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Sheffield Lab
“Live Studio Recordings, Direct from the Masters”
Sheffield Lab is well-known for their high quality releases that can be used for testing audio components

Lossless FLAC file
Original Release Date: November 30, 1984
Kodo - Heartbeat Drummers Of Japan - Drum & Bass
Sheffield Lab (1985)
44.1 KHz / 16 bit / VBR
Audio Quality = Perfect (Lossless)
CD 5 tracks, 37:95
2 rar files = 130 MB size

World renowned KODO Drummers play a variety of wooden drums, including the massive 700 pound o-daiko drum, in addition to other traditional Japanese wind and string instruments. A single-point stereo microphone was used for this recording. Quiet stretches, incredible synchronized drumming, and the musicians' shouts make this a fascinating document. The Kodo drummers are powerful and disciplined, and their music is as well.

Quote from Lucky Clark New England News Syndicate:
This is a favorite demo disc for many world music lovers!
"Definitely for those of you who enjoy feeling rather than hearing your music."
The dynamic range on the CD version is anything but limited - there are easily 60db jumps from quiet to loud passages.
**CAUTION** Set your volume level accordingly, this CD contain music of extraordinarily WIDE DYNAMIC range, encompassing long passages at the threshold of audibility that build to levels of extreme intensity.

01 Miyake (Okiage - Fisherman's Song) - 06:20
02 O-Daiko (Big Drum) - 06:10
03 Monochrome - 12:12
04 Chonlima - 07:16
05 Hae - 06:37

Password for all my RAR files: 2surf
To play my lossless files, I use this freeware:
“THE KMPlayer” (K-Multimedia Player - KMPlayer)
Not to be confused with “KMPlayer” (the Unix based Konqueror Media Player)
Yep, I know it's confusing, lol. You can get the 14 Mb file here if you wish.

This CD provides an enormous dynamic range (difference between softest and loudest peaks) that will, if done correctly, reflect what the music sounds like in a live environment. I myself firmly believe that Taiko drumming is not something one can capture on a recording. It must be heard and FELT live, just like the difference between a fireworks display on a CD or being outdoors watching it live,
but this certainly is the NEXT best thing.

Here is a quote from a friend of mine:
This recording is simply magical. It's amazing. I listen with 2 mono Krell amps and KEF speakers. I think those who found this recording very annoying or "poor" did not have the proper equipment to take full advantage of the engineering that went into this disc (especially for it’s time). This is not background music. You really need to sit down and listen to this disc to take it all in, & you do need good clean power to hear the subtle quiet passages along with the gut feeling bass as well.


Sheffield Lab
“Live Studio Recordings, Direct from the Masters”
info:
Year First Started:1964
Genres: Classical, Jazz, Pop
Sheffield Lab is the premier audiophile label which set the standard for high quality reproduction of music more than twenty-five years ago.
Sheffield Lab is the only recording company that presents its popular music artists in live, unedited performances. This purist recording method gives our albums unique vitality & honesty from the performer & delivers sonic results unobtainable from conventional multi-track recordings with its dependence on complex electronics & editing.
The Sheffield Lab Compact Disc is manufactured from our live two-track reference tapes recorded simultaneously with the original direct disc performances. This CD offers a dramatic increase in transparency & phase linearity due to the exclusive use of our own custom electronics & microphones.
Because this CD is manufactured from original, live, two-track reference tapes, many generations of signal degradation from multi-track recorders & dub-downs are completely eliminated. This Sheffield Lab CD has all the unique musical excitement & energy that can only be found in live, unedited performance recordings.
One link Direct Download: Sheffield Lab Kodo Heartbeat Drummers of Japan (1985)

DeliDolu

Thanx 4 sharing.

MrMick

Thank you so much for this high quality share