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

[ssully]

tl;dr -- the 'to me' at the end of any opinion, is silent and must be assumed, by rational people.

 

[SomethingAnything]

Terry Riley, composer.
Mix about the farthest possible from "front centric."

Not sure if you're comment is in response to my post? If so, I most certainly didn't indicate this album was fc. None of the Riley atmos albums I listened to were.

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Not sure if you're comment is in response to my post? If so, I most certainly didn't indicate this album was fc. None of the Riley atmos albums I listened to were.

I knew you were referring to Kronos Quartet non-Riley content.

I was not sure, since you didn't specify, if the Rainbow in Curved Air I linked in Apple Music was the same artist and mix you heard on Tidal, as I was not nearly as impressed with Shri Camel in Atmos. Apples and oranges.

Hope you get a chance to hear the IN C Irish Atmos mix at some point.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/...otally-out-of-the-comfort-zone-for-all-of-us/

 

[JCDC]

I think those are exclusive to Tidal (so far). Enjoy--and let us know how they are!

Nope, they’re also on Apple Music

 

[humprof]

Nope, they’re also on Apple Music

Would love links if you have 'em. I had no luck with Apple Music's search engine.

 

[dapaladi]

forth single "sister of mercy" from thompson twins "into the gap" album's dolby atmos reissue

 

[JCDC]

Would love links if you have 'em. I had no luck with Apple Music's search engine.

I should add that I’m in the UK. Both of these records are in Atmos for me.

 

[TheAbsentMind]

I’ll be listening to this a lot for awhile. Came out a couple years ago.

 

[mkt]

Terry Riley's "In C," performed for the first time 60 years ago tomorrow. It was first recorded four years later by Columbia, and you can find a bajillion different versions of it today--but the two below are the only ones (re-)mixed for Atmos, AFAIK. (Riley is still composing today, age 89, with a view of Mt. Fuji to inspire him.)

It seems that early on, Riley was envisioning "In C" as sort of a "surround" work. Robert Carl's book about the piece includes a reminiscence by Riley's friend Stuart Dempster that "Terry had suggested people could wander around and change the sound by wherever they stood in the room." For the 1967 performance at Carnegie Recital Hall, according to a New York Times review, "loudspeakers were not only positioned about the auditorium but in the halls . . . the audience was urged by Lukas Foss, who oversaw the concert, to walk around and savor the sounds from various places in and out of the hall. Most of the listeners did so, and a few kept right on walking" (!).

Here's some of what Carl reports about the Columbia recording sessions, which took place a couple months later in a decommissioned church (no longer standing) on E. 30th Street in New York:



https://www.npr.org/2024/11/03/nx-s...lution-of-terry-rileys-minimalist-masterpiece

Another version in atmos? And other minimalists. I have a soft spot for swirly marimbas (1st track Reich's Nagoya Marimbas)

 

[Oldschoolsoundengineer]

https://tidal.com/album/395992408?u
I have to say I've been enjoying The Cure's new album Songs of a Lost World the last days. It's been a long wait, but wow what a great album! It's dark, gloomy and monumental, but at the same time it is truely beautiful. Lovely arrangements, layers of synths, piano and guitars, atmospherical sound effects and guitar solos. It sounds unmistakebly as The Cure. It is probably not an album that your local hifi store will use as demo material. It isn't meant to be polished. Still I like the sound a lot. It is a great alternative rock mix IMO. This also includes the atmos mix. It is not super adventurous, but a lot of attention has been paid to the details and include some rather cool panning of sound effects. I also like the energy of the drums. Oli Morgan did the atmos mix. He also did The Beatles' Abbey Road. The album is released in a physical cd/blu-ray combo with not to bad pricing. I got mine today.

NME's review:
https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/the-cure-songs-of-a-lost-world-review-lyrics-3801637

 

[SomethingAnything]

While I'm not a big fan of the band, I've been enjoying the Atmos mixes on Tidal of Grateful Dead's American Beauty (Atmos Mix), Workingman’s Dead (2023 Mickey Hart Mix) and Europe ’72 (Live) [50th Anniversary Edition] [Atmos Mix].

I've given the titles exactly as they are in Tidal, to help with searches if you're interested (Tidal clearly think Mickey Hart is worth noting, whoever he is). The mix on the last one is particularly good, I think. And nearly two hours of music.

Overall, I feel the Atmos treatment for this band really shows the class act they are. You can't help but enjoy the excellent musicianship, even if the song itself may not be quite your thing. I highly recommend all three of these albums if you haven't checked them out yet.

On a side note, I had a laugh at the cover for Workingman’s Dead. I'm assuming that's the band, in a depression era-like setting, queuing in the hope a lorry will pick them up and give them a day's work. The hopeful one at the top of the queue even has his lunch box ready.

I also found two sax jazzish albums by someone called Dave McMurray called Grateful Deadication and Grateful Deadication 2. They're 'OK' music wise. I enjoyed the version of Truckin'. And the mixes are competent.

 

[elmer]

“Tidal clearly think Mickey Hart is worth noting, whoever he is” - Mickey Hart was one of the two drummers for the Grateful Dead along with Phil Kreutzmann. He is also a well regarded author and musicologist. He is definitely someone worth noting - especially as it pertains to his band and its music.

 

[humprof]

Digable Planets, Blowout Comb. (On the occasion of its 30th--ulp--anniversary.)

 

[humprof]

I should add that I’m in the UK. Both of these records are in Atmos for me.

Thanks. Shri Camel works in the States, but I get a "Something went wrong" error on ARICA...

 

[Thonolan]

While I'm not a big fan of the band, I've been enjoying the Atmos mixes on Tidal of Grateful Dead's American Beauty (Atmos Mix), Workingman’s Dead (2023 Mickey Hart Mix) and Europe ’72 (Live) [50th Anniversary Edition] [Atmos Mix].

I've given the titles exactly as they are in Tidal, to help with searches if you're interested (Tidal clearly think Mickey Hart is worth noting, whoever he is). The mix on the last one is particularly good, I think. And nearly two hours of music.

Overall, I feel the Atmos treatment for this band really shows the class act they are. You can't help but enjoy the excellent musicianship, even if the song itself may not be quite your thing. I highly recommend all three of these albums if you haven't checked them out yet.

You know that both American Beauty and Europe '72 are Steven Wilson mixes, don't you?

I wrote something similar a few days ago about American Beauty in this thread. I'm not the biggest fan of The Dead either, but with such stellar Atmos mixes is hard not to enjoy this undoubtedly well crafted music.

 

[dabl]

I have to say I've been enjoying The Cure's new album Songs of a Lost World the last days.

...Oli Morgan did the atmos mix. He also did The Beatles' Abbey Road.

Not sure what else Oli Morgan did but it wasn't Abbey Road, that was Giles Martin and Sam Okell.

I agree the music is well done and the sonics will not win any awards. To me the atmos mix is hugely disappointing, very front centric. It could have been so much better.

 

[himey]

Not sure what else Oli Morgan did but it wasn't Abbey Road, that was Giles Martin and Sam Okell.

I agree the music is well done and the sonics will not win any awards. To me the atmos mix is hugely disappointing, very front centric. It could have been so much better.

I think the Atmos mix sound quality is excellent. The mix could be more aggressive but there's still stuff going on, but it is mostly just reverb things that I do think adds to the presentation. I agree it could be better but there are far worse mixes out there. From what I hear on SHF, the stereo mix is an abomination. There is an overall cohesiveness to the Atmos mix that sometimes gets lost in some mixes, especially rock albums. Thankfully this mix didn't suffer that fate. Dynamic and cohesive goes a long way in my book, especially when the stereo mix is terrible.

 

[ssully]

Digable Planets, Blowout Comb. (On the occasion of its 30th--ulp--anniversary.)

The Atmos of their first album (Reachin) is a delight.

 

[Thonolan]

It doesn't mean the mix will necessarily be a success. As others note, Steven Wilson uses the stereo mix as a guide, but unlike his slavering fanboy base, I don't consider all of his mixes to be successful.

Interesting remark. Some weeks ago, I mentioned something about a potential SW mix and said "...if he really gets it right", and someone made fun of it as if I had said something sacrilegious.

Actually I'm a big fan of him, both as a musician and as a mixing engineer, but I don't consider everything he does to be flawless either. Most of the times I love his mixing decisions, but occasionally it doesn't work for me.