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| SYSTEM-J |
Last night I finally got round to listening to This Binary Universe in surround sound, and had my mind blown. I've had that album since it came out and have played it many times, but hearing it in 5.1 totally reinvigorated the music. Some might say 5.1 music is a gimmick, and it's certainly limited in practical application, but it does genuinely open up a new dimension to how you hear the music and the way an artist can construct a sonic environment.
Anyway... does anyone know of other records composed in 5.1? The only other one I can remember is Jean Michel Jarre's Aero, which was apparently groundbreaking when it came out in 2004. |
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| Lews |
I know Marc Mitchell does a lot of work in 5.1, some of which can be found on his site: http://www.musicforspaceships.com/m4ss/airlock.html. I'm sure he could point you in other directions, too, if you sent him an email. Extremely nice guy.
Not sure about other stuff, as I've actually never given any of it a listen. Maybe when I return to the States I'll set up my system and give it a try. |
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| Sykonee |
| Considering how much of an audiowhore Villalobos is, it wouldn't surprise me if he makes 5.1 music as well. Can anyone confirm? |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
I know Marc Mitchell does a lot of work in 5.1, some of which can be found on his site: http://www.musicforspaceships.com/m4ss/airlock.html. I'm sure he could point you in other directions, too, if you sent him an email. Extremely nice guy.
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Yeah, I heard Marc Mitchell was working on 5.1 stuff now. I can see why he considers it the future. Although sadly I can't hook my laptop up to our 5.1 system, which is integrated with our DVD player, so I can't play any of the stuff on this site in 5.1. Has to be stuff available on DVD. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Last night I finally got round to listening to This Binary Universe in surround sound, and had my mind blown. I've had that album since it came out and have played it many times, but hearing it in 5.1 totally reinvigorated the music. Some might say 5.1 music is a gimmick, and it's certainly limited in practical application, but it does genuinely open up a new dimension to how you hear the music and the way an artist can construct a sonic environment. |
When TBU first came out, a friend of mine told me the exact same thing. His recommendation to listen to it in 5.1 was quite emphatic. Interesting to see that his take on it isn't a one-off occurrence. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| there is alot of film scores that exist in 5.1 but never get released as such. Too bad. But i think it serves better for experimental music as an orchestra has a general focal point and you can't really do too much and most the times they do, it is electronics or some sort effect. But hearing experimental electronic music in 5.1 would be neat. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
When TBU first came out, a friend of mine told me the exact same thing. His recommendation to listen to it in 5.1 was quite emphatic. Interesting to see that his take on it isn't a one-off occurrence. |
I would definitely recommend it. Opinion is frequently divided on the album itself, and I've always thought it was brilliant, which helps. However, it's obvious to me now that it was probably composed and mixed in 5.1, and the stereo mixdown was, if not an afterthought, certainly not how the music was intended. There are a lot of times when the polyphony of the music was clearly intended to be spread out in three dimensions, and a few setpieces that take advantage of it.
I always thought the album was unusually dynamic for electronic music, more akin to classical or orchestral music. This makes perfect sense in terms of 5.1 mixing, because if you have a subtle or quiet sound in your music, you no longer have to battle with the EQing and the mix to make it stand out in two channels, you can just send it out to another channel away from louder sounds or conflicting frequencies. I suppose it's pretty similar to classical music, which was composed to be heard live in a three dimensional space performed by a large orchestra occupying its own broad physical space, as opposed to being squashed into a stereo environment.
It's pretty rare these days to think about music as existing in three dimensions, because even the majority of live music is channelled into a stereo soundsystem. The vast majority of electronic music never occupied a physical space in the first place - it was born in stereo, so to hear electronic music in 3D is pretty mindblowing to me. |
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| pointPi |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I would definitely recommend it. Opinion is frequently divided on the album itself, and I've always thought it was brilliant, which helps. However, it's obvious to me now that it was probably composed and mixed in 5.1, and the stereo mixdown was, if not an afterthought, certainly not how the music was intended. There are a lot of times when the polyphony of the music was clearly intended to be spread out in three dimensions, and a few setpieces that take advantage of it.
I always thought the album was unusually dynamic for electronic music, more akin to classical or orchestral music. This makes perfect sense in terms of 5.1 mixing, because if you have a subtle or quiet sound in your music, you no longer have to battle with the EQing and the mix to make it stand out in two channels, you can just send it out to another channel away from louder sounds or conflicting frequencies. I suppose it's pretty similar to classical music, which was composed to be heard live in a three dimensional space performed by a large orchestra occupying its own broad physical space, as opposed to being squashed into a stereo environment.
It's pretty rare these days to think about music as existing in three dimensions, because even the majority of live music is channelled into a stereo soundsystem. The vast majority of electronic music never occupied a physical space in the first place - it was born in stereo, so to hear electronic music in 3D is pretty mindblowing to me. |
Truly wish Image-Line implements 5.1 surround ability into Fruity Loops 11. |
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| Frenkieee |
| I could be terribly wrong here, but doesn't Robert Henke (Monolake) do 5.1 stuff? |
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| Orko |
I know some DVDs that have been redone with 5.1:
Oakenfold - Voyage Into Trance
Chemical Brothers - Don't Think Concert DVD
I actually have the Voyage into Trance dvd, but haven't had a 5.1 system for years. I'll pop it in and see how they did with the remix. |
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