Audiophile 24bit 96khz Studio Master Files on BandCamp!!!

Thanks for the info!! 👍

this one is excellent if you like a bit of experimental jazz;

https://jasperhoiby.bandcamp.com/album/fellow-creatures

As a bonus, quite often the artist will release a hi res version on WAV only at Bandcamp. There's nothing in the description of the download that points to a hires version. Typical example is Jazz Sabbath,  the flac is redbook, the wav is 88.2 IIRC.

It's a little more work to make the flac yourself with the right tools to set the metadata,  no biggie. I always now download the wav.

I love Bandcamp!

On Carmen's own bandcamp site you can get the 16/44 files but also order the very fine sounding Red Book CD versions.

But of course there is something to be said for owning the original one to one copy of the master file for an audiophile classic album like Thousand Shades of Blue  download from the Sound Liaison site.

I wonder if BandCamp will start doing hi-res streaming in the future as a response to apple.

37 minutes ago, christian u said:

I wonder if BandCamp will start doing hi-res streaming in the future as a response to apple.

I sure hope not. This whole name/numbers game is getting old, and is really just a cynical marketing ploy by the behemoths, imo. Of course, if it costs Bandcamp nothing to do so then sure, but I'd rather keep the $ going to the labels and artists vs server upgrades in order to play keeping up with the Joneses (who really don't give a sh*t about hi-res other than attracting new users for subs and marketing data). 

On 6/7/2021 at 11:14 PM, christian u said:

On Carmen's own bandcamp site you can get the 16/44 files but also order the very fine sounding Red Book CD versions.

But of course there is something to be said for owning the original one to one copy of the master file for an audiophile classic album like Thousand Shades of Blue  download from the Sound Liaison site.

I'd recommend folks go for the 24/96, much better IMO. 

Indeed, it is the Studio Master Copy.

Highly recommended and very well recorded;

vestbotrio "flowmotion"

Indeed. thanks!

3 piano trios with excellent sound.

Witmer Trio; Soulful Piano reflections. An Audiophile DXD Recording. 24/96

https://sorenbebe.bandcamp.com/album/s-ren-bebe-trio-home-hd-24bit-96khz

Atzko Kohashi - Lujon. The 24/96 Studio Master File.

Even Miles is available on Bandcamp now!

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On 6/25/2021 at 12:22 PM, blue2 said:

Nice one! Thanks. However this is the high res thread and it seems it's only available in CD resolution? They do have another album (which is full length and recorded at Mark Knopfler's studio in London) in 24/96 https://vestbotrio.com/album/gentlemen

excellent.

Meanwhile Peter Gabriel is also on Bandcamp with all his albums.

He will release a new Album this year: "i/O".

The album will contain each track in 2 versions - one mixed by Tchad Blake ("dark side mix") and one mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent ("bright side mix").

Until the full album release Gabriel will publish track by track around full moon.

Until now there are 2 tracks ("Panopticum" and "The Court") in both mix versions and the latest track ("Playing for time") in the "dark side mix" version.

Pretty interessting to listen to the different versions!

Since the new tracks are all 96kHz/24bit I suspect that all his former albums on Bandcamp are also highres.

https://petergabriel.bandcamp.com/music

The first two tracks from I/O are also on Apple Music in immersive Atmos ("inside mix"), and the mixes are amazing.  Playing For time is a piano-based track with strings, so probably less adventurous once the Atmos mix is released.

Sorry for going a bit O/T

Peter Gabriel on bandcamp ....wow.

On 3/8/2023 at 9:07 PM, ted_b said:

The first two tracks from I/O are also on Apple Music in immersive Atmos ("inside mix"), and the mixes are amazing.  Playing For time is a piano-based track with strings, so probably less adventurous once the Atmos mix is released.

 

Sorry for going a bit O/T

No problem! Thanks!

It's BandCamp Friday.

I'll be getting a bunch of Compact Disks for  Christmas gifts for my old-fashioned friends. These 2 go well together;

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“Engineer Frans de Rond has captured the entire setting in a way that allows you to experience the superb interplay of these seasoned musicians. This is so well recorded that turning up the volume knob significantly only seems make the music even more intense not louder”

 

Great first review of Carmen Gomes Inc. ‘Stones In My Passway’ in JazzFlits. 

Both album downloads are part of the sale at soundliaison.com/ in DXD,DSD and Flac.

 

"Stones In My Passway’ is part two of ‘’Discovering the music of Robert Johnson’’ series in

which Carmen Gomes Inc. breathes new life into the musical legacy of Robert Johnson….

…The short atmospheric pieces between the tracks, where you are taken to the scene of the events like in a radio play, are a real treasure. Thus, the album opens with a beautiful intro where a passing train, wind noise, and a single guitar chord transports you to the deep south of the United States.

…Carmen sings the blues straight from the heart, profoundly, with authenticity and heartfelt sincerity, eschewing any unnecessary embellishments.

 …Her band has mastered this repertoire completely. 

The slow tempos are beautifully exploited, with each musician contributing sparingly but with authority. In their renditions of Johnson's pieces, you feel the clammy, sweaty air in the ominous dark shady clubs, where the blues was interspersed with drinking parties.and fights……

Engineer Frans de Rond has captured the entire setting in a way that allows you to experience the superb interplay of these seasoned musicians. This is so well recorded that turning up the volume knob significantly only seems to make the music even more intense not louder.. 

With this release, an impressively good album has been added to Carmen's discography.

 My suggestion is to buy both part one (Up Jumped The Devil) and part two (Stones in My Passway as they don't fall short of each other and only become more precious with time.”

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