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“The Most Beautiful Sound Next To Silence”
- Coda magazine 1971

“ECM was founded by Manfred Eicher in Munich in 1969,
“Free At Last” is the title of the very first ECM album by Mal Waldron.
ECM New Series(contemporary written works or modern interpretative playing), which was launched in 1984, addressed over the years in almost 900 record productions.
Few other labels can have broached so broad a spectrum of music for so long and with such commitment. Associated with major companies in selected territories only for the purposes of distribution, ECM has guarded its creative independence at every step of the journey.

Innovations in record production have accompanied the musical innovations: sound is sculpted differently at ECM recording sessions. In recognition of this, Manfred Eicher has received numerous awards – as both a jazz producer and a classical producer, a unique distinction in the age of the specialist.
Visually as well as sonically, ECM has made an impact, and its cover art has also been the subject of books, as well as numerous essays and exhibitions. In graphic design, as in musical direction, ECM has stood out by virtue of its permanent distance to the trends of the season.”
- ECM home page
“Fashion counts for nothing in Eicher’s outlook… His driving ideal, to put the music first, is a model which any aspiring label should pay attention to, jazz-directed or otherwise. While many decision-makers labour over concepts, marketing and packaging, Eicher’s deceptively simple aesthetic is unfailingly harmonious.
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