New York,
USA -
With the
continued
objective of
providing
the New York
steel
orchestras
with the finest
recordings
ever -
Basement
Recordings
again
captured a
few of the
panorama-bound steel
orchestras
in their
Panyards
shortly
before the
competition
with a
fidelity and
reality that
is
unmatched.
CrossFire at 2010 panyard recording session
Despers USA,
Sonatas,
CrossFire,
Sesame
Flyers,
Pantonic and
D’Radoes are
all part of
the annual
Pan in New
York special panyard
recordings
series for
2010.
D'Radoes at panyard recording session in 2010
The
recordings,
as usual,
were all
made in
the heat
of
intense
competition
mere
days
before
the
annual
panorama
contest.
This
year’s
recordings
again
capture
the
natural
sonic
majesty
of the
steel
orchestras
as only
Basement
Recordings
can.
Basement
Recordings
has been
long
regarded
as
providing
the
finest
digital
recordings
of steel
orchestras
and
steelpan
related
music
from all
over the
world.
Sonatas at 2010 panyard recording session
What was
intriguing
about
the pan
yard
recordings
was that
two
bands
who
recorded
previously,
this
year for
the
first
time -
went out
of their
way to
achieve
a sort
of
visual
uniformity
for
camera
documentation
of the
session.
The
majority
of
Sonatas'
players
donned
yellow
Sonatas'
T-Shirts,
with a
sprinkling
in green
Sonatas'
Tees.
And
Despers
USA had
the bulk
of their
players
dressed
in
red-themed
tops of
their
choice.
Sesame Flyers at 2010 recording session
Sadly,
the sole
orchestra
that had
been
consistent
in this
regard
for a
few
years up
until
2009 -
Sesame
Flyers -
was
literally,
criminally
scuttled
this
year.
Just a
few
weeks
before
the
panorama,
criminals
broke in,
vandalized
the pan
yard and
stole
the
boxes of
all
their
T-Shirts
already
obtained
for
their
recording
session.
Apparently
unable
to
afford
the cost
of
replacing
the
T-Shirts
for
their
session,
this
year
Sesame
Flyers
management
were not
able to
provide
their
players
with
additional
T-Shirts.
See
additional
audio
and
videos
samples
on the
WST
network
http://whensteeltalks.ning.com/video.
Acquire
past
Basement
Recordings
panyard
recordings
-
click
here.
Pantonic at panyard recording session in 2010
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