Composer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Len returns to the NativeDSD Music Store with Help! This is a new Stereo DXD recording made at Studio Apollonia in Winnipeg, Canada that explores his modern, musical journey on the theme of Mother Earth. NativeDSD also has his previously released DSD 256 recording – Hope.
Help! highlights Len’s musical influences from the worlds of Jazz, Classical, Orchestral, and New Age music. These genres are fused in a profoundly deep melodic voyage. Close your eyes and let yourself be transported and enveloped by love and tenderness.
All Instruments on Help! are Played by Robert Len
Acoustic, Classical and Electric Guitars, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Native American Drum, Triangle, Moseno, Dudek, Handpan, Floor Tom with Brushes, Shekera, Low Whistle, Tar, Chajchas, Wind, Darbouka, Shaker
Tracklist
Total time: 00:41:09
Additional information
| Label | |
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| SKU | 2XHDRL1198 |
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| Artists | |
| Composers | Carlile, Cobb, Hanseroth, Len, Ravel, Rodrigo, Simon, Telson |
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| Arrangements | Robert Len with collaboration of Andre Perry |
| Handpan | Handmade to order by PANacea in Sonora, Montreal, Canada |
| Mastering Engineer | Rene Laflamme at 2xHD Mastering |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Producer | Andre Perry |
| Recording Engineer | Robert Len |
| Recording Location | Studio Apollonia in Winnipeg, Canada |
| Special Thanks | Yael Brandeis, Carole Meneghel, Gerald Cole |
| Release Date | March 11, 2021 |
Press reviews
HiFi News
The 2xHD label might be best-known for its revivals and re-mastering of classic recordings from the past. But here we have a new release by multi-instrumentalist Robert Len, who not only played everything, but also recorded and mixed the whole thing at Studio Apollonia in Winnipeg, Canada.
Recorded in DXD, this is the latest in Len’s series of environmentally themed albums, as you may have guessed from the cover. Following on from his albums Fragile and Hope, also on 2xHD, it mixes Len’s original compositions with pieces from the likes of Rodrigo, Ravel and Paul Simon to great effect.
The pace is wistful and contemplative, and the arrangements and recordings lush. So, you tend to sink into the sound. It’s a gentle, relaxed set, but the excellent instrumental tonality and Len’s superb performances make this album a sonic treat.
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What a very pleasant surprise of an album. I suspected this would be so because the sound stage, harmonics, and activity shined even when demoing the album from the site. This is fusion at it’s best. High resolution attributes (spacious sound stage, instrument separation, precise sound) is all here. What a great, easy listen!
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