AAA Pure analog tape recordings - No plug ins, no grid, just pure musical instincts and a lot of guts. Produced on Reference quality AAA format with Recording The Masters SM900 at Mix Machine Analog. Tape Duplication by Reel Sound Lab.
Reference quality. Releasing on Tape Reel at the November HiFi Show 2025 Room 807 Reel SoundLab.
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Album: Analog Architects - Vol. 2
Label: Analog Machine Records
Format: 1 x Reel Tape, 15 ips, ¼", 2-Track Stereo, 10.5" NAB Reel, Compilation, CCIR Equalisation
Country: Philippines
Released: 2025
Musicians:
Nikki de Leon Dennis Delos Santos Alsey Cortez RAffie Robles Michael Vincent La Madrid Ronn Sana
Tape Duplication at Reel Sound Lab, Philippines.
Mastering Engineer: Marco de Leon
Born on February 19, 1979 in Quezon City, Marco de Leon began his musical journey at the age of 13 when he first picked up a guitar. By 16, he had purchased his first tape recorder-a Tascam Porta 02 which he used to record his high school band and soon after, other local acts. This early "side hustle" of capturing demos for peers revealed his natural talent and passion for audio recording and mixing.
As a self-taught musician and audio enthusiast, Marco spent his early years doing free production work for friends and for his own band, continually sharpening his technical skills and musical sensibility. His break into the professional music industry came in 2003, when he was tapped by a major label to arrange and produce tracks for solo artists—a milestone that marked the beginning of his formal production career.
In 2009, together with his brother Zero de Leon, he co-founded Blaster Studio, one of the pioneering grassroots, low-cost recording studios in Quezon City. Over the years, Blaster Studio has produced and released more than 2,000 professional and independent audio projects, including works by Marco’s own bands, which have gone on to earn critical acclaim and commercial success in the Original Pilipino Music (OPM) scene.
Pushing the boundaries of analog sound in a digital age, Marco and his wife Nikki de Leon launched Mix Machine Analog in 2018 the only fully analog recording, production, and vinyl mastering studio in the Philippines. This state-of-the-art facility has since become home to some of his finest and most authentic work, maintaining his commitment to sonic excellence and analog integrity.
Analog Machine is a record label dedicated to releasing music of all genres, with an emphasis on recordings created through live performances by instrumentalists and singers.
Pure analogue recordings from truly unique artists, to capture the truest performance of the artist without any digital manipulation, the art of all analogue reel-to-reel tape recordings direct to magnetic open reel tape. Analog Reference Recordings: Reel-To-Reel Tape Recorded, Mixed and Mastered for analogue quality sound purists.
Presented by Mix Machine Analog, Reel Sound Lab, Open Reel To Reel and Analog Machine Records.
2025 Analog Machine Records
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