God is an Astronaut: Embers
Post-Rock
Napalm Records - 6th September 2024
24/48
DR: 8
I was not familiar with this Irish Post-Rock band but, having heard this album’s title track on Radio Paradise, I bought the download…
And thoroughly enjoyed the entire album.
Porcupine Tree: CLOSURE/CONTINUATION. [LIVE, AMSTERDAM 7/11/22]
Prog Rock
Music for Nations - 8th December 2023
24/96
DR: 13
Steven Wilson: Home Invasion, in concert at the Royal Albert Hall (live)
Prog Rock
Eagle Rock - 2nd November 2018
24/96
DR: 13
Love Paolo Conte 
Christian Kjellvander - About Love and Loving Again
16/44.1
Qobuz
Gloomy album from Swedish singer/songwriter Kjellvander. He himself calls it “doomcountry”. That sums it up quite nicely. Perfect for this time of year. Summer is gone and winter is coming….
It’s groundhog day…
Again, I was not familiar with this artist (perhaps @Erwan is?) but, having heard the track ‘Non Ti Amo Piu’, I bought the album download, which I’m thoroughly enjoying.
René Aubry: Après la pluie
Ambience, Film Music, Soundtracks
Hopi Mesa - 20th July 2004
16/44.1
DR: 8
I’m not…
From what I can see from his Wikipedia page, his work was mainly used for themes of famous French TV shows and Talk-shows, or he directly contributed in composing original soundtracks.
Will give a listen once the remedial works at my house are over (and that I could finally remove the sheets protecting my system from too much dust).
I will be interested to hear your impressions. It’s not often that French contemporary artists are posted here, so you will have a unique perspective…
I hope that they go smoothly… 
You may have heard of this French artist…?
Camille Bertault: Le Tigre
Jazz
Masterworks - 4th September 2020
24/96
DR: 5
Yes I know her.
I think we even already discussed her, and that I recommended an other album of her
Edit: Here you go:
And yes the remedial works go pretty well, despite all the dust that ends up penetrating everywhere…
Apologies, I didn’t recall that. The challenges of advancing age…
That’s good…
And not so good!
The biggest “not so good” is I have to live without my hi-fi system for now 
Now, everything should be normally completed by end of next week…
…hopefully.
I fully understand.
I have been delaying remedial works for a long time, because it would necessitate putting my entire hi-fi system in storage for quite a long time…
Good luck. I hope that the works are indeed completed by then…
Craftsmen being now out until Monday, guess “who” got granted a pass out for the weekend?!!!
Edit: and I’m definitely bad at taking photos…
Jolly good 
I wish you a happy weekend of listening…
Your B&W loudspeakers appear to be positioned with a lot of ‘toe in’.
Is it an optical illusion, or the camera angle…
or is your listening position very close to the loudspeakers…?
Frankly dimensions and geometry are all messed-up in this picture.
But yes, I’m rather close to the speakers, about 2m.
And I have a lot of toe-in so that both speakers’ axis cross approx ~50cm before my face.
This is what works best for me in this room.
Understood.
BTW, we’re veering rather OT… 
