What is the latest music you've downloaded where did you buy it and in what resolution?

[Steve_S]

Neil Young | Chrome Dreams | Qobuz | 24/192 | FLAC
Favourable comments on the forum tipped me over the edge to acquire this one.

[anon66195540]

ProStudioMasters | Flac | 24-96 for DT | 24-192 for Jacqueline du Pré and boyd meet girl.
I discovered Elgar lately, and I love cello. DuPré is a great performer. Second album from boyd meet girl. The duo, cello/guitar is really nice.

[Steve_S]

Darkroom | Water Like Mbira | bandcamp | 24/44.1 | FLAC
Some electronic progressive ambient sounds.

Dedicated to Jeff Beck (1944-2023) and remembering Doreen Ellen (1930-2009)

[Steve_S]

Dihdalah | Threshold 発端 | bandcamp | 16/44.1 | FLAC

“Since 2013, Dhidalah has hailed from the Tokyo underground as a space rock power trio. The band name derives from the Japanese legend of the Giant Gods — known as the creators of mountains, lakes and islands. Dhidalah plays improvisational music performances inspired by various genres from stoner/doom to kraut rock.” - The band’s blurb

[Steve_S]

Upping my holdings in the Oolu Space Jam Collective.
Copper Conductor | Lungworm | bandcamp | both 24/44.1 | FLAC

[GraemeBC]

I haven’t heard these two new ones yet (I only have Harvest Sage). must queue them up sometime this week

[Christian]

West Side Trio Alternate Realities

West Side Trio is a string trio 2.0

On Alternate Realities, West Side Trio defies musical categorization by adding an endless innovative stream of colors and nuances to the idiom.
Exploring all the possibilities of the instruments they signify that a string trio is also; wood, voice, cables, effect pedals, and amplifiers.
In short their own musical world. But what I find the most remarkable is that; while investigating all these different avenues, they create a world where the tune is the most important;
it’s never; “Look what a cool effect I’ve found” but always; “check how this sound enhances the mood of the music.”

[Steve_S]

Ian Boddy | Chance Delay | bandcamp | FLAC | 24/44.1

This is a solo ambient modular soundscape from Ian Boddy showcasing the features of this module. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes it shows Boddy using the Chance Delay to organically play with time and randomness. Fundamentally this module can govern the chance that an event will occur or not but it can also be used in a myriad of rhythmically interesting ways, as well as to go outside the boundaries of it’s initial design intention by mutating and transforming audio signals… Part of the bandcamp blurb

[Steve_S]

Tabo Tago | Sessions 011 - 20230721 Wall Symposium | bandcamp | 24/48 | FLAC

A studio session recorded on July 21, 2023, Berlin, Germany.
The session was recorded in one go, with no overdubs and no pre-arrangements.

The subject of this current release is an untitled sculpture by the artist Rüdiger-Utz Kampmann, located in the Sculpture Park against War and Violence at the Reichstag in Berlin-Tiergarten, photo by Lutz Thuns. This sculpture park is also known as the Mauersymposion (Wall Symposium).

The first sculpture symposium in Germany took place in the summer of 1961 near Würzburg. There the artists heard about the construction of the Berlin Wall and some of them spontaneously decided to travel to Berlin. From October 1961 to the summer of 1962, they worked on the Reichstag grounds, which were made available to them by the City of Berlin.

dertiergarten.de/skulpturen-gegen-den-krieg/

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skulpturen_gegen_Krieg_und_Gewalt

TaboTago is all about experimenting, playing and performing electronic music together. After starting out as an Edgar Froese and Tangerine Dream tribute band, the band has now developed its own take on the so-called Berlin School music.

A lot of material has been created during live concerts and recording sessions over the past years. We make this material available to our audience in a series of releases. The music presented here was mostly played under live conditions or similar.

[Kefas]

@Christian

Witmer Trio Download
review by R.Paul for Possitive Feedback.
“This album marks a return to the origins of Witmer Trio. Delving into the salsa, cha-cha, bolero, bachata, and cumbia traditions of the music of Latin America. The Trio is joined by special guest Jan-Luc van Eendenburg on congas and bongos, completing the album’s Latin flavor. The music is engagingly and creatively arranged, and all is superbly well performed. The addition of Jan-Luc van Eendenburg’s congas and bongos add a delightful further flavoring and are tastefully blended into the overall musical ethos of the ensemble. There is a somewhat mellow, reflective tone to the entire album, which makes for very relaxed and enjoyable listening. With considerable variety across the selections I found myself constantly engaged in the melodies, rhythms and interplay of the artists. The songs with a driving beat and greater urgency, like La Mulata Rumbera, added just enough spice to keep everything interesting while not being completely out of place. All of this is just very nicely done! The recorded sound quality is excellent, as always from Frans de Rond. Yes, this is multi-mic’d. But it is so skillfully done that you’d not notice it. Instead, what you have is a fully integrated soundscape encompassing four musicians and their instruments—nothing spot lit, nothing sounding “out of whack.” And this result my friends, reflects very skillful placement to manage the various phase characteristics so all sounds seamless as one. Quite an accomplishment! About the recording setup, producer Peter Bjørnild writes: “When creating the soundscape, we devoted significant time to achieving an ideal balance. We placed a pair of Josephson C700S in the ‘sweet spot’ in MCOStudios’ Studio 2 before incorporating spot microphones. Our goal was to create a sound field that felt intimate yet retained sufficient depth to evoke a visual representation of the instruments.” It is this sensitivity to the sound and this attention detail that makes these Sound Liaison recordings so very good and so very special!”

Excellent!

[Christian]

@Kefas

DXD. Superb recording. Highly recommended.

available at Native DSD and in DXD at;
Growing Up - Simon Rigter plays ballads

Perfect Sunday album!

[Steve_S]

ABSYCHO | Universal Understanding | bandamp | 24/44.1 | FLAC
Visionary Shamanics Recs is thrilled to present their latest the 3rd Dark Forest Trance EP from the extraordinary Brazilian wizard, ABSYCHO.
Get ready to embark on a mind-bending journey through the enchanted realms of sound & brace yourself for a sonic experience like no other as ABSYCHO unleashes his signature style, blending heavy bass lines and deep grooves that will transport you straight into the heart of a psychedelic forest. A gift for the psytrance community around the world

[GavinB]

Steve Wilson’s latest. Deluxe download is available for £4.99 until Friday (6th?)

[Maxwell]

From Qobuz 96 kHz.
I had ordered the vinyl, but given the comments about the quality of the pressing, I thought that I would go down this route.

I went for the high res, just in case there is any discernible benefit and I thought that a record such as this might deserve it.

[jegreenwood]

The Ring Solti 2022 192/24 Presto.

[Christian]

‘Georg Solti’ a true maestro!

[Pete_the_painter]

Chuckles (thanks @TheKevster I can’t call Roger Waters by his name now ) Dark Side of the Moon Redux, and I don’t mind it at all.

[jegreenwood]

Ella and Louis Again - 96/24 from Presto.

I already own this album on CD (Verve) and SACD (Analogue Productions). But neither version includes all of the tracks from the original double album release.

Verve hasn’t made this easy, and I didn’t realize that the double album version was the original until I did my research this week. The original had 19 tracks, but 7 of them were actually solo performances. Verve has released several versions omitting these tracks. I actually had the double album version on vinyl (or cassette?) years ago, but I assumed that Verve had added the extra tracks to make me pay for 2 LPs.

Not all of the solo tracks strike my fancy, but most do. And they include my single favo[u]rite pop vocal performance - Louis Armstrong’s version of “Let’s Do It.” I had this on an Armstrong compilation, but I’m hoping for even better sound now.

[Pete_the_painter]

Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Redux 96/24 WAV file from Qobuz

[Steve_S]

Steve Roach | Sanctuary of Desire | 20th Ocober 2023 | bandcamp | 16/44.1 | FLAC

"Steve’s mastery of analog-based synths textures, sequencer, and hovering atmospherics across the nine tracks where Roach manifests a sonic sanctuary that inspires an unfoldment of one’s own desires, perceptions and intentions. " - some blurb on bandcamp