Someone on facebook won a ticket to hear the album played at the Dolby Laboratories Theatre. Here's what he said:
"So! What did it sound like? The lights went down and in pitch black darkness we listened! F*****g Hell! Let's just say I'm quite close to ditching my umpteen grand vinyl hifi set up in favour of a Dolby Atmos system! Really? Well, actually, no! And herein lies the problem. I was lucky enough to hear this monumental LP, in all its immersive glory on a multi thousand pound Atmos system, in a multi thousand pound purpose built auditorium, acoustically treated to within an inch of its very existence. And it sounded superb! No, it was better than that, it was f*****g superb. Mr Kosten has done an amazing job of introducing space and layers between the instruments that simply were not there in the original, whilst keeping it true to the original. The sounds that we all know and love are clearer, more defined, with none being too loud or subdued overall. It was like listening to 16 Mike Oldfields positioned all around the room, and while, yes, there was a fair bit of stereo panning, it didn't detract from the overall balance of the piece. I'll never hear Tubular Bells that way again. I was lucky, and for that I am thankful"
There was a Q&A and Kosten told the audience he spent a month working on the remix. He also revealed that, of all things, the Bells were missing from the 16 track master. He had to use some "technical wizardry" to re-create them. Neither Kosten, nor someone from Universal named Easlea, believe Mike has heard the Atmos mix yet as he doesn't have an Atmos set up.
in Atmos
