Category: Music on R2R: news & reviews

Revox teams up with Alice Cooper for a special limited edition B77 tape deck & T77 turntable – plus new tape / vinyl releases – and the chance to meet Alice!

April 23, 2025

In a special collaboration with Alice Cooper, Revox has crafted a limited edition of their B77 MK III tape machine (25 units only) and of their T77 turntable (50 units) in a unique Alice Cooper design. Each deck and turntable is hand-signed and numbered by Alice Cooper himself – who introduces the project in the … More Revox teams up with Alice Cooper for a special limited edition B77 tape deck & T77 turntable – plus new tape / vinyl releases – and the chance to meet Alice!

You really have to hear this: Jerome Sabbagh’s ‘Heart’ from Analog Tone Factory

March 7, 2025

Last summer I stumbled across an emerging New York-based tape label, Analog Tone Factory, run by saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh. Having checked it out and penned a brief introductory blog on what I discovered, a couple of months later I ordered one of their tapes, Vintage, and wrote a review. The review was glowing and the … More You really have to hear this: Jerome Sabbagh’s ‘Heart’ from Analog Tone Factory

Introducing: Swiss tape label Triston Masters, from Jürg Schopper

February 12, 2025

There are few things I love more than discovering a ‘new’ (i.e. new to me) source of music on reel-to-reel tape, and then sharing my discovery with you folks here on The Reel-to-Reel Rambler. In true rambling man style, it gives me a great excuse to delve into the details and the back-story, and to … More Introducing: Swiss tape label Triston Masters, from Jürg Schopper

Review: Tibor Varga 100th Anniversary from Swiss label Triston Masters

February 12, 2025

I came across this one pretty much by accident – or, depending on how you look at things, by one of those roundabout, serendipitous routes. I’d been in conversation with Horch House’s Volker Lange about various things, and happened to notice that he’d taken on distribution of tapes from a Swiss ‘ultra-purist’ label called Triston … More Review: Tibor Varga 100th Anniversary from Swiss label Triston Masters

Revox acquires Horch House

November 26, 2024

This just in from the folks at Revox and Horch House over in Germany: “In the last 15 years, Horch House has developed into the world’s leading company within the analog master tape industry. The brand Horch House, headed by Volker Lange, stands for an uncompromising approach towards quality. “Recently, Revox announced the return of … More Revox acquires Horch House

Introducing ‘purist’ label Base2 Music – with a review of Bach’s Suites for Cello on tape

October 28, 2024

Based in West Sussex, UK, Base2 Music is likely one of our more niche creators of reel-to-reel recordings – so I guess that makes them almost a niche within a niche, in mainstream terms. The benefit of going super-niche is of course super-specialism and so, as a lover of musical recordings that are superbly well … More Introducing ‘purist’ label Base2 Music – with a review of Bach’s Suites for Cello on tape

New tape label Analog Tone Factory: a review of ‘Vintage’ album and a chat with co-founder Jerome Sabbagh

August 16, 2024

A couple of months back I posted a blog about a new New York City-based all-analogue label, Analog Tone Factory. ‘All-analogue’ in the sense that all of the label’s recordings will be captured exclusively on reel-to-reel tape. The resulting albums will then be available in multiple formats including R2R tape (quarter inch, 15ips, IEC/CCIR), AAA 180g … More New tape label Analog Tone Factory: a review of ‘Vintage’ album and a chat with co-founder Jerome Sabbagh

Introducing new all-analogue label Analog Tone Factory

June 17, 2024

‘No computers were harmed in the making of our records’ is the tongue-in-cheek tagline of new indie record label Analog Tone Factory. In other words, all of the label’s recordings will be made exclusively to reel-to-reel tape. The resulting albums will then be available in multiple formats including R2R tape (quarter inch 15 ips IEC/CCIR), … More Introducing new all-analogue label Analog Tone Factory

Neville Roberts & Dave Denyer on ‘Vivaldi in London’ from Chasing The Dragon

June 14, 2024

UK-based label Chasing The Dragon’s ‘Vivaldi in London’ album is a two-tape set of eight Vivaldi concertos, and is a companion double album to their earlier ‘Vivaldi in Venice’ album. Like ‘Vivaldi in Venice’, ‘Vivaldi in London’ is performed by the internationally famous Interpreti Veneziani baroque orchestra. When ‘Vivaldi in Venice’ was released (in 2019), … More Neville Roberts & Dave Denyer on ‘Vivaldi in London’ from Chasing The Dragon

‘Woah!’: On being blown away by Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas from UltraAnalogue Recordings

May 23, 2024

If you want the short version of this review, minus my ramblings, here it is: three sonatas, three passionate fanatics, three steps to heaven! For a bit more detail, read on… ‘Lost in music’ I often ramble on about ‘audiophile recordings’ across multiple media, not just tape, and sometimes in a non-too effusive light. By … More ‘Woah!’: On being blown away by Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas from UltraAnalogue Recordings