Listening Bar Albums
Play – Moby (1999)
Moby’s Play (1999) stitched gospel ghosts into digital dreams. Rafi Mercer on why this guilty pleasure still moves with both light and ache.
Play – Moby (1999)
Moby’s Play (1999) stitched gospel ghosts into digital dreams. Rafi Mercer on why this guilty pleasure still moves with both light and ache.
Blue Lines – Massive Attack (1991)
Massive Attack’s Blue Lines (1991) reshaped rhythm into atmosphere. Rafi Mercer on the weight beneath the groove and why this record still defines slow motion.
Blue Lines – Massive Attack (1991)
Massive Attack’s Blue Lines (1991) reshaped rhythm into atmosphere. Rafi Mercer on the weight beneath the groove and why this record still defines slow motion.
Kabsha – Idris Muhammad (1980)
Idris Muhammad’s Kabsha (1980) strips jazz back to rhythm and space. Rafi Mercer traces how its drumming language echoes decades later in Jamie xx’s In Colour.
Kabsha – Idris Muhammad (1980)
Idris Muhammad’s Kabsha (1980) strips jazz back to rhythm and space. Rafi Mercer traces how its drumming language echoes decades later in Jamie xx’s In Colour.
In Colour – Jamie xx (2015)
Jamie xx’s In Colour (2015) is relentless, luminous, and unexpected. Rafi Mercer on why this guilty pleasure belongs in the listening bar collection.
In Colour – Jamie xx (2015)
Jamie xx’s In Colour (2015) is relentless, luminous, and unexpected. Rafi Mercer on why this guilty pleasure belongs in the listening bar collection.
Blade Runner OST – Vangelis (1982)
Vangelis’s Blade Runner OST (1982) turns neon and rain into sound. Rafi Mercer explores how this guilty pleasure soundtrack reshapes space in the listening bar.
Blade Runner OST – Vangelis (1982)
Vangelis’s Blade Runner OST (1982) turns neon and rain into sound. Rafi Mercer explores how this guilty pleasure soundtrack reshapes space in the listening bar.
Endless Summer – Fennesz (2001)
Fennesz’s Endless Summer (2001) turns distortion into beauty, memory into soundscape. Rafi Mercer explores how this guilty pleasure shimmers in the haze.
Endless Summer – Fennesz (2001)
Fennesz’s Endless Summer (2001) turns distortion into beauty, memory into soundscape. Rafi Mercer explores how this guilty pleasure shimmers in the haze.