Bishop's Lair
Bishop's Lair
Tom Amend Octet
Live in-studio jazz!
Bishop's Lair is the brainchild of keyboardist and composer, Tom Amend. The album eases the listener into the soundscape created by Tom's Octet with Yellow Bench. Just as a point of comfort is reached, Mountain Fish takes us into a new groove and elevates the music with new expansions. Track 3, It's The Little Things, introduces the smooth vocals of Tom's wife, Louisa Amend and leaves you wanting more. Her vocal is a familiar and welcome sound when re-introduced later in the album on jazz standard, September in The Rain. Bishop's Lair, the title track, shakes it up with a controlled mania that only a tight jazz band can wrangle. The feeling invoked by the beautiful chaos is resolved back into peace and pleasure with Concatenate. Each track has something unique and dynamic to offer. This album will take you on a musical and emotional ride that you will want to experience over and over.
Recorded in DSD256 at Octave Studios with an all-star band and top-level compositions, Bishop's Lair will be a prized album in your collection. The recording quality and musicianship are on par with the best you'll find anywhere in the world. Available as an SACD, or download, this is a limited edition classic
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About
Tom Amend Octet
The Music
01 - Yellow Bench | |
02 - Mountain Fish | |
03 - It's the Little Things | |
04 - Bishop's Lair | |
05 - Concatenate Intro | |
06 - Concatenate | |
07 - September In the Rain | |
08 - Through the Walls and Over the Fence | |
09 - Light Price | |
10 - One Entry |
Recording
Bishop's Lair was recorded using Octave's new state-of-the-art DSD studio in pure DSD256. It is playable on any SACD, CD, DVD, or Blu-ray player. It also has a high-resolution DSD layer that is accessible using any SACD player, using the PS Audio SACD transport. In addition, the master DSD and PCM files are available for purchase and download. Bishop's Lair was recorded and mixed by Jay Elliott and mastered by Gus Skinas. Octave Records’ Jessica Carson was the executive producer.
Album Features
- One pressing Austrian gold-pressed dual-layer SACD
- Pure DSD + PROMastered CD layers
- DVD data disc containing DSD64, DSDDirect Mastered 192kHz 24 bit, 96kHz 24 bit, 44.1kHz 16 bit PCM
- Pure DSD recorded on the Sonoma DSD system
- DSD64, DSDDirect Mastered 192kHz 24 bit, 96kHz 24 bit, 44.1kHz 16-bit PCM download
- CD layer of SACD playable on any CD player
- Mastering monitored through the PS Audio DirectStream DAC
- All tracks hand-curated on the PS Audio FR 30 reference loudspeaker in PS Audio's Music Room Two
- Limited edition one-pressing physical media
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