What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)

Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2017

2017 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.

Last year's thread can be found here;

https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...e-interested-vol-xii

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by KIRILL

Daniil Trifonov plays Franz List - Transcendental

Very talented young artist.. And beautiful music.

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by sjt

Stevee_S posted:
sjt posted:
Brand new out today...
The reason I post is because of the label - this is Ultimae, a French electronica / downtempo label (for those that don't know of them). I think I have all Ulitimae's releases on Bandcamp and I like pretty much all of their artists. I actually buy from them without listening first! In my experience (and taste obviously) of about 10 years listening to their releases, I am pretty sure I will like anything they put out. I got an email today about this being released and it was straight off to Bandcamp to throw money at them. Upon listening, I am not disappointed.
One thing I have noticed is that their records sound great on articulate systems like the ones Naim does (although I am listening now on my mobile rig, which is Ak100 mk1 / Chord Hugo 1 / SE846).
BTW I don't work for them, and they are not paying me to say this! They are just very well matched with what I like to listen to.
Sjt, good stuff. I have a few from the Ultimae label on bandcamp and agree with your views. I got the same e-mail this morning, you have prompted me to start digging deeper into their extensive catalogue. A favourite band is Asura, Radio Universe which gets quite a bit of play when I'm out and about.

Hope your digging is productive! My current favs are Aes Dana (I think he used to be with Asura) and Scann-tec. I also like Ultimae's curated compilations (e.g. the Fahrenheit series). I have found that quite a few Ultimae artists are on other labels as well so if you find someone you like on Ultimae, its also worth searching on Bandcamp - for example I recently found an I AWAKE record on some other label on Bandcamp and this is also good. I think Asura has also been on quite a few labels.

I'm playing the new one on the indoors stereo now. The stereo is modest by most people here's standards (Dac v1, Nap 100, Kef LS50) but the new Martin Nonstatic record sounds great on it.

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by Clive B

Wynton Kelly's sense of blues phrasing is just so edgy and large!

(See above)

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by james n

I saw this mentioned by Graham Russell over the weekend. I'd enjoyed her collaboration with Boris Blank so made a purchase. A great voice over a Jazzy, laid back groove - it's rather enjoyable.

Malia - Yellow Daffodils

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by Bert Schurink

A fine album...

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by Florestan

Prokofiev: Violin Concertos - Franziska Pietsch (violin)

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by Clive B

This really s a superb live album from Steve Hillage. It really sounds like the German crowd are having a ball.

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by james n

Back to an old Unplugged favourite to end the evening.

Nirvana - Unplugged in New York

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by kuma

Gianluigi Mazzorana posted:

If you like Ware, this one is nice. too.

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by Stevee_S

(2000)

Some very fine Berlin School electronica to round off the evening.

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by Florestan

Mendelssohn: Motets & Piano Trio - Flemish Radio Choir | Herve Niquet | Pekka Kuusisto (violin) | Pieter Wispelwey (cello) | Alasdair Beatson (piano)

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by ewemon

Clive B posted:
apye! posted:
On vinyl...
Which version are you playing, Andy? I have yet to find one which thrills like it did when I first heard it, despite being played on equipment about 500 times the cost of that used to play it then!

Best version I have heard on cd is the first Japanese mastering. On my system it is the badn are in the room.

Posted on: 23 November 2017 by Florestan

Franz Schubert: Forellenquintett - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) | Daniil Trifonov (piano) | Hwayoon Lee (viola) | Maximilian Hornung (cello) | Roman Patkolo (double bass)

Let the marketing team loose and your importance just may be determined by font size. If this were the correct way to represent the status I would increase the Daniil Trifonov. He just gets better and better with each new recording he is involved with.

Biases aside, this is a fairly good recording overall.