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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Mojo's Vinyl Bar, Highwood — A Listening Bar Bu...
Rafi MercerMojo's Vinyl Bar in Highwood, Illinois, has 5,000+ records guests can queue themselves, a Klipsch La Scala sound system, rare whiskeys and live music nights.
Mojo's Vinyl Bar, Highwood — A Listening Bar Bu...
Rafi MercerMojo's Vinyl Bar in Highwood, Illinois, has 5,000+ records guests can queue themselves, a Klipsch La Scala sound system, rare whiskeys and live music nights.
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Harmony Hi-Fi, Cleveland — A Vinyl Listening Ba...
Rafi MercerA sushi counter once held this room in Ohio City. Now a McIntosh system, full album sides and cocktails named for songs fill it, and the record sets the pace...
Harmony Hi-Fi, Cleveland — A Vinyl Listening Ba...
Rafi MercerA sushi counter once held this room in Ohio City. Now a McIntosh system, full album sides and cocktails named for songs fill it, and the record sets the pace...
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Clique Records, Seoul: A White Room Above Euljiro
Rafi MercerThree floors above the lighting wholesalers of Euljiro 3-ga, Clique Records has spent eleven years hanging dance records like prints and selling them to people who mean to play them....
Clique Records, Seoul: A White Room Above Euljiro
Rafi MercerThree floors above the lighting wholesalers of Euljiro 3-ga, Clique Records has spent eleven years hanging dance records like prints and selling them to people who mean to play them....
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St. Lui, Christchurch — Side One, Across the Road
Rafi MercerSt. Lui is a new vinyl listening bar on Cashel Street, Christchurch, with a hi-fi system, acoustic panelling, a fire and full-album plays from the owners’ collection.
St. Lui, Christchurch — Side One, Across the Road
Rafi MercerSt. Lui is a new vinyl listening bar on Cashel Street, Christchurch, with a hi-fi system, acoustic panelling, a fire and full-album plays from the owners’ collection.
The Daily Read
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Where Shall I Go?
Rafi MercerEvery morning starts with one question. Not what's in the inbox, but where in the world I'll go to listen, and which record is waiting there.
Where Shall I Go?
Rafi MercerEvery morning starts with one question. Not what's in the inbox, but where in the world I'll go to listen, and which record is waiting there.
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Less, But Easier
Rafi MercerWhen things go well, there's a voice that says more. This morning I decided not to listen to it, and to spend the day making what Tracks & Tales already...
Less, But Easier
Rafi MercerWhen things go well, there's a voice that says more. This morning I decided not to listen to it, and to spend the day making what Tracks & Tales already...
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Five Things Before the Parcels
Rafi MercerA red sleeve, a Sapporo piano trio, and the first morning of Tracks & Tales as a full-time job. Five promises about how to build it differently, kept to five...
Five Things Before the Parcels
Rafi MercerA red sleeve, a Sapporo piano trio, and the first morning of Tracks & Tales as a full-time job. Five promises about how to build it differently, kept to five...
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Fifty-Two Fridays
Rafi MercerA fortnight before the fifty-second Friday letter, a record goes down before dawn and the year comes into focus. Not highlights, but ten things learnt about listening, writing to one...
Fifty-Two Fridays
Rafi MercerA fortnight before the fifty-second Friday letter, a record goes down before dawn and the year comes into focus. Not highlights, but ten things learnt about listening, writing to one...
Notes on Listening Culture
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Ma Fleur — The Cinematic Orchestra (2007)
Rafi MercerIn 2007 the Cinematic Orchestra made the soundtrack to a film that was never made. Jason Swinscoe handed his unfinished music to a friend, got back a script, and rebuilt...
Ma Fleur — The Cinematic Orchestra (2007)
Rafi MercerIn 2007 the Cinematic Orchestra made the soundtrack to a film that was never made. Jason Swinscoe handed his unfinished music to a friend, got back a script, and rebuilt...
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Keeping the Thread
Rafi MercerA low morning, a drive with the radio off, and an orchestra that arrived before the song. Rafi Mercer follows one thread, from Massive Attack's "The Spoils" to the Cinematic...
Keeping the Thread
Rafi MercerA low morning, a drive with the radio off, and an orchestra that arrived before the song. Rafi Mercer follows one thread, from Massive Attack's "The Spoils" to the Cinematic...
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The Records That Wait
Rafi MercerSome records are made ahead of their listeners. Donny Hathaway's Extension of a Man barely registered in 1973. Then the world caught up with it, and by then he wasn't...
The Records That Wait
Rafi MercerSome records are made ahead of their listeners. Donny Hathaway's Extension of a Man barely registered in 1973. Then the world caught up with it, and by then he wasn't...
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What the Sleeve Was Holding
Rafi MercerFor years I treated the sleeve as packaging, the thing that got a record from the shop to the shelf. Then one credit on a Paul Bley cover led me...
What the Sleeve Was Holding
Rafi MercerFor years I treated the sleeve as packaging, the thing that got a record from the shop to the shelf. Then one credit on a Paul Bley cover led me...
