Listening to in Dolby Atmos Streaming, via Tidal/Apple/Amazon

[humprof]

New single from Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso (hoping we get the whole album in Atmos, although much of it comes from their NPR Tiny Desk Concert performance, so...prolly not).

 

[humprof]

For a while the Atmos mix for The Weeknd’s After Hours, a launch title for Apple’s catalogue was gone, and now is back. Users on /r/spatialsongs claim it’s an entirely new mix:

Long profile-slash-career-retrospective of The Weeknd at NPR Music:
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/08/nx-s1-5282285/the-weeknd-hurry-up-tomorrow-review

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Nice. Not the original recording, but featuring many of the same players:
https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/music-18-musicians

How's the mix--better than the Colin Currie?

Haven’t given it a shot yet, saw it just before I went to bed

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Nice. Not the original recording, but featuring many of the same players:
https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/music-18-musicians

How's the mix--better than the Colin Currie?

Gave it a sample when doing some work this morning. Colin Currie version is better IMO. Initially this version opens up as “wide stereo”. It does tend to open up to some more surround activity the further in you get, but it’s not as strong as the Currie recording.

 

[humprof]

Gave it a sample when doing some work this morning. Colin Currie version is better IMO. Initially this version opens up as “wide stereo”. It does tend to open up to some more surround activity the further in you get, but it’s not as strong as the Currie recording.

Ah, that's too bad. The piece pretty much demands that the ensemble members perform in close proximity to one another, though, so it would be almost impossible to get the sort of separation required for discrete content from any one channel. And this recording dates from the 1980s. Would love to see somebody like Morten Lindberg take a crack at miking this, though....

 

[fredblue]

either it's a mistake or a slew of The Rolling Stones' albums are coming in Atmos as they're the new Spatial Audio Featured Artist on Apple Music but when you playthrough they're all Stereo only

 

[humprof]

either it's a mistake or a slew of The Rolling Stones' albums are coming in Atmos as they're the new Spatial Audio Featured Artist on Apple Music but when you playthrough they're all Stereo only

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Not holding my breath, but...let's hope for some good mixes.

 

[Ephi82]

This is a pretty terrific mix by Bob Clearmountain. Very discrete and it’s like you’re in the middle of the band tracking it down.

 

[haikubass]

Steven Wilson - The Overview
It's here.
(Edit: the first two tracks only)
https://tidal.com/album/422378584?u

 

[GilWave]

Steven Wilson - The Overview
It's here.
https://tidal.com/album/422378584?u

not in the US yet

 

[MrSmithers]

either it's a mistake or a slew of The Rolling Stones' albums are coming in Atmos as they're the new Spatial Audio Featured Artist on Apple Music but when you playthrough they're all Stereo only

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Not holding my breath, but...let's hope for some good mixes.

In “Atmos” now… Well not really… Let It Bleed seems an upmix to me on the first couple of tracks on Amazon? I’d have been really surprised if it wasn’t to be honest. Where’s the Fraud Squad when you need them?

 

[IMachine]

Now in atmos:

 

[MathieuW]

Steven Wilson - The Overview
It's here.
(Edit: the first two tracks only)
https://tidal.com/album/422378584?u

As my ordered box set is still In Absentia (probably arriving somewhere but not here) I listened to the streaming version. Sounds great, going to put it on repeat tonight.

 

[LennonCobain]

This is a new Atmos release as well, and not included on the Featured Artist spotlight in Apple Music.

 

[Ephi82]

In “Atmos” now… Well not really… Let It Bleed seems an upmix to me on the first couple of tracks on Amazon? I’d have been really surprised if it wasn’t to be honest. Where’s the Fraud Squad when you need them?

Listened to a couple of these records, including Let It Bleed. Sounded to me like there’s discrete elements in the surrounds but at a very low volume level. One thing I noticed listening to Midnight Rambler is that the drums are very present and detailed, able to hear the room they were recorded in. Monkey Man sounds really open and very funky. Could be an upmix, but my guess is that it’s an ATMOS mix that’s trying hard not to sound different than the original stereo mix.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Some real (from what I’ve heard from the sample tracks) atmos mixes:
Harpist Lara Somogyi’s latest:

Techno musician Loraine James’s ambient side project gets a second album:

And fresh release, Khruangbin remixes Arooj Aftab

 

[GilWave]

Now in atmos:

And includes a teaser for the Apple Vision Pro-exclusive concert.

I'd love to experience that, but can't drop $3500 for the privilege.

 

[Infomas]

As my ordered box set is still In Absentia (probably arriving somewhere but not here) I listened to the streaming version. Sounds great, going to put it on repeat tonight.

I see what you did there.

 

[olgitnorm]

Don’t know if this has been posted before

 

[Mcallister]

Was hoping I’d wake up today and see Radiohead the Bends in Atmos for the 30th anniversary………but noooooooo god forbid Radiohead mix some of there catalog into Atmos not that the music isn’t perfect for it.