In collaboration with Supersense in Vienna, we were granted exclusive access to the Universal Music archives to carefully transfer selected historic master recordings.
Each recording is then individually and manually cut directly onto lacquer discs in Vienna. This process produces strictly limited Master Recordings that preserve the original sound with extraordinary closeness.
Each of these recordings begins with a moment from the past – captured on magnetic tape and preserved over decades. These historic master tapes are handled with the utmost care and respect for their origin, with the awareness that every playback is a unique and irretrievable event.
From these tapes, each record is created through a precise and entirely analog process inspired by the tradition of classic record production. Traditionally, music from the master tape is cut into a lacquer disc, the so-called master cut, which is later used to produce stampers and is ultimately destroyed during electroplating. The Mastercut process follows a different philosophy: preserving the closest possible form of the original recording.
In real time, the music signal is cut directly from a completely unedited 1:1 analog tape copy onto a Japanese playback lacquer using premium cutting machines and proprietary cutting heads. No digital intermediate is involved, and no secondary copies are created. Each lacquer disc is individually hand-cut, bringing the listener extraordinarily close to the original source – almost as if sitting beside the audio engineer during the mastering session.
Every disc results from a single, unrepeatable cutting process and therefore carries the character of that precise moment. Breath, movement, tension, and rhythm remain present: not merely reproduced, but experienced. This journey from tape to disc preserves the immediacy and authenticity of the original performance.
Each edition is handcrafted in the Supersense manufactory in Vienna by a small team of specialists in record cutting, traditional printing, and packaging design. The lacquer disc itself is secured with the distinctive Mastercut screw.
The record is presented in carefully crafted packaging produced with traditional printing techniques and archival materials. Photographs of the original master tapes, recording details, and rare historical documents are preserved as part of the edition.
These strictly limited records invite you to pause, listen attentively, and experience music not merely as sound, but in its most immediate and tangible form.
