Welcome one and all to our exceptional 18th annual Great Audiophile Gift recommendations! We all love gifts, yet we also know that getting something special for your passionate music lover can be quite a challenge! Our annual Great Audiophile Gift wish list brings you some truly spectacular ideas for music lovers.
Piero Camino from TNT-Audio made a brilliant review of CHISTO vinyl record cleaning products. He used a pro microscope to investigate vinyl records surface.
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https://www.tnt-audio.com/accessories/chisto_vinyl_care_e.html
We are happy to announce that DELTA AUDIO joined CHISTO family as a distributor in France.
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Audio interfaces are amazing inventions, they allow users to plug in microphones and instruments and record to one of the many digital audio workstation software packages available. Perhaps the idea of you recording some tracks that you’re written, or putting out some music with your band is quite scary because studios are quite expensive right?
The technology has advanced to a point where it has become incredibly easy for us to gain access to studio quality equipment that we can use in our own homes and get the same results.
If you are setting up a home studio an audio interface is an essential piece of gear. The audio interface is the brain of the operation and will convert your analog signals into digital information.
Audio interfaces are typically connected to a computer or laptop via a USB cable. You may also find some manufacturers offer a Firewire, Thunderbolt or PCI Card option. Firewire and Thunderbolt connections are not as common and PCI cards are only really recommended if you are leaving this set up all the time, for instance, in a commercial studio.
USB interfaces come in a range of sizes from 2 inputs to 24 inputs. The advantage to USB is that it is widely compatible with most computers/laptops and the smaller interfaces are very portable meaning you can take your studio anywhere in the world with you.
Let’s look at 10 great and affordable audio interfaces that you can use to start recording today.
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“Warm, futuristic pieces.”
Italian label Neroli celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new compilation, The First Choice, out this May.
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Founded by Enrico Crivellaro aka Volcov in 2000, Neroli has since put out releases from artists including Fred P, Patrice Scott, Dego, and Chaos In The CBD.
Marking the label’s 50th release, The First Choice collects tunes by Dego, Kirk Degiorgio, Linkwood, Fred P and K15, as well as a composition by Volcov with Gerald Mitchell and Pirahnahead.
Alongside the compilation, Neroli also released a 12”, titled NEROXXX, as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations in April.
Head here to pre-order a copy of The First Choice in advance of its 22nd May release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. K15 – Disillusioned
2. Kirk Degiorgio – Leave Everything Behind
3. Patrice Scott – Untitled
4. AYBEE – River Of Evermore
Side B
1. Ian o’Brien – Music Comes From Within
2. Gerald Mitchell / Volcov / Pirahnahead – Snow
3. Dego – 31 Losses 31 Wins
4. Fred P- Star Crossed
5. Linkwood – Citrus
A rotating selection of our favourite music.
From new releases to beloved classics and little-known favourites, our Spotify playlist features the tunes we’ve had on loop recently.
This instalment includes tracks by Tony Allen, Buju & Burna Boy, Cinthie and Róisín Murphy.
Selected by VF’s Gabriela Helfet and updated regularly, check out its latest incarnation below, and follow us here.
Drawing from his 10,000+ record collection.
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is hosting a special radio show this Friday, called Stay Home Special, for everyone living in lockdown due to the ongoing during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read more: Take an interactive tour of Haruki Murakami’s record collection
Taking its name from Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike’s message for residents to avoid going out, Stay Home Special will see Murakami dipping into his 10,000+ record collection.
“I’m hoping that the power of music can do a little to blow away some of the corona-related blues that have been piling up,” he explains.
During the show, Murakami will also accept questions from listeners.
No stranger to radio, since 2018, Murakami has hosted a quarterly show called Murakami Radios on Tokyo FM.
Stay Home Special will air on Tokyo FM 80.0 and 38 stations in Japan on Friday, the 22nd May, from 1:00 – 2:55 PM (GMT)
An evening with the legendary musician and civil rights activist.
During 1966, South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba travelled to Stockholm, Sweden, to perform live at Bern’s Salonger.
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Joined by Sivuca on guitar/accordion, Leopoldo Fleming JR on congas and William Salter on bass, Makeba performed songs including ‘Mbube’, ‘Click Song’, and ‘Forbidden Games’.
Enamoured by the performance, an 18-year old Åke Holm recorded the soundtrack from the original transmission, and presented it to Makeba in 2002 as “a gesture of [his] gratitude for the joy she had given me these past 30 years.”
Having also been preserved by Swedish Television, the performance was subsequently released on CD in 2003 by Gallo Record Company.
Watch the recording in full above, and check out the setlist below.
Setlist:
1. Mbube
2. Ask The Rising Sun
3. Forbidden Games
4. Chove Chuva
5. Click Song
6. When I’ve Passed On
7. You Are In Love
8. The Naughty Little Flea
9. Mayibuye
10. Kilimanjaro
11. Amampondo
12. Oxgam
13. Oh, So Alone
14. Akana Nkomo
“Crafted to ease restlessness, soothe impatience and at the same time build high life expectations.”
Jeff Mills has released the seventh instalment of his Every Dog Has Its Day series under his Millsart alias, via his own Axis Records imprint, ahead of its vinyl release forthcoming later in 2020.
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According to Axis Records, the album has been designed to offer “a better understanding of what you are searching for.”
It is accompanied by a cryptic note from Mills himself, an extract of which reads as follows:
“Time is the great healer, it should be relentlessly measured in silence. Time devours everything, even itself. As a fact, to see is to believe.”
Vol. 7 follows the sixth instalment, which was released in April.
Head here to purchase a copy of Every Dog Has Its Day Vol. 7, check out the artwork and tracklist below.
Tracklist:
1. 18 Ways To Tie A Knot (Necktie Science)
2. Precious Hall
3. No Shame In The Game
4. Jardin des Tuileries
5. Paris Metro One
6. Ancient Aliens Theorists Say Yes
7. The Paradigm Question
8. Tear Drop Nebula
9. Axis ID
A soundtrack to home dancing.
Ellen Allien is releasing a new album, Auraa, via her own BPitch Control imprint this June.
Across its 7-tracks, the album moves through drone, trance, “wistful synths” and percussive techno.
Auraa will explore “the notion of unseen energies controlling our planet,” explains the label.
It marks her third album in as many years, following the release of Alientronic on BPitch Control in 2019.
Check out the artwork and tracklist below in advance of Auraa’s 12th June release.
Tracklist:
1. Hello Planet Earth Breath Mix
2. In Music I Trust
3. Walking In The Dark
4. Confusion
5. Human
6. True Romantics
7. Traum