Remix Produced , Mixed & Mastered by Musa Baran & Holger Klotz
For Instrumental Version check https://soundcloud.com/thefunkheadz/martha-wash-fantasy-instrumental-remix
Original Version by Earth Wind and Fire (1977) and Blackbox (1990).

Martha Wash - Fantasy (Remix)

Lessons carved in laughter

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Kai Rodriguez - Hoodlum [TEASER]

A Kiss Goodbye

Check to Check

Check To Check

Not often can listening to a recording match the excitement and transcendent power of a live performance.  We in the recording business try our best to get as close as possible to the real thing of course.  Sometimes, however, magic happens listening to a recording with the right people in the right environment.  This occurred in the Rockport/Absolare room at the 2024 Munich High End Show listening to J. S. Bach’s “French Overture” performed on piano by Orion Weiss.  It takes a great performer, a recording that “doesn’t get in the way,” and fabulous playback equipment such as we had in the Rockport room for these wondrous listening experiences.  The audience sat enraptured by Orion’s subtlety and artistry and we indeed felt like we were sitting on stage with Orion in Zipper Hall at The Colburn School where we made this album.  As is often the case with Yarlung albums, we invited a small very quiet audience to join us for these sessions, so Orion was in fact performing for living enthusiastic people, not just me on stage with our recording equipment, smiling and encouraging him.  Our Munich guests felt this connection, and re-experienced that live event. Rockport’s Josh Clark and Jon Zimmer sat rapt, listening to Orion at the keyboard, happy to enjoy the musical oasis Orion’s playing granted them during a week full of intense business meetings, marketing and jetlag.  

The ambiance in these Yarlung albums comes from the concert hall itself—from the air in the hall, the wood on the walls, and so forth. We add no reverb in mastering. In this case, Orion and I spent seven hours setting the two microphones, making many adjustments, half-centimeter at a time, driving quickly back and forth to check these changes with Elliot Midwood at Acoustic Image in Studio City, until we felt the sound was “just right.” Elliot was there with us in the Rockport room in Munich to enjoy the results of our efforts.  For this recording we used two Neumann U47 microphones, our customized vacuum tube microphone preamplifiers, short (five feet) stranded Yarlung Audio silver interconnects, no mixer, and recorded directly to two tracks.   
My friend and listening buddy Don Saltzman (known to the wider audiophile world as one of the insightful equipment reviewers for The Absolute Sound) asked how he could help celebrate Yarlung’s 20th Anniversary by supporting a special release. After the Munich success, and after listening to this album together, Don chose Orion to support as executive producer in honor of the label’s 20th Anniversary.  

In addition to appreciating Orion and Don for their outstanding contributions to the art form, we also want to thank Steinway & Sons (New York) and especially David Ida in Los Angeles for making available Steinway C&A 599 for this recording in Zipper Hall at Colburn School. 
Audiophile music critic and writer Rush Paul called me and told me what a great idea it would be to re-release some of Yarlung’s earlier albums in high res.  Yarlung’s 20th Anniversary gives us the perfect excuse to look back a bit and celebrate some of our earlier outstanding musicians and their successes. We begin with a small group, including Orion, which helped put Yarlung on the international audiophile map in its original 24 karat gold compact disc.
—Bob Attiyeh, producer






09 - Piano Sonata Number Five in F-Sharp Major Op 53

10 - Variations on Salve tu Domine by Paisiello K 398 416e

“Runnin’” slips deeper into the night, pairing a driving bassline with shimmering arpeggios that propel you forward while whispering of dancefloors past.

Runnin'

A tender lo-fi bossa nova piece steeped in hush, memory, and subtle ache. Breathy female vocals move with one line per bar, delivering restrained emotion in the soft rhythm of a cat’s quiet ritual. Classic bossa nova elements lead the way with nylon guitar and soft Rhodes chords, while jazz undertones gently cradle the phrasing. This is a song for watching, waiting, and wondering—when presence is felt more than seen.

[LYRICS]

Soft and slender, still and slow
Like a dream the shadows know
Each day she waits, her body low
Curled beneath a softened glow

Tail like thread, and eyes that gleam
Watching leaves like quiet dreams
When sunlight spills across the sill
She blinks, then curls, and lies there still

I sit nearby, and feel her near
Silence hums too sharp and clear
I almost reach—but miss the line
She draws away—no voice, no sign

There she sits with quiet grace
By the window, holds her place
Though I wait, she drifts all day
She never turns, she slips away

She just… doesn’t see me.

The Cat at the Window

A soft-spoken ballad about presence, distance, and the quiet gravity of someone who never fully arrives. With brushed snares, nylon guitar, and whisper-close vocals, “The Way She Turns (Like Tides)” drifts between memory and acceptance. Minimalist and poetic, it blends singer-songwriter intimacy with soft rock textures and jazz-infused restraint. For late-night reflection, slow mornings, or the silence after a voice fades.

[LYRICS]

She stirs the air like quiet rain,
No promise made, no clear refrain.
She smiles like jazz in candlelight,
Then fades into the softest night.

Her voice, a tide that pulls, then leaves
It hums between the autumn eaves.
No weight, no storm—just echo’s trace,
A passing warmth you can’t replace.

She turns, she turns—
Not toward, not away.
She stays, she stays—
Where shadows sway.

I sip the space she used to fill,
A silent room that lingers still.
And if she calls, I won’t reply
But I’ll listen as the coffee dries.

The Way She Turns (Like Tides)

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