As you wander through HiFi shows, leaf through audiophile collections and surf Facebook groups, some records keep sort of peeping out of the corners or are omnipresent in the background – somehow there but also overlooked – and, at times, that can make them seem passé or “old hat” – and at shows that’s not […]
Where were you in 1977? Personally, I was enjoying my toddler years, no doubt oblivious to what was happening in Germany in that same year. The event was nothing short of genre-defining – Techno, or at least foundational electronic music, was being birthed (among some other pioneers, of course) by a band known as Kraftwerk. […]
As De La Soul said – “3 is the magic number”. 3 is everywhere in human culture – think religion (pagan and Christian), acts in plays, beginning, middle and end in books, film trilogies, ghosts in Dickens… 3 is the key. This album (and this review) is also a story of 3 parts – or […]
BEETHOVEN 9th SYMPHONY – CHASING THE DRAGON REEL-TO-REEL Janine Elliot takes a listen to the latest reel-to-reel release from Chasing The Dragon.
Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Rafał Jackiewicz Quartet, Sea Poetry, on 2-track 15ips Reel-to-reel tape.
Reel to Reel Review Djabe & Steve Hackett, Freya – Arctic Jam 15ips 2 Track Tape.
YELLO, ONE SECOND REEL TO REEL REVIEW Yello, One Second 15ips Studio Master Tape edition gets a good listen to by Alan McIntosh for HiFi PiG.
Chasing The Dragon II celebrates this audiophile label’s tenth anniversary and pulls together a host of reference tracks from the label’s back catalogue. Janine Elliot takes a listen.
KISHI BASHI STRING QUARTET SESSION LIVE AT STUDIO 47, ¼”, 2 TRACK, 15IPS, CCIR TAPE REVIEW Alan McIntosh reviews the Kishi Bashi String Quartet Session Live at Studio 47, ¼”, 2 track, 15ips, CCIR Tape.
YELLO STELLA 15IPS STUDIO MASTER COPY EDITION REVIEW & CHAT WITH BORIS BLANK Alan McIntosh takes a listen to the 15ips Studio Master Copy of Stella by Yello and released on Horch House, whilst Stuart Smith has a chat with Boris Blank at High End Munich 2024.
JANINE GETS TO GRIPS WITH CHASING THE DRAGON’S DIRECT TO DISC RECORDING OF VIVALDI IN LONDON Janine Elliot takes a listen to Vivaldi in London from Chasing the Dragon and discusses the direct to disc recording of this ambitious project.
SKETCHES OF SPAIN, HEMIOLIA MASTER TAPE Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Sketches Of Spain, Miles Davis – Hemiolia Master Tape, 15ips
Janine Elliot has a listen to the Scheherazade Suite by Chasing the Dragon on reel-to-reel tape.
The Blues and Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson, Analogue Productions Ultra Tape ¼”, 15ips, CCIR REVIEW
REEL TO REEL REVIEW OF PLANETS ON MY REEL CLUB Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Gábor Juhász Trio feat. Júlia Karosi & Tony Lakatos – Planets – Live recording on 15ips, CD and Digital download (MyReelClub).
MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE, HEMIOLIA RECORDS, REEL-TO-REEL REVIEW HiFI PiG’s resident tape-head Alan McIntosh takes a listen to Miles Davis “Kind of Blue” on Hemiolia Records, 15ips 10.5” 2 track reel. CCIR EQ.