So here we are in the spring of 2023, 50 years from when the Dark Side of the Moon was released. Pink Floyd have provided us with their new box set, something many see as underwhelming. Although a new surround sound mix was provided the band considers the arrangement sacred, and has never remixed the stereo album like they did with Animals and Obscured by Clouds. So we here at MQR are here to once again one-up Pink Floyd.
Magna Qualita Record Presents our newest release, an easter egg if you will, our 50th anniversary remix of The Dark Side of the Moon:
Dark Side to the Power of 50
(...matter of fact it's all dark)
01. Speak to Me
02. Breathe
03. Travel
04. On the Run
05. Time
06. Breathe (reprise)
07. The Great Gig in the Sky
08. Money
09. Us and Them
10. Any Colour You Like
11. Brain Damage
12. Eclipse
Why did we remix a perfect album not once but twice?
Well, the 40th anniversary Power of the Dark Side mix was done to make something
utilizing elements not used in the final official version of the album
and/or bring out elements that got lost in the band's original mixes (stereo or quad).
That version was made with technology available at the time it was done,
which left us with a lot of limitations to just how
discretely we could rework the tracks.
Today, in 2023, we have AI technology capable of separating even mono recordings
into their instrumental components, and due to a bit of good luck giving }{eywood
access to the new Atmos mix 6 months before release he decided to use it.
We have remixed the album almost from scratch, giving the drums more space,
the bass more punch, the vocals different effects. We added
many pieces found on outtakes or buried in the mix, vocal snippets,
extended sections edited out of the original mixes etc.
The Travel Sequence was spliced in between Breathe and On the Run, here
retitled just Travel, and as consequence of }{eywood's diligence, we now even have
a multichannel version of this cute outtake.
We tried to give this a more modern "mixed on ProTools" sound, and we think it works.
Notice that the processes used did work well, but not completely flawless.
When a sound pans around in the original mix, like the moog in ACYL, it's rather
hard to impossible to perfectly separate it.
In such cases we had to retain some of the original tracks as they were in the released mixes.
We hope we covered up the artifacts of some less than perfect extractions
(although one could be shocked faced with the accuracy in 90% of the tracks.
Money is 100% perfect clean stems that likely reproduce Pink Floyd's 16 track
master flawlessly except for artifacts on Dave's scat vocal at the end).
Another reason why we did this is that even though PF are releasing a new mix in Dolby Atmos,
Dolby Atmos is a rather new format which still many people have no access to.
We never were happy with the 5.1 mix of the album from 2003, finding a tragic underuse of the center
channel for vocals of any kind. So we decided to take the new remix to the next
level and also offer a 5.1 version, which we provide you as 48 kHz lossless flac
files. We have put many vocals in the center, because that is where they belong.
The stems for this were extracted from these mixes of the album:
1972 Alan Parsons early mix
1973 stereo mix
1973 Alan Parsons quad mix
2003 5.1 mix
2023 Atmos mix
One Side of the Moon
Studio outtakes
Live at Pompeii
The BBC-recorded 1974 Wembley shows
Studio outtakes included in the 2011 immersion set
Brighton Dome recordings included in the 2011 immersion set
MQR for this project: :
}{eywood - creative director, producer and mixer
WRomanus - artwork and hints
creamcheese - mastering
with research and creative consultation by JerryisBored
We tried to get this posted on the same day the official box set came out, but we wanted to perfect the surround mix, and thus are a little late. Hence this easter egg.
By the way, people, this is a tribute by fans for fans and is not meant to be an exploit!
This work should not be used by any stinky, greedy bootlegger to make money with other people‘s work.
It is not intended to infringe on the copyrights of Pink Floyd or the sales of either version
of the original album. So, if you like this release we urge you to buy every bloody version
of this album, in case you don‘t have them already.
All MQR works are made by and for honest appreciators only and under free use WITHOUT ANY COMMERCIAL INTENT.
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