New Blood interview with Peter Gabriel engineer, Dickie Chappell
To celebrate the launch of Peter Gabriel’s New Blood album, and its exclusive Society of Sound sibling, Half Blood, we have an interview with famed Peter Gabriel engineer, Dickie Chappell.… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: AIR studios, Dickie Chappell, lossless audio, New Blood, Peter Gabriel, Real World, Society of Sound albums
Debate: Will cloud-based music ever replace physical formats?
Will music in the cloud ever replace physical discs? Can you imagine clearing your shelves of CDs and LPs, and instead just access your music via a computer or handheld… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 11 Aug 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music, Sound debate
Tags: cloud, debate, FLAC downloads, listening, LPs, music, Recording, Sound quality, vinyl
Concert for 1 – 100,000. Mira Calix discusses working with sound
Sound artist and musician Mira Calix writes about the complexities of creating a sound to fill the California desert and how the systems she uses for installations, big or tiny,… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 2 Aug 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: Coachella Festival, Mira Calix, National Portrait gallery, sound installations, surround sound
TED: David Byrne on architecture and music
From La Scala to CBGB’s, the ever brilliant David Byrne discusses the impact a room can have on the music made within it. Read more
Posted on: Monday, 25 Jul 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: CBGBs, David Byrne, sound and architecture, Talking Heads, TED talks
Debate: Do people need to learn how to listen?
Do we need to rediscover the art of listening? Does knowing what to listen for enhance your enjoyment of music or is it enough just to be carried away by… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Sound debate
Tags: debate, hi-fi speakers, how to listen, listening, Sound quality
The inspiring world of Diego Stocco
Two great videos from inspiring sound designer Diego Stocco. Creating the DTS Sound System using milk, lentils and water balloons. Creating a new instrument using a dismantled piano, a broken… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: diego stocco, sound design
Debate: Does pop music need to be well recorded?
Welcome to the first in a new series of debates. Each month we’ll ask two experts to argue a thorny sound-related topic. We hope you enjoy the discussion, and we’d… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 12 May 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music, Sound debate
Tags: audiophile, debate, pop music, Recording, Sound quality
Colleen Murphy – Classic album Sundays
Colleen Murphy or DJ Cosmo as she’s known in clubbing circles is a one woman force for great sound in public. She has her own record label, Bitches Brew, runs… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 7 Apr 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music
Tags: audiophile dj, classic album sundays, colleen murphy, DJ Cosmo, podcast, Sound quality, vinyl
Sit and listen: Classic album sundays
Classic Album Sundays is the brainwave of DJ and audiophile Colleen Murphy. She calls it a communal and audiophile listening experience on her blog. The premise is simple: she plays… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 10 Feb 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality
Tags: audiophile vinyl, classic album sundays, colleen murphy, innervisions
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Bowers & Wilkins says: Great idea – it’s... 2 days 22 hours ago View commentPeter Gabriel’s Live in Athens audio finally available
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