ON A WARM DAY IN SEPTEMBER 2022, ALONGSIDE 40 OR SO PRESS COLLEAGUES, I WAS TREATED TO AN ADVANCE DEMONSTRATION OF THE DOLBY ATMOS MIX OF THE BEATLES’ REVOLVER, AT REPUBLIC STUDIOS ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY’S MIDTOWN. PRODUCER/MIXER GILES MARTIN—SON OF ORIGINAL BEATLES PRODUCER SIR GEORGE MARTIN— WAS OUR HOST. GILES MARTIN’S DEMEANOR WAS SELF-DEPRECATING, AND HE SEEMED TO KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE BEATLES AND THEIR PRODUCTIONS. AS MARTIN PLAYED SONGS FROM REVOLVER IN SURROUND SOUND, THE ASSEMBLED GROUP SEEMED AMAZED BY WHAT THEY HEARD.
Played through a JBL-based 7.1.4 system in a conference room,1 “Tomorrow Never Knows,” Revolver ’s final track (which, however, was the first to be recorded), was transformed. Based on texts from The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead and employing radical elements including musique concrète, avant-garde composition, and tape loops, the effect of this new, spacious soundfield—on an album known for its claustrophobic production—was shocking. At the front of the mix, Lennon’s vocal was large; it came across with more texture and nuance than I’d ever heard. Also, up front, Paul’s woozy electric bass and Ringo’s cracking drums had weight and viscosity; Ringo’s familiar 16th note, mounted-tom strike (“da-doom”) now revealed a pitch dip, indicating that he’d tuned the drum’s bottom head lower and looser than its top head.
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My last Far East trip
First comes the anticipation, that initial jet of warm water, that miraculous searching, finding the sweet spot, then heaven on earth as it cleans and caresses.
Riding the Common Wave
In the e-commerce era, brick-and-mortar dealerships must give customers compelling reasons to stop by. Los Angeles hi-fi dealership Common Wave's owner Wesley Katzir keeps customers coming through the door with a simple idea: that music matters in our everyday lives and that what he enjoys, other people will enjoy, too.
Mind Games to the bottom of the rabbit hole
After a wild decade in the biggest pop music group ever, John Lennon's post-Beatles years were spent in protest, in various kinds of therapy, in immigration court, and in search of a new musical identity.
Trane meets the Motor City
Detroit became a destination for migrating African Americans early, starting with the Underground Railroad; the city's proximity to Canada was convenient for those seeking to escape Southern slavery.
Vital art never rests
At this late date, it seems impossible that there could still be \"lost\" albums lingering in the vaults by musicians as important and successful as Johnny Cash and Paul McCartney.
DUKE IN 10
TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DUKE'S DEATH, ROBERT BAIRD SELECTS A DOUBLE HANDFUL OF EXEMPLARY TRACKS FROM PERHAPS AMERICA'S GREATEST MUSICAL GENIUS.
Piega Coax Gen2 811
It's funny how we discover some music in unexpected, twisting ways.
Pass Laboratories XP-27
One of the pleasures of reviewing-and also using-products from Pass Laboratories is an encounter with Nelson Pass's writing, which can usually be found in the owner's manual and is always competent, insightful, and sometimes funny.
EMT 928 II
Modern turntables are a paradox.
Dynaudio Contour 30i
Ah, Denmark. Land of the Vikings and blue-eyed, blond-haired folk with faces sculpted just so.
