The Peak 2.0
ALL others seem "broken", folks... I still cannot explain "what" gives to this arm this incredible naturalness and sense of rightness... workmanship precision, materials, spirit infused by the maker,...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Thing
A Metrosound's cartridge scale... one day someone will find one of these and they'll call it a...... I still have it, now unused in a closet, surpassed by a 0,00 grams digital one... China-made, of...
View ArticleDeirdre O'Callaghan's crowdfunding
Got this kind request from Deirdre O'Callaghan... all the very best wishes to him for his crowdfunding project.Hello Stefano,I am an Irish photographer with 15 years experience of working for major...
View ArticleA Reinhard Huttenburg's essay -"Is it possible to combine futuristic music...
"Is it possible to combine futuristic music sources with a 100 year old loudspeaker system?"Dear Stefano,some time ago you asked me for the results of our listening session at Andrè's and our newest...
View ArticleJune Tabor - Some Other Time on Hannibal (1989)
A superb disc I recently bought second-hand... nicely recorded at Wytherston Studios and mastered by John Dent at The Exchange in Camden Town, London.It's a disc fondly sung by mrs. Tabor with her...
View ArticleNick Drake - Unsung, on BBC 4 (Dec. 20th, 1997)
Such a nice radio broadcasting, with interviews by Joe Boyd, Gabrielle Drake and Robert Kirby, among others... Nothing new, yet it's nice listening to the above voices... and - nonetheless - always...
View ArticleTracey Thorn sings Molly Drake's "How Wild the Wind Blows"
A mesmerizing little gem from (Nick Drake's mom) Mrs. Molly Drake.DNA isn't water, indeed... and this 1'55" song, recorded exclusively for BBC 4 well demonstrates it.Bravo to Tracey Thorn, as well.
View ArticleFrom Neil Young Archives - Live at The Cellar Door, Washington D.C. Nov./Dec....
WOW!!!Just made it available in the shops...Neil (forever) Young will never stop surprising the world!Less involving and dramatically pleasant (...) than the double-disc "Live at Massey Hall", this...
View ArticleSound Design - Classic Audio & Hi-Fi Design - an illustrated book by David...
A cool coffee-table book and a nice audiophile Christmas' gift...... old but still available and nicely done.
View ArticleThe Ultimate Tubes Art
Here a gorgeous example... the Mother Of All The Vacuum Tubes...
View ArticleJonathan Wilson - "Fanfare" (BellaUnion 2013)
Yes, pals... Santa arrived early, this year... he brought a gorgeous copy of last Jonathan Wilson's disc in Deluxe edition - i.e. a double pale blue 180 grams vinyls AND disk and fold cover with a very...
View ArticleJosè Pepe Mujica - the president of Uruguay - Man of the Year
Yes... much more than the (new) Pope!!!An humble hero!
View ArticleTGE vs. Shazam
... ah, ah, ah... cannot properly express myself and explain "why", but... when Shazam - the cool mobile App the youngsters (and others, as well) use when listening to some music track around, at a...
View ArticleCello da spalla
Yes... this seldom seen and heard instrument will play, again... A small-scale cello that sits against the shoulder and is played like a violin will make its London debut as part of a programme from...
View ArticleFolksangere 1967 - Martin, Dave, Bert, John at their VERY best
When world was a better place... much less TV, no computers and MUCH more time for music;-)))In 1967, a Danish film crew went to london to document the folk music scene. Amongst the artists that were...
View ArticleKrautrock on BBC 4
A very interesting documentary on BBC, showing rare footages of Amon Duul, Popol Vuh, Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and many, many others... including Karlheinz Stockhausen!BBC FourDocumentary which...
View ArticleCaptain Beefheart - A Documentary narrated by John Peel
A true hero of mine... his paintings intrigued me on same level as his music...Deeply missed... and fast'n'bulbous!
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