The Tracks & Tales Guide Daily
A running journal of the listening bar world — fragments, reflections, and discoveries written in the moment. Each piece follows the culture of slow listening as it unfolds, one record and one room at a time.
Tracks and Tales Daily
The Ones Who Listened Differently
Rafi Mercer reflects on 17 visionaries of sound — the radicals, outsiders, and obsessives who taught us to listen differently, and why their spirit defines Tracks & Tales.
The Ones Who Listened Differently
Rafi Mercer reflects on 17 visionaries of sound — the radicals, outsiders, and obsessives who taught us to listen differently, and why their spirit defines Tracks & Tales.
Four Tet, Time, and Strange Listening
Rafi Mercer reflects on listening to Four Tet, how music bends time, and why life feels both fast and slow when sound sets the pace.
Four Tet, Time, and Strange Listening
Rafi Mercer reflects on listening to Four Tet, how music bends time, and why life feels both fast and slow when sound sets the pace.
A Day in New York, Tuned for Jazz and Atmosphere
Rafi Mercer shares how to spend the perfect day in New York through sound — from vinyl shops to listening bars — and why the city always plays like music.
A Day in New York, Tuned for Jazz and Atmosphere
Rafi Mercer shares how to spend the perfect day in New York through sound — from vinyl shops to listening bars — and why the city always plays like music.
A Day in Paris, Tuned for Listening
Rafi Mercer shares how to spend the perfect day in Paris through sound — from flea markets to listening bars — exploring the city’s unique sonic atmosphere.
A Day in Paris, Tuned for Listening
Rafi Mercer shares how to spend the perfect day in Paris through sound — from flea markets to listening bars — exploring the city’s unique sonic atmosphere.
The Anti-Startup Startup
Tracks & Tales is the anti-startup startup — a global listening bar guide built with scarcity, curation, and permanence. More atlas than app, more club than feed.
The Anti-Startup Startup
Tracks & Tales is the anti-startup startup — a global listening bar guide built with scarcity, curation, and permanence. More atlas than app, more club than feed.
Miles Davis Kind of Blue: Returning to a Classic
Rafi Mercer reflects on Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, a timeless album that reveals more with each listen, and why returning to classics matters.
Miles Davis Kind of Blue: Returning to a Classic
Rafi Mercer reflects on Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, a timeless album that reveals more with each listen, and why returning to classics matters.