Cover art simplicity
Musicians too have pursued simplicity in their album covers. Three famous examples.
Skin noises
Taina Riikonen’s Skin Archive is a collection of selected ephemeral touches.
Munich Highend 2017 – amplifiers
In the heart of the systems, as they say.
Klangfilm KL-L405
A new home for a rare vintage driver.
Northnuance Spiro – pure northern light
Northnuance Spiro looks simple, and is simple. But simple things do not come into existence that simply.
Un-contaminated electronic sounds
An artist and composer Ann Rosen makes sound art out of white noise and electronic artefacts.
Colin Stetson: History Warfare Vol.2
Stetson’s sonically rich music is more for the body than for brains.
Pierre Henry (1927 – 2017)
The father of concrete music, Pierre Henry, passed away leaving practioners of electro-acoustic music a model to follow.
Jon Balke: Siwan
Encountering cultures is not an automatic short-cut to a happy ending, but drawing on various Mediterranean influences Jon Blake’s Siwan is a true master-piece.
The year of tape recorders
Munchen Highend 2017 – part one
My Harrison
Roni Martin’s skills as a musician and a composer are well-known. Less well is documented his work as a studio professional, and a happy owner of a first-generation Harrison mixing board.
M2TECH hiFace 384/32 DAC
There are two reasons why this is cheerful, orange memory stick exists: to play hi-res music files and that it travels with you anytime and anywhere.
Close and far
Janet Feder’s fifth album is a strong demonstration of her musical and sonic sensibilities.
Poetic reinvention
When string instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, machine, phallus, creature, fetish, sculpture, icon, symbol, and voice.
Sound of work
No work without sounds. Blacksmiths live in the midst of a rich sound world.
Carved book cases
Manolo Valdes’ Bookcases may not be accurately calculated in terms of wavelengths, but could still be excellent diffusors.
Woodnotes Loudwhisper – a perfect mix
Many are the manufacturers that claim their speakers perfectly mix with the interior. There’s only one winner.
Texture defined
In everyday language “texture” means smoothness or roughness of the surface of an object. But what does it mean in regard to art, music, sound and audiophilia?
A poet of electricity
Mika Vainio, one of the great pioneers of electronic music, passed away the other week, leaving us an abundant legacy.
Woodnotes k Chair
In this series of articles, we present chairs that have a potential of becoming the audiophile’s favorite resting place.
Space and events
Still empty is not empty talk.
Elipson – a loudspeaker that made new music
In their hayday Elipson loudspeakers were witnessing at close range the emergence of new Western art music.
Beethoven prudently keyed
The great concerts get a chamber music interpretation.
City Mirage
Different cities of Europe are brought together through seven musically improvised video sequences.
Highend by the airport
A lot of faith in the future at this Show.
A master of wood
The sculptor and audiophile, Veijo Ulmanen (b. 1955) passed away August 2016. His exceptional sensitivity to wood handling was reflected in his pursuit for life-like hifi sound.
Magical moments
With this release, the Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius pays tribute to all the famous artists he’s been working with.
