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Berliner Meister Schallplatten - BMS 1817  - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl

Pressed at Pallas Germany -  Direct To Disc ( D2D ) - Limited Edition

 The recording medium posed no risks for this superb trio. They make their joyful music sound effortless and risk free. Of course, it’s not risk free, but that’s what is so good about the album. We get virtuoso quality, unique repertoire, deeply personal performances, all heard in a world class recording, Very highly recommended. -Audiophilia

180g Vinyl Direct To Disc Mastered at Emil Berliner Studios!

For roughly 20 years now, the guitarist Joscho Stephan has been performing as a gypsy swing musician on both a national and international level.

Forming a trio with Volker Kamp on the double bass and Sven Jungbeck on the rhythm guitar, he feels himself drawn to the musical legacy of the “Hot Club de France”, the legendary ensemble which Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli brought to life in the Thirties in Paris.

Having made numerous CD productions, it was more or less a matter of course to make a recording under the very same conditions as Django Reinhardt and all renowned swing and jazz musicians had experienced up until the end of the 40s –, namely Direct-to-Disc!

The A-side boasts the title “Paris”. Alongside his own compositions ("Train To Paris" and "Valse de la Mer") we find such Django classics as "Are You In The Mood", and the numbers "Songe d’Automne" and "Vous et Moi", which are also evergreens from the gypsy swing genre.

The B-side is an homage to the recording location and the recording studio (EBS) which is associated with it: Berlin. Not only are such hits to be heard as "Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus" (as an up-tempo swing number), "Hallo, kleines Fräulein" and "Bei Dir war es immer so schön" (by Theo Mackeben), but also "Kein Schwein ruft mich an" from the great Max Raabe. "Wes Berlin" by Joscho Stephan brings the LP to a close in a final bow to Wes Montgomery, ending our journey from Paris to Berlin.

Recording: June 2018 at Studio1 of Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin, by Stephan Flock

Production: Rainer Maillard & Stephan Flock

• 180g Vinyl Direct To Disc 
• Mastered at Emil Berliner Studios
• Cut by Rainer Maillard
• Pressed at Pallas GmbH

Musicians:
Joscho Stephan, lead guitar
Volker Kamp, double bass
Sven Jungbeck, rhythm guitar

Selections:
Side A:
1. Train To Paris
2. Are You In the Mood
3. Valse de la Mer
4. Songe d'Automne
5. Vous et Moi
Side B:
1. Mein kleiner gruner Kaktus
2. Hallo, kleines Fraulein
3. Bei Dir war es immer so schon
4. Kein Schwein ruft mich an
5. Wes Berlin

ecutive & Recording Producers Rainer Maillard & Stephan Flock
Recording Engineer (Tonmeister) Klaus Scheuermann
Assistant Engineer Thanos Karakantas
Cutting Engineer Rainer Maillard
Piano Technician Serge Poulain
Lacquer Disc Developing Pallas GmbH
Recording & Mastering Facilities Emil Berliner Studios
Recording Location Emil Berliner Studios, Studio 1
Recording Equipment DGG custom made microphone preamplifiers, ADT Faderbox, Reverberation chamber 1, Gyratec G23
Microphones Neumann U87 & TLM 170, AKG 414, Sennheiser MKH 800 & MKH 50
Piano Steinway D 474430
Lathe Neumann VMS 80
Cutting Head Neumann SX 74
Cutting Amp Ortofon Amp GO 741