Best sound stage recordings

[Per]

Here is the Tidal link; Up Jumped the Devil - Discovering the Music of Robert Johnson

@Per

@Per

" Just when you thought you’d heard every possible take on the songbook of Robert Johnson, from true acoustic versions to Clapton’s electric tracks, up jumps singer Carmen Gomes with her own rendition. The legendary bluesman died aged just 27 in 1938, amidst all those ‘sold his soul to the devil’ legends, and left a catalogue of just 29 songs, so you could argue there’s nothing new to hear. However, Gomes gives her selected tracks an atmospheric, mystical spin, with minimal backing, a simple mic set-up, in Sound Liaison style, and a ‘straight to DXD’ as-live recording approach. Her sultry voice has immediacy and intimacy, the instruments captured with real vitality, and the whole recording drips with presence and a sense of performance. I can imagine this one proving popular on the demo circuit if we ever get back to them – and that would be no bad thing. AE " hifi news and record review

CD and Mp3; https://carmengomes.bandcamp.com/album/up-jumped-the-devil-discovering-the-music-of-robert-johnson-part-1-a-sound-liaison-one-mic-audiophile-recording

DXD,DSD and Flac; https://www.soundliaison.com/index.php/677-up-jumped-the-devil-carmen-gomes-inc

She has a new album out following the rules of the Arch Manifest;

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The Arch Manifesto;
Each recording starts and ends with the main artist alone in the hall the only interplay being the acoustics of the hall and his own mind. No audience is present except the ghosts from the past. When the band enters the music must create an Arch, going from the single instrument performance to the more complex band performance and back to the last solo performance. The same principle goes for the engineering; each recording starts out with only one microphone (stereo). As the music gains in complexity more microphones may be deployed, the only limit being the imagination and technical skills of the recording engineer. The producer and engineer must make the album feel as one, it should have a unifying ‘sound’, despite the different recording techniques employed. Frans always says; “The art of recording is a question of listening and the more you listen the better you get at it.”

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[podnosimyszafe]

I find this decade-ago-superhit interesting sounding considering soundstage - in particular a nice efect of very distant snare drum and guitar on far right from 0:48.

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video]

[AntiWoke]

Songs To Test Headphones With

[CantAffordThisHobby]

This track sounds amazing on my “soundstage” headphones (LCD-2C, HD800S)

[AntiWoke]

Audiophile Classical

[AntiWoke]

I’m just shy of half way through this playlist. It’s exceptional. Soundstage, imaging & dynamics are making me smile.

[JaVerde]

One of my go to

Nduduzo Makhathini - Senze' Nina (Visualizer)

[ttorbic]

Amazing music! Thanks for sharing!

[Per]

Well deserved;

2022 NativeDSD Album of the Year – Vocals
­One of the year’s best-selling albums at NativeDSD this year, Ray! rocketed up our Top Selling DSD Best Sellers chart in days and dominated the best sellers list for weeks and weeks. The album stars the popular and talented Carmen Gomes and her ensemble. Gomes uses the album to put her distinctive vocals and style on favorites including The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again, Georgia On My Mind, Willow Weep For Me, and Makin’ Whoopee. Recorded in Stereo DXD and mastered to Analog Tape, this album is one
you will savor again and again.

– Brian Moura (Native DSD)

[Per]

I enjoyed that one. Well played and recorded!

[Per]

Part 2 of

Blockquote Discovering the Music of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
has just been released; CARMEN GOMES INC. - STONES IN MY PASSWAY and I can report that it is fantastic. So well played and so well recorded.

I have the CD as well as the 24/352 download both are highly recommended.

[TimpTim44]

@Per This looks interesting. Title is a little unnerving tho!

[Per]

It’s a fantastic album and it’s getting top reviews;

‘Carmen sings the blues straight from the heart, profoundly, with authenticity and heartfelt sincerity, eschewing any unnecessary embellishments.
This is so well recorded that turning up the volume knob significantly never makes the music too loud, only more intense.’ JazzFlits’

[TimpTim44]

Fine And Mellow (Live At Blues Alley) (2021 Master)

[Per]

A true modern classic!

[Ohmboy]

The beginning …

Four Gongs Two Drums

[MindBreak]

Thanks for sharing. Listening to it right now, and I will definitely listen to this track again when my Atrium arrives.

[TimpTim44]

@MindBreak That should be awesome!

[MindBreak]

I know, I can’t wait to get a long listening session in with them. I still have a few more weeks to wait though, they just got to the sanding station.

[Per]

@Per

Part 2 of

Blockquote Discovering the Music of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
has just been released; CARMEN GOMES INC. - STONES IN MY PASSWAY and I can report that it is fantastic. So well played and so well recorded.

I have the CD as well as the 24/352 download both are highly recommended.

And the album is getting superb reviews, rightly so!

‘Carmen sings the blues straight from the heart, profoundly, with authenticity and
heartfelt sincerity, eschewing any unnecessary embellishments.
This is so well recorded that turning up the volume knob significantly never makes the music too loud, only more intense.’ JazzFlits’