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A note from Rafi Mercer

A guide to cities, bars, experiences, and places to stay chosen for how they sound. “I started Tracks & Tales to answer a simple question: Where does music actually sound right? Not where it’s loudest. Not where it’s trendiest. But where sound is treated with care — rooms designed to listen, systems tuned with intention, and music given the time it deserves. Think of it as the Michelin Guide to Listening — if such a thing existed. I travel, listen, return, and write. The rest is the map you can now explore.” Every month, The Listening Club gathers around the world. Join here. — Rafi Mercer, Founder of Tracks & Tales



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Every month, The Listening Club gathers around the world. Join here.

The Listening Albums, Innovation & Tradition.

  • Secrets — Herbie Hancock (1976)

    Secrets — Herbie Hancock (1976)

    By 1976, Herbie Hancock had little left to prove. Head Hunters had become one of the most successful jazz albums ever made. Thrust and Man-Child had pushed jazz, funk and electronics into exciting new territory. The expectation might hav...

  • Doo-Bop — Miles Davis (1992)

    Doo-Bop — Miles Davis (1992)

    Released in 1992, after the death of Miles Davis, Doo-Bop remains one of the most divisive records in his catalogue. Some dismissed it immediately. Others treated it like an unfinished experiment.

  • Leftfield — Leftism (1995) — The Sound of Losing the Map

    Leftfield — Leftism (1995) — The Sound of Losing the Map

    There was a period of life where you rarely knew exactly where you were heading, but you felt more alive because of it. Leftism still sounds like that world — motorway lights, basslines, exhaustion, and the strange freedom of losing the ...

Timeless.

In 1987, CHANEL created its first watch for women: the PREMIÈRE, inspired by the codes of the House. Its octagonal case evokes the stopper of the N°5 perfume bottle. The original bracelet, interlaced with leather—like the chain of the iconic quilted bag—has been reinterpreted in chain, ceramic or velvet-finish ribbon versions. A timeless, feminine timepiece to slip on your wrist day and night.

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The Quiet Rebellion.

By Rafi Mercer

Miles Davis didn't just make music — he showed us how to move differently through the world. We hold that thinking very close everyday.

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The June 100 — Albums People Stayed With.

By Rafi Mercer

Not the loudest records, nor the fastest risers, but the albums readers returned to with intent this June — a chart shaped by curiosity, slow listening, and the quiet pull of lasting sound.

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What is a Tracks & Tales Star?

Rafi Mercer explains the thinking behind the Tracks & Tales Star — how we listen, choose, and award.

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