The Beatles recorded on a four track tape machine. The Beach Boys' albums were in mono. Led Zeppelin only used three mics to record the drums on its first record. The recordings of the greatest bands are vibrant and alive--you can hear all sorts of mistakes and background noises. But the emergence of digital recording technology has resulted in an increasing sterilization of music. No longer do you hear pure, raw vocals like those of Elvis or Otis. And there are no more bass drum pedal squeaks, or flubbed notes, or any other of those tiny little things that make music real. The major labels have contributed to this sterilization by putting out ever more slickly produced rock albums which are ironically devoid of everything rock and roll should be. Consider that if Keith Moon were alive today, no major producer would let him do his thing.
Silent Stereo Records is committed to bringing the integrity back to modern music recordings. Silent Stereo artists recognize the preeminence of feeling and soul in music and refuse any digital enhancement of their music.
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