And it was not just about details, but about basic information and depth of sound, soundstage, tonality. The older version, in comparison, seemed missing most information. Sound was deeper, more three-dimensional, more palpable. Listening to Platinum SHM-CD I sometimes thought that it was a completely different recording. In this particular case differences are quite significant. It should be even easier when comparing to versions of the same recording. Compering different recordings of different performers it is still possible to point out some elements that make one recording sound "better" than the other. But electronic music sounds differently during each and every concert.Īnd yet… Electronic music has a certain structure, the way that it is constructed. It is much easier when it comes to voices or acoustic instruments as one can compare what one hears to what one knows from live concerts. It's not easy to assess recordings with electronic music-there is no firm reference. They can be bought separately or as a set inside Union Disk Rubycon box. Discs were made in JVCKenwood Creative Media. Conversion to PCM was conducted by Mr Yumetoki Suzuki, in Japanese branch of Universal Music Studios. It is used for Platinum SHM-CD, SHM-CD (sometimes also for CD!). The glass matrix is cut with this signal, thus the name of patented process - HR Cutting. For Platinum SHM-CD the DSD material was converted to 24/176,4 PCM. In this way material for Platinum SHM-SACD (without CD layer CD!) was ready. Mastering was conducted on DSD material by Manabu Matsumura in Universal Music Studios in Tokyo. The material prepared in this way was used for three versions of a new release: Platinum SHM-SACD, Platinum SHM-CD and SHM-CD. Mr Junichi Yamada was the person who search Abbey Road Studios for proper tapes. Producer claims that they used so called "flat transfer", meaning that when material was transferred to digital domain no tone correction was used. Using A/D DSD converter material was converted to DSD. It was prepared using original, analogue master tapes. These CDs were released by EMI Music Japan.Ģ015 finally brought fan a completely new remaster. These collector's issue was released as a Union Disk Phaedra box, that included 7 albums-apart from Phaedra, Rubycon, Ricochet and Stratosfear, there were also Encore, Cyclone and Force Majeure included. The next 4 Virgin albums for years were available only in one form-as CD with remaster from 1995! My own copy I bought in 2005 and this version looks exactly as the first Japanese LP releases. They released, among many other albums, also for of Polish group SBB. Let me remind you that Japanese Belle is currently one of the most important sources of progressive music. These first four album have been re-issued by Belle in SHM-CD format. On the other hand next 4 records, released by Virgin over next 2 years (so called "Virgin Years"), gave start to a new wave in music called new age. And these were one of the first that belong to krautrock genre. The first four records released between 1970 and1973, during so called "pink period" (these were released by Ohr label that had a pink logo), were recorded with drummer and composer, master of keyboard, Klaus Schulze. The Tangerine Dream is considered either a co-creator of krautrock, or of electronic music in general, and new age in particular.
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