Toronto (Municipality): Listening Bars — Suburban Rhythm and Sonic Calm — Tracks & Tales Guide
Toronto’s municipality stretches beyond the downtown core, home to suburban listening bars and community vinyl lounges. These spaces reflect the city’s multicultural fabric in hi-fi detail.
Venues include:
- Suburban cafés hosting vinyl sessions.
- Community hi-fi lounges with diverse archives.
Toronto Municipality matters because it expands Toronto’s listening culture into neighbourhoods where community and fidelity meet.
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KOMFY Steakhouse — Apgujeong’s Sound-Soaked Grill
In Apgujeong, KOMFY Steakhouse marries refined cuts with acoustic intention — wood, sound, and flavor aligned in a Seoul dining room that listens.
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KOMFY — Seoul’s Vinyl & Vibe Bar
In Mapo-gu, KOMFY fuses vinyl, vibe and craft drinks — a Seoul bar where music lives in every corner and sound guides the evening.
KOMFY — Seoul’s Vinyl & Vibe Bar
In Mapo-gu, KOMFY fuses vinyl, vibe and craft drinks — a Seoul bar where music lives in every corner and sound guides the evening.
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Poly Café — Seoul’s Warm Frequency
In Seoul’s Mapo-gu, Poly Café pairs a tuned sound system with vinyl warmth — a listening bar where the city’s rhythm slows into detail and presence.
Poly Café — Seoul’s Warm Frequency
In Seoul’s Mapo-gu, Poly Café pairs a tuned sound system with vinyl warmth — a listening bar where the city’s rhythm slows into detail and presence.
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Space Talk — A Room That Listens Back in Farrin...
Farringdon’s Space Talk: a new listening bar with bespoke system, refined design, and vinyl-led curation.
Space Talk — A Room That Listens Back in Farrin...
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The Daily Read
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Friday Morning at 6:25: Discovering Crush by Fl...
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What Fela Kuti Meant by Zombie
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What Fela Kuti Meant by Zombie
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Tracks & Tales Reaches Its First 1,000 Visitors...
Tracks & Tales celebrates its first 1,000 visitors — across 62 countries and 302 cities — proving the world is hungry for listening bars and deep sound.
Tracks & Tales Reaches Its First 1,000 Visitors...
Tracks & Tales celebrates its first 1,000 visitors — across 62 countries and 302 cities — proving the world is hungry for listening bars and deep sound.
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The Five Ingredients of a Listening Bar
Rafi Mercer reflects on the five key ingredients of a true listening bar — system, selector, drink, room, and people — and how together they create magic.
The Five Ingredients of a Listening Bar
Rafi Mercer reflects on the five key ingredients of a true listening bar — system, selector, drink, room, and people — and how together they create magic.
The Listening Shelf
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Quincy Jones – You’ve Got It Bad Girl (1973)
Quincy Jones’s You’ve Got It Bad Girl (1973) blends jazz, funk, soul, and orchestration into a timeless listening bar essential. Featuring “Summer in the City” and “Superstition,” it’s a masterclass...
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Quincy Jones’s You’ve Got It Bad Girl (1973) blends jazz, funk, soul, and orchestration into a timeless listening bar essential. Featuring “Summer in the City” and “Superstition,” it’s a masterclass...
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Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder (1964)
Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder (1964) — a Blue Note classic that bridged hard bop and funk, built on groove, swagger, and timeless deep listening appeal.
Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder (1964)
Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder (1964) — a Blue Note classic that bridged hard bop and funk, built on groove, swagger, and timeless deep listening appeal.
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Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions (1998)
Kruder & Dorfmeister’s The K&D Sessions (1998) is the definitive downtempo document — two hours of trip hop, dub, and atmosphere that still reshapes rooms today.
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions (1998)
Kruder & Dorfmeister’s The K&D Sessions (1998) is the definitive downtempo document — two hours of trip hop, dub, and atmosphere that still reshapes rooms today.
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Nightmares on Wax – Carboot Soul (1999)
Nightmares on Wax’s Carboot Soul (1999) is a downtempo masterpiece — lush, soulful, and expansive. Rafi Mercer unpacks its groove, warmth, and enduring power as a listening bar essential.
Nightmares on Wax – Carboot Soul (1999)
Nightmares on Wax’s Carboot Soul (1999) is a downtempo masterpiece — lush, soulful, and expansive. Rafi Mercer unpacks its groove, warmth, and enduring power as a listening bar essential.
The Pour
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Bottles and Decanters — The Shape of Whisky
Bottles carry history, decanters create atmosphere. Rafi Mercer explores how glass shapes whisky — preservation, presentation, and ritual.
Bottles and Decanters — The Shape of Whisky
Bottles carry history, decanters create atmosphere. Rafi Mercer explores how glass shapes whisky — preservation, presentation, and ritual.
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The Weight of the Glass
The weight of a whisky glass changes everything — in hand, in sound, in presence. Rafi Mercer reflects on glassware, ritual, and listening bars.
The Weight of the Glass
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The Manhattan — Elegance in the City
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The Manhattan — Elegance in the City
The Manhattan is whisky elegance in a glass — rye, vermouth, bitters. Rafi Mercer reflects on its timeless city poise in The Pour.
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The Whisky Sour — Balance in a Glass
By Rafi Mercer Some drinks lean heavy, others lean light. The Whisky Sour lives in between. It is a drink that balances weight and lift, sweet and sharp, whisky and...
The Whisky Sour — Balance in a Glass
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