One Atmos to rule them all
Steven Wilson was interviewed by Australian outfit Noise11, and he spoke, among other things, about the motivation behind the yet another remix of Made in Japan:
Thanks to Amit for the heads-up.
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Steven Wilson was interviewed by Australian outfit Noise11, and he spoke, among other things, about the motivation behind the yet another remix of Made in Japan:
Thanks to Amit for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
At least we now know something that many predicted and of course it wasn’t hard to do. The classic Black Sabbath holy or unholy trinity of albums master tapes are no more to be found. Makes us wonder if their old manager from that era would know where they are. Changing subject matter and Steve Wilson, who I have respect for as a musician etc and myself being a Porcupine Tree aficionado, seems to be using the ‘amazing’ word a lot these days. That Atmos is to blame. Between Steve and Rick Beato, there could be a prize on offer as to who uses that word the most. I suppose I had better mention Deep Purple and Made in Japan. Now I have forgotten what I was going to say about it. Cheers.
July 30th, 2025 at 06:55I always thought MIJ had terrific sound, I have all the earlier versions and can not for my life find that any version is superior to the original. Well, Dolby Atmos is something new to me. I use Tidal and enjoy Dolly Atmos. Then, sad to hear that the Tidal version of Highway Star is not Dolby Atmos. Hopefully when the album is released it will be Dolby Atmos. I see few reasons to by the box though, as I will need to buy a new bluray player and a Dolby Atmos enabled receiver – just to get the sound to my headset. To get the Dolby Atmos experience in the room I have to by a new set of speakers as well. Well, probably good for future generations! 🙂
July 30th, 2025 at 08:31Well, I don’t care what anyone thinks! I am so THRILLED that MiJ is being remixed!
July 30th, 2025 at 11:31I have always loved that album, and the two songs that have been presented are very very promising for the rest of the album 🥰
The original was good enough for me when I bought it in 1973..and its still good enough for me..and I dont care what anyone thinks!! LOL!!
July 30th, 2025 at 14:11My issue with Atmos is: I tend to listen to music all day, but I‘m mostly doing something else when doing so, music doesn‘t distract me. But when listening to Atmos, you have to stay put for it to make sense, it‘s more like watching a movie where you can‘t concentrate on other things either. I rarely if ever listen to music without doing something else unless I am at a gig.
July 30th, 2025 at 19:06Steven Wilson’s studio and sound system would be a wonderful thing to experience, same with Dweezil’s and other sound engineers, producers and musicians. To sit there and have a listen would be something else. The two Porcupine Tree concerts I attended approximately 15 years ago, 2008 and 2010 were superb in sound delivery as well as performance. He has won awards for all that too. It blew Robert Fripp’s mind back in 2010 when he sat in Wilson’s studio and he listened to the new surround mix of the 1970 Lizard album from King Crimson. Fripp could’t even remember the music as he had a ‘mental’ block with a lot of that older music for different reason. That lead to Wilson commencing his journey into the remixing of more Crimson albums and other artists. Well done Sir. So yes indeed, I have no doubt Made in Japan and the Machine Head release would be astonishing to hear in a situation similar. The two live King Crimson blu-ray concerts I have just received are awesome in their sound, stunning. Small theatres are the go no doubt, much better acoustics. Superbly filmed with alternate shots of each musician,. And my most sort after live concerts are where the crowd is so respectful to the performance. No shouting etc from certain rude audience members in the quieter sections of the music. Different music and concerts for different aficionados and isn’t it grand. I will read reviews of the MIJ release and that is as close as I will probably get to Atmos. Unless I happen to bump into someone who has their own home ‘theatre’ set up and they are a DP freak. Stranger things have happened. Cheers.
July 30th, 2025 at 22:30Regarding Black Sabbath master tapes:?the podcast ‘A Word In Your Ear’ presented by Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, interviewed Rob Caiger, who I initially knew as via ELO fanzine Face The Music. In the interview Rob mentions finding some lost Black Sabbath master tapes, whilst looking for ELO tapes. As many of know the studio masters for Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow are still missing,50 years on..
July 31st, 2025 at 10:08Excuse my ignorance, but how is Dolby Atmos supposed to sound when played in stereo?
I ask because the Steve Wilson remix makes me sick when played in stereo…
July 31st, 2025 at 20:48shouldn’t there still be compatibility in the mix when played in stereo?