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Lundvall Mastering

Audiophile Sound for the MP3 Generation

About Me

Selected Discography: Lundvall Mastering has been providing artists across all genres of music with unsurpassed audio fidelity since 1997. Artists that have had their albums mastered here have either won or have been nominated for a Grammy Award. Other artists have been recognized as leaders in their field, and have won critical aclaim in the press.

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Music:

Member Since: 6/8/2007
Band Website: Lundvallmastering.com
Band Members: Kurt Lundvall - Mastering Engineer
Contact: (646) 872-1419 / email: [email protected]
Influences:
Sounds Like: Audiophile Playback - Outstanding Gear:

Amp - Cello Duet 350
Speakers - Cello Tri-Wired Legends
Digital Conversion - Heavily Modified Benchmark DAC 1
Workstation - Sonic Studio HD - 48 Bit Mastering System
Equalizer - Weiss EQ1-LP - Linear Phase EQ
Compressor - DBX Quantum II 48 Bit M/S Compressor
Limiter - Waves L2 Ultramazimizer
Up/Down sampling - Weiss SFC2
Dithering - Weiss pow-r dither
Digital Router - Z-Systems 8X8 Detangler
Other - Tascam DA45HR DAT, Alesis Masterlink, Teac & Plextor CD Writers
Room - Comfortable, RPG treated acoustically accurate listening environment.

Kurt has been very fortunate to master albums by some of the following artists:

Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Andrew Hil, Joe Lovano, Tommy Flanagan, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Anoushka Shankar, Grant Green, Jason Moran, Michell Petrucciani, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Greg Osby, Don Pullen, Tor Lundvall, Ingrid Jensen, The Mystery School, David Gilmore, Sunny Jain, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Tony Williams, Nancy Wilson, Kenny Burrell, Lou Donaldson, Thelonious Monk, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Hunter, Barbara Montgomery, John Gentry Tennyson, Chet Baker, Stanley Turrentine, Bettina Sheppard, Joe Williams, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, Gerald Wilson, Bud Powell, Art Tattum, Manuel Barrueco, Dan Rose, Etta Baker, Richard Leo Johnson, Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald.

Some Reviews:

"Kurt, many thanks for your work. The master sounds great. You did a classic job." - Ravi Coltrane, RKM Records / Saxophonist / Composer

"This is one of those rare albums, especially for CD that literally allows you to close your eyes and imagine yourself at the recording session. This is as real sounding as CD gets!" - John Crosset, Soundstage.com on Lee Konitz - Alone Together

"As both a recording and mastering engineer, I’ve been thrilled with Kurt’s work on a variety of projects...He is meticulous as he is creative." - Michael Cuscuna, Mosaic Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

2008 GRAMMY NOMINATION: Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Joe Lovano & Hank Jones

Joe Lovano & Hank Jones - "Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" mastered here at Lundvall Mastering has received a 2008 Grammy Nomination in the catagory of Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
Posted by Lundvall Mastering on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:43:00 PST

2007 JAZZ JOURNALIST'S ASSOCIATION AWARD NOMINATION!

Duke Ellington - "The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, and Okeh Small Group Sessions" - (Mosaic Records) prepared at Lundvall Mastering, was nominarted for a 2007 Jazz Journalist's Association Award in the...
Posted by Lundvall Mastering on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:06:00 PST

Rates -

Since every project is different, rates may vary somewhat. Lundvall Mastering always does its best to meet the needs of your budget. If you are an independent artist, a special flat rate can even be...
Posted by Lundvall Mastering on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:44:00 PST

Digital vs. Analog Signal Processing

Some of my clients want to know why my mastering signal processing chain is made up of all digital gear. The answer to that is actually quite simple. 99.9% of all the source material I currently rec...
Posted by Lundvall Mastering on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:19:00 PST

bio -

Mastering Engineer Kurt Lundvall has an extensive track record that began in 1993 as a 2nd engineer to Mariah Carey and Celine Dion at the legendary Hit Factory Recording Studios in New York. Shortly...
Posted by Lundvall Mastering on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:11:00 PST