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

[Dan T]

I'm not convinced it isn't an upmix. So disappointing.

My money is on upmixes too.

 

[LennonCobain]

 

[Thonolan]

St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

Wow, what an aggressive mix. This is a completely different story, compared to All Born Screaming. Almost too aggressive. If you love frequent pannings and full use of all the speakers, this is for you! I love the distribution of the vocals across the soundfield, but to be honest some of the instrumental pannings sound gratuitous to me. But I'm quibbling - as a general rule, I'll always choose a too aggressive mix over a too conservative one. Plus it fits the sometimes psychedelic nature of the album, and the quirkiness of Annie's music.

Unfortunately this album never fully clicked with me. I'm not entirely convinced by the combination of this vintage, lounge sounding music filtered through a modern pop production (although I still enjoy a few songs, mainly "Down and Out Downtown", "Live in the Dream" and "...at the Holiday Party"). If only All Born Screaming (which I love from start to finish) had been mixed like this...

 

[SomethingAnything]

I'm absolutely loving the Jennifer Athena Galatis music I have come across on Tidal. Incredible music, incredible Atmos mixes. Think Vangelis joins Tangerine Dream. I'm not exaggerating.

The only downside is, apart from a couple of reasonable length albums -- Hubble Deep Field (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) and Discovery Earth (Original Atmos Soundtrack Experience) -- most are EPs or single tracks (each of reasonable length though). So, apart from those two albums, there are another 62 titles that are EPs and singles. Each and everyone one of them amazing in Atmos. I kid you not. Terrific artwork too.

She also has a fair bit of classical stuff (e.g. Chopin on piano), but her Atmos mixes seem to be exclusively for her electronic music. And there are even some speaker checks. She seems to be a big Atmos fan. Tidal doesn't give any info about her and I've yet to google around.

If you don't know her, check her out, like, immediately ... or maybe you all know her very well and I'm just hopelessly late to the party.

Wow. No comments. Maybe I am the only one who's checked her out after all. Highly accomplished stuff.
Here's some artwork to perhaps pique interest...

 

[Thonolan]

Wow. No comments. Maybe I am the only one who's checked her out after all. Highly accomplished stuff.

I liked your post earlier today, since it really grabbed my attention, and I intend to check out her music as soon as possible, but I tend to follow my own rhythm with recommendations and that means I might write some feedback either in a few hours or in a few weeks, it depends

I can say that I had never heard of her before. Not even the name rang a bell.

 

[alek2702]

Vitalogy is out in Atmos! Was this announced anywhere before today?
Anyways, a nice surprise for sure.

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (Tidal)

 

[SomethingAnything]

I liked your post earlier today, since it really grabbed my attention, and I intend to check out her music as soon as possible, but I tend to follow my own rhythm with recommendations and that means I might write some feedback either in a few hours or in a few weeks, it depends

I can say that I had never heard of her before. Not even the name rang a bell.

Thanks! Yes, I noted your like and should have mentioned my gratitude for them. Good on you. Just I really thought there would would have been some, 'oh, yes, her, very nice' type comments.

Hope I'm not over-selling her to others now, but I'm impressed. Not much about her on google. No wiki page. It appears she has also written and directed a lot of the sci-fi stuff she has done the music for, and is also an assoc prof in
the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Hugely prolific and into Atmos in a big way. I'm imagining a quite reclusive, industrious, fearsome individual.

Just wish all those EPs and 'singles' could have been grouped together...

 

[alek2702]

The U2 re-release seems to contain the companion outtakes album also mixed in Atmos!

Haven't listened to it on my system yet, so can't comment on the quality but seems like there's a single surround engineer listed this time (Alastair Mcmillan) rather than three, per the Achtung Baby fiasco.

HTDAAB on Tidal

 

[alansanchez86]

Vitalogy is out in Atmos! Was this announced anywhere before today?
Anyways, a nice surprise for sure.

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (Tidal)

yup, it's been out for a while

 

[alek2702]

yup, it's been out for a while

Really? I assumed it's a new release as it's just appeared in the Tidal feed for me.

 

[haikubass]

Rush. A Farewell To Kings. 2112. Hemispheres. (Rich Chycki)
https://tidal.com/album/399667360?u
https://tidal.com/album/399667395?u
https://tidal.com/album/399667369?u
https://tidal.com/album/399667355?u

 

[jamesc]

Thanks! Yes, I noted your like and should have mentioned my gratitude for them. Good on you. Just I really thought there would would have been some, 'oh, yes, her, very nice' type comments.

Hope I'm not over-selling her to others now, but I'm impressed. Not much about her on google. No wiki page. It appears she has also written and directed a lot of the sci-fi stuff she has done the music for, and is also an assoc prof in
the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Hugely prolific and into Atmos in a big way. I'm imagining a quite reclusive, industrious, fearsome individual.

Just wish all those EPs and 'singles' could have been grouped together...

A bunch of her stuff has been posted in this thread and I've been enjoying the ones I've played. It's always nice to get a reminder of the good artists since this thread moves at the speed of light. I agree it would be nice if she'd release a compilation of her stuff. Didn't know she directed video to go with the music... will have to check that out!

 

[Bretho72]

I wonder if there can be two versions of this thead -- one listing the hundreds/thousands of releases of stuff most of us will never give the slightest damn about..and another with just the good* stuff.





*that is, old

Someone was brave enough to say it.

 

[The Hoople]

The 4 Rush albums, the Pearl Jam & U2 are up on US Apple Music now. You know where to find them if you are streamingly inclined.