Staalplaat has another new release which they are strangely being quiet about, a DVD compilation bearing the impossible to fit on the spine moniker of "Anchortronic - 5.1. Laboratory For Updating Experimental Sound". Collated by
Time's Up, the project was relaized via a "radical DIY aesthetic" where over a two year period "the capacity and possibilities of Surround Sound was set up and realized by inviting musicians, sound and video
artists to a basic 5.1 audio studio at Time´s Up in Linz/Austria". The creation of this environ has resulted in 18 tracks of
6 channel audio based "soundscapes, cutups, rock songs and
electroschnitzels that live and breathe from the expanded technical structure". Along with visuals (some cool Quicktime examples on the project's website) there is also included an AC-3 Surround Sound a binaural Headphone Mix for the home theatre challenged. You can apparently order the release from
Staalplaat now though I could not find any evidence of this in their catalogue (somebody else besides me is on vacation I would expect) but you can get the answers no doubt by hassling
mailorder@staalplaat.com. I want one. . .very cool.
