For over a quarter of a century, Replay Heaven has specialised in one thing: recreating existing recordings with extraordinary accuracy.
We work with producers, artists, record labels, publishers and music supervisors around the world to recreate sampled recordings for commercial release. Whether a sample cannot be cleared, is prohibitively expensive to license, or simply creates unnecessary complications, we recreate the performance from scratch using real musicians and traditional recording techniques.
Our aim is straightforward: when the replay replaces the original sample in your production, the musical impact should remain the same.
Achieving that level of authenticity requires considerably more than simply hiring musicians to play the notes. Over the past twenty-five years we have assembled an extensive collection of vintage instruments, microphones, recording equipment and outboard processing, alongside a network of exceptional session musicians, arrangers and engineers. We also devote a great deal of time to researching historical recording techniques, allowing us to recreate not only the performance itself, but also the character and sound of the original recording.
Replay Heaven has worked on thousands of commercially released recordings for many of the world’s leading artists and producers, contributing to music that has accumulated over 30 billion streams worldwide.
AI Music Recreation
The same techniques that allow us to recreate classic recordings have naturally extended into a newer field: recreating AI-generated music using real musicians.
We regularly recreate vocals and entire productions originally generated using platforms such as Suno and Udio, producing fully human performances suitable for commercial release. Unlike some services, Replay Heaven never uses generative AI within our own production process. Every replay is created using professional musicians, singers and traditional recording techniques. You can read more about our AI music recreation service here.
Recomposition
Sometimes the objective is not to recreate an existing recording exactly, but to capture its musical essence while creating something genuinely new.
Where appropriate, our arrangers and musicologists can recompose material so that it captures the spirit and function of the original while becoming a genuinely new composition. This can be useful where publishing clearance is unavailable, undesirable or commercially impractical.
Contact
For further information, please contact us at info@replayheaven.com, or visit our examples page to hear just how accurately Replay Heaven can recreate existing recordings.