Michael Fremer remains one of the chief analog gods in the world of music writers and critics.  We might call him Wotan, except that Mr. Fremer hasn’t yet made a rash decision that costs the cosmos its future.  Michael writes that Lifeline: Music of the Underground Railroad is “an intensely transparent and three-dimensional recording produced live in front of an audience in the 500 seat Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California….  “The sound is intensely three-dimensional, especially the sensation of being in the audience when the deserved applause come after each performance. The singers appear before you convincingly effectively spread across the stage, bathed but not buried…. “Yarlung’s recording engineer Arian Jensen and producer and label owner Bob Attiyeh used Agfa 468 tape on a SonoruS ATR12 recorder employing SonoruS Holographic Imaging technology. Whatever that is, works.  An AKG C24 stereo microphone captured it Continue Reading →