Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

A Top 10 DSD Best Seller!

The trio's music is driven by content rather than virtuosity. Their music invariably carries an artistic message, inspired by their world travels. This gives the album an additional dimension. The trio integrates elements of Arabic music into a new concept, seamlessly connecting East and West. They form a unique-sounding trio, whose subtle style is its own trademark.

The Contemporary Fortepiano was recorded in Stereo and Multichannel DSD 256fs. The album is available in DSD exclusively at the NativeDSD music store in Stereo and Multichannel DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD. This is a DSD Exclusive release, not available on SACD.

Co-Producer Jonas Sacks talks about recording the album on a brief video (linked below) and on the NativeDSD Blog noting "The decor of this recording is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Groningen in the Netherlands. It is over 300 hundred years old. The acoustics of the space fit these instruments perfectly, and that is why we chose it for this recording. We used Bruel & Kjaer (B&K) 4006, Schoeps Mikrofone and Neumann microphones.

The musicians sat in a circular setup, with the violone (Tony Overwater) seated behind the main microphone system to deliver an excellent Stereo and Surround Sound performance. The mics were outfitted with Van den Hul carbon fiber cables, that ran to an analog mixing board from Rens Heijnis custom-built audio equipment. The mixed signal then went to the Horus Analog to DSD 256 converter, made by Merging Technologies. All microphones were also stored separately, in case any balance needed to be adjusted in post-production (which we did, just a tiny bit, on particular parts)."

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Spock said:

Only DD 5.1 but it sounds great, love the album.

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César said:

First experiments with Atmos in.5.1.2 configuration. REM Automatic for the People is jaw dropping!
Next step is getting wife approval to leave the speakers where there are and come up with a cunning plan to go for 5.1.4.

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