians express their musicianship without the external restrictions, often found in the music industry in general. I will not go into this in detail, but let us just say that the music industry to a large extent is revolving around stuff that to a large extent have detrimental effects on the music creation, in many aspects.
The hobby project evolved into a business Rocred Production AB (our web page: rocred.se). Mostly we have arranged live music events, but also recorded a small amount of albums, in cooperation with others and also on our own label. We started out with the goal to record classical music, with the aim of preserving as much of the emotions of the performance as possible, similarly to what I feel was done in the late 60'th and 70'th, but is rarely found since the 80'th. Prior to getting into the realm of classical recording we have produced a singer/songwriter album with a British (Scottish) artist 'Jonathan Carr' and also a Swedish Indie-type rock act from Gothenburg called 'Selsius'. Unfortunately 'Selsius' broke up shortly after the album release. A real shame as I could definitely see them on big stages. They was simply awesome live and we are very glad to have their album in our catalogue.
Although very proud of the two first albums in our catalogue the third album marks another pinnacle for us as it is the first album we have recorded, mixed, mastered ourselves. This project commenced during a vacation trip to Croatia in the summer of 2017, where we happened to listen to a great classical Croatian act, the 'Acoustic Project String Ensemble'. For my own amusement when possible I try to record (with a small portable unit) concerts, just to have them for my own pleasure when I stumble over something that is really good. So I did this time! The 'Acoustic Project String Ensemble' plays classical music with both great emotion, precision and rare freshness. To cut a long story short, one year later we had our first classical album recorded and it is now available on all streaming sites (iTunes, Google Play, Tidal, Spotify, etc) as well as on CD and as Studio Master download (from our own album shop: > shop.rocred.se <). The album contains both very known composers and pieces as well as less known pieces of which one is never recorded before, Dubravko Palanovic' - 'Towards The Stars'. The album have got *very* good reviews, one published by the Belgian > Pizzicato < and one review written by the well reputed Colin Clarke, soon to be released in the American Fanfare magazine (I will post a link when it is up).
In order to introduce the ensemble we also made a documentary style video that can be viewed > on Youtube <
Track list:
# - Time - Title
1 - 2:13 - Luka Sorkocevic, Symphony No.3, Allegro
2 - 2:31 - Luka Sorkocevic, Symphony No.3, Andante
3 - 1:51 - Luka Sorkocevic, Symphony No.3, Presto
4 - 3:55 - Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1043, Vivace
5 - 7:02 - Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1043, Largo
6 - 4:58 - Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1043, Allegro
7 - 2:49 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Prelude
8 - 3:50 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Sarabande
9 - 3:37 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Gavotte & Musette
10 - 5:14 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Air
11 - 3:14 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Rigaudon
12 - 7:29 - Dubravko Palanovic, Towards The Stars
For this forum I guess it is of some interest that our process to a large extent have been evolving around the 'Tune method', both when selecting and putting together recording equipment as well as during the process of getting the music from raw recordings to the final product. The album is recorded in 24 bit 192 kHz format and it is not much question if the Studio Master sounds better than the CD-version or not. Also along with the 'Studio Master' comes a six page page PDF booklet (full size if allowed: 36x18 cm) which when viewed on an iPad PRO or similar resemble a similar feeling as a traditional LP-sleve. Below is a collage of the PDF booklet.
The hobby project evolved into a business Rocred Production AB (our web page: rocred.se). Mostly we have arranged live music events, but also recorded a small amount of albums, in cooperation with others and also on our own label. We started out with the goal to record classical music, with the aim of preserving as much of the emotions of the performance as possible, similarly to what I feel was done in the late 60'th and 70'th, but is rarely found since the 80'th. Prior to getting into the realm of classical recording we have produced a singer/songwriter album with a British (Scottish) artist 'Jonathan Carr' and also a Swedish Indie-type rock act from Gothenburg called 'Selsius'. Unfortunately 'Selsius' broke up shortly after the album release. A real shame as I could definitely see them on big stages. They was simply awesome live and we are very glad to have their album in our catalogue.
Although very proud of the two first albums in our catalogue the third album marks another pinnacle for us as it is the first album we have recorded, mixed, mastered ourselves. This project commenced during a vacation trip to Croatia in the summer of 2017, where we happened to listen to a great classical Croatian act, the 'Acoustic Project String Ensemble'. For my own amusement when possible I try to record (with a small portable unit) concerts, just to have them for my own pleasure when I stumble over something that is really good. So I did this time! The 'Acoustic Project String Ensemble' plays classical music with both great emotion, precision and rare freshness. To cut a long story short, one year later we had our first classical album recorded and it is now available on all streaming sites (iTunes, Google Play, Tidal, Spotify, etc) as well as on CD and as Studio Master download (from our own album shop: > shop.rocred.se <). The album contains both very known composers and pieces as well as less known pieces of which one is never recorded before, Dubravko Palanovic' - 'Towards The Stars'. The album have got *very* good reviews, one published by the Belgian > Pizzicato < and one review written by the well reputed Colin Clarke, soon to be released in the American Fanfare magazine (I will post a link when it is up).
In order to introduce the ensemble we also made a documentary style video that can be viewed > on Youtube <
Track list:
# - Time - Title
1 - 2:13 - Luka Sorkocevic, Symphony No.3, Allegro
2 - 2:31 - Luka Sorkocevic, Symphony No.3, Andante
3 - 1:51 - Luka Sorkocevic, Symphony No.3, Presto
4 - 3:55 - Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1043, Vivace
5 - 7:02 - Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1043, Largo
6 - 4:58 - Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1043, Allegro
7 - 2:49 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Prelude
8 - 3:50 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Sarabande
9 - 3:37 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Gavotte & Musette
10 - 5:14 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Air
11 - 3:14 - Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40, Rigaudon
12 - 7:29 - Dubravko Palanovic, Towards The Stars
For this forum I guess it is of some interest that our process to a large extent have been evolving around the 'Tune method', both when selecting and putting together recording equipment as well as during the process of getting the music from raw recordings to the final product. The album is recorded in 24 bit 192 kHz format and it is not much question if the Studio Master sounds better than the CD-version or not. Also along with the 'Studio Master' comes a six page page PDF booklet (full size if allowed: 36x18 cm) which when viewed on an iPad PRO or similar resemble a similar feeling as a traditional LP-sleve. Below is a collage of the PDF booklet.