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Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble

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Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors (180g Vinyl 45rpm)

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Our album opens with Steve Reich’s already classic Nagoya Marimbas, written in 1994 and premiered in December of that year in Shirakawa Hall in Nagoya, Japan. Steve writes that the work is “similar to my pieces from the 1960s and ‘70s in that there are repeating patterns played on both marimbas, one or more beats out of phase, creating a series of two part unison canons. However, these patterns are more melodically developed, change frequently and each is usually repeated no more than three times, similar to my more recent work. The piece is also considerably more difficult to play than my earlier ones and requires two virtuosic performers.” Our two virtuosi are Joe Beribak on the left and Katy La Favre on the right.
Next follows Lou Harrison’s Canticle No. 3, written in 1940/1941, and premiered in 1942. Essentially a concerto for ocarina and percussion ensemble, Canticle No. 3 uses the haunting primitive sound of the ocarina (a Mexican terra-cotta flute which looks a little like a knobby sweet potato or cuddly sea creature) and a steel string guitar, both a strong contrast with Harrison’s creative assortment of percussion instruments. Joe Beribak plays ocarina and Derek Tywoniuk plays guitar.

We experimented with our musicians in many different locations for this recording, since we used one stereo AKG C-24 microphone and no mixer for all of our takes on this album. As Joe reminisced, “some instruments (like tom toms and snare drums) were designed for use with a modern orchestra, while other instruments (like the ocarina and teponaztli) are ethnic instruments designed to be played in intimate settings. So we adjusted our setup to create the balance and tone quality we wanted. We brought the ocarina closer to center, and we actually rotated the toms 90 degrees counter-clockwise in order to balance these two voices properly on the recording. As a result we needed to modify the way we cued each other, since our relative positions were radically different from the way we stand when we perform this piece live. As with everything we did in this Yarlung recording, each challenge gave us a new perspective that enriched the musical experience and made it even more fun.”

Vinyl rear

Smoke & Mirrors Vinyl Rear

Tracks on the vinyl

Udacrep Akubad

Juego de Rejoles

Vanish

Happenstance

Sanatine

Notes on tracklist

Please note that the tracklist below is indicative for the sound of the tracks on the vinyl and does represent the actual tracks on the vinyl.

These tracks do represent the downloadable product, available separately here.

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Nagoya Marimbas
04:42
2.
Canticle No.3
15:26
3.
Sonatine, Mov I. Modere
04:02
4.
Sonatine, Mov II. Mouvement de menuet
02:54
5.
Sonatine, Mov III. Anime
04:17

Total time: 00:31:21

Additional information

Label

SKU

YAR87598DSD

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Mastering Engineer

Steve Hoffmann, Bob Attiyeh

Mastering Equipment

Yarlung recorded this album directly to two tracks of RMGI 468 analog tape running at 15 ips, with no mixer.  We used the Hapi converter and Pyramix software from Merging Technologies in Switzerland to make these transfers to DSD.  Our sincere thanks to Merging Technologies for making this quartet of releases possible    

Microphones

AKG Tube microphones

Original Recording Format

Producer

Bob Attiyeh

Recording Engineer

Bob Attiyeh

Recording location

Zipper Hall, Los Angeles

Recording Type & Bit Rate

Analog to DSD256

Release DateMay 5, 2023

Smoke & Mirrors

Label

SKU

YAR87598DSD

Qualities

, ,

Channels

Artists

Composers

, ,

Genres

,

Mastering Engineer

Steve Hoffmann, Bob Attiyeh

Mastering Equipment

Yarlung recorded this album directly to two tracks of RMGI 468 analog tape running at 15 ips, with no mixer.  We used the Hapi converter and Pyramix software from Merging Technologies in Switzerland to make these transfers to DSD.  Our sincere thanks to Merging Technologies for making this quartet of releases possible    

Microphones

AKG Tube microphones

Original Recording Format

Producer

Bob Attiyeh

Recording Engineer

Bob Attiyeh

Recording location

Zipper Hall, Los Angeles

Recording Type & Bit Rate

Analog to DSD256

Release DateFebruary 11, 2015

Smoke & Mirrors (180g Vinyl 45rpm)

Label

SKU

YAR87598DSD

Qualities

Channels

Artists

Composers

, ,

Genres

,

Mastering Engineer

Steve Hoffmann, Bob Attiyeh

Mastering Equipment

Yarlung recorded this album directly to two tracks of RMGI 468 analog tape running at 15 ips, with no mixer.  We used the Hapi converter and Pyramix software from Merging Technologies in Switzerland to make these transfers to DSD.  Our sincere thanks to Merging Technologies for making this quartet of releases possible    

Microphones

AKG Tube microphones

Original Recording Format

Producer

Bob Attiyeh

Recording Engineer

Bob Attiyeh

Recording location

Zipper Hall, Los Angeles

Recording Type & Bit Rate

Analog to DSD256

Dimensions37 × 33 × 1 cm
Release DateMay 5, 2023
Weight0,3 kg

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