Sure, we all love the convenience factor of iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and alike. But what about the sound quality? Have you ever tried to play an iTunes mp3 on a good sound system? Test it and you’ll hear the difference, it’s not nearly the same as the sound you can enjoy on our wavemusic CDS.

We think a cristal clear and brilliant sound is very important and therefore we work with Swiss sound engineer Christian Zimmerli for every single of our releases. He is the man behind the wavemusic sound. Within two decades of intense activity with sound and sound refinement Zimmerli developed a level of competence which we trust for more than ten years now.

With a brilliant ear and superb studio equipment Zimmerli gives that special touch to every single song and accents the best side. The result often is a song which sounds even better than the original. This is how all our compilations recieve their own unique sound. These days this is some really sprecial treatment.

Try to compare a Zimmerli-mastered song from our compilations with an original album version. You will be surprised.

We hope you enjoy his work.

More info wanted? Check out www.zimmerli.de

It was a long winter, and a long wait – but it’s finally out on April 3: the all-new Buhne 16 Volume 4

It’s the chance for you to get into the groove: for the summer, those trips out in the convertible and the inaugural barbecue of the season.

Artists including Donavon Frankenreiter, Brett Dennen, the Kings of Convenience and Priscilla Ahn will conjure up images in your mind of superb surfing and balmy nights by the Buhne 16 beach, and you’ll almost be able to hear it – the wind and the flattering of the wavemusic flag against the azure skies of Kampen. Can you hear the seagulls and taste the chilled beer?

So … wherever you are, the music of Buhne 16 Vol. 4 will take you to the above.

Click here to order your copy of Buhne 16 – on the beach 4, featuring deluxe packaging
and neat pictures from the world of Buhne16. With Tim, Sven, the old bosses and the whole B16 crew, of course.

beachstonedandhappy@CaliforniaSunset

Das Album wurde mit insgesamt sechzehn Musikern live aufgenommen: Bläser-Section, String-Quartett, Percussion – alles mit dabei. Ein Aufwand, den sich heute kaum noch eine Band leisten mag. Aber es hat sich gelohnt, das Album groovt wie ein gutes Live-Konzert und der Sound lässt an große Künstler wie Jill Scott, Erykah Badu oder Jamie Lidell denken.

Mehr als 250 Konzerte in Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich, Italien und Frankreich in den letzten Jahren ließen die Band zusammenwachsen und ihren Live-Sound perfektionieren. Jetzt sind sie endlich in kompletter Besetzung wieder in Hamburg zu sehen, also sichert euch jetzt hier die letzten Tickets für Hamburg Sounds.

Einen kleinen musikalischen Vorgeschmack findet ihr auf der wavemusic volume 16 – Spherical mit “Pure Love”.

gestern war es soweit.  Zusammen mit Nord-Event und dem Hamburger Abendblatt luden wir zur ersten HighLive Lounge auf dem Panoramadeck des Emporio Towers in Hamburg. High war es wirklich und so hatte man in 100 Meter Höhe einen atemberaubenden 360° Grad Bick über die Stadt. Dazu noch feines Fingerfood und leckere Drinks – was will man mehr? Richtig, Musik.

(Johannes Oerding beim Soundcheck)

Als musikalischen Gast konnten wir Johannes Oerding gewinnen, den wir schon seit Jahren begleiten und der mittlerweile wohl einer Deutschlands bekanntester Popmusiker ist und auch gerne mal den Hamburger Stadtpark füllt. Gestern dann also ein kleines intimes “Wohnzimmer-Konzert” in luftiger Höhe. Was soll man sagen? Der Mann kann es einfach und hatte Hamburg sofort im Griff! Zwischen seinen Songs noch mal eben ein Cover von “Rapper’s Delight”, hier eine Bob Marley Einlage, da die Beatbox. Das läuft.

(100 Meter über Hamburg, Foto: prachtvoll.de)

Nach Johannes ließ es sich das wavemusic.sound.collective natürlich nicht nehmen noch für einen groovenden Ausklang des Abends zu sorgen. Hier unser Lieblingstitel von gestern, zu finden übrigens auf der inDISKOtabel.

Kasper Bjørke: Efficient Machine from SEN Music TV on Vimeo.

Einen schönen Artikel zum Abend findet ihr natürlich auch beim Hamburger Abendblatt.

Da es beim ersten Mal nicht bleiben soll, sagen wir einfach mal: “Bis zum nächsten Mal!”

You’ve undertaken a glut of promises to yourself and are wondering where to begin? Smoke less, drink more? Helping more elderly ladies across the street (or at least young ones)?

Physical exercise is another favorite – and we have a concrete suggestion along those lines for you to try out RIGHT NOW: tense the muscles next to the corners of your mouth, and at the same time those around your eyes … and? That’s right: you’re smiling!

And to make that simple exercise even easier, we will be releasing the super-hot SMILE STYLE 5 on January 31. DJ Gardener of Eden has put together another 15 gems that will have the corners of your mouth twitching with delight.

They’ll rise a little when you hear ”Desperately Trying” by anna.lucas. Ely Bruna’s cover of ”1986” will result in a relaxed smile, and the cheeky interpretation of ”Kiss” by Mo’Horizions in a broad grin. Kojato’s ”Like A Gypsy” will have you in a most merry mood, before you lean back with satisfaction and a smile on hearing Muriel Zoe’s ”Stop”. De facto one good hour of SMILE STYLE 5 facial aerobics – perfect for free spirits like yourselves, and fantastic for all those watching and listening to you.

So don’t delay and order your copy of our new SMILE STYLE 5 here and now!

Yours.

wir steigen Hamburg aufs Dach: am 2. Februar 2012 startet die erste „HighLive Lounge“ mit Johannes Oerding und wavemusic auf dem Panoramadeck im Emporio (Ex-Unilever Haus am Dammtorwall). Ein exklusiver Event 98 Meter über Hamburg. Erlebt ein hautnahes Akustik-Konzert von Johannes Oerding in entspannter Atmosphäre, super 360 (Grad) Blick,  köstlichen Drinks und leckerem Fingerfood.

Das Konzert dürfte in etwa so gemütlich werden wie 2009 als Johannes bei unserem SongRise Festival an der Buhne 16 auf Sylt spielte.

Die Top-Location, Musik sowie Food & Drinks gibt es zusammen für nur 79,- Euro pro Person. Die Tickets sind streng limitiert (300 Gäste) und nur unter der Hamburger Abendblatt-Ticket-Hotline erhältlich: 040/30 30 98 98, Mo.-Fr. 8-19 Uhr, Sa. 8-13 Uhr.

An den Turntables Max DISKO & Tim TABEL, das wavemusic.sound.collective. Johannes Oerding um 21 Uhr mit einem 45 Minuten Akustik-Konzert.

Alle Infos findet ihr auch  auf Facebook.

Wir freuen uns auf Euch.

We hope you all had brilliant holidays with your beloved ones.
Seems like 2011 is finally over now. Time to wish you a Happy New Year.
Speak to you next year.

Last Minute party soundtracks are available on german iTunes. We highly recommend LE CHIC CLUB 4 and inDISKOtabel.

All the best.

leaving behind a wonderful year 2011 with our exciting Public Chill events (click here to take a look at the pictures) and fabulous CDs (we still love to look back at the unbelievable fine wavemusic Vol. 16), we would like to say good-bye for now and leave for the holidays.

At this point a final note of thanks to you. May we wish you a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a fabulous 2012.

BestWishes@californiasunset

P.S: Although we are taking a break our shop stays open 24/7.

Yesterday we had our Christmas party, it was a long, beautiful evening – so now it’s time for quiet sounds. And a few people here at our office today wish they had a river on which they could skate away. Just as Angus Stone wishes in his wonderful version of Joni Mitchell classic “River”.

This song by the way can be found on our moreorlessChristmas 7 – probably the best Christmas compilation ever – pleasing Christmas grumps and Christmas fans at the same time – so much that it is almost sold out. Therefore click HERE and make sure to get one of the last super awesome hardcover deluxe versions of this great compilation. Whoever comes too late or has does not fancy the beautiful design and lovely CD-Booklet can also download the compilation with one click directly from iTunes -  this will work in Germany, Austria & Switzerland only though.

Whether CD or download, in any case a good deed. For your own, your dear ones  and our initiative for good Christmas music (nothing against Justin Bieber and Wham, but there’s better music out there!).

Love.

Autumn is finally here and just in time for the cosy season we realeased our brand new moreorlessJAZZ 8. Our little homage to the lightness in complexity. Origami for example. Origami, the centuries-old Japanese art, is all about the ability to fold a simple sheet of paper into incredibly elegant objects that are more complex than they look. This principle of illusion is also employed in the design world, and is manifested in a wide variety of elegant furniture: forms that appear to be weightless.

moreorlessJazz 8 likewise stands for artistic lightness, in both music and design. It’s about the lightness in our perception, and the artistic achievement of those responsible. Swing, for example, has a special vibrancy about it that has us feeling how the world drifts effortlessly through space – and how something that normally only stamps is suddenly tender-footed. Easy, right? Anyone who’s ever sat at a drum kit will know “what it takes for things to start swinging…“

Check out “Devil May Care” to experience the natural swing of Raúl Midón. Or Bert Kaempfert, whose horn arrangements sound like elephants drifting blissfully along. Does it get any better?

moreorlessJazz 8 – Teaser by wavemusic

So light your fireplace, get a glass of wine and put on this little gem. Seems like the perfect plan. Doesn’t it?

Cosy greetings.