Music | Society of Sound - Part 6
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Classic Album Sunday’s Colleen Murphy listens to Watermelon Man

In the early 90’s I began to frequent David Mancuso’s Loft parties in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A private members-only affair that started in 1970, one had to be invited… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 29 Jan 2014
Categories: Classic Album Sundays, Classic recordings, Music
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Bowers & Wilkins P5 Maserati headphones

Win a pair of limited edition Maserati Edition P5 headphones

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW FINISHED. To celebrate our shared values, Maserati and Bowers & Wilkins have joined forces to explore new ideas and inspirations. Through our partnership, we’ve launched a… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 16 Jan 2014
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Rough Trade recommends: Divided And United – Various Artists

Nearly 150 years after the Civil War ended, America is still both fascinated and haunted by the events that tore the country apart while  defining a vision of this nation… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 9 Jan 2014
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Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy listens to Lou Reed ‘Satellite of Love”

Like most people into good music (wink), I was a huge Lou Reed and Velvet Underground fan in my teens. I  still am, most recently having been reminded of the… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 9 Jan 2014
Categories: Classic Album Sundays, Listen and you'll see, Music
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The Great Beauty

The five best music moments in film in 2013

Sometimes a piece of music can transform a scene into something extraordinary and something that remains with you longer after the film has finished. We asked Time Out deputy film… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 Jan 2014
Categories: Home theatre, Listen and you'll see, Music
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The Gloaming. Photography: York Tillyer

Recording The Gloaming in Westmeath, Ireland: production notes

The Gloaming was produced by Thomas Bartlett & The Gloaming and engineered and mixed by Patrick Dillett We recorded the Gloaming at the Grouse Lodge Studio in Westmeath, Ireland. The… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 19 Dec 2013
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The Gloaming live at The Union Chapel, London. Photography: York Tillyer

The Gloaming – song by song

The Gloaming are Iarla O’Lionaird, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes, Thomas Bartlett. Their eponymous album is available in beautiful 24-bit audio on Society of Sound 1. Song 44: Adapted from an… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013
Categories: Music
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Hollie McNish. Photography: Damian Weilers

Five favourite audio recordings for headphones from Hollie McNish

Hollie McNish is a published UK poet and spoken word artist who straddles the boundaries between the literary, poetic and pop scenes. She recently recorded seven tracks at Abbey Road… Read more

Posted on: Friday, 6 Dec 2013
Categories: Events and shows, Music, Top 10 playlists
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Team Atlantic Splash sponsored by Bowers & Wilkins

Rowing to the beat – sponsoring team Atlantic Splash

Bowers & Wilkins provides all the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge Competitors with P3 and C5 headphones for the journey ahead. The rowers taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge,… Read more

Posted on: Monday, 2 Dec 2013
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