{"product_id":"sl1081a-bluesy-may-pure-dsd","title":"Bluesy May [Pure DSD]","description":"\u003ch2\u003e2025 NativeDSD Album of the Year - Jazz Vocals\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003eThe First Pure DSD 256 Album from Carmen Gomes Inc.\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/positive-feedback.com\/audio-discourse\/2025-positive-feedback-writers-choice-awards\/#:~:text=Sound%20Liaison%2C%20Frans%20de%20Rond\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft wp-image-309715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-small.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"39\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/positive-feedback.com\/audio-discourse\/2025-positive-feedback-writers-choice-awards\/#:~:text=Sound%20Liaison%2C%20Frans%20de%20Rond\"\u003ePositive Feedback Writer's Choice Award\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBluesy May\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is not only the latest album from \u003cstrong\u003eCarmen Gomes Inc.\u003c\/strong\u003e but it is the first that features the band recorded in \u003cstrong\u003ePure DSD 256\u003c\/strong\u003e.\r\n\r\nFrans \u0026amp; Peter from Sound Liaison talk about the benefits of this approach to recording: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"We would like to thank the team at NativeDSD for challenging us to produce in the Pure DSD format. This approach opens up new insights and ways to achieve an even higher level of recording quality, bringing us, and the listener, closer to the original source: the musicians in the studio.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\nFrom the slow, dark shuffle of 'No Good Man', to the tender, romantic glow of 'Darker Still', celebrating the Scandinavian Mørke Time tradition, this album unfolds a passage through emotion and time. Despite the variety of styles and stories, the album presents it selves with remarkable cohesion, each track a vital thread in its sonic arc.\r\n\r\nThese musicians have reached a point where there is nothing left to prove. They no longer perform, they become the music, responding instinctively to one another and to the sound of the room itself.\r\n\r\nListen to Bert Kamsteeg’s introduction on 'Comes Love': he inhabits the drum kit as if seven percussionists were conversing through one voice, filling the acoustic space with color and movement. Or to Folker Tettero’s guitar replies on 'No Good Man': every note chosen with care, each phrase suggesting more than it states. Then there is Peter Bjørnild’s line on 'Heard It All Before', never intruding on the melody, yet always anchoring the song with quiet authority, stepping forward only when the space invites him.\r\n\r\nAnd finally, the heart of the band, Carmen Gomes herself. Her phrasing, her command of tone and emotion, have reached a rare level of mastery. Every word, every melodic contour seems born from years of reflection and lived experience. Carmen possesses an intuitive understanding of how much - or how little - is needed to express the true feeling of a song. Though at times, as in 'Long Lost Love', the emotion required seems almost more than even she can bear.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eCarmen Gomes Inc. \u003c\/strong\u003e\r\nCarmen Gomes, Vocals\r\nFolker Tettero, Guitar\r\nPeter Bjørnild, Double Bass\r\nBert Kamsteeg, Drums","brand":"Sound Liaison","offers":[{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56741994561860,"sku":"SL1081A-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56741994594628,"sku":"SL1081A-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56741994627396,"sku":"SL1081A-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56741994660164,"sku":"SL1081A-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56741994692932,"sku":"SL1081A-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56741994725700,"sku":"SL1081A-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 32 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56741994758468,"sku":"SL1081A-35","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57344004718916,"sku":"SL1081A-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/SL1081A.jpg?v=1790676496","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/sl1081a-bluesy-may-pure-dsd","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}