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Balkan brass, gypsy jazz, flamenco, Latin American, klezmer, Arabic and Turkish ensembles — recorded live in Berlin-Pankow across four connected rooms, with the percussion, strings and horns of the tradition kept in one shared groove rather than pulled apart into a grid.
What it is
Traditional and international repertoire rarely survives a click track. The feel sits between the players — the way a Balkan brass section leans on the beat, the way a cajón and a requinto trade time — so we record the ensemble together, in the same moment, across up to four rooms with eye contact intact.
Instruments arrive that no studio owns: ouds, bouzoukis, charangos, tapan drums, accordions, cajóns, hand percussion of every size. Each gets mics chosen for it rather than a template, and the balance is built in the room before it is built in the mix. Jazz-specific formats have their own page: jazz recording.
Who it's for
Berlin is full of ensembles carrying repertoire from somewhere else. Most of them play music built for a room full of people, not a headphone grid — which is exactly what this studio is set up for.
Sessions in motion
Two recent projects show the range: the Wuahache Collective's Latin American EP with Antonio Restucci, and Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia's The Devil Rides Again — a Balkan brass record mixed and mastered here that won a Quarterly Critics' Choice from the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Yes. Three tracking rooms plus the control room let us separate drums, percussion and voice while everyone keeps eye contact. Bleed between mics is planned for, not fought.
Regularly — charango, requinto, oud, bouzouki, tapan, accordion, cajón and hand percussion have all been tracked here. We choose mics per instrument, and there is time in the session to try two options.
Yes — the Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia album is exactly that: tracked abroad, mixed and mastered here.
Let's plan a session together.
Tell us about the music, the players and the sound you'd like to hear back. We'll come back with a plan.
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Jazz recording
Trios, quartets and larger jazz groups tracked live.
Live band recording
The live-tracking approach behind every ensemble session.
World music projects
Case studies from international ensembles recorded here.
Plan a session
Tell us about the ensemble — we'll come back with a plan.
Inside the studio
The four connected rooms, acoustics and instruments behind every session.
