***Please Note: The third disc Sound Still Life – a live recording from the 2019 Budapest HiFi show – does not currently have audio samples below. We are currently working on resolving this issue. Thank you for your patience.

We are aware that we are dealing here with a world class band. The combination of these musicians with our tube equipment has brought us to the highest result what we have brought in our career so far. It is a privilege for us to be able to create this product with these professional musicians in our professional studio.
– Rinus Hooning, Artone Recording Engineer

In October 2022, Djabe took part in a special recording session at the ARTONE studio belongs to Record Industry pressing plant in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The band direct-to-disc recorded 4 sides of the double album at 45 RPM. The recording was done on the Direct Metal Mastering cutting machine, using High-End analogue equipments only.

Djabe is known for the excellent sound of its recordings and vinyl records. They recorded several of their albums using analogue technology, and they always cut their records from analogue master tapes, but they have not yet recorded any of their albums directly to record.

The high-quality technique of the ARTONE studio and the professional knowledge of the studio’s staff make the result unique in the band’s history. The discs reproduce analog sound at a level that is also outstanding internationally.

Tamás Barabás, the band’s sound engineer and bassist, worked closely with the studio’s professionals, including engineers Rinus Hooning and Martijn Schouten during the recording.

Contents

Djabe: Art In Tone 2LP, 45 RPM

4 sides direct-to-dics recorded album, in a gatefold jacket, 180gr. black vinyls in PVC inner. The history of the recording can be read on the cover, richly illustrated with photos.

LP1 Art In Tone
Direct-to-disc recording
Side A (45 RPM)
1. Clouds Dance 6:06
2. Turtle Trek 6:38
3. Distant Dance 4:27 [Total Time 17:11]

Side B (45 RPM)
1. Lava Lamp 9:15
2. Two Little Snowflakes 7:49 [Total Time 17:04]

LP2 Art In Tone
Direct-to-disc recording
Side C (45 RPM)
1. Deep Lights 8:35
2. Buzzy Island 6:40 [Total Time 15:15]

Side D (45 RPM)
1. Island 4:55
2. Beats Of Haarlem 5:49
3. In That Quiet Earth 5:02 [Total Time 15:46]

Djabe: Sound Still Life LP, 45 RPM

The big attraction of the 2019 Budapest HiFi show was the joint stand of Audiophyle Szalon and Djabe, where Djabe played live on a system containing high-end McIntosh and Sonus Faber components. The concerts, which were a great success among the audience, were recorded by the band with a 24-track analog tape recorder and made a 34-minute selection of the material, which was also cut to a disc at 45 RPM using DMM lathe. With this album, the joint record project of Djabe and Audiophyle Szalon is complete.

LP3 Sound Still Life
Live at the Budapest HIFI Show 2019
Side E (45 RPM)
1. Behind The Veil 11:23
2. Witchi Tai To 6:08 [Total Time 17:31]

Side F (45 RPM)
1. Sheafs Are Dancing 3:03
2. House On The Hill 4:15
3. Reflection Of Thiérache 7:27
4. Flowers Stillness 1:56 [Total Time 16:51]

Buy the ANALOG TO DIGITAL DSD DOWNLOAD here.

Buy the FULL ANALOGUE DIRECT-TO-DISC RECORDING SESSION’S SAFETY MASTER TAPE COPY here.

Djabe
Tamás Barabás – bass guitar, sound engineer
Attila Égerházi – classical and electric guitar, percussion
Áron Koós-Hutás – trumpet, flugelhorn
Péter Kaszás – drums, vocal
Zoltán Bubenyák – keyboards
Steve Hackett – pre-recorded electric guitar (D/3)