The Edit
Threads, textures, and tempos. Stories about how we dress to the beat — the fabric of sound culture told through style, movement, and mood.
The Edit
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Four Clicks, A Quiet Signal
A quiet reflection on sending a weekly email, sharing a book, and learning to trust the unseen paths that words take once they leave your hands.
Four Clicks, A Quiet Signal
A quiet reflection on sending a weekly email, sharing a book, and learning to trust the unseen paths that words take once they leave your hands.
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Packing for Marrakech
Amelia Fairfax packs for Marrakech with Rafi Mercer — reflecting on sound, style, and the slow art of travel, before staying behind for rest, retail, and the city’s colour.
Packing for Marrakech
Amelia Fairfax packs for Marrakech with Rafi Mercer — reflecting on sound, style, and the slow art of travel, before staying behind for rest, retail, and the city’s colour.
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One Day, Hermès
Amelia Fairfax reflects on Hermès and the luxury of waiting — linking the patience of owning a Birkin to the slow rhythm of listening bars and pre-loved style.
One Day, Hermès
Amelia Fairfax reflects on Hermès and the luxury of waiting — linking the patience of owning a Birkin to the slow rhythm of listening bars and pre-loved style.
Time for some travel
Discover and book listening bars selected by the TRACKS & TALES Guide
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Maru Hi-Fi, Newcastle — The Quiet Door on Union...
Rafi MercerMaru Hi-Fi is a jazz kissa-inspired listening bar in Newcastle West, NSW, with a 10,000-record collection, Tannoy Westminster speakers, live jazz and BYO Records nights.
Maru Hi-Fi, Newcastle — The Quiet Door on Union...
Rafi MercerMaru Hi-Fi is a jazz kissa-inspired listening bar in Newcastle West, NSW, with a 10,000-record collection, Tannoy Westminster speakers, live jazz and BYO Records nights.
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Hi-Fi Disco Bar Chaos — Maruyamacho's Permissio...
Rafi MercerMaruyamacho climbs. Walk west out of Shibuya and the ground lifts you through a district that has spent decades in the business of discretion, love hotels shoulder to shoulder, their...
Hi-Fi Disco Bar Chaos — Maruyamacho's Permissio...
Rafi MercerMaruyamacho climbs. Walk west out of Shibuya and the ground lifts you through a district that has spent decades in the business of discretion, love hotels shoulder to shoulder, their...
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Stylus Soundlounge — Charlotte, North Carolina
Rafi MercerStylus Soundlounge in Charlotte, NC — a disco-noir listening room at The Pass built around a collector's vintage analogue system, with Host Selectors Wednesday to Saturday. A Tracks & Tales...
Stylus Soundlounge — Charlotte, North Carolina
Rafi MercerStylus Soundlounge in Charlotte, NC — a disco-noir listening room at The Pass built around a collector's vintage analogue system, with Host Selectors Wednesday to Saturday. A Tracks & Tales...
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Bonsai HiFi — Cali, Colombia
Rafi MercerBonsai HiFi is a small bar de escucha on Calle 2 in Cali, Colombia — vinyl, deep house and melodic techno in the world's salsa capital. A Tracks & Tales...
Bonsai HiFi — Cali, Colombia
Rafi MercerBonsai HiFi is a small bar de escucha on Calle 2 in Cali, Colombia — vinyl, deep house and melodic techno in the world's salsa capital. A Tracks & Tales...
The Daily Read
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Stevie Wonder, Fifty Years in the Key of Life
Rafi MercerYesterday, Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life turned fifty. The last session ended at 4:54 in the morning, and this week the record still asks for the best...
Stevie Wonder, Fifty Years in the Key of Life
Rafi MercerYesterday, Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life turned fifty. The last session ended at 4:54 in the morning, and this week the record still asks for the best...
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Twenty-Six Addresses
Rafi MercerAn order list puts everything in alphabetical order, which is the least romantic way to watch anything travel. Twenty-six copies, eighteen places, and in each one the listening had already...
Twenty-Six Addresses
Rafi MercerAn order list puts everything in alphabetical order, which is the least romantic way to watch anything travel. Twenty-six copies, eighteen places, and in each one the listening had already...
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The Long Track
Rafi MercerA September traffic queue, an Electribe 101 record put on for no good reason, and a title track that wouldn't end. Was it nostalgia, or just being trapped? Rafi Mercer...
The Long Track
Rafi MercerA September traffic queue, an Electribe 101 record put on for no good reason, and a title track that wouldn't end. Was it nostalgia, or just being trapped? Rafi Mercer...
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Nobody Left
Rafi MercerEvery rule in digital publishing says a two-thousand-word email about a single record should cost you readers. This one didn't cost a single member, and a few people wrote back....
Nobody Left
Rafi MercerEvery rule in digital publishing says a two-thousand-word email about a single record should cost you readers. This one didn't cost a single member, and a few people wrote back....
Notes on Listening Culture
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A Story of Stories
Rafi MercerThe last session of Songs in the Key of Life ended at six minutes to five in the morning. Fifty years on, a record made by ear, remembered by someone...
A Story of Stories
Rafi MercerThe last session of Songs in the Key of Life ended at six minutes to five in the morning. Fifty years on, a record made by ear, remembered by someone...
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Not Everything Is for Everyone
Rafi MercerA bar in New York only worked because everyone was in it: old and young, rich and broke, the cool and the plainly mad. Rafi Mercer on why the Listening...
Not Everything Is for Everyone
Rafi MercerA bar in New York only worked because everyone was in it: old and young, rich and broke, the cool and the plainly mad. Rafi Mercer on why the Listening...
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Music Didn't Get Worse. We Changed the Way We F...
Rafi MercerSomething did end in the 1990s, but it wasn't the quality of the records. It was the small number of doors music had to come through, and the fact that...
Music Didn't Get Worse. We Changed the Way We F...
Rafi MercerSomething did end in the 1990s, but it wasn't the quality of the records. It was the small number of doors music had to come through, and the fact that...
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Kiku Hifi, Liverpool — A Jazz Kissa in the Rope...
Rafi MercerKiku Hifi, Liverpool — a Japanese-inspired jazz kissa on Gradwell Street. Speciality coffee by day, vintage hi-fi and full-album listening by night. Opened July 2026.
Kiku Hifi, Liverpool — A Jazz Kissa in the Rope...
Rafi MercerKiku Hifi, Liverpool — a Japanese-inspired jazz kissa on Gradwell Street. Speciality coffee by day, vintage hi-fi and full-album listening by night. Opened July 2026.
