15th September 2015: “A winning combination.” Hi-Fi news and Record Review on Jochen Rueckert’s ‘We Make The Rules’

We Make The Rules is the debut Whirlwind release from the multifaceted drummer & composer Jochen Rueckert, a German native who’s been based in NYC since 1995, where he’s become one of the preeminent artists of his generation. We Make The Rules features all original music written by Rueckert and subsequently toured internationally before going into the studio to record. The music on the album was recorded in only seven hours and six of the tracks are first takes, the rest second takes. The album features a standout sound quality, the result of post production work carried out by one of NY’s all-time sonic gurus James Farber.

Jochen is currently busy planning a tour for the Spring of 2016 and will be performing at The ZigZag Club, Berlin (website) at the end of this month.

Here’s a review for We Make The Rules, published in a recent issue of Hi-Fi News & Record Review magazine (website):