Aisyah - Pearls - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

(2-LP set) Our latest recording artist, Aisyah, is a tremendously talented Singapore based vocalist who was recommended to us by current GRV recording star Vanessa Fernandez. The top 10 finalist in a couple of regional vocal talent shows in her late teens, Aisyah was recently based in and recording in Malaysia for several years before returning to Singapore to pursue her own independent singing and songwriting career. Groove Note is honoured to have been chosen by Aisyah for her very first fully independent recording session which will also represent her first ever releases on 45 rpm Audiophile Vinyl LP and Hybrid Stereo SACD. The album was tracked and mixed on Protools HD at 24/96 by Roger Montejano, a top studio engineer from Madrid, in late November and December 2020.Pearls will be mastered by Bernie Grundman of BGM in Hollywood, CA, who will also cut the lacquers for the double 45 rpm LP. Working with a top guitarist-arranger (Sebastian Ho), Aisyah presents a mellow groove, audiophile friendly selection of contemporary and old school RnB hits and other favourites (see track listing below). The song selection runs the musical gamut, featuring covers of recent hits by Billie Eilish and Lianna La Havas all the way to a couple of Lou Reed and Bob Dylan classics from the 70s along with further tasty selections by the likes Chris Isaak, Sade and Roberta Flack. (Note the music program on the album also includes a couple of superb audiophile mixes, bonus alternate takes and a stunning and dramatic rendition of the well known standard Smile.) Album Tracks 1. Wicked Game 2. Wonderful 3. Pearls 4. Walk on the Wild Side 5. Killing Me Softly 6. Purple Rain 7. High & Dry 8. Bellyache 9. Like a Star 10. Knocking on Heaven's Door 11. Smile 12. Wicked Game (Audiophile Mix)

Patricia Barber's Modern Cool brought her mainstream success, propelled by her classic version of the Doors' InchLight My Fire.Inch Touring for this album, Barber played selections from it during a four-night stand at The Jazz Standard in New York. There she was heard by Bruce Lundvall of Blue Note Records, which led to a string of popular Barber recordings for both Premonition and Blue Note, worldwide touring and the unapologetic critical acclaim from which Barber never looked back. It quickly became an audiophile classic through Jim Anderson's stunningly-detailed naturalistic recording. The deluxe new package updates the stylish original design with a booklet and includes new notes from Jim Anderson and many exclusive session and tour photos from Barber photographer Valerie Booth. For a perfectly immersive experience, the 5.1 SACD layer features the same Grammy-winning surround mix master, plus a Bernie Grundman stereo remaster using Jim Anderson's original analog stereo mix master in both full-DSD and CD . Details 1. Touch of Trash 2. Winter 3. You & the Night & the Music 4. Constantinople 5. Light My Fire 6. Silent Partner 7. Company 8. Let It Rain 9. She's a Lady 10. Love, Put on Your Faces 11. Postmodern Blues 12. Let It Rain - Vamp

In our first full collaboration with jazz royalty Patricia Barber, Impex Records is thrilled to announce our premier multichannel audio SACD/Hybrid disc of her elegant new album Higher. Recorded and mixed by long-time collaborator Jim Anderson, this spectacular set contains a unique eight jazz-interpreted art-song cycle that explore the mysteries that bind and illuminate us. Barber says of her six year creation of Higher, InchI feel very much that this album is a manifestation of my hard-won harmonic evolution.Inch She continues her blending of classical and modern idioms, both musical and lyrical, into a hybrid that plays to the best of both classically-oriented with room to improvise and expand. The Impex Records exclusive SACD version contains four additional tracks jazz standards InchEarly AutumnInch, InchSecret LoveInch and InchIn Your Own Sweet WayInch, along with an expanded version of InchThe Opera SongInch featuring lyric soprano Katherine Werbiansky. Both 5.1 and 2.0 SACD layers were transferred directly to DSD from original DXD (352.8kHz / 32 bit) files for astonishing reproduction of every living note and subtle expression in this truly seminal work by one of America's finest jazz auteurs. Multi-Channel & Stereo SACD