good 5.1 albums

finally got a 5.1 system (mostly for working on 5.1 mixes of new/existing songs of mine), can anyone recommend some good albums/music dvds that use surround sound well?

so far i have:

nin - downward spiral

a whole bunch of genesis reissues

peter gabriel - video collection dvd

porcupine tree - lightbulb sun (still haven't actually listened to it yet, lol)

like i said, i'm working on some multichannel stuff so would like to see what i'm up against! i'd love to hear some really mindfuck-y electronic stuff in 5.1 - my plan is to first release a 5.1 ambient album, then maybe some 5.1 mixes of rooftop access stuff, or some 5.1 idm.

yoshimi?

ooh good call.

might pick up the talking heads 5.1 boxset too. heard the mix of speaking in tongues at my friend's place once and it was amazing.

would be nice to hear some more obscure prog stuff in 5.1 too, like eloy or something

MORE PROG ROCK LOL

fuck yeah!

As was alluded to, The last four Flaming Lips albums were remixed in 5.1. I own both 'The Soft Bulletin' in that format and to this day I have yet to get the chance to listen to them as such. Lame.

Braintree did a nice 5.1 mix of a track he wrote. You should ask him to send it to you.

You should also look into Stockhausen and see if his multi-channel recordings were ever released in a commercial format. For example, I know that 'Kontakte' was composed for quad, but converted to stereo for obvious reasons. Come to think of it. All of those academic electronic composers from the 60s to the 80s are sure to have multi-channel compositions.

Edit: Ooooh! I just remembered that Queen's 'A Night at the Opera' was mixed for 5.1 at some point.

Speedy J - Umfeld (downloadable from umfeld.tv)

i did a thread a loooong time ago about this same subject and i got a few good recommendations here. The Richie Hawtin DE9 surround is amazing, MBM- in dub = fantastic , if you like Amon Tobin his splinter cell soundtrack is 5.1.

edit: there is a Kyma users compilation thats all in 5.1, i forgot the title of it but it's pretty great

I just did a search and couldn't find my old thread :(

i dont have any 5.1 thing but a few audio dvds : Robert Normandeau Puzzle (acousmatic/Ambient) & Trans canada (compilation):

http://www.electrocd.com/fr/boutique/dvda/

i thought about getting that 5.1 thing when receiving the third Ae/H30 but you know...

Amon Tobin's Chaos Theory soundtrack is nice in 5.1

Optofonica (a 5.1 dvd compilation on 12k's LINE sublabel).

These two should also be watched, not just listened to.

Cornelius - Drop (dvd).

Transforma & O.S.T. - Synken.

beck's sea change

i havent heard the 5.1 but that thread says its done well

There is a DVD release of Thomas Köner - Nuuk, not sure what if it is 5.1 or 2.0 though.

i have:

beck - sea change

beck - guero

flaming lips - soft bulletin

flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots

flaming lips - at war with the mystics

haven't listen to any of them on a 5.1 system tho:)

I have this too: Big Bud - Producer 07

http://www.discogs.com/Big-Bud-Producer-07/release/394746

BT - This Binary Universe

Apparently there's a 5.1 release of the Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack. Worth it?

ive been dying to check out the knife - silent shout audio/visual experience thing, that album is amazing and it would be great in 5.1 i'd wager.

i have the philip glass one (koniataksi or something) but only heard it via stereo...

mark fell - attack on silence?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqkzfpyhQT4&feature=related

  On 9/17/2010 at 2:57 PM, disparaissant said:

ive been dying to check out the knife - silent shout audio/visual experience thing, that album is amazing and it would be great in 5.1 i'd wager.

Is that the live cd + dvd thing? I have that. It's pretty sweet indeed.

Richie Hawtin - Transitions. DVD packed with the CD has an extended (96 minute) 5.1 surround sound mix, with cool subtitle video thing showing when he is mixing tracks in and out. Awesome mix, turn it up LOUD.

Also, LTJ Bukem's Planet Earth is a 5.1 surround mix if you want some liquid D&B :)

  On 9/17/2010 at 11:32 AM, Gocab said:

Amon Tobin's Chaos Theory soundtrack is nice in 5.1

Optofonica (a 5.1 dvd compilation on 12k's LINE sublabel).

 

These two should also be watched, not just listened to.

Cornelius - Drop (dvd).

Transforma & O.S.T. - Synken.

is the OST audio in 5.1? i thought it was only stereo. Great release though

You've already got one Porcupine Tree record. Go ahead and finish it off, man. And get some 5.1 drone, Bass Communion - 'Pacific Codex'. Deep.

Orbital - The Altogether DVD

Namlook/Inoue - 2350 Broadway 4 (Namlook had also done some other 5.1 collabs but I don't have them)

J.M.Jarre - Aero (not the best versions of his classics but the 5.1 is used to good effect on some tracks)

Lemon Jelly - 64-95

Kraftwerk Live DVD (nuff said)

Meat Beat Manifesto - ...In Dub

thanks for the recommendations guys! keep 'em coming. anyone know if there's any raster noton stuff in 5.1?

i really hope it becomes more of a standard than a gimmick. i'm going to use it to make sure that when people buy a physical copy of my releases through bandcamp they'll get something a little more interesting than just the stereo wavs burned to a cd. i'll probably do this until i can convince a record label to release my stuff on vinyl, hehe.