Four Musicians, One Room
The quartet came to us to capture a set of originals and standards live — the sound of a working band in the same room, not a stack of overdubs. The brief was simple: keep the interplay, keep the feel, and let the takes stand.
Setup Followed the Music
Piano sat along the long wall, bass tight in the corner next to the drum kit, and the trumpet floated on a single Neumann a few steps in front. Isolation was tuned by placement, not by walls — headphone mixes were kept light so the players could rely on the room. Most of what ended up on tape was a first or second take.
Filmed as It Happened
Isabelle Schmitz filmed the entire day, moving quietly between the rooms while the band worked. The resulting films sit alongside the audio — a document of how the record was actually made, not a staged reconstruction.
