SDE Exclusive • Dolby Atmos • 5.1 Mix • Stereo • Instrumentals • #40 in the SDE Surround Series • Region-free blu-ray

Claudia Brücken of Propaganda and xPropaganda fame will release her fourth studio album, Night Mirror, in July. This SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio features this new release in Dolby Atmos and many other audio streams.

Written and recorded in London between 2023-2025 with longtime collaborator John Williams, Night Mirror is a fantastic album, one that SDE editor Paul Sinclair spent weeks listening to and loving before coming to the decision to make this number 40 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. Songs include the driving pop of 'Rosebud', (the first track available) the dark textures and crunch of 'Sound And The Fury', the warm glow and nostalgia of 'The Only Ones', the electronica of 'Shadow Dancer' (which has some very Pet Shop Boys-sounding synths!) and the yearning ballad 'To Be Loved'. The production is brilliant - very layered which really lends itself to Atmos and 5.1.

For the uninitiated, Claudia Brücken first came to notice as the lead singer of Düsseldorf electronic music pioneers Propaganda, one of the first signings to ZTT Records. Propaganda enjoyed chart success with singles such as ‘Dr Mabuse’ and ‘Duel’ and their 1985 album A Secret Wish is a landmark electronic pop album. In 2022, with Susanne Freytag,

formed xPropaganda and together with producer Steve Lipson made the album The Heart Is Strange, which was No 2 in the SDE Surround Series and reached No 11 in the UK charts.

This project brings together a team of brilliant contributors that SDE has worked with before, including designer Philip Marshall who is responsible for the artwork (Philip did xPropaganda and worked on the Frankie Goes To Hollywood reissues put out by Salvo in the 2010s), David Kosten (whose Atmos Mixes for SDE include Paul Young's No Parlez and the Thompson Twins Into The Gap) and Demon Music who worked with us on the Paul Young and Suede SDE Surround Series blu-rays.

The SDE exclusive blu-ray features the following content:

Night Mirror - Dolby Atmos Mix
Night Mirror - 5.1 Surround Mix
Night Mirror - Stereo Mix
Night Mirror - Binaural Mix (headphones only)
Night Mirror Dolby Atmos Instrumental Mix
Night Mirror - 5.1 Instrumental Mix
Night Mirror - Stereo Instrumental Mix
Night Mirror - Binaural Instrumental Mix

For the first time on an SDE Surround Series release we are including 'binaural' mixes of the album (on Night Mirror, in both vocal and instrumental variants). These are for headphones-only. If you plug your headphones into your amplifier/receiver and select the binaural mixes you'll hear the Atmos Mix over headphones, similar to how it is when you listen to Atmos Mixes via Apple Music. A nice bonus!

Night Mirror is a region-free blu-ray audio and is #40 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series. It will be packaged in a clear amaray case and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

This Night Mirror blu-ray is a limited to 1500 units and was released on 4 July 2025, via Demon Music

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