The Chinese Miracle: Lonpoo LP42

The Chinese Miracle: Lonpoo LP42

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Acoustic loudspeakersLONPOO LP42 By Antonello Oliva The cabinet might not be made of hand-polished solid walnut and certainly the speakers do not come out of the workshops of the best Danish school, yet these tiny speakers have all it takes to become one of the very few products that have made home entertainment history. These speakers are ideal for music playback at home, and they allow listening to high-quality music at affordable costs. The reason is simple. The price per pair is less than 100 euros, at launch it was 59 euros only. Due to its affordable price, their demand will likely grow further: in Western Countries, nothing comparable had ever been marketed in terms of overall sound quality, construction, attention to detail, and consequently very favorable quality-price ratio. — Their great strength, not to be taken for granted, is their proper and balanced sound delivery: clean and fast, these speakers are so credible that they do not deface at all when compared to more expensive loudspeakers. Renowned brands may happen to guess their unbeatable product at the same price range. It has happened to Nad, Philips, Onkyo and a few others. There are better options for sure, but if…

Andrew Cyrille Quartet – The News

Andrew Cyrille Quartet – The News

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Andrew Cyrille quartet Andrew Cyrille: drums, voice;Bill Frisell: guitar;David Virelles: piano;Ben Street: double bass; ECM 2681CD: 6024 3520703 2Release: August 27, 2021 Andrew Cyrille’s album The News carries forward the story from The Declaration of Musical Independence, the 2014 ECM recording described by Down Beat as “an unabashed exploration into time, pulse space and atmosphere…ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped-down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying.” The New York Times cited the album as evidence of a “late career renaissance” for the drummer. A force in improvisation for more than sixty years, Cyrille has played across the landscape of jazz from Coleman Hawkins’s The Hawk Relaxes to Cecil Taylor’s Unit Structures, led his own bands, and worked extensively with Milford Graves, Walt Dickerson, David Murray, Muhal Richard Abrams, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and many, many more. His first ECM appearance was on 1970’s Afternoon of a Georgia Faun, Marion Brown’s album with Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, Bennie Maupin and Jeanne Lee. Half a century later Cyrille appeared with his Lebroba trio with Wadada Leo Smith and Bill Frisell at Lincoln Center’s 50th birthday tribute to the label. For The News, recorded at Sound on Sound Studio in New Jersey in August 2019,…