World music meets bluegrass, country and Americana with virtuoso guitar and fiddle on this superb-sounding DSD and SACD premium gold disc.
Boulder, Colorado, June 3, 2022 – Octave Records announces the release of Everlasting Dance by TIERRO Band with Bridget Law, a rich “Gypsy Grass” tapestry of sonic elegance that combines world music, bluegrass, country, Americana, jazz and other not-so-categorizable influences. Everlasting Dance is recorded in high-resolution DSD and SACD sound using Octave’s proprietary recording and mastering system and new premium gold disc formulation, which allow all the musical nuances and complex rhythms of the songs to be heard with remarkable clarity and realism.
The band features Tierro Lee’s dazzling acoustic and electric guitar playing, and the fiddle and vocals of Bridget Law. The other musicians include Charles Parker Mertens (acoustic bass), Jonny Jyemo (percussion) and Nabin Shrestha (table), along with guest vocalists Bonnie Paine, Xerephine, and Megan Letts. Together, they bring a world of experience to the making of Everlasting Dance. Tierro Lee is lead guitarist for blues legend Otis Taylor, and Bridget Law is the founder of Americana group Elephant Revival. Mertens has studied ragas in India and toured with Thievery Corporation and Rapidgrass. As Tierro Lee said, “when Bridget and I first jammed together, which was live on a stage, everybody in the room felt that magic.”
Everlasting Dance was recorded mostly live by GRAMMY-winning engineer Mike Yach at Animal Lane Studios in Lyons, Colorado using Octave Records’ Pure DSD process and the Sonoma multi-track DSD recording system. It features Octave’s premium gold disc formulation, and the disc is playable on any SACD, CD, DVD, or Blu-ray player. Everlasting Dance also has a high-resolution DSD layer that is accessible by using any SACD player, a PS Audio SACD transport, or by copying the DSD tracks on the included DVD data discs. In addition, the master DSD and PCM files are available for purchase and download (including DSD64, DSDDirect Mastered 192kHz/24-bit, 96kHz/24-bit and 44.1kHz/16-bit PCM), along with Octave’s newest addition, 24-karat gold CDs at standard resolution. (SRP: $19 – $29, depending on format.) These CDs have been cut directly off the DSD master using BitPerfect’s state-of-the-art Zephiir filter. The album was produced by Tierro Lee and Mike Yach, and mixed by Mike Yach. Octave Records’ Giselle Collazo assisted, with Gus Skinas doing the mastering and Jessica Carson as executive producer.
From the beginning cymbal crash and Lee’s driving guitar on the opening track, “Dorset of Perception,” the album immerses listeners in a feast of worldly musical influences and varied rhythms. The musical styles range from the outlaw-country “Gypsy Weed” to the introspective violin-featured ballad, “Sitka,” and the driving beat and nylon-string acoustic guitar of “Casa Latina.” Lee noted, “DSD really captures the emotion and the space between the notes. You here where everything sits and how the musicians and singers interact in an almost physical way.”
