Art Lande Disc on Blue Coast Records Included in Best Discs of 2008

Audiophile Audition announced their Best Discs of 2008, in a January news flash. This year, Blue Coast Records is happy to announce the Art Lande solo piano disc, While She Sleeps, is listed among the carefully selected releases. John Sunier, the editor of Audaud.com, gave the recording high praise in a review from Dec, 2008.

"This is truly a piano recording for piano lovers; I’m sure it’s going to get plenty of playing at CES and other audio shows. Even the standard CD layer sonics are exemplary."
Audaud.com, John Sunier, review Dec 2008

The premier webzine devoted to Music, Audio and Home Theater chooses discs from Classical, Jazz and Pop that demonstrate exceptional quality in sound and music. "It's an honor for us to be included among all the releases. It's nice to know our efforts haven't gone unnoticed and helps justify our commitment to sound combined with excellent musicianship," says founder and producer, Cookie Marenco.

While She Sleeps (BCRSA 2012), has received critical acclaim for its sonic purity which demonstrates the sound of an 1886 Steinway piano. No equalization, reverb or other enhancements were used to make the recording. Like the first project from Blue Coast Records, this new solo piano recording is being used by many speaker companies to demonstrate the ability of their products to reproduce sound. Both recordings were produced and engineered by founder Cookie Marenco and Jean Claude Reynaud, son of renown audiophile speaker manufacturer, Jean Marie Reynaud.

Art Lande, a veteran of jazz piano, has recorded with Charlie Haden, Joe Hendersen and Jan Garbarek, with several titles under his name at ECM Records. Currently living in Colorado, he is often found touring the world with many jazz luminaries.

Marenco notes, "Not only is he an incredible musician, but he was my teacher and friend, who opened my eyes, ears and senses to the world of possibilities. It was a natural choice for him to be our first solo artist on Blue Coast Records. I like to say this record took 12 years to make because it required both Art and I to have a sense of purpose, not just another release. The recording became a personal concert of requests performed in a quiet tone that showed his mastery of the instrument. Every note has intention while stretching the boundaries of improvisation. There is no one more capable than Art. This is the recording his fans have been waiting for."

The recording is an SACD/CD hybrid disc and has only been released at selected online audiophile retailers and at the Blue Coast Records website as a disc or CD Quality wav file. It is scheduled for a traditional street date in Spring 2009.

Marenco's recording techniques are also featured in the January 2009 issue of Stereophile.

For more information, please contact,
Patrick O'Connor, 650 759 1357.

Blue Coast Records Announces New Release from Art Lande and a Live Performance at Rocky Mountain Audiofest

New from Blue Coast Records!
Art Lande, solo piano SACD, While She Sleeps

SACD release party 7pm, Rocky Mountain Audiofest
Denver Marriott Tech Center
4900 S. Syracuse Street
Denver, Colorado 80237 USA

The long awaited SACD from Blue Coast Records featuring Art Lande will make its debut at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, Oct 10-12.

Art Lande, the masterful jazz pianist from Boulder, Colorado recorded this very special selection of pieces with producers Cookie Marenco and Jean Claude Reynaud. Songs range from the Beatles, to Stephen Foster to Duke Ellington intertwined with compositions of Lande’s own. The audiophile quality release uses a modified recording style of the ESE technique developed for Blue Coast Records.

To celebrate the release, Blue Coast Records will host an event at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest show with Art Lande performing solo piano pieces from the recording. The event takes place on Saturday, Oct 11, 7pm at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. Blue Coast is also hosting a room at the Marriott for Audiofest where attendants can listen to the recording on an incredible speaker system provided by the LSA Group.

Blue Coast Records will also showcase one of its new artists, Justin Saragueta, performing on Friday at 8pm. “Gueta” is a singer/songwriter from Huntington Beach, CA. A former golf pro turned surfer turned musician, Gueta brings his unique view on life to his songs with effortless cruising grooves and international flavors.

Sharing the room at Audiofest with Blue Coast Records is FestivaLink.net. The high rez live download company is sponsoring an iPod giveaway with preloaded music from FestivaLink.net and Blue Coast Records. The LSA Group will be providing the sound system for the event. As part of Blue Coast ‘World’, there will be a dozen or more CD quality downloads available at bluecoastworld.com from various new labels.

If you bought the advance download, we are sending out the disc this week. If your address has changed, please contact us with your new address!

For more information, please contact: Blue Coast Records - Patrick O’Connor, 650-759-1357
Visit BCR in room 414 at the Marriott Tech Center, Denver, during Audiofest.

For press, radio and other promotional questions, please contact us.

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Blue Coast Records