Arcana: first prog album in 8D Audio released!
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Topic: Arcana: first prog album in 8D Audio released!
Posted By: Sanmartinphase7
Subject: Arcana: first prog album in 8D Audio released!
Date Posted: November 14 2020 at 08:15
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Rodrigo San Martin releases Arcana (Act 1), first progressive rock album mixed with 8D Audio.
The sixth record of the argentine musician, released on November 2020, is the first progressive rock album to feature this new production technique that provides Surround sound for headphones. “Arcana (Act 1)” is a concept album composed and recorded in isolation that narrates music’s history and it’s relation to humanity. It breaks the usual limits of rock records by drawing influence from Folk and Traditional music from around the world (such as Early music from Sumer, Japan, pre-Columbian America, Scandinavia, Mongolia and others), as well as Classical and Medieval music. All without losing its rock essence.
From the very beginning, the album was created around the 8D Audio concept: This new mixing technique allows the music to have a Surround effect designed for headphones. Unlike Stereo, where there are only two audio channels (left and right), in 8D Audio the sound comes not only from the sides, but also from the front and back, and up and down, providing a complete 360 ° audio experience. Bandcamp: https://rodrigosanmartin.bandcamp.com/album/arcana-act-1-8d-audio" rel="nofollow - https://rodrigosanmartin.bandcamp.com/album/arcana-act-1-8d-audio 
Rodrigo San Martín (Buenos Aires, 1988) is an argentine multi-instrumental Progressive Rock musician. His first encounter with surround sound was with “1”, his debut record in 2010. It’s the first Latin-American album mixed in 5.1 surround. His five solo albums has been greatly recognized by the international specialised press, as well as his involvement with the bands: https://vanishedfromearth.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - - https://vanishedfromearth.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - and https://soulsignite.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - . Nowadays, he is the leader of https://theastralplatypus.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - , an audiovisual project that is a parody of Progressive Rock. The project includes a comedy web series that narrates the story of a fictional band between the 60´s and 80´s, and the complete discography of said band.
Rodrigo is considered one of the main figures Argentina’s progressive rock’s revival, since he is the founding member and leader of La Resistencia Progresiva Argentina: a group of progressive bands, with whom he works with in different projects to promote the genre. One of these initiatives is the Baires Prog Fest, a music festival in Buenos Aires, which has already had fifteen editions.
Bandcamp (free discography): https://rodrigosanmartin.bandcamp.com/ Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SanMartinPhase7 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sanmartinphase7/ |
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 14 2020 at 23:37
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Why the hell is it considered 8D and not 3D? I love this, lol! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Sanmartinphase7
Date Posted: November 15 2020 at 07:51
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Thanks! I'm with you on this one; I think the company that named it "8D Audio" instead of "360 Audio" or "3D Audio" wanted a more marketeable name. It causes regular discussions because there aren't 8 dimensions, but they say it was named this way because "audio comes from 8 directions". But yes, you're completely right: 3D Audio would be a more appropiate name. |
Posted By: MoebiusStreet
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 07:07
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> audio comes from 8 directions I can only find 6 - left/right, up/down, front/back. I'm not buying into the marketing nonsense.
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Posted By: Sanmartinphase7
Date Posted: November 19 2020 at 13:52
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The name's not that important, MoebiusStreet. It's surround sound for headphones. |