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Newly released on kscope records, the highly anticipated Blu-Ray/DVD concert package of Porcupine Tree - Live from Tilburg, Holland is now available. Released in a high quality, "book-like" package that contains the Blu-Ray disc, a standard DVD, and the full color, high quality pages that contain photos and the details of the release.


This title is getting rave reviews in the forum, and is yet another example of Porcupine Tree and Steve Wilson's commitment to surround sound and high quality audio that QQ members have come to appreciate and expect.

There is no greater example of an artist who has gained prominence among surround fans as Steve Wilson and Porcupine Tree. His efforts to get his material, along with Porcupine Tree and King Crimson, among others, is a shining example of a true surround sound pioneer. In a retail climate where most big labels shudder at the thought of releasing HiRez surround music, even when accompanied by a video concert, Steve Wilson and kscope Records have shown that they care about surround music and continue to release not just cursory 5.1 releases, but OUTSTANDING 5.1 releases that constantly top the QQ HiRez Polls.

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There's a new UK based record label, started by QQ Member Martin Russell, that was founded with Surround Sound in mind. The first release, a self titled DVD-Audio from Rwandan Artist "Dorothee Munyaneza", is now available directly from their website as well as many other internet resellers.

According to Martin, who is also the producer and co-writer of the album, he originally offered the release to Peter Gabriel's "Real World" record label but they were "put off" by the surround element of the release, as were other distributers he approached.

Because he felt so strongly about the importance of the surround aspect of this release, he decided to start his own label to get this out to the marketplace. Quite an impressive task to undertake, but it's now underway and the product is out there and available.


The DVD-Audio was created by Neil Wilkes and his "Opus Productions", and is available only as a CD/DVD-A release. The DVD-A disc includes HiRez Stereo, MLP HiRez 5.1 audio tracks as well as DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks for those without DVD-Audio players.

Dorothee Munyaneza's music is beautiful and moving, with a very enjoyable surround sound field. My niece said it was "Lion King" music! This is a title that might go undiscovered by many QQ members if it were not for it's availability in surround.

For those interested in this first release, Martin has made two HiRez surround tracks available for free download. Many QQ members have downloaded these and gone on to purchase the album. I would suggest that everyone download these files and listen to them, then if inclined, grab this CD/DVD-A package and help support Martin's effort.

With the current state of surround sound audio only releases, it's only fair that we support all companies like Luminary Records that go out on a limb to release true, HiRez surround sound releases.

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