Biosphere – Shenzhou

I"ll confirm that : the sound are amazing & THE PRESSING ARE TOP NOTCH WITH PERFECT DYNAMICS ESPECIALLY IN A LOW FREQUENCIES (BASS) . Clean records in every side. Don't be afraid. BUY IT NOW!! My system is : MK7 TECHNICS with Audio Technica shibata vm95 (premium brown), Denon 720pma amplifier and Magnat supreme 202. The whole packaging are fabulus.

ive been raised on Patashnik, and i admit Substrata being a formative classic. but, shenzhou somehow beomes a Biosphere's favourite. From spindrift to Green reflections. it remains the most optimistic/hopeful biosphere work. Magical? whatever it means, the older I get, the more often i go to sleep listening to this one.
thank you GJ.

I picked up a copy a few days ago. No problems with mine! Nice and clean. I must have picked up the second pressing.

Not sure whether mine is first or second press (bought from Juno mid March 2018) but gave it a good clean with a vacuum RCM and it is 99% free from any noise. Obviously there are a few tracks that have sampled noise from records etc I presume people can tell the difference and aren't thinking that is pressing noise.

Got the second pressing today and gave it a whole spin without a wet clean. It sounds leagues better than the original I had, a rare click or two per side but that's about it!

Don‘t buy this. The label has halted sales on their bandcamp page due to production faults. An improved repress is expected early this year. Until then - stay patient for the treatment this fantastic album really deserves!

Another masterpiece from Biosphere but sadly a noisy pressing. Tried two different copies and exactly the same issues... clicks and surface noise all over the 3 records, with some persistance on the right channel and in the begining of the songs.

It was 2 months ago that I wrote that this album suffers from production-mastering issues, particularly in the bass area, as for the recording level, too silent to be manageable...... it seems that Geir did a great job and the 2017 remaster has cured those limitations, this is quite a step forwards for better sound, the question is "how does the vinyl version sound" ?????

Wow, three days prior to the release date 20 members already have it in their collection and six have rated it (all with five stars)!

To my view , this album suffers from production-mastering issues , particularly in the bass department , such a shame , since it is superb in atmosphere and ambiance . I hope the vinyl edition will be heavily remastered , together with a more manageable record level !!!