35 Years Nabel Records
Nabel was founded in 1980 by Rainer Wiedensohler in Aachen, Germany. Since its beginnings, Nabel’s mission has always been to promote a selected group of European artists from the world of Jazz, World and Improvised music. Starting out as a part-time business, Nabel soon expanded and grew continuously, in both personnel and scope. Nabel has become a team that takes care of music production and mastering within its own mastering-studio (MFIT- Apple certified), graphic design, promotion, etc. We regularly publish productions of promising and vivid young bands that have a fresh musical approach. Though it has not always proven to be easy to establish them on the international market, we can look back on quite some success: Nabel discovered Artists like John Thomas, Monika Linges, Gebhard Ullmann, Celine Rudolph and Maria Joao, whose reputation outside of Portugal we helped to promote.

For many years, our Latin Jazz branch with artists like John Thomas and Monika Linges has been successful in the international Dance Jazz and Club Scene. As well as quality music, Nabel has always placed a great deal of importance in achieving audiophile sound quality and providing appealing artwork for the albums issued, some of which are available as LPs, or on 180g vinyl.
Nabel 4601-3 John Thomas & Lifeforce, Devil Dance
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Remastered 2015
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Devil Dance, the first Nabel production from 1980, was American guitarist John Thomas' first collaboration with young German musicians. Especially in England and Japan, this Latin-Jazz-production has been very well received with some tracks still being requested for samplers.
John Thomas, who has been teaching at Berklee for many years, is still musically active and has just last year released a new record. We have now elaborately remastered his old recordings and released them on 1st November, both as a Digipak copy and as a high-resolution Download
LP, CD and High-Resolution Download
More Information and a track to listen:Â http://nabelrecords.de/new_releases/new_releases_4601.php
Nabel 4726-2 Esja 4, Petrichor
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 Esja 4 are: Gero Schipmann guitar |
Gero Schipmann, guitarist from Cologne, was inspired by a prolonged stay in Iceland to write the music for this album. However, Petrichor is not simply a sampler which sets out to paint a musical portrait of Europe’s remote north: Rather than a collage of reconstructed nordic sirens, folk airs and ethereal „Lord of the Rings“ film music, we hear open-minded Jazz by a guitar-led quartet, which exhibits neither technical prowess for its own sake nor tediously melancholic nebulosity.Â
Following his graduation at the Cologne College of Music, Gero is now based in London, where he is completing a master’s degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
CD and High-Resolution Download
More Information and a track to listen:Â http://nabelrecords.de/new_releases/new_releases_4726.php
Nabel 4725-2 Stephan Becker Trio, Solar Energy
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  Stephan Becker piano  |
Europe´s great jazz exhibition jazzahead! introduced the Stephan Becker Trio as „one of the leading German piano trios“. For many years, the three musicians regularly perform in concert halls, jazz clubs and at festivals all over Germany and Europe. The band plays the compositions of pianist Stephan Becker, who impresses critics with his ingenuity and inspires the audience with his pieces.
The distinctive sound of the band comes from grooves rooted in funk and hip-hop, enriched with harmonies of jazz and vocal melodies. Becker’s compositions and improvisations are sensitive and profound.
Ten new songs, songs without words, that create vivid imagery in the minds of the listeners.
CD und High-Resolution Download
Info und ein Track zum Hören unter: http://nabelrecords.de/new_releases/new_releases_4725.php
free download links or promotion CDs are available on demand.
best wishes
Rainer Wiedensohler
Nabel - Rainer Wiedensohler - Maxstr. 10a - 52070 Aachen
Tel: 0049-241-25735 - rainer@nabelrecords.de
www.nabelrecords.de - www.nabelmusic.de