Le légendaire album Pet Sounds des Beach Boys, sorti en 1966, vient d’être mixé en Dolby Atmos immersif par Giles Martin. Martin, le fils du célèbre producteur George Martin, est l’homme qui a réalisé les mixages Dolby Atmos de la récente série de rééditions des Beatles. Le mixage avant-gardiste de Pet Sounds est disponible sur Apple, Amazon et Tidal.
Nous avons rencontré Giles Martin et lui avons demandé comment il était parvenu à donner un aspect nouveau et fascinant à l’un des enregistrements les plus appréciés de l’histoire de la musique : [“Well, things are never done, are they? They have life to them. And the stereo mix is great, y’know, it’s not immaculate — there’s no such thing as an ‘immaculate’ mix. And, y’know, listening to the stereo vs. the mono, the reverbs are very different on the stereo to the mono. It’s quite a bit wetter. So, I was making sure it was not going to be wetter than the stereo, in fact, I think it’s a little bit drier than that even though it’s an Atmos, which does create a sense of space. The great thing about this is you have a reference — they can listen to the mono, the stereo, or the Atmos version. I would never be as arrogant (as) to say I’ve made the definitive version of Pet Sounds. What I’ve done is I’ve made a Dolby Atmos immersive version of Pet Sounds that hopefully people will love and enjoy.”] (:39 OC : . . . aimez et profitez)