Article from HIGHRESAUDIO MAGAZINE:

"Surround Sound is a sculpture, where stereo can be described as a flat canvas."
Morten Lindberg, 2L - the Nordic Sound 

"Double the investment in your stereo play-back system and you might experience a subjective increase in performance in the range from 10 to 20 %. Then spread the same investment over a 5.1 surround sound system and you get an objective 300 % increase of resolution and perspective! The fact that makes the above balance not materialise is that very few labels up to now have produced content that bring out the full potential of multichannel. The approach of “rear for ambience only” is still feeding carbohydrates to the persistent claims of stereophiles.

When it comes to recording a solo instrument, a lot of conservative forces claim that surround sound can add nothing to a good stereo. This might be the case with a traditional dry "synthetic" multi-mono-sources studio recording. But to us it's not about the object itself; it's all about the landscape where the instruments perform. In real life a grand piano is not a point source; it's a three dimensional sculpture, and surround sound is our tool to bring forward that physical experience to the listener.

The music captured by 2L features Norwegian composers and performers, and an international repertoire reflected in the Nordic atmosphere. The surround sound recordings of Lindberg Lyd do not only transform the entire listening experience, more radically, these innovative recordings overturn some very basic concepts regarding how music is played and even composed. 

2L emphasise surround sound with Pure Audio Blu-ray and HighRes file distribution, and have garnered no less than 12 american GRAMMY nominations over the last six years, seven of these in categories "Best Engineered Album" and "Best Surround Sound Album".

2L (Lindberg Lyd) records in spacious acoustic venues; large concert halls, churches and cathedrals. This is actually where we can make the most intimate recordings. The qualities we seek in large rooms are not necessarily a big reverb, but openness due to the absence of close reflecting walls. Making an ambient and beautiful recording is the way of least resistance. Searching the fine line between direct contact and openness; that¹s the real challenge! A really good recording should be able to bodily move the listener.

This core quality of audio production is made by choosing the rightvenue for the repertoire, and balancing the image in theplacement of microphones and musicians relative to each other in that venue. There is no method available today to reproduce the exact perception of attending a live performance. That leaves us with the art of illusion when it comes to recording music. As recording engineers and producers we need to do exactly the same as any good musician; interpret the music and the composer¹s intentions and adapt to the media where we perform. Surround sound is a completely new conception of the musical experience. Recorded music is no longer a matter of a fixed twodimensional setting, but rather a three-dimensional enveloping situation. Stereo can be described as a flat canvas, while surround sound is a sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions."

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