Achref Chargui Trio - Tajaliyat
Great contaminations... fresh music... ... and great cover art.
View ArticleMeredith Monk's new disk on ECM
We are thrilled to announce the highly anticipated release of Meredith's newest CD, On Behalf of Nature.Digital release is available today on iTunes.Pre-ordering for the official release on November...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones' trivia - Their Satanic Majesties Request 3D
... not the most perfect of The Rolling Stones' albums, yet its 3D cover made it an instant sought-after collector item.After recently getting a 19 cm/s pre-recorded original tape on a 18 cm diam....
View ArticleTapes, tapes, tapes...
... I found myself transformed into a tapes-junkie, folks!The sound of these old relics makes my heartbeat faster and my mouth watering.Gimme more!
View ArticleDisc of the Day - UB40 - Tyler (45 rpm 12")
A nice, ska/reggae disc from the '80s... superbly and fresh sounding... reportedly recorded on a tube Revox G36.Love it!
View ArticleDisk of the Day - Coils - The Ape of Naples (2005)
Lovely, l o v e l y music...... and cover art.They remind me some Current 93's stuff with a falsetto Tom Waits' singing (Swordfishtrombones' style).Get it!
View ArticleDisk of the Month - Shackleton with Ernesto Tomasini - Devotional Songs...
Epic, thrilling, devotional, deep, ancient and new...Dig it!
View ArticleAudio Consulting Meteor Toroidal AVC or the passive line-stage preamps survey...
I spent again some very pleasant hours with Dr. Serge Schmidlin of Audio Consulting fame...His conversation is always so interesting, he's always witty, curious and well informed.Only difference from...
View ArticleThe Musical Clam
I love giving nicknames to things: my black car is “Scarbi”, my oldest motorbike is “La motina”, my vintage city bike is the “Umbertodeidel36”, my turntable is the “Garrardzilla” and my speakers are...
View ArticleThe Tape Eraser
Never owned one since one week ago... an useful, humble studio tool.Good for small and larger reels.Nice Swiss-made gizmo... thanking a friend.
View ArticleEars and hearing - the recording art compendium links
A goldmine to be explored by any music lover and recording art scholar!Enjoy!
View ArticleThe Beatles' tapes-nuggets...
... the pristine Tandberg 9200 XD, now in charge for 4-tracks reel-to-reels.
View ArticleLeonard Cohen passed away!!!
... more optimism needed, today, folks!I've been a fond, loyal fan and follower of Leonard Cohen's art: I read some of his poems, his novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers have always been in...
View ArticleMumble, mumble, mumble...
I’ve recently been offered a mouth-watering amount of money for my complete audio system… the (potential) interested party is 20 years younger than me, much wealthier and lacking the time to spend...
View ArticleBlog of the Day - LencoHell
Thanking my pal Roberto... a new Blog devoted to classic Lencos' and related bespoke projects cleverly performed.Cool version with 12" arm! Elegant!.
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