Yarlung Does Native DSD

Myles B. Astor

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Dear Myles,

Dr. David W. Robinson from PFO twisted our arms, and thanks to his encouragement and help, Yarlung just released our first high resolution DSD albums, generously sponsored by exaSound.com.*

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The exaSound Quartet includes Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet** (here is Bill Milkowski’s review in The Absolute Sound), Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 (here is Jim Svejda’s review for Fanfare and KUSC-FM), Suryodaya*** and our latest percussion album Smoke & Mirrors: Vanish.**** You won’t be able to sit still!

Take a moment to peruse the NativeDSD.com site. For Pieter Wispelwey fans, I cannot recommend his Britten suites for solo cello highly enough. This music is dark, sensitive poetry in the hands of one of our greatest living cellists. Jared’s superb recording on Channel Classics renders this music exactly as one would want to hear it live.


Sincerely and happy weekend,


Bob Attiyeh, producer
Yarlung Records

* George Klissarov is the superb engineer behind exaSound. George’s e22 (stereo) and e28 (surround sound) DACs play MP3s, CD audio, high resolution PCM downloads, and DSD all the way up to 256fs (or “Quad DSD” as David Robinson calls it) without breaking a sweat. In secret, George is an analog music guy, which may be why his DAC is so musical. Our first four DSD releases come from analog tape, part of the SonoruS Series of analog tapes underwritten by Arian Jansen. We couldn’t do much at Yarlung without support from titans like George, Arian and David. Thank you!

Join us in making more of these recordings available. Here is Jeff Wilson’s discussion with Yarlung in The Absolute Sound.
** Recorded in the Brain and Creativity Institute’s Cammilleri Hall at USC, built by Antonio Damasio and designed by Yasuhisa Toyota who also designed Walt Disney Concert Hall and Radio Symphony Hall Helsinki.

*** Robert Gupta plays the Nathan Millstein Strad with his cousin Badal Roy on tabla, recorded in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Jazz fans will remember Badal Roy from his legendary recordings with Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.

**** "Vanish is the engaging and highly innovative follow-up to Yarlung’s original and equally compelling Smoke & Mirrors release, presenting a wide tapestry of rhythms and harmonics skillfully arrayed across a broad and deep soundstage. There’s an immediacy, clarity, and transparency to this modern classical percussion recording that seemingly brings the performers to your living room." Jim Hannon, Publisher & Senior Writer, The Absolute Sound, November 2013
 
I can vouch for the latter two tapes. Unbelievable sound and music. You can hear a sample of the Gupta in my Magico S5 review for AVShowrooms.com.
 
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