I två års tid har den kanadensiske rockikonen Neil Young jobbat på att ta fram en egen musiktjänst, PONO, som höjer mp3-filer till studiokvalitet. Nu verkar det som att PONO kommer att lanseras i början av 2014.
Så här skriver Young på sin Facebook-sida:
”Hearing PONO for the first time is like that first blast of daylight when you leave a movie theater on a sun-filled day. It takes you a second to adjust. Then you enter a bright reality, of wonderfully rendered detail.
This music moves you. So you can feel. That’s why so many musicians are behind PonoMusic– this is important work that honors their art. This is the way they wanted you to hear their music.
PONO starts at the source: artist-approved studio masters we’ve been given special access to. Then we work with our brilliant partners at Meridian to unlock the richness of the artist’s music to you. There is nothing like hearing this music – and we are working hard to make that experience available to all music lovers, soon.”
Här kan du se när Neil Young diskuterar PONO hos den amerikanska tv-värden David Letterman: