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Piano Concerto No.9 In Eb Major, KV 271 - Piano Concerto No.27 in Bb Major, KV 595 by Nicola Frisardi (1995) https://album.link/bzr0znrvcphj6 Example: Checking out the Chesky releases. This has great sonics of course, and the performance is good. More romantic interpretation that I was expecting.  And there is a flaw at the beginning of the third track, which is a bummer, so one blemish on an otherwise great release. I checked three different sources and it is all the same.  (Edit - and I do wish it was high res)    

I've been cheerfully obsessing over Oliver Lieb's music for well over 30 years now.  His personal studio is the stuff of legend.  OL's collection of kit goes deep, and he knows how to use all of it.  OL's studio in 1993.   OL's studio in the late 90s.   OL's studio in the mid 00s.   OL's studio in 2013.   OL's studio in 2017. Oliver works as mastering engineer for other artists and his own productions are fastidiously constructed and precisely arranged in three dimensional sonic space.  OL is the grand master of reverb, delay and compression.  His compositions extend to the edge of the known universe.  With that said, Oliver himself is very much rooted on planet earth.  There are certain other visionary electronic musicians who are more than a bit out there.  Geir Jenssen and Jake Stephenson are two shining examples.  Both are (sadly, were in the case of Jake) capable of making music like no one else can and have a sound that is instantly recognizable.   They are, to borrow a phrase from the late George Carlin, fuckin' nuts.  Weirdly, both Stephenson and Jenssen made use of remarkably sparse studio setups.  Jake was never hugely successful (he's far more famous in death than he was in life) and Geir is just weird. Gier Jenssen's studio, 2012.   Gier Jenssen's studio, 2015.   The man himself in his studio, 2017.   Jake Stephen's humble bedroom setup in Glastonbury.  What he was capable of doing with it boggles the mind. Compared to Jake and Geir, Oliver Lieb is (to quote my favorite malapropism by the greatest stand up comedian of the modern era, Bill Hicks) the complete realm of sanity and reason.  In every interaction I've had with him online (going back to a text based internet in the late 90s), OL communicates quickly, concisely and wastes no time.  No one as productive as him has time for idle chit-chat.  With this said, I've noticed an uptick in Oliver's online presence recently.  He's got a personal FB account (which I've been friends with since 2007.  Neener.) that he doesn't use and an official artist page.  That latter one has been exhibiting a flurry of activity recently.  Today he posted this: In the man's own words: There is nothing quite like hearing Oliver Lieb of all people geek out about synth gear.  

Son of the beach:  

Happy Birthday!