Faber Social present: Eimear McBride on Sonics or Sort-of
Faber Social is the unerringly cool arm of London’s Faber & Faber publishing house. Over the coming months we will be featuring exclusive essays, extracts and articles from some of… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 16 Jun 2017
Categories: Music, Faber Social, Listen and you'll see, What are you listening to
Tags: Eimear McBride, Faber & Faber, Faber Social
Sonic Meditations #2: Professional ears
Broadcaster and journalist Emma Warren’s monthly column on listening investigates the subtle art of mastering with Jason Goz at south London’s Transition Studios Jason Goz is sat in front of… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 8 Jun 2017
Categories: Listen and you'll see, Sound recording
Tags: Jason Goz, Transition Studios, sonic meditations
Faber Social present Cosey Fanni Tutti on the role of music in the writing of Art Sex Music
Pioneering industrial musician and performance artist, Cosey Fanni Tutti discusses the complications of writing about music, in silence, in her recently published memoir Art Sex Music, one of the great,… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 4 May 2017
Categories: Music, Faber Social, Listen and you'll see
Tags: ART SEX MUSIC, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Faber & Faber, Faber Social
Sonic Meditations #1 Pauline Oliveros
Broadcaster and journalist Emma Warren’s new monthly column on listening starts at the source, with the queen of deep listening Pauline Oliveros Most of us hear, in the sense that… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 27 Apr 2017
Categories: Listen and you'll see, Sound recording
Tags: Emma Warren, Pauline Oliveros, sonic meditations
The making of Dragonz, by The Apples.
The Apples new album Dragonz is the Society of Sound release for March. Though containing disparate influences, guests and production methods, Dragonz is undeniably The Apples and is possibly their… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 29 Mar 2017
Categories: Music, Discussing sound quality, Listen and you'll see, New music
Tags: Society of Sound, The Apples
Wolfgang Tillmans’ Colourbox compilation availablefrom Society of Sound
At the centre of Wolfgang Tillmans’ extraordinary retrospective, currently showing at The Tate Modern, is the Playback Room, featuring a pair of 800 D3 speakers showcasing experimental British 80’s band,… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 24 Mar 2017
Categories: Music, Listen and you'll see, New music
Tags: Colourbox, Music of the band, Society of Sound, Wolfgang Tillmans
Faber Social present: David Keenan on music and memory
Faber Social is the unerringly cool arm of London’s Faber & Faber publishing house. Over the coming months we will be featuring exclusive essays, extracts and articles from some of… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 9 Mar 2017
Categories: Faber Social, Listen and you'll see, What are you listening to
Tags: David Keenan, Faber & Faber, Faber Social, This Is Memorial Device
Adrift – making cosmic music
Adrift is an engaging marriage of art and science that takes place online, in exhibitions, in the space around the Earth and in this evocative video. The merging of art… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 24 Feb 2017
Categories: Music, Events, Events and shows, Hi-fi speakers, Listen and you'll see, Sound recording
Tags: Adrift, CM10
Making Wandering Heart by Brooke Sharkey
Brooke Sharkey’s Wandering Heart is the Society of Sound release for January, and in this blog, Brooke gives us some further insight into the creative process of making the album… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 9 Feb 2017
Categories: Music, Listen and you'll see, New music
Tags: Brooke Sharkey, Society of Sound, Wandering Heart
Society of Sound file format update
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