The God of surround audio and high-quality prog mixes, Mr. Steven Wilson is back with a new album,
The Raven that Refused To Sing
Taking the talented team that toured with him on his recent world tour (available on this
stellar BluRay, best audio for live concert I've ever heard), Steven went into the studios accompanied by famed engineer Alan Parsons to record this new album, which by all early accounts will be an instant classic in the prog-rock cannon.
I just received mine a few weeks ago and Wow, just WOW!
This is a masterpiece from someone who is setting the pace in musical creativity over the past two decades. Steven just keeps creating not only great music, but keeps elevating the bar on sonic quality like no one else can.
In this album, engineered by the legendary Alan Parson and mixed by Steven, the richness and depth of sound are astounding. Dynamic range is huge, and the 5.1 high-rez lossless surround mix is spectacular on my rig (which itself is an homage to Mr. Wilson, as that's what it takes to appreciate his recordings to the max).
The BluRay edition is the one to get if you want to hear all that is in these recordings.
Thankfully, it features multiple mixes and formats all on one disc. So you get 24/96 LPCM Stereo mix for all you 2ch aficionados.
Us surround-heads get both a 5.1 24/96 LPCM and a DTS-HD MasterAudio lossless 24/96 5.1 encoding as well.
There are CD and vinyl editions as well for those living in the past
A must own album just for the music, and absolutely a go-to demo disc to show off all your system can do.
Available from
Burning Shed and other
outlets.
