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St. Lui, Christchurch — Side One, Across the Road
St. 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
St. 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.
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DJ Bar Bridge Shinjuku — Tokyo
DJ Bar Bridge Shibuya is a tenth-floor DJ bar overlooking Shibuya Crossing, with a Rey Audio sound system, long-running resident DJs, a ¥1,000 door and hours of 8pm–5am.
DJ Bar Bridge Shinjuku — Tokyo
DJ Bar Bridge Shibuya is a tenth-floor DJ bar overlooking Shibuya Crossing, with a Rey Audio sound system, long-running resident DJs, a ¥1,000 door and hours of 8pm–5am.
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Maru Hi-Fi, Newcastle — The Quiet Door on Union...
Maru 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...
Maru 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...
Maruyamacho 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...
Maruyamacho 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...
The Daily Read
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The Seventh Record
Six sessions in, choosing the seventh record turned into a battle. Byrd, Sanders, Davis, Hathaway, Eno and Jones each changed what a Listening Club session can be, and the next...
The Seventh Record
Six sessions in, choosing the seventh record turned into a battle. Byrd, Sanders, Davis, Hathaway, Eno and Jones each changed what a Listening Club session can be, and the next...
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Eleven, Then Fifteen
A Swedish newspaper asked how Tracks & Tales began. Somewhere in the answers I wrote that the Listening Club had members in eleven countries. It's fifteen now, and the membership...
Eleven, Then Fifteen
A Swedish newspaper asked how Tracks & Tales began. Somewhere in the answers I wrote that the Listening Club had members in eleven countries. It's fifteen now, and the membership...
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Upside Down on the Label
An address label says very little until you reach the last line. The first copy of The Luxury of Listening is heading for Australia, with a handwritten note inside and...
Upside Down on the Label
An address label says very little until you reach the last line. The first copy of The Luxury of Listening is heading for Australia, with a handwritten note inside and...
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The Side Ends
When a record side ends, nobody decides for you what happens next. That small moment sits underneath four words, listen, read, look, watch, and an order that runs from the...
The Side Ends
When a record side ends, nobody decides for you what happens next. That small moment sits underneath four words, listen, read, look, watch, and an order that runs from the...
The Listening Shelf
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The White Album — The Beatles (1968)
Thirty songs, four sides, and a band coming apart in separate rooms. The White Album is too long, out of control and impossible to tidy, and that's exactly why it...
The White Album — The Beatles (1968)
Thirty songs, four sides, and a band coming apart in separate rooms. The White Album is too long, out of control and impossible to tidy, and that's exactly why it...
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The 100 records that are worth your time
Most charts count arrivals. This one counts staying. A hundred records from the album reviews, ranked by the total time readers gave each one across a full year. Not views....
The 100 records that are worth your time
Most charts count arrivals. This one counts staying. A hundred records from the album reviews, ranked by the total time readers gave each one across a full year. Not views....
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Blue Brazil — Various Artists (1994)
Blue Brazil wears the Blue Note logo but holds none of its sessions. Compiled by London DJ Joe Davis from EMI-Odeon's Brazilian vaults in 1994, it's a record built by...
Blue Brazil — Various Artists (1994)
Blue Brazil wears the Blue Note logo but holds none of its sessions. Compiled by London DJ Joe Davis from EMI-Odeon's Brazilian vaults in 1994, it's a record built by...
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Nightclubbing — Grace Jones (1981)
Grace Jones's Nightclubbing is remembered as one of the great album covers and heard far less often than it is seen. Take the image away and what's left is a...
Nightclubbing — Grace Jones (1981)
Grace Jones's Nightclubbing is remembered as one of the great album covers and heard far less often than it is seen. Take the image away and what's left is a...
The Pour
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Angostura — The Small Bottle That Teaches a Dri...
A new Rafi Mercer essay exploring the deep history and quiet magic of Angostura bitters — the secretive, aromatic force that gives the Old Fashioned its soul.
Angostura — The Small Bottle That Teaches a Dri...
A new Rafi Mercer essay exploring the deep history and quiet magic of Angostura bitters — the secretive, aromatic force that gives the Old Fashioned its soul.
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The Zest That Changes Everything — On the Quiet...
The quiet power of small rituals — from twisting orange zest over an Old Fashioned to the subtle art of deep listening.
The Zest That Changes Everything — On the Quiet...
The quiet power of small rituals — from twisting orange zest over an Old Fashioned to the subtle art of deep listening.
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The Orange That Opens the Room
A quiet meditation on the ritual of an Old Fashioned — the citrus flare, the warmth it opens, and the small brightness that can shift a whole night.
The Orange That Opens the Room
A quiet meditation on the ritual of an Old Fashioned — the citrus flare, the warmth it opens, and the small brightness that can shift a whole night.
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Five Drinks for the Home Listening Bar
Five drinks that shape the perfect home listening bar — from the Old Fashioned to the Highball, Rafi Mercer explores the art of sound and taste.
Five Drinks for the Home Listening Bar
Five drinks that shape the perfect home listening bar — from the Old Fashioned to the Highball, Rafi Mercer explores the art of sound and taste.
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