Poolplayers - Way Below The Surface (2008) MCH SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC
Poolplayers - Way Below The Surface (2008)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:37 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,84 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,33 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 603 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound
Poolplayers is another surprising manifestation of a direction in free improvised music that’s distinctive but hard to define: it’s more an attitude than a genre. Poolplayers make music on the introverted end of this nebulous movement, exploring the interaction of live electronics and their own personal languages of extended techniques to create soundscapes that exert a palpable fascination on this 2008 release. The members of the group, all well known in Europe, came together in France in 2005.
Here is another record of interest, which combines some interesting musicians of today's European avant-garde scene, and that is meant in the broadest sense, artists who do not belong to a specific genre, but who somehow are interested and master many, from jazz to ethnic music and electronics. Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen, French pianist Benoit Delbecq, Danish drummer Lars Juul and British drummer Steve Argüelles, all have electronics as part of their instrumental credits on the album sleeve, yet the straight instruments remain the main voice on the album, once in a while altered or supported by electronics, and that makes it a good listening experience to me. The music is slow, introverted and improvised. It is much in the line of what we know from Arve Henriksen, including the vocal trumpet parts, the singing, but the combination with Delbecq and the two drummers works to perfection to build an enigmatic, contemplative atmosphere, and is best illustrated by "Time Makes The Tune", the longest track on the album, on which all instruments get different sound qualities because of the electronics, but nicely, gently, emotionally, creating a sound sculpture by adding layers of sparse notes and pointillistic accents, with Henriksen's high-toned wordles singing completing the eery atmosphere. Beautiful music.
Tracklist:
01. Beneath the Undercurrent
02. A Rumoured Version of Ourselves
03. Two Fold
04. Bob Whites
05. Time Makes the Tune
06. A Triple of Keys
07. Polylectic
08. Noded Disnoded
09. Luz
Personnel
Arve Henriksen - trumpet, vocals, electronics
Benoît Delbecq - piano, bass station
Lars Juul - drums, electronics
Steve Argüelles - effects (Usine, delays, Sherman filter)
Recorded on July 12-13, 2006 at La Muse En Circuit in Alfortville-Paris, France.
24 bit/48K recording, mixed in analogue & mastered to DSD.
foobar2000 1.6.11 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Poolplayers / Way Below the Surface
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -5.55 dB -26.37 dB 4:45 01-Beneath the Undercurrent
DR14 -5.37 dB -27.30 dB 6:38 02-A Rumoured Version of Ourselves
DR15 -5.66 dB -27.07 dB 2:32 03-Two Fold
DR14 -5.68 dB -26.11 dB 5:15 04-Bob Whites
DR13 -5.37 dB -22.91 dB 11:53 05-Time Makes the Tune
DR12 -10.23 dB -28.53 dB 2:48 06-A Triple of Keys
DR15 -5.45 dB -23.84 dB 8:06 07-Polylectic
DR14 -5.60 dB -24.87 dB 9:00 08-Noded Disnoded
DR15 -5.54 dB -25.76 dB 6:39 09-Luz
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Poolplayers / Way Below the Surface
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -6.80 dB -25.87 dB 4:46 01-Beneath the Undercurrent
DR13 -6.21 dB -25.00 dB 6:38 02-A Rumoured Version of Ourselves
DR15 -7.04 dB -27.26 dB 2:32 03-Two Fold
DR12 -6.20 dB -23.71 dB 5:15 04-Bob Whites
DR13 -5.83 dB -24.22 dB 11:54 05-Time Makes the Tune
DR12 -10.10 dB -25.90 dB 2:48 06-A Triple of Keys
DR13 -5.71 dB -23.45 dB 8:06 07-Polylectic
DR13 -5.84 dB -24.33 dB 8:58 08-Noded Disnoded
DR15 -6.20 dB -26.35 dB 6:39 09-Luz
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Poolplayers / Way Below the Surface
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -5.55 dB -26.37 dB 4:45 01-Beneath the Undercurrent
DR14 -5.37 dB -27.30 dB 6:38 02-A Rumoured Version of Ourselves
DR15 -5.66 dB -27.07 dB 2:32 03-Two Fold
DR14 -5.68 dB -26.11 dB 5:15 04-Bob Whites
DR13 -5.37 dB -22.91 dB 11:53 05-Time Makes the Tune
DR12 -10.23 dB -28.53 dB 2:48 06-A Triple of Keys
DR15 -5.45 dB -23.84 dB 8:06 07-Polylectic
DR14 -5.60 dB -24.87 dB 9:00 08-Noded Disnoded
DR15 -5.54 dB -25.76 dB 6:39 09-Luz
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
================================================================================
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Analyzed: Poolplayers / Way Below the Surface
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -6.80 dB -25.87 dB 4:46 01-Beneath the Undercurrent
DR13 -6.21 dB -25.00 dB 6:38 02-A Rumoured Version of Ourselves
DR15 -7.04 dB -27.26 dB 2:32 03-Two Fold
DR12 -6.20 dB -23.71 dB 5:15 04-Bob Whites
DR13 -5.83 dB -24.22 dB 11:54 05-Time Makes the Tune
DR12 -10.10 dB -25.90 dB 2:48 06-A Triple of Keys
DR13 -5.71 dB -23.45 dB 8:06 07-Polylectic
DR13 -5.84 dB -24.33 dB 8:58 08-Noded Disnoded
DR15 -6.20 dB -26.35 dB 6:39 09-Luz
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
Thanks to jazzyman!
Uncompressed SACD ISO size > 2,72 GB
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