Press release | Octave Records’ latest, Louisa Amend Quartet Live at the Muse Performance Space is sure to delight jazz fans and audiophiles alike with its beautifully-recorded songs, captured live in an intimate setting in extraordinary Pure DSD audio quality. The debut album from vocalist Louisa Amend blends Great American Songbook standards like Time After Time and The More I See You with adventurous choices such as Joni Mitchell’s Michael from Mountains, a vocal rendition of Keith Jarrett’s Country, and a Louisa and Tom Amend original, Labor of Love.
Louisa Amend Quartet Live at the Muse Performance Space was recorded on location at the Lafayette, Colorado venue and features Louisa with Tom Amend on piano, Gonzalo Teppa playing upright bass, and Braxton Kahn on drums. The album showcases the warm sonic environment of the Muse and the easy, familiar interplay between the musicians with remarkably lifelike sound and presence. The album was recorded by Paul McGowan, with Paul and Tom Amend doing the mixing. Terri McGowan and Jessica Carson assisted in the production duties, and the album was mastered by Gus Skinas. A Geffel UM 930 large capsule condenser mic was used for Louisa’s vocals. Tom’s piano was miced with two AKG C214 condensers, and the drums were captured with two of the same for the overhead mics, along with Beyer Dynamic mics for the snare and kick drum. The album was recorded with Octave Records’ custom-built Pyramix-based 16-channel DSD 256 rig.
Louisa Amend Quartet Live at the Muse Performance Space features Octave’s premium gold disc formulation, and the disc is playable on any SACD, CD, DVD, or Blu-ray player. It also has a high-resolution DSD layer that is accessible by using any SACD player or a PS Audio SACD transport. In addition, the master DSD and PCM files are available for purchase and download, including DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64, and DSDDirect Mastered 352.8 kHz/24-bit, 176.2 kHz/24-bit, 88.2 kHz/24-bit, and 44.1 kHz/24-bit PCM. SRP 29 USD.
About Octave Records
Octave Records was founded in 2019 to offer the finest-quality high-resolution recordings and compensate musicians fairly for their work using a business model where all production costs are paid for up front, allowing the musicians to directly share in sales revenues and retain ownership of their music. Chief engineer Gus Skinas has hundreds of recording credits and helped develop the state-of-the-art Sonoma pure-DSD recording system used exclusively by Octave Records.
About PS Audio
Founded in 1973, PS Audio has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence in manufacturing innovative, high-value, leading-edge audio products. Located in Boulder, Colorado at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, PS Audio’s staff of talented designers, engineers, production and support people build each product to deliver extraordinary performance and musical satisfaction. The company’s wide range of award-winning products include the all-in-one Sprout100 integrated amplifier, audio components, power regenerators and power conditioners.
For further info:
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to the PS Audio website
