VDM Group

Informazioni Generali

The very beginning

Chairman and CEO of VDM, Igor Fiorini fits this environment perfectly. At the age of nine he began studying the flute and later on composition, graduating from the conservatory in both. While studying at the conservatory Igor worked in a number of jobs so that within two or three years he could afford some decent hi-­‐fi. On graduating he became one of the founder members of the magazine “Falaut” and embarked on a career as composer and performer with performances as soloist in festivals and concerts both at home and abroad.

Igor’s future direction was shaped by two pivotal events; a change of direction into projects with flute and live electronics sparked an interest in electronic music and, crucially, a less than excellent disk of one of his compositions. The result was a decision to open his own studio for his music and electronic music. A mastering facility and record label followed, all under the “VDM” banner. VDM is a “nonsense” acronym but euphonic in Italian. I.e. it just sounds good.

Why and how

“The route was like many companies, start from nothing and gamble a lot, buying the first things and then working and step by step, continuing to grow. One thing has always been fixed in my mind: the pursuit of excellence and fidelity, so rather than going down market, I have been concentrating on improving the quality of the equipment I use, albeit with a small number of channels. I am convinced especially that the recording chain must be perfect, with no weak points. I have a precise and personal idea of sound and my choices were always for specific brands. Our recording chain equipment consists of: DPA Microphones, Crane Song Preamplifiers Reference cables and of course in premiere position, Pyramix." NDR And now Horus.

Philosophy

In our site you will find a quote from Glenn Gould: “ ...instead, what is really important is to have the process accepted in all its complexity, to convince the skeptics that the recording is an art in itself...”

So, for us 'all about sound is an art itself'

Finally

Now our, main studio and office is situated in a quiet area away from the incessant car horns, south west of central Rome on the edge of a nature reserve, the studio reflects our ideals.

“Nowadays our offer is rather rich, we have a post-­‐ production and mastering studio, a studio for small ensembles and individual instruments that is often use for electronic music projects, a mobile studio and the record label (VDM Records), the dipartment of the distribution of our brands, the design dipartment. All of these follow the principles of audiophile recording and the production companies follow our philosophy. All this is to say that the research around quality and perfection of the sound never ends, as the reserch of the art, but the research must have a clear purpose: to relate and to unite the world of recording, label production, hi-­‐fi, composition and execution, as part of the same world, the music universe ...”