capstan.at - lounge
Initially created to share information about audio tape recording on reel-to-reel tape machines, these days, every once in a while, Capstan.at is growing by pages dedicated to photography and travelogues about our journeys in Europe and elsewhere. Despite the drastic changes the music industry has undergone since the beginning of the new millennium, analog audio tape remains a unique recording format popular with enthusiasts and some professionals and therefore continues to occupy a prominent place on our website. Find out if this melange of things is made for you and listen to Jazz classics on Radio Swiss Jazz while surfing on our pages.
By the time you read this . . .
we are back from our summer holidays in the north-west of France. It was about time to make plans for 2025 and we have chosen to travel the Normandy (page in construction), one of the most beautiful regions in Europe. Fourteen wonderful days on a road trip, touring from Paris to the Seine-Maritime region, along the coastal regions of the Calvados and Manche including a quick side-trip to Cancale in Brittany, and from there across the Orne and Eure regions to Giverny at the Seine river before our return trip back to Vienna.
Besides the gorgeous landscapes, what particularly impressed us in Normandy was the relaxed lifestyle of its lovely people and, of course, the delicious French food. Everything has unfolded naturally and wherever we went, we were welcomed warmly and hospitably. Merci!
Traveling is all about the experience, but capturing the experience on photographs is among the nicest things one can do when going on a journey - and we love it! And then there is still this on-going passion for recording Jazz on professional analog tape recorders, hence the name Capstan, which is that precision part of a tape recorder to keep audio tapes in perfectly consistent motion.
Well, keep on movin' . . .
Before I forget, Capstan.at is a Austria-based, private website.
So who's in charge?
Well, that's the three of us:
Joanna (creative director), Josefina (boss) and
Wolfgang (chief, cook & bottle washer)
Copyright © Wolfgang Bleier, Austria.