It has been planned for a while with BMG, since 2012...
http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/bmg- ... any/049054
I plus that !Dr_Jones wrote:As long as they are not as bad as the Sony 1997 remasters, I'm OK with it.
Damn, those are bad.
According to interview articles, he is working on something...matt222 wrote:Can anyone get me up to speed here - any idea at all if he is actually working on anything new or is it all just speculation and hearsay?
Don't even get me started on those remasters and all subsequental released album mastering... I went out of my way to purchase all original CD's after buying a bunch, and went even further out of my way to get the vinyl of Oxygene 7-13 and recorded that one to my PC. Million times better!Dr_Jones wrote:As long as they are not as bad as the Sony 1997 remasters, I'm OK with it.
Damn, those are bad.
These re-releases have nothing to do with the upcoming album, Oldfield has been rereleasing his albums since 2009 the year after he got all the rights back from Virgin after 35 years. He has been remixing the albums (Incantations only the demos since mastertapes are apparently to far degraded or lost, and Platinum/QE2 which were lazily only remastered) to 5.1 surround. Let me assure you that those 5.1 remixes are totally worth the repurchase of those albums: Hergest Ridge finally has something to offer besides boredom, Ommadawn sound very fresh, Five Miles Out goes all over the place and Crises is pure heaven in surroundsound! Still haven't bought the 5.1 mix of Tubular Bells though...Robi wrote:All this very things happenning with Mike Oldfield anyway.
Five Miles Out and Crises just came out as reissues and he is making the brand new album.
I personally don't mind buying the reissues, at all, I'm just looking forward to have the new materials from both musicians.
He has stated that he is infact working on something new, and I believe in one interview we did get a short sample of unheard music of Jarre. But other than that we have no idea, he's probably making music and not satisfied with the results waiting for the right mindset.matt222 wrote:Can anyone get me up to speed here - any idea at all if he is actually working on anything new or is it all just speculation and hearsay?