Hi all, I wanted to start a discussion about current (or at least semi-current) artists that are releasing ‘audiophile’ recordings in an attempt to discover some new music that I may be missing out on. I have been stuck in a rut listening to the same old things (mostly jazz). It occurred to me this sub is mostly about the gear, room treatments, and those types of things but I don’t see a lot about the music we all listen to or discussions about new artists. I was watching a ‘New Record Day’ video the other day and he mentioned an artist Dominique Fils-Aime so I checked her out and I’m really digging her vocal/upright bass stuff. How do you all find new artists to listen to? What new stuff have you been listening to that you think this sub should know about? Lastly, should we have a weekly new music thread where we discuss new music that was released or discovered the previous week? I’d love to see more content on this sub about the music/artists we all love. Thanks,

  • Placid_Glacier2@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ll offer a side suggestion: find new artists via the NPR Tiny Desk series on YouTube. That channel has the best audio (IMO) on YT, and they have so many cool artists I’ve never heard of on there.

    Now, that’s not to say their album masterings won’t be crap, but it’s a fun rabbit hole I head down about once a month. Just listening via my HD800S and PS Audio DAC

    • Turdsworth@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The NPR WNYC greene space studio sounds amazing, especially for any piano music. They do a stereo image of the drums for live recordings. Real top notch shit.

    • musashi_san@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      _Best?_ For me, that’d be KEXP live sessions. Their mic-ing and mixing are perfection. Checkout Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: Live at KEXP.