Mahler’s Third Symphony and Portico Quartet’s third album now available through Society of Sound
Portico Quartet very graciously agreed to perform at our P3 headphone launch last week and have also agreed to make their eponymous latest album available as a studio-quality download via… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Categories: Music, Society of Sound
Tags: LSO Live, Mahler 3rd Symphony, P3 headphones, Portico Quartet, real world records, Valery Gergiev
Edwyn Collins’ top 10 sonic tracks.
“At West Heath Studios, I’ve collected instruments and equipment which is somewhat a history of recorded sound from the 1930′s onwards. I’m passionate about recording and fascinated with the history,… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 14 May 2012
Categories: Music, Top 10 playlists
Tags: Brenton Wood, David Bowie, Dead Flamingoes, Eddie Cochran, Edwyn Collins, The Cribs, The Cryin' Shames, The Isley Brothers, The Mekons, Top 10, Vic Godard & Subway Sect
P3 headphones launched at Abbey Road Studios
Watch the video of our P3 launch at Abbey Road Studios featuring a live recording session from Portico Quartet. Thursday May 3rd saw the launch of Bowers & Wilkins P3… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Categories: Music, New products
Tags: Abbey Road, Nautilus loudspeaker, P3 headphones, Portico Quartet, studio 2, wireless streaming
Listen and you’ll see, play Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures this Sunday
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures Factory (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Unknown Pleasures is this month’s Classic Album Sunday featured album and will be played at 5pm on a state of… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile vinyl, classic album reviews, classic album sundays, Factory Records, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures
Sounds of the Universe choose their top 10 bass tracks
These bass tracks have been chosen by Sounds of the Universe, one of the finest record shops in the UK, if not the world. They have impeccable taste and we… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 26 Apr 2012
Categories: Music, Top 10 playlists
Tags: Augusto Pablo, Gang Starr, Mark Pritchard, record shops, soul jazz, Sounds of the universe, The Bug, top 10 tracks
Album Review: Amadou & Mariam – Folila (Nonesuch)
From the time they began playing, Amadou and Mariam, the adorable blind couple from Mali, waited more than two decades to experience a breakthrough in the United States. This despite… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012
Categories: Album reviews from Tone Audio, Music, New music
Tags: Amadou and Mariam, audiophile recordi, Dimanche a Bamako, Folila, New music, Nonesuch records, TONEAudio, vinyl, World music
Sound It Out – The last surviving vinyl record shop in Teeside, North East England.
Sound It Out is essential viewing for anyone who loves music. It’s also the official film for tomorrow’s Record Store Day. A 75-minute documentary portrait of the very last surviving… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 20 Apr 2012
Categories: Discussing music, Music
Tags: Jeanie Finlay, music documentary, record shops, Record Store Day, Sound It Out, vinyl
Album review: Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls (ATO)
Among the many assets of the Alabama Shakes is to leave the listener wanting more. At 11 songs and 36 minutes, the Northern Alabama group’s debut album Boys & Girls… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012
Categories: Album reviews from Tone Audio, Music, New music
Tags: Alabama Shakes, ATO, Boys and Girls, New Music Reviews, TONEAudio
Album review – Nicki Bluhm: Driftwood (Little Knickers)
In case you missed Nicki Bluhm’s debut album,Toby’s Song in 2008, this talented San Francisco artist has grown considerably. Her first effort sticks more to a more laid back, folk… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 13 Apr 2012
Categories: Album reviews from Tone Audio, Music
Tags: 70's, New music, nicki bluhm, singer songwriter
Do we need another digital music format?
Erik Thnik says: Isn’t it time they improved CDs to 24bit/96kHz or better... 14 hours 14 minutes ago View commentEric Whitacre’s Water Night on Society of Sound in stunning studio-quality
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