Author: Jonas Sacks
Jonas is co-Founder & CTO at NativeDSD but also for hire as a Cinematographer. His work can be seen at jonassacks.com. He plays the trumpet.
Interview with Norwegian Radio Orchestra’s principle violist Nora Taksdal
NativeDSD talked to Nora Taksdal, principal violist at the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, about their latest release of Mozarts’s Symphonies 39/40. Taksdal helped found the Vertavo quartet where she played for ten years. She has been permanently employed as solo violist in both the Bergen and Oslo Philharmonic, and since 2006 has been group leader in the […]
Behind the Scenes at a Recording Session (Video)
To celebrate its twenty years of existence, the internationally acclaimed Cuarteto Quiroga returns with its new album Atomos: The Art of Musical Concentration – their 7th release in Stereo and 5 Channel Surround DSD at NativeDSD; as well as Binaural. This album represents a personal tribute to the genre and its literature from its origins […]
Introducing: AnalogFather
A new label from Lithuania joined NativeDSD today! AnalogFather is a small independent label & analogue recording and mastering studio. Their catalog is not large yet, as they have been exclusively focused on quality and supporting talented musicians in the Baltic States. Their DSD files are made directly from analogue master tapes transferred to the Korg […]
Direct Summer Digital
Today we bring you 2 New DSD Albums, 1 New DSD Bundle, 1 New Analog Tape, and a New DSD Album of the Week! 2 New DSD Albums Performed by: Marianne Thorsen, violin – Eivind Ringstad, viola – Fredrik Sjölin, cello – Trondheim Symphony Orchestra- Peter Szilvay, conductor, on 2L. Ståle Kleiberg’s concertos unfold in […]
Exton, Triton, Cryston, Audio Lab Join NativeDSD
Octavia Records has granted NativeDSD Music permission to offer albums from their DSD catalog to customers worldwide, from all the labels they represent. Some listeners may be familiar with the Exton, Triton, Cryston and Audio Lab labels. Their DSD Classical and Jazz recordings are coming to the NativeDSD Store for your musical enjoyment! The first […]
Jazz Flugelhorn recorded by the NativeDSD Team
It all starts in this small town in the south of the Netherlands, when he joins the local brassband playing the flugelhorn at the age of 11. A few years later he gets so excited about Big Band Oss that he switches to trumpet to be able to join them. In 1980 Angelo moves to […]
THERE – A new Just Listen release
With colourful, dreamy chamber music in an unusual formation, THERE, the debut album by Nina Rompa (voice), Gijs Idema (guitar) and Mo van der Does (clarinet), portray compositions rooted in Jazz, with influences from modern and classical music. The NativeDSD team recorded this music earlier in 2020 and it is now released on the in-house […]
Amsterdam Moon – introducing The Coo
They could easily have spent their whole lives living worlds apart, but the chance encounter between the two songwriters of The Coo feels like it was always meant to be. Matt Arthur, finding himself somewhat lost and unfulfilled at home, left Britain on a spontaneous trip to Amsterdam, alone, searching for a spiritual and musical […]
Period Instruments with Modern Jazz Flavours
With a lot of excitement the NativeDSD Team releases this new homegrown DSD 256 & Multichannel album: The Contemporary Fortepiano. It features Rembrandt Frerichs on the Fortepiano and Harmonium with a personal style that is driven by content rather than virtuosity. His music invariably carries an artistic message, which is informed by his world travels. This gives […]
