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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