OOPIIB SINGS IMPRESSION 2 (VINYL RECORD)

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I remembered my first exposure to Ms. Pacharamon Naphasthanakiet was through her first album, OOPIIB SINGS IMPRESSION 1. My first play of that album was the vinyl format. At that session, I was mesmerized by the way she sang those lyrics (mind you, I do not understand the Thai language)…it’s true that music transcends across the barrier of languages! I believed that I was taken by the sensualness in her voice,…that certain innocence, honesty and intimacy could easily capture the restful musical soul.

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Now came her second album, OOPIIB SINGS IMPRESSION 2 in vinyl format (the review of the same album in CD is available here too)…the kind folks at IMPRESSION SOUND STUDIO sent me a copy to review. I spun the vinyl at the TechDas Air Force OneTurntable set up with the Breuer 8C Tonearm, TriangleArt Apollo MCcartridge, and the FM Acoustics 223 Phono Master.

Through that analogue source, I am still very much taken by her sensual vocalization. Here, in that second vinyl album of hers, I found the recording to be more transparent to her vocalization…that I like a lot. I realized that there was so much more minute details, nuances, layering and dimensionality to her vocalization. It became more apparent to me that she was playing with the multiple colors in her palette of vocal artistry. Even the different feelings and level of emotion that she poured into the songs,…(to me) through her breath (and control of it) to hold a word, the pauses, the lingering, the breathing, etc…were more apparent and quantifiable. I believed the above accumulated to the sensation of her voice, presence and weight floated forward into prominencyfrom the accompanying musicians!

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Next, I played the same record on the adjacent analogue source that comprised of the Sperling L-1 Turntable, Sperling TA-1 Tonearm, and the Soundsmith StrainGaugePhono System. Both analogue set ups have proven to me that the recording was magnificently done. The well captured spaciousness and airiness of Studio 28, Bangkok, the spacing between musicians, the individualization of musicians and their instruments impressed me. I would add that I was more impressed when it was able to capture individual instrument‘s textures, nuances, strength, bloom and dimensionality, amidst the spacious Studio 28!

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To me, it was a well balanced and dimensional recording, with song and music that could easily entertain those restful musical souls (even though those who do not understand the language).

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