Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason on the True Origin of Live Quad in 1967

BY MIKE METTLER – NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Could it be any more fitting that Pink Floyd is the band to again raise the bar for box set presentation with their massive, 27-disc The Early Years 1965–1972 collection, out now via Pink Floyd/Columbia? The Early Years features (yes) over 49 hours of remastered and restored audio tracks […]

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Enigma on Surround Sound, the Magic of Number 8, and the Pitfalls of Vinyl

BY MIKE METTLER – NOVEMBER 18, 2016

When composer/producer Enigma dropped MCMXC a.D. in 1990, he literally turned the electronic music genre on its ear with his innovative use of Gregorian chants on “Sadeness (Part I),” an international dance smash that featured vocals in both Latin and French. That, coupled with the far-reaching impact of […]

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