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[risandipra]

I've seen several indie homemade splitted videos, this one is one of the best, very talented and creative artist, refreshing natural live sound in a kitchen, next time I'll look at my salade spinner differently .

Good and sunny days coming back where I live, triggered me to post this song, enjoy your day!

Another new-found artist (s) from this thread ! Such a treat. Thanks @Karmacoma .

Love the percussive sound. That snare sounds so well. The vocals harmonize so comfortably. Really soulful sound.

When artists put their soul into it, and the sound they producing is recorded to be able to be reproduced the way musicians hears it when they played it, it's just lovely.


It kinda reminds me that so many recordings capture certain nuances, but sometimes I recall : that's not the sound I hear when I play the guitar, or when I hit the snare.

This album is my favorite. The particular guitar sounds throughout the album like I hear it when I play a guitar. In this video the fingers move along the fret is well-captured, and some reverb just added to make it blend with the piano sound. The emotional dynamics in every note is just refreshing.
(Their versions of Madonna's La Isla Bonita is thunderous and percussive as well)

[PS. Some "audiophile" recording often mentioned as reference, with solo live guitar playing, to me, yes, sounded like amplified acoustic instruments, clear and distinctive. Still, I prefer when a recording give a glimpse of how musical instruments interact with the room as it heard by artists when they rehearse the tune]

Enjoy

 

[Ground Noise Industries]

Review Chain as of June 7, 2025

Image - Magdalena Bay (released on Mom+Pop)

Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty - Yeule (SoundCloud, Youtube)

Rust - Yussef Dayes (2023 track by English jazz drummer/composer, featuring Tom Misch) (SoundCloud, Youtube)

Bridge Over Troubled Water (cover) - Jacob Coller

Walking in the Green Corn - Grant Lee Phillips

Little Foot Big Foot - Childish Gambino (Donald Glover, featuring Young Nudy)

Last Resort (cover) - Ayase

The Deadly Rhythm - Refused

Chippie (cover) - John Zorn, et al. (Album: Spy vs Spy The Music Of Ornette Coleman)

Mario - Franco Luambo Makiadi and TP OK Jazz (Live performance Youtube, source: Zaire TV?)

Morning Song - Fred Frith, Iva Bittová, Pavel Fajt

Clear the Path - Cara Dillon (live at Grand Opera House)

Weird Moments - Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest, Jules Buckley (SoundCloud, Youtube, Spotify)

First Train Home - Imogen Heap (live lockdown version on Youtube, iTunes?)

Pode Me Chamar (Que Eu Vou) - Eddie (2002, Album: Original Olinda Style) (Vimeo, Rhapsody, SoundCloud)

Sweet and Gentle - Hiroko Kokubu, Kiyotsugu Amano (Album: Heaven And Beyond)

I hope the community for this thread will settle on a 'standard' for listing songs when they present a new song for review or submit a review. This will make it easier for finding the correct song version on their streaming service of preference. Links are great but I find full Youtube picture links distracting and clutter up the thread. This is just a suggestion. This thread is an elegant presentation of good music presented slowly to give us 'pause' to appreciated the music. The world throws too much noise and this is a chance to stop and 'listen' to the music. I look forward to listening to the complete thread song list and hope to review the next new song and find a favorite of mine to gift to you all.

Possible Format?
Song Title (cover, version, remix, etc.)
Album
Artists
Streaming
Release Year

 

[risandipra]

Review Chain as of June 7, 2025

Image - Magdalena Bay (released on Mom+Pop)

Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty - Yeule (SoundCloud, Youtube)

Rust - Yussef Dayes (2023 track by English jazz drummer/composer, featuring Tom Misch) (SoundCloud, Youtube)

Bridge Over Troubled Water (cover) - Jacob Coller

Walking in the Green Corn - Grant Lee Phillips

Little Foot Big Foot - Childish Gambino (Donald Glover, featuring Young Nudy)

Last Resort (cover) - Ayase

The Deadly Rhythm - Refused

Chippie (cover) - John Zorn, et al. (Album: Spy vs Spy The Music Of Ornette Coleman)

Mario - Franco Luambo Makiadi and TP OK Jazz (Live performance Youtube, source: Zaire TV?)

Morning Song - Fred Frith, Iva Bittová, Pavel Fajt

Clear the Path - Cara Dillon (live at Grand Opera House)

Weird Moments - Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest, Jules Buckley (SoundCloud, Youtube, Spotify)

First Train Home - Imogen Heap (live lockdown version on Youtube, iTunes?)

Pode Me Chamar (Que Eu Vou) - Eddie (2002, Album: Original Olinda Style) (Vimeo, Rhapsody, SoundCloud)

Sweet and Gentle - Hiroko Kokubu, Kiyotsugu Amano (Album: Heaven And Beyond)

I hope the community for this thread will settle on a 'standard' for listing songs when they present a new song for review or submit a review. This will make it easier for finding the correct song version on their streaming service of preference. Links are great but I find full Youtube picture links distracting and clutter up the thread. This is just a suggestion. This thread is an elegant presentation of good music presented slowly to give us 'pause' to appreciated the music. The world throws too much noise and this is a chance to stop and 'listen' to the music. I look forward to listening to the complete thread song list and hope to review the next new song and find a favorite of mine to gift to you all.

Possible Format?
Song Title (cover, version, remix, etc.)
Album
Artists
Streaming
Release Year

Another new-found artist (s) from this thread ! Such a treat. Thanks @Karmacoma .

Love the percussive sound. That snare sounds so well. The vocals harmonize so comfortably. Really soulful sound.

When artists put their soul into it, and the sound they producing is recorded to be able to be reproduced the way musicians hears it when they played it, it's just lovely.


It kinda reminds me that so many recordings capture certain nuances, but sometimes I recall : that's not the sound I hear when I play the guitar, or when I hit the snare.

I share this
Title: Sweet & Gentle
Artist: Hiroko Kokubu and Kiyotsugu Amano Album: Heaven and Beyond
Streaming: link
Release Year: September 21, 1995

This album is my favorite. The particular guitar sounds throughout the album like I hear it when I play a guitar. In this video the fingers move along the fret is well-captured, and some reverb just added to make it blend with the piano sound. The emotional dynamics in every note is just refreshing.
(Their versions of Madonna's La Isla Bonita is thunderous and percussive as well)

[PS. Some "audiophile" recording often mentioned as reference, with solo live guitar playing, to me, yes, sounded like amplified acoustic instruments, clear and distinctive. Still, I prefer when a recording give a glimpse of how musical instruments interact with the room as it heard by artists when they rehearse the tune]

 

[Ibofobi]

Another new-found artist (s) from this thread ! Such a treat. Thanks @Karmacoma .

Love the percussive sound. That snare sounds so well. The vocals harmonize so comfortably. Really soulful sound.

When artists put their soul into it, and the sound they producing is recorded to be able to be reproduced the way musicians hears it when they played it, it's just lovely.


It kinda reminds me that so many recordings capture certain nuances, but sometimes I recall : that's not the sound I hear when I play the guitar, or when I hit the snare.

I share this
Title: Sweet & Gentle
Artist: Hiroko Kokubu and Kiyotsugu Amano Album: Heaven and Beyond
Streaming: link
Release Year: September 21, 1995

This album is my favorite. The particular guitar sounds throughout the album like I hear it when I play a guitar. In this video the fingers move along the fret is well-captured, and some reverb just added to make it blend with the piano sound. The emotional dynamics in every note is just refreshing.
(Their versions of Madonna's La Isla Bonita is thunderous and percussive as well)

[PS. Some "audiophile" recording often mentioned as reference, with solo live guitar playing, to me, yes, sounded like amplified acoustic instruments, clear and distinctive. Still, I prefer when a recording give a glimpse of how musical instruments interact with the room as it heard by artists when they rehearse the tune]

This is a soothing piece with acoustic guitar and piano. There is some alternation of which instrument is taking the lead during the song, and there is nice interplay between the guitar and piano throughout. Performance and production is top notch. Thanks for sharing!

Ok, I'll also try to adhere to a more organized format, but the song I leave for review is a live performance from a film (though I'll leave links to the original album for reference). The song for review starts at 1:13 in the youtube clip provided. You can go there directly if you don't want to see the introduction.

Artist: Yussef Dayes
Title: Turquoise Galaxy (live)
Film: Yussef Dayes In Japan (2025)

Again, the song starts at 1:13.

The song was previously released on

Album: Black Classical Music (2023)
Listen: Spotify, Tidal

 

[DWPress]

I've got nothing to offer song wise but really enjoyed the Yussef Dayes @Ibofobi, thanks for the introduction.

 

[shuppatsu]

I’ll give a review. The song starts with some great jazz funk drumming. For most of my life I’ve been stuck in the 50s and 60s as far as jazz goes. Rock and Funk beats came in with Miles’ fusion revolution, but honestly a little of that stuff goes a long way. Then fusion was gradually co-opted into smooth jazz, and people from my generation couldn’t stand the stuff. But the musicians pushed on through and now we have all these great jazz combos powered by great funk groovemeisters like Dennis Chambers and Nate Jones. Very much in that tradition, this drummer’s pocket goes on for Dayes.

When I first watched the video I didn’t know any of these guys and assumed that the saxophonist was the band leader. When all he did was lightly vamp over a couple riffs, I just figured he was starting slow, and he’d start ripping a solo any minute now. Then the song ended and I was confused, and I started looking up names.

For an introductory piece on a film centered on the drummer I can see why they would not make the saxophonist the focal point, but as a stand alone track, I would have liked for them to do something with the fantastic groove they had set up.

Bonus points: the videography with the Mt. Fuji backdrop is stunning.

All my favorite Hiromi tracks are like 10+ minutes, so I’ll spare you my abiding obsession and go with House of Waters.

Title: In Waves
Artist: House of Waters
Album: House of Waters (2016)

 

[napfkuchen]

I actually wanted to start by complaining about the recording's lack of dynamics. After listening to the studio version, I have to revise that, at least in part. The beginning of the song builds up the tempo nicely, and technically the musicians are beyond reproach. After that, however, there's not really a discernible "goal" they're working towards. Perhaps that's part of what defines the genre (jazz fusion?), and I'm too caught up in the music's usual song structures. For me, however, it plods along too much; it lacks tension. A bit like Dream Theater, for example, whose musicians regularly (in my opinion) sacrifice the song itself to showcase their talent.

 

[risandipra]

House of Waters captivate me. I love that sonic character of dulcimer and the sound of the bass. The drumming is really nice portraying the band cohesiveness. As for the Muttersprache, I like their sound, and I can't help but swayed into the drumming for the most part of it. Reminds me of tango.

I would like to share one of my first memory with Tango

Title: Tango Por Una Cabeza (Carlos Gardel, 1935)
Artist: Itzhak Perlman, with and John Williams and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1997)
Album: Cinema Serenade
Streaming: Video
Release Year: 1997


PS.
I remember from those era at least two big movie featured the song. The most unforgettable for me is always Scent of a Woman (1992), the dialog, the Tango, and the scenes.
Have a nice Sunday everyone.

 

[shuppatsu]

I actually wanted to start by complaining about the recording's lack of dynamics. After listening to the studio version, I have to revise that, at least in part.

I agree that the YouTube version sounds much worse than the album version. Which is strange, because it seems like it’s the same performance.