Carlos García Montoya born in Madrid, Spain, was a prominent flamenco guitarist and a founder of the modern-day popular flamenco style of music.

Kazumi Watanabe is the indisputable #1 guitarist in Japan, voted Best Guitarist in Swing Journal magazine a mere 31 years in a row! Although jazz is his preferred modus operandi Watanabe has also collaborated with Japanese legends like Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sadao Watanabe and the Yellow Magic Orchestra, bringing huge success at home and international recognition that led to him playing alongside Steps, the Brecker Brothers, Jaco Pastorius and Bill Bruford. This trio album, on which Watanabe plays electric guitar and guitar synthesiser, was originally released in Japan in 2011, but now for the very first time in HighResAudio.

The guitarist and lute player Julian Bream and the tenor Sir Peter Pears often performed together in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1958, the two artists performed the song cycle "Six Songs from the Cinese" composed by Benjamin Britten in the premiere performance. This was just the first highlight of a long-term collaboration that was to follow. This cycle is included on this release, as are numerous instrumental and vocal pieces spanning a thrilling musiucal arc from the Baroque era up to the 20th century. A unique musical spectrum is thus united on this album.

“ABBEY ROAD’S world-renowned engineers have been cutting grooves into discs since the studios first opened their doors in 1931. This record was pressed from a master cut using a precision technique known as half-speed mastering. The procedure requires the source master and the cutting lathe to run at half speed on a specially adapted Neumann VMS-80 lathe.

Soundway presents a remastering of the 1976 album ‘Ifetayo’ by Black Truth Rhythm Band, with the addition of the single ‘Imo’ included on the 1LP.

Kasra Faridi delved into a composition that emerged from months of immersive research into the sound of recursive functions, a deeply mathematical endeavor. Faridi delved into programming using C and Csound languages, crafting a sonic landscape that intertwines the realms of mathematics and music. As a pianist immersed in the classical repertoire, Kasra encounters counterpoint daily, with the works of Bach serving as a constant source of inspiration. Reflecting on the origins of musical expression, Faridi draw parallels between the concept of counterpoint and the primal echoes of sound reverberating within a cave, evoking a sense of ancient musical discovery. The use of the recorder, the oldest known instrument dating back 24,000 years, further enriches the sonic narrative, with its delayed and evolving sounds mirroring the gradual evolution of human understanding and civilization.

Mr. Counterpoint. This album took its title from a club in West Orange, N.J., called Counterpoint. The club was owned by pianist John Gamba, making him one of the few jazz musicians to become a club owner. A skilled technician, the pianist managed to infuse his performances with a good deal of unexpected fire. Indeed, there were moments on “Words,” “Yesterdays,” and “Leaves” that sharply suggested the legendary Eddie Costa. Gamba had the strong percussive approach to his instrument that was a hallmark of Costa and displayed a similar concept of time.

“Dark Christmas” is the highly anticipated second volume of Tarja’s 2017 album "From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)" – a surprise hit and on-going strong seller. This time, Tarja has added a haunting twist to classic Christmas hits and carols with the addition of a children's choir. For those who want to embrace the holiday spirit while exploring a more mysterious side of the season, Dark Christmas is the perfect album.

Composed between 2015 and 2022, this collection of orchestral and ensemble works is unified by a concern for colour and gesture, timbre and texture. It reflects the influence of textural and spectral composition, the modernist impulse to organise and express inherited materials in new ways, and the ascendancy of electronic music. The music reaches outward, distinctively, to a global cultural context, beyond Aotearoa yet rooted here.

Yann Tiersen has announced details of a new album and shared a taste of what to expect with the first track, ‘Ker al Loch’. The new album, Kerber, is set for release on Mute on 27 August 2021. The first single sets the scene for the album – ‘Ker al Loch’ builds up from Tiersen’s gently played piano keys to a full on sensory assault as pulsating electronics cloak the song.

Lunatic Soul is the solo studio music project of the multi-talented creator, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mariusz Duda. As the lead singer of the hugely popular prog-rock band Riverside, Lunatic Soul was created in 2008 as an opportunity for Duda to explore musical territories outside the rock domain.

For fans of Karat, City, Silly, Peter Maffay - The legendary Puhdys' first major TV appearance on West German television in February 1977 on Bremen's "Musikladen Extra" Mike Leckebusch, creator of "Beat Club" and "Musikladen," - impressive picture and sound quality - The Puhdys performed in their original lineup with Dieter "Maschine" Birr, Harry Jeske, Dieter 'Quaster' Hertrampf, Peter Meyer, and Gunther Wosylus - The band played their classics "Wenn ein Mensch lebt" (from the DEFA film "Die Legende von Paul und Paula"), "Geh zu ihr" (Go to her) and "Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde" (Journey to the center of the Earth)

Redshifts marks the debut collaboration between artists Zeena Parkins and Cecilia Lopez. Recorded in January 2025, the album features a striking interplay between two singular instruments: Parkins’ self-invented electric harp and Lopez’s RED—a large-scale, handwoven electronic instrument made from speaker wire. This collection of pieces captures a vivid sonic dialogue between Parkins’ masterful, expressive performance and López’s sculptural approach to sound and instrument design. These are one-of-a-kind instruments performed by their creators

BSX Records, presents the original motion picture soundtrack release of STRANGE BEHAVIOR aka DEAD KIDS (1981) with music composed by Tangerine Dream. Michael Murphy (MANHATTAN), Dan Shor (BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) and Fiona Lewis (THE FURY) star in this grisly saga of bizarre experiments, butchered teens, New Zealand doubling for suburban Illinois, and a killer in a Tor Johnson mask. “Considered pioneers of the early days of electronica, the Tangerine Dream ― whose most classic line-up was Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling ― released over 100 albums (without counting compilations and unofficial releases by fans). Over three decades, from the 1970s to the 1990s, they also made the original soundtrack for between 50 and 60 films and TV series in the United States ― twenty of them only in the 1980s, one of the group’s most productive decades.” – Felipe M. Guerra

One year after …But Seriously, England's best-selling album in the year of its release, Phil Collins followed up with a live worldwide tour. The former Genesis drummer was at the height of his fame, and this Berlin concert on July 15th, 1990, perfectly documents his impressive performances from that time. Surrounded by four virtuosos (Leland Sklar on bass, Daryl Stuermer on guitar, Chester Thompson on drums and Brad Cole on keyboards), here Phil Collins reveals a kind of ‘best of’ album with the hits Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), One More Night, In the Air Tonight as well as a rather muscular cover of You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes. Everything here is XL! Brass, rhythm and melodies! And the remastered edition of this live album in 24-Bit Hi-Res quality makes the experience even more powerful. © Clotilde Maréchal