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NEW YORK, NEW YORK: ABKCO released six new remixes of the classic Rolling Stones track "Sympathy For The Devil" on a multi-layer hybrid Super Audio CD maxi-single on September 16th. The remix project was conceived by the Rolling Stones in consultation with ABKCO's senior vice-president, Jody Klein, and involved The Neptunes, Fat Boy Slim, and Dean Gillard and Matt Ward.
When it came time to approve the remixes, Klein arranged for a playback system that included Acoustic Transducer Company (ATC) loudspeakers to be assembled at a convenient stop on the band's worldwide "Licks" tour.
"We caught up with the Stones in Stockholm to present them with the playback of the seven-track 'Sympathy For The Devil' maxi-single in 5.1 surround sound," recalled Klein. "The system was culled from London, Amsterdam, and Stockholm. It included ATC reference monitors - three ATC SCM100s and two ATC SCM50s - so that the Stones could hear the remixes with all of the sonic color that they were originally recorded with, as well as give us the ability to 'rock out' when needed."
Klein continued, "Everyone was pleased with the results and the sound quality. We found that listening to these mixes on the ATC system is the best reference we've come across, so until further notice, ATC is going to be the benchmark for our work."
ABKCO already utilizes ATC SCM50ASL Pro active three-way reference speakers in its pre-production listening environment in New York City. The monitors are primarily used for such critical tasks as archive research, track sequencing, and quality control of digitally re-mastered material. In a landmark project, ABKCO, which offers an ever-growing catalog of painstakingly re-mastered British and American classics from the Fifties, Sixties, and beyond, reissued 22 early Rolling Stones albums on hybrid SACD in late 2002.
The "Sympathy For The Devil Remix" project features full length and radio remixes by The Neptunes and Fat Boy Slim, which have already aired, plus a previously unheard mix by Gillard and Ward under the name "The Full Phatt Remix." The disc, which can be played as a standard stereo CD as well as a stereo and 5.1 surround Super Audio CD, also includes the original "Sympathy For The Devil" from the 1968 "Beggars Banquet" album, heard for the first time in 5.1 on the new disc.
ATC's drivers are manufactured in-house to exacting tolerances and are legendary for their many design innovations, such as the company's renowned Soft Dome mid-range driver, which achieves exceptionally broad and even dispersion to produce a flat response anywhere in the room. Situated in Aston Down in rural Gloucestershire, England, ATC was established in London in 1974 by acoustics engineer and musician Bill Woodman.
