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High-end audiophile/home theatre
publication Sound & Vision have just posted a fascinating interview
with David Gilmour on their website. In the chat with David, he
confirms something that we'd heard a rumour about - a surround sound
mix of his new album, On An Island.
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| David Gilmour on Sound & Vision site |
Bemoaning that "unfortunately,
we're stuck with boring old stereo for the time being", David talks
about the thoughts behind the recording process:
"My initial intention was to release
it in 5.1 at the same time as the CD, but we won't get around to
finishing the mix until the tour and the summer holiday are over. We
recorded all of the drums and orchestral stuff in surround. While I do
like to keep the rhythm section more or less in stereo, I tend to bring
some of the more fluid things — voices, keyboard textures — around from
the front to the sides for a much wider effect. You have to get a
feeling for the sounds that are possible and natural enough for your
brain to deal with. I don't like to put too many instruments behind the
listener."
The surround mix has been taken care of with the help of engineer Andy Jackson, who has worked closely with James Guthrie.
Elsewhere in the interview, David
talks of the development process of his work, and how On An Island came
together. The interview also mentions the forthcoming re-releases of
his first two solo album - the eponymous debut in 1978, and 1984's
About Face. It mentions that they will include bonus tracks, although
we now understand this not to be the case.
The full interview can be found at SoundAndVisionMag.com,
but as yet, we're not sure if it also appears in the printed magazine
itself. Our thanks to BD's Paul Powell Jr for his help with this story.
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