Reema-Direct to Disc at Studio 3
Reference: LOSW017
Limited, Hand Numbered Edition
The new LP by British artist Reema, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studio 3 in London.
Reema’s most intimate songs, stripped down to their essence, just voice and guitar, performed live and captured directly to lacquer, with no intermediate recording medium, with LowSwing producer Guy Sternberg at the mixing desk and with Abbey Road mastering engineer Alex Gordon cutting lacquer live.
No tape. No edits. No computers. No overdubs.
Just Reema, her songs, one side at a time.
The same performance was recorded simultaneously onto Master Tape, which you can hear on “Reema – Direct to Master Tape at Studio 3” (LOSW017T).
The Direct-to-Disc and the Direct-to-Master-Tape album offer two different ways of experiencing the same day and can be purchased as a Bundle HERE.
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On February 15th, 2026, British singer-songwriter Reema and the LowSwing team travelled to Abbey Road Studios in London to record a special album.
The idea was to bring Reema’s songs to their most intimate form: her voice and guitar, captured live in Studio Three at Abbey Road, home to legendary recordings by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti and many more.
But this wasn’t a conventional studio session: the album was recorded direct-to-disc, meaning the music went straight onto the master lacquer as it was played. Just the microphones and the mixing console stood between Reema and the cutting lathe. An entire side, start to finish, in one take – no overdubs or edits.
Abbey Road is one of the few studios in the world still equipped to handle live direct-to-lacquer recording – a process so demanding that it takes specialized tools, skills, and a full team of experts to pull off. With no ability to pause, re-tune, or start over, every element of the performance has to be perfect in the moment. Cutting engineer Alex Gordon worked the cutting lathe upstairs, while producer and engineer Guy Sternberg mixed the performance live at the studio below. Reema describes the session as a kind of dance between herself, Guy and Alex, each of them needing to move in perfect sync. A direct-to-disc recording carries its own magic: the subtle shifts in dynamics, the movement in her voice, the interplay between Reema and her guitar – a moment that happened only once, frozen in time forever.
„Direct to Disc at Studio 3“ is a document of one extraordinary performance: One artist, One guitar, One room – recorded in One take.
The same performance was recorded simultaneously onto Master Tape, which you can hear on “Reema – Direct to Master Tape at Studio 3” (LOSW017T).
The Direct-to-Disc and the Direct-to-Master-Tape album offer two different ways of experiencing the same day and can be purchased as a Bundle HERE.