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July 2006 Blue Coast Collection Review by Jean Hiraga (Unofficial Translation) - "The first shot is a master shot for this new American label that is about to create a sensation. Some demanding artists have refused all recordings to remain true to the emotion of live music, this fugitive, magical instant that we can only catch once in a lifetime. On this level, Blue Coast Records has something new to present that is really surprising. Cookie Marenco, the founder, many times rewarded with the very coveted "Grammy" award, successfully gathered a great team of sound engineers, including the very talented Jean-Claude Reynaud (son of the speaker manufacturer Jean-Marie Reynaud). Read More... |
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March 2004 - Mix Article on E.S.E. by RICK CLARK - "The dusk outside the Marin County, Calif., studio The Site was magical, with deep reds, oranges and grays mixed with clouds, mist from billowing coastal overcast drifting in and redwood trees towering outside the tracking room windows. Inside, Glen Moore, of the legendary acoustic fusion band Oregon, was improvising his own magic on his 300-year-old Klotz string bass. Its rich tonality filled the room, while an impressive complement of precisely placed microphones captured his performance. When I walked into the control room, it sounded like Moore was in the middle of the Neve console, and when I walked around the room, the bassist's position hadn't changed. Standing outside the array of Jean-Marie Reynaud speakers were producers/engineers Cookie Marenco and Jean-Claude Reynaud. After listening for a few minutes, Marenco exclaimed, "No bad seats!" She was right. What I listened to were the fruits of almost two years of work, in which Marenco and Reynaud pursued a surround production approach that would bring a sound to live performance-oriented recordings that is intimate and expansive. They call this trademarked technique ESE, or Extended Sound Environment. Read More... |
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Excerpt from Road Trippin' by Wes Phillips - "...Whoa! Keith Greenberg began playing guitar and Dayan Kai chimed in on dobro, and they were right there, big as life and all but visible. Then Greenberg started singing, and I was so there, wherever there was. (Turns out there was Cookie Marenco's Extended Sound Environment; you can get the record at bluecoastrecords.com.) I'd been resisting this? What am I, crazy?..." |
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