Genesis

Genesis


  • Streaming vs. Lossless: Understanding Audio Formats

    Lossless audio formats promise sonic purity in a world shaped by compression, and this deep dive examines everything from FLAC vs. ALAC to DSD and DACsโ€”unpacking the tools, myths, and tech behind high-fidelity digital music.

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  • Thirteen Hours to History: 10 Fun Facts About The Beatles’ Debut Album

    Diving into the whirlwind recording session of The Beatlesโ€™ debut album โ€œPlease Please Meโ€ is akin to unearthing a time capsule filled with musical marvels, quirky anecdotes, and the birth of legends. This album, crafted in a single dayโ€™s sprint on March 22, 1963, at Abbey Road Studios, is a tapestry woven with tales of…

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  • Kiss Releases Their Self-Titled Debut Album

    In the pantheon of rock โ€˜nโ€™ roll, few debuts have sparked as much intrigue and left as indelible a mark as Kissโ€™s self-titled album, released on February 18, 1974. The Genesis of a Phenomenon It was the fall of 1973, and amidst the burgeoning glam rock scene, Kiss entered the studio with a vision that…

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  • Black Sabbath’s Debut Album

    On a cold February day in 1970, the world was introduced to what would become the cornerstone of heavy metal: Black Sabbathโ€™s self-titled debut album. Born in the industrial heartland of Birmingham, the albumโ€™s raw power and dark themes resonated with a generation yearning for something more profound than the prevailing pop and rock sounds.…

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  • Analogue Productions Reissues Genesis:ย Selling England by the Pound

    Copper Magazine’s Frank Doris recalls his first encounter with Genesis’s Selling England by the Pound in 1973 and hails Analogue Productionsโ€™ new 45 RPM reissue as the albumโ€™s most sonically revealing edition to date.

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  • Knowledge is Bowers (& Wilkins)

    John Bowersโ€™ journey from wartime signalman to founding Bowers & Wilkins charts a life devoted to sonic purityโ€”his relentless pursuit of audio excellence reshaped hi-fi standards and built a legacy still resonating today.

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  • The Premiere of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”

    In the winter of 1892, on December 18, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, was the stage for a historic moment in the world of performing arts. It was here that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskyโ€™s โ€œThe Nutcrackerโ€ made its debut, a ballet that would go on to become a beloved holiday tradition across the globe,…

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  • LaFaro’s Lament: A Young Legend’s Unfinished Symphony

    Scott LaFaro’s revolutionary bass work with the Bill Evans Trio redefined jazz ensemble dynamics, transforming the double bass into a lyrical, equal voice. His tragically short career left an enduring legacy of innovation and profound musicality.

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  • The MTV Phenomenon: Changing the Tune of the Music Industry

    On August 1, 1981, an unprecedented event occurred in the media industry that would forever change the way we consume music: the launch of MTV (Music Television). The first-ever music video to grace this new platform was The Bugglesโ€™ fittingly prophetic โ€œVideo Killed the Radio Star,โ€ a title that foresaw the pivotal shift about to…

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  • The Expanding Power of Women in Jazz

    From a dreamy Indiana barn to a mythical French serpent-woman, this trio of jazz-influenced albumsโ€”by Janiece Jaffe and Monika Herzig, Christine Jensen, and Cรฉcile McLorin Salvantโ€”showcases the vision and vitality women bring to modern jazz.

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  • The importance of Exile: the 50th Anniversary of the Most Rolling Stones of Rolling Stones Albums

    Fleeing taxes and chaos, the Rolling Stones holed up in a French villa and conjured โ€œExile on Main St.โ€ โ€” a murky, magnificent sprawl of blues, gospel, and rockโ€™nโ€™roll defiance that still resonates 50 years on.

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  • PS Audioโ€™s Paul McGowan: a candid interview about a man and his speaker

    Paul McGowan opens up about PS Audioโ€™s evolving speaker plans, his friendship with Seth Godin, and a life shaped by draft dodging, vegetarianism, and a passion for building audio gear he’d proudly use himself.

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