Franck Martin- Thanks For The Invite – An immersive electronic music composition – Reviewed (Streaming, MKV, Stereo to Dolby Atmos and Master ADM)

Franck Martin contacted me after reading my review of Eric Serra’s album, and took the opportunity to introduce me to his own work, as well as to Thanks for the Invite, an album conceived specifically with spatial music in mind, as Franck explains on his website, www.peachymango.org.

With summer bringing its usual wave of electronic music concerts and festivals, the timing seemed particularly appropriate to explore an album designed for immersive listening. Electronic music, with its emphasis on space, movement, texture and sound design, is arguably one of the genres best suited to spatial audio.

For this review, I listened to Thanks for the Invite across various medias, including the different Dolby Atmos encoding options currently available. I also compared the different encodings…