HATFIELD'S END - STONEHENGE 4
If you like Pink Floyd, Vangelis and The Alan Parsons Project, you will surely enjoy Stonehenge 4. Hatfield's End brings an old-fashioned conservative concept album on the market alongside the tradition of the good symphonic rock bands back from the `70's. The album is completely instrumental and full of musical references, but has at the same time its typical own sound, so that we can safely speak of a remarkable release. The mysterious story of Stonehenge, which is not just a collection of stones or rocks in the South of England, is being told in 11 compositions in a catching and varied musical manner, with a play-time of 75 minutes. It requires therefore your time and attention to listen to. Highlights are the “Wish-you-were-here”-like starter “Enter the Ceremonial Tribal Meeting Place”, the Parsons-like “The Mystery of the Aubrey Holes” and the 15-minutes' long “Show of Hands”. The album is full of spectacular sound-effects: an unheard-of deep low, barking dogs, rain showers and unexpected thunderclaps. The sound is startling; mind your speakers! An album which could become a classic!
Review: Barend Fransen
Extremely good CD, very high quality. Music tech very good. Justified for the High-End. Average audio will have problems digesting these dynamics. Excellent as reverence CD.
Stonehenge 4 - Symphonic masterpiece. Unsuspecting I enter my local music shop, where I am directed to the Stonehenge 4 CD of Hatfield's End. After listening to the first chords I immediately realise that I have found something special. When I take off my headphones after 75 minutes, I need a few minutes to recover - this is a symphonic treasure. Hardly ever have I heard something like this, I have no words to describe what I have just listened to. Sound which creates images and feelings which one does not feel at all when listening to present-day music. As indicated on the Dutch inlay, this is a concept album “pur sang”. It is a reminder of Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons and some other big names from the `70's with a recording quality which is not often found nowadays. For me this is a WHOPPER!
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HATFIELD'S END - STONEHENGE 4: What do we have here - Pink Floyd or Mike Oldfield, or perhaps Camel? Who or what is Hatfield's End - as mysterious as the prehistoric mystery of Stonehenge itself. Whatever it is - the monumental blocks of rock on the South English Salisbury Plain supplied at any rate inspiration for this masterpiece. Whoever are its composers - Vangelis and Alan Parsons are also mentioned - this instrumental concept album calls up memories of the symphonic rock music of the `70's. Less stilted, sometimes a bit Celestine-promising, yet it makes one float for 80 minutes between heaven and earth.
A one-time live performance was given in Holland during Bamboohenge in Rotterdam. Bamboohenge was a project of bamboo-artist Anton Versteege, who constructed Stonehenge in bamboo during the summer of 2002 in the park near the Euromast. On 21 June during Solstice the concert of Hatfield's End. A concert was held with an ambiance reminiscent of the art of the middle ages, the band members dressed up in the attire of the druids. It was received with much enthusiasm. Rumours abounded in Rotterdam during the days before the performance about the participation of Syd Barett. This was not confirmed nor denied by the press advisor of the music publisher on Radio Rijnmond . No interviews were given - the music spoke for itself, and no intereaction was sought with the public.
We do have Stonehenge4, we found it a remarkable album. We hope, they will make lots of this stuff!!
2004. Hans en Marion Hendriks
Got Stonehenge 4 this weekend and it hasn't left my player yet.
It's incredible! My subwoofer rocks!! I will keep a close eye on these performers!!
2004. Hans Nieuwenhuis
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Re: Magnificent, Fabulous, Absurd & Insane Musical 5.1 Surround Show [Re: weez]
#639444 - 09/08/04 04:16 PM
Today I became a happy man buying the "Stonehenge 4" cd from Hatfield's End, The fifth song on the album has some of the lowest bass out there, in an impressive mix. In fact we tested a whole bunch of large subs with that particular song (and several others) in a 45m2 sized HT, recently.
I believe I already got one of Chesky's discs, but will have a listen to this one as well.
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Originally posted by ghemink
See subsequent posts with some measurements
Then I put in a CD with lots of bass to test the setup with the woofers connected, no dummy resistors, real speakers.
Since the woofers are dipoles, the amps have to deliver much more voltage at low frequencies to get the same SPL. I used track 5 of "Stonehenge 4" from"Hatfield's End". This track has some pretty heavy synthesized bass at very low frequencies at high SPL. This is good to give your woofers a good workout.
