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Welcome to the gang at UVM Distribution, in France.

Dear Veit, welcome to your new life after so many fantastic years with RecRec…

Welcome to the gang at FNAC, in France.

New address for Librairie Passerelles, good luke Alain…

The hifi system in the house of Frank Sinatra

Back in the 1950s and 1960s, America was producing some of the world’s best-sounding hi-fi gear by famous brands like Marantz, McIntosh, Fisher, Eico, Scott, Acoustic Resarch, and Altec-Lansing. Then in the 1970s, with the advent of transistors, many of the great tube amps, preamps, and speakers disappeared as they were replaced by mid-fi Japanese brands. Fortunately, since the 1990s, America’s hi-fi cottage industry has been re-emerging. McIntosh, an iconic American brand founded in 1949, continues to be made in USA at their longtime facility in Binghamton, New York.

2024 new releases …

Hersant vs Zanési: Pavane – Vol et restitution. Leo Kupper: (Belgium) Acousmatique Music with voices and electronics … Gilles Racot (french): Living Matter(s). With the cellist Marc Coppey, tribute to Pierre Boulez “à Pierre”, for cello solo and 7 celli, 5 January 2019. Box project: Galina Ustvolskaya, Rytis Mazulis, Silvestrov, Martha Arguerich & Rabinovitch, Knaifel, etc… Complete works for string quartets “Seven“, Philip Glass by Quatuor Tana.

About us

25th ANNIVERSARY: Megadisc Classics started in 1993 when Antwerp was Cultural Capital of Europe and the owner of Megadisc Ric Urmel found to his amazement that there were no CD recordings of the composer Karel Gœyvaerts.

Around the same time he met Patrick De Clerck, who after a production of his own music on Megadisc Classics was asked to produce the recordings of the works of Galina Ustvolskaya. These recordings are the “historic” ones.

Since 2011, a new artistic direction has developed the catalog of Megadisc Classics with the arrival of important composers such as Pierre Boulez, Philippe Hersant, Steve Reich, Lucien Guérinel, Charlemagne Palestine, Daniel Teruggi and Christian Zanési of the GRM – Groupe de Recherches Musicales – the composers Patricia Bosshard and Elisabeth Valletti. The label collaborates with fabulous musicians such as Tana Quartet, Diotima Quartet, Hugo Wolf Quartett, Quintette à Vent de Marseille, Marc Coppey, Arthur Aharonyan, David Bismuth, Cédric Tiberghien, Alice Ader, Matthieu Lécroart and Jean-Louis Roblin…

New Album by Lowtempo Coming Soon!

Following an already impressive catalog that includes last year’s “Primus EP”on NBGS, “High Key” is LowTempo’s first full-length album on Croma. Crunchy guitar licks, intricate solos and occasional improvisations are the order of the day, combined with hip hop beats, skillfully chopped vocals and tight synth lines to devastating effect.

We’re now exactly one week away from the release date. To make the wait a little smoother, the fatigued one was totally down to the idea of previewing a track for y’all before the album drops. So without wasting too much time, here is the opening track from “High Key”:

“Cherry Bopper” | http://bit.ly/1pOVCo8

Album is out on May 6th!