Stories
Los Angeles: The City of Endless Echo
From studios to listening bars, Los Angeles reveals its duality: vast and cinematic, yet capable of intimacy. Rafi Mercer reflects on the city where silence carries weight.
Los Angeles: The City of Endless Echo
From studios to listening bars, Los Angeles reveals its duality: vast and cinematic, yet capable of intimacy. Rafi Mercer reflects on the city where silence carries weight.
Salt on the Breeze, Jazz on the Needle: Austral...
From Sydney to Melbourne, Australia is discovering a coastal culture of listening bars where jazz, vinyl, and salt-tinged evenings reshape how music is heard.
Salt on the Breeze, Jazz on the Needle: Austral...
From Sydney to Melbourne, Australia is discovering a coastal culture of listening bars where jazz, vinyl, and salt-tinged evenings reshape how music is heard.
New York, Blue Note, and the Echo of Japan
From Blue Note’s New York origins to Japanese vinyl pressings and the hush of the Village Vanguard, Rafi Mercer reflects on how jazz shaped the listening bar culture.
New York, Blue Note, and the Echo of Japan
From Blue Note’s New York origins to Japanese vinyl pressings and the hush of the Village Vanguard, Rafi Mercer reflects on how jazz shaped the listening bar culture.
The Business of Vinyl — From Napster to Spotify...
Vinyl has re-emerged as music’s slow revolution. Rafi Mercer traces its journey from Virgin shop floors to the era of streaming, and why listening bars are restoring weight to sound.
The Business of Vinyl — From Napster to Spotify...
Vinyl has re-emerged as music’s slow revolution. Rafi Mercer traces its journey from Virgin shop floors to the era of streaming, and why listening bars are restoring weight to sound.
Two Ways of Hearing
There are many ways to devote yourself to sound. This essay explores the difference between the solitary pursuit of the audiophile and the communal ritual of the listening bar.
Two Ways of Hearing
There are many ways to devote yourself to sound. This essay explores the difference between the solitary pursuit of the audiophile and the communal ritual of the listening bar.
Kissa — The Japanese Origins of Listening Culture
Explore the Japanese concept of kissa, from post-war cafés to the foundations of modern listening bars. A Tracks & Tales essay on sound, ritual, and devotion.
Kissa — The Japanese Origins of Listening Culture
Explore the Japanese concept of kissa, from post-war cafés to the foundations of modern listening bars. A Tracks & Tales essay on sound, ritual, and devotion.