Genesis Advanced Technologies sponsored Yarlung’s new quartet of High Res DSD downloads, including Sir Neville Marriner, Frederic Rosselet, Petteri Iivonen, Smoke & Mirrors percussion ensemble, Gerard Schwarz, The Colburn Orchestra and Nigel Armstrong:

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Lucy, Jasper and Rajeev Talwani before the presentation. Lucy’s and Jasper’s brother Milo (now in college studying to be a composer) attended Yarlung’s first live concert recording session and became a donor before he was 12 years old

Genesis 7.2 speakers at Acoustic Image

Rick Brown, Marcia Hollander, Yarlung board member Gary Hollander and Joe Romer during a break in the presentation

The Genesis Reference Amplifier Series II

Cassie, the Acoustic Image mascot

Elliot Midwood, our host at Acoustic Image, Bob and Gary Koh from Genesis during setup

Gary Koh, president and chief engineer at Genesis Advanced Technologies, adjusts Genesis speakers 1/64th of an inch

Jazz pianist and Yarlung friend and advisor Billy Mitchell with Yarlung’s assistant producer Jacob Horowitz

Bob Attiyeh Sr, Raulee Marcus and Bill Vestal

Raulee Marcus at the presentation. Raulee underwrote the commission of new music for Yarlung: “Happenstance,” by Derek Tywoniuk

The sexy Genesis 7.2 loudspeakers

The “Muse” music server from Genesis, which played our 256fs DSD files and converted into analog. The sound was superb

Jeff Kaplan and Elliot Midwood

Assistant producer Jacob Horowitz, Yarlung Artists board member Jerri Price-Gaines, Yarlung jazz advisor Billy Mitchell

Genesis 7.2 speakers at Acoustic Image. The sound from Gary Koh’s “family friendly” audio equipment had everyone smiling

Gary Koh and Adam Gilbert discuss Pythagoras and corresponding Medieval and Renaissance symbolism

Rotem Gilbert, co-director of Ciaramella Ensemble. After the DSD presentation, we sampled two new Yarlung vinyl pressings: Sophisticated Lady jazz quartet and “Ciaramella Dances,” Yarlung’s first 45 RPM

Bob’s mother Linda Attiyeh sitting next to Elliot Midwood’s “Frankenstein” 78 player. (About as far as one can get from the Muse Music Server from Genesis.) Billy Mitchell talks with Bob’s father on Billy’s left

Yarlung Artists board member Gary Hollander with Joe Romer

Yarlung executive producer Arian Jansen from SonoruS Audio, with Steve McCormack. Yarlung executive producer John Pruit studies a booklet from the Genesis quartet

We sampled Elliot Midwood’s 45 RPM 180-Gram pressing of Ciaramella Dances, our March release. Thank you Adam, Rotem and Elliot, our executive producer.

http://www.yarlungrecords.com/news/ciaramella-dances/

Elliot Midwood, executive producer of Ciaramella Dances and owner of Acoustic Image, with Bill Harmsen, who along with his wife Ann sponsored and served as executive producer for Yarlung’s first jazz LP, “Sophisticated Lady,” available now

To celebrate the 100th birthday of Billie Holiday last week, we debuted the first 180 Gram vinyl pressing from Sophisticated Lady jazz quartet, with the ensembles improvisation on “Strange Fruit.” Thank you Ann and Bill Harmsen, executive producers!

Sophisticated Lady, 180 Gram vinyl, mastered by Steve Hoffman, lacquers cut by Bernie Grundman

http://www.yarlungrecords.com/news/sophisticated-lady-jazz/

Our most heartfelt thanks to Gary Koh and Genesis Advanced Technologies for sponsoring the Genesis Quartet.  A thousand thanks also to Elliot Midwood and Nita Millstein for hosting our presentation at Acoustic Image.  Nita, you baked the most spectacular coffee cake for us!

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Thanks!

Bob Attiyeh, producer

Yarlung Records