MANDO DIAO - "Aelita" (NEW Music in 5.1..!)

[fredblue]

Well.. many of us here have been crying out for new music on Blu-ray Audio in surround.. and here is just such an example!

Universal Germany just released this week (11/8) a new HFPA Blu-ray Pure Audio of Mando Diao's latest album "Aelita" (the regular release of which came out on CD as recently as this April).

 

[fredblue]

Some pix of the package itself so you know what to look out for while shopping

 

[fredblue]

This disc sees Universal Music using the "Pure Audio" standard BD-A menu interface on one of their "High Fidelity Pure Audio" (or HFPA for short) releases for only the second time (the remixed Tommy/The Who HFPA was the first)..

 

[fredblue]

Also, this disc includes a 9.1-channel "Auro 3D" mix, some notes are included in the (otherwise scant) liners..

 

[fredblue]

The surround mix was created by Ronald Prent and mastered by Darcy Proper.

Surround mixes previously by Ronald Prent include..

Scorpions - Moment Of Glory (SACD),
Era - The Mass (SACD),
Kane - So Glad You Made It (SACD),
Kane - Fearless (DualDisc),
Guano Apes - Don't Give Me Names (SACD),
Manowar - Warriors Of The World (SACD),
Hooverphonic - No More Sweet Dreams (DualDisc),
Lori Lieberman - Bricks Against The Glass (Blu-ray Audio),
Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (DVD-Audio),
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (DVD-Audio).

Darcy Proper has mastered many many Hi-Rez and Surround projects over the years, including most of Sony's Surround SACDs.

 

[fredblue]

An interview with the band to give some background info on the recording (an apparent change of direction stylistically from their previous albums)..

http://www.theeuropean-magazine.com/mando-diao/8452-mando-diao-on-their-new-album-aelita

 

[fredblue]

Positive review of the album:

http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-k-o-cdreviews-133/14491-cd-review-mando-diao-aelita

No reviews of the surround mix yet that I can find (it's too new I guess? sa-cd.net say it is yet to be released.. but Amazon.de have it in stock).

 

[matz79]

The surround mix was created by Ronald Prent and mastered by Darcy Proper.

Surround mixes previously by Ronald Prent include..

Scorpions - Moment Of Glory (SACD),
Era - The Mass (SACD),
Kane - So Glad You Made It (SACD),
Kane - Fearless (DualDisc),
Guano Apes - Don't Give Me Names (SACD),
Manowar - Warriors Of The World (SACD),
Hooverphonic - No More Sweet Dreams (DualDisc),
Lori Lieberman - Bricks Against The Glass (Blu-ray Audio),
Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (DVD-Audio),
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (DVD-Audio).

Darcy Proper has mastered many many Hi-Rez and Surround projects over the years, including most of Sony's Surround SACDs.

Ronald Prent also made a great 5.1-Mix for the german album "Mensch" by Herbert Grönemeyer, only available as SACD on Ebay.
By the way, Ronald Prent and Darcy Proper are married.

 

[IMachine]

Well.. many of us here have been crying out for new music on Blu-ray Audio in surround.. and here is just such an example!

Universal Germany just released this week (11/8) a new HFPA Blu-ray Pure Audio of Mando Diao's latest album "Aelita" (the regular release of which came out on CD as recently as this April).

Ordered it straight!

 

[Robert van Diggele]

Ordered it straight!

Same here, when Adam endorses a new release, it might sell out quickly

 

[The Bright Side]

Thanks so much, Adam! Listening to this right now on Grooveshark. Very cool music!

 

[peterzach]

Well.. many of us here have been crying out for new music on Blu-ray Audio in surround.. and here is just such an example!

Universal Germany just released this week (11/8) a new HFPA Blu-ray Pure Audio of Mando Diao's latest album "Aelita" (the regular release of which came out on CD as recently as this April).

Adam, were do you find this stuff as I have stuff under my nose and I sometimes refuse to or don't have time to check it out.
Case in point I have a confession, had a Brazil record collector moment a couple of years ago, was looking for some cd's on craigslist and saw someone was selling some 80's,90's,00's cd's for $100 for 2 box's of disk's(around 400). Normally would just ignore but as noticed the seller was a best friend of my younger brother, called him up and bought the 2 box's of disk's. After weeding through the crap(soundtracks,hip hop music) but there was also many good disk's and one of the disk's in there was "Mando Diao-Bring Em In" as I saw on back it was on Mute Records put it aside and thought this might be worth checking out.
I see your post about this band having a surround so I finally did just now check out the disk I had and its not to bad.
here's a review of album I just listened to:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5557-bring-em-in/

Adam, am curious as based on review that you posted just wondering if this is a band that likes to mimic other styles as now they are going the electronic 80's style and originally they were the 60's garage band style and tried that for 6 albums.
Just wondering if this will type of disk is more of a novelty or could you see yourself listening to it in the future.

peter

 

[steelydave]

Looks like the guys that did the cover art for Chicago 19 finally got some more work, 25 years later!

 

[rusinurbe]

Fred where did you find this I have tried all the usual online stores and some odd stores no mention !

 

[fredblue]

Fred where did you find this I have tried all the usual online stores and some odd stores no mention !

I got mine from Amazon.de but Amazon.fr and Amazon.it have it too, with Italy being cheapest (€16).

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00LMNO5XM?

 

[fredblue]

Fred where did you find this I have tried all the usual online stores and some odd stores no mention !

Or there's third party sellers on Amazon UK;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LMNO5XM?

 

[steelydave]

It would be nice if we could get Ronald Prent and Darcy Proper involved in the forums here, they (especially Ronald Prent) seem to do a lot of stuff that flies under the radar (Hooverphonic for example) and it would be mutually beneficial for them to connect with their target audience...

 

[fredblue]

Or there's eBay, rusinurbe;


http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=351140637827


MANDO DIAO - AELITA (LTD.EDT.) BLU-RAY

 

[fredblue]

It would be nice if we could get Ronald Prent and Darcy Proper involved in the forums here, they (especially Ronald Prent) seem to do a lot of stuff that flies under the radar (Hooverphonic for example) and it would be mutually beneficial for them to connect with their target audience...

absolutely Dave! how do we go about it? Jon!?

also might be worth mentioning.. apparently Ronald Prent is exactly like Bob Clearmountain in that everything he works on he also creates a 5.1 mix of as a matter of course, whether the clients interested or not.. that's a lot of surround mixes between those two guys just waiting to be released, I reckon..!!

 

[fredblue]

Looks like the guys that did the cover art for Chicago 19 finally got some more work, 25 years later!

View attachment 15672

its horrendous artwork but I can kinda see where they were going with it, with the 80's synth vibe..!