Still from BBC 3 drama In The Flesh

Distilling emotion: the importance of sound in creating a trailer

Condensing the essence of a drama into 60 seconds is always going to be a challenge, we asked Video Editor Colin Wadsworth how important sound is to the whole mix.… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 16 May 2013
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DJ Wordy, Seven Notes Beijing and Shanghai

Seven Notes: DJ Wordy’s top 10

China’s no 1 turntablist DJ Wordy will DJ ing at both the Beijing (9th May) and Shanghai (16th May) Seven Notes events. Here, he gives us his top 10 favourite… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 May 2013
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John Metcalfe' Monomedia series at Kings Place, London

John Metcalfe curates listening experiences in the dark at London’s Kings Place

Current Society of Sound artist and multi-talented composer/producer John Metcalfe has curated Monomedia: a series of concerts where the invited musicians will play their entire sets in the dark. In… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 May 2013
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Rough Trade recommend John Grant's Pale Green Ghosts

Rough Trade recommends: John Grant’s Pale Green Ghosts

Sometimes intensely self-confessional albums can be just too much: too self obsessed, too introspective and too miserable to actually make a good listen. But every so often along comes an… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 May 2013
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New Order - Power Corruption and Lies

Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to New Order’s Age of Consent

For most, the Eighties are not regarded as the decade of good taste. Over-the-top fashion was punctuated by big hair, mask-like maquillage and shoulder pads more suited to an American… Read more

Posted on: Monday, 29 Apr 2013
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DJ Raxon

Seven Notes Dubai: DJ Raxon’s Top 10

First event of the Seven Notes Tour takes place in Dubai and features local DJ legend, DJ Raxon. We asked him for his top 10 favourite tracks of the moment:… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013
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Steve Osborne - The Vibe In The Room

The vibe in the room: Producer Steve Osborne on digital and analogue recording

In this exclusive interview, multi- platinum selling music producer Steve Osborne discusses blending analogue and digital technologies in the recording studio. Steve Osborne has worked with a wide variety of… Read more

Posted on: Monday, 22 Apr 2013
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
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Record Store Day 2013

Record Store Day 2013 – you’ll never hear vinyl sound better

We have placed speakers in two of London’s finest record stores, Rough Trade East and Sounds of the Universe for Record Store Day. Started in 2007 in the USA and… Read more

Posted on: Friday, 19 Apr 2013
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John Metcalfe recording at Real World Studios. Photo: York Tillyer.

John Metcalfe recording Copper Beech at Real World Studios

From influential Factory Records signings, Durutti Column, to arranging strings for Morrissey, Blur and Peter Gabriel through to his solo compositions, John Metcalfe’s work melds avant-pop, electronica and contemporary classical.… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 18 Apr 2013
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