#thesounds

[davidwfloydart]

You wouldn't think that would take up an entire album... #hiscoming #thesounds #cummingsoon #triolove #singinggroup #relgioustrauma #thecomingofjesus (at Catalina Foothills, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqKK_AlOO3ke9476Thkt4bA5PpTgbCdY_JEaN40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#hiscoming #thesounds #cummingsoon #triolove #singinggroup #relgioustrauma #thecomingofjesus

[gynphotography]

Hey, let's kick it, stop, just lick it Let you start it 'cause, 'cause it's so easy You like it my way and I know it So let's do it, do it, do it real good

Hot, it's sweaty, now I'm ready Just take it off 'cause, 'cause you tease me I like it that way and you know it So let's do it, do it, do it real good

Oh, this song is not for you, lovers

Woah, don't stop, push it now And I will give it all to you Don't you stop now And try to give it all up

Hey, let's kick it, stop, just lick it Let you start it 'cause 'cause it's so easy You like it my way and I know it So let's do it, do it do it real good

Hot, it's sweaty, now I'm ready Just take it off 'cause, 'cause you tease me

Oh, this song is not for you, lovers

Woah, don't stop, push it now And I will give it all to you Don't you stop now And try to give it all up

Don't stop, push it now And I will give it all to you Don't you stop now And try to give it all up

Don't stop, push it now And I will give it all to you

This song is not for you, lovers (This song is not for you, lovers)

Woah, don't stop, push it now And I will give it all to you Don't you stop now And try it to give it all up

Don't stop, push it now Get down and do what you've been told Don't you stop now And try to give it all up

Don't stop, push it Stop, stop, stop, stop Don't stop, push it Stop, stop, stop, stop

Don't stop, push it Stop, stop, stop, stop Don't stop, push it Stop, stop, stop, stop

Don't stop, push it now And I will give it all to you Don't you stop now And try to give it all up

Don't stop, push it now Get down and do what you've been told Don't you stop now And try to give it all up

TONY THE BEAT // THE SOUNDS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X44tSdjH4_I&ab_channel=TheSounds

#thesounds #photography #editorial

[chaoticwastelandthing]

Great Day

#youtube #music #musique #musik #the sounds #TheSounds

[ladyflava]

You might be surprised, but my Foundation in Supporting Indie Music is with Seattle Hip Hop Artists … There is nothing more exciting that a fresh beat a real message with that rawful cadence. I miss those days #seattle #hiphop #vibe #concioushiphop #dope #authentic #real #purposeful #meaningful #music #indiemusic #undergroundmusic #original I miss those days … everything is still commercialized and similar … where’s the #fresh #unique #musicalflava #thesounds #ladyflava of #ladyflavanews https://www.instagram.com/p/CebWLf4rX-x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#seattle #hiphop #vibe #concioushiphop #dope #authentic #real #purposeful #meaningful #music #indiemusic #undergroundmusic #original #fresh #unique #musicalflava #thesounds #ladyflava #ladyflavanews

[pawnshopblues1]

A video i took of matty healy singing robbers wearing the robbers shirt🤧🥹

#matty healy #the 1975 #robbers #robbers music video #robbers shirt #you look so cool #menswear #thesound #the 1975 tour #robbers the 1975 #i love matty healy

[felixethereal]

Stray Kids、JAPAN 1st Albumのタイトルが『THE SOUND』に決定！

メインビジュアルやジャケット写真、収録曲も一挙解禁！

詳細はこちら

https://www.straykidsjapan.com/info/archive/?548756

TRACKLIST

#Stray kids #bang chan #lee know #changbin #hyunjin #han jisung #felix #seungmin #I.N #skz #スキズ_1ST_ALBUM #JAPAN_1st_Album #SKZ_THESOUND #THESOUND

[mylovelyhyunjin]

230209 Stray Kids 『THE SOUND』 Fan Featuring Guide Video

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

#stray kids #straykids #thesound #straykids the sound #the sound #kpop #skz #bangchan #leeknow #changbin #hwang hyunjin #hyunjin #hwanghyunjin #han #han jisung #felix #seungmin #yangjeongin #fashion #pretty boy swag #Youtube

[blackr23]

230211

#stray kids #skz #bystay #tourmaniac #THESOUND

[absentmoon]

power nap ATTACK

#hi its been an hour. i was woken up by theSounds >_< #daisy.txt

[chryzure-archive]

Oh. PLEASE. Tell me about your Pontypool AU HC's 👀

THANK YOU FOR ENABLING ME. I HAVE MANY, MANY THOUGHTS AND I’VE BEEN HELD CAPTIVE BY THEM.

To start: Pleck is a long-time caller for Jacks’s show. He started doing it back when Jacks first started and he was worried that Jacks would want to leave if he didn’t have a successful first show. 

Speaking of that, Chrysi doesn’t hire many new radio personalities for their rinky-dink little radio show. She likes the tight-knit feeling of their station—plus lots of the people that came in on their trial run decided they didn’t like Chrysi’s direction. Especially since Chrysi can come on a bit… strong. 

Jacks ended up joining on the tail-end of his “divorce”. That’s in quotation marks because it was never a legal union, but he did marry Tella in the Fate way. She still stabbed him to divorce him (I know it’s more of a slash in the book, but it’s funnier to say she stabbed him). Anyway, he was not in a great place at the time, which is probably why Chrysi took pity on him and let him join. 

She regrets this now. 

The only person that joins in her current ribbing of Jacks is Faye (the ill-fated coworker that ends up getting infected and projectile vomiting her insides out on the sound booth window <//3). Filly will join in, but sometimes she calls out Chrysi for going a bit too far. 

ANYWAY, back to the whole “Pleck calling in” thing… he does different voices for different characters. He’s painstakingly designed backstories for each of these people as well. Literally everyone in the office knows that he’s the one that does it. They can hear him call from around the corner. 

“Does Pleck know that we can see his number when he calls in?” “He does not.” “Who’s going to tell him?” “Nobody.”

Chrysi’s personal favorite character of Pleck’s is Claude from Arkansas. She thinks the implication of a long-time listener being from Arkansas is hilarious. 

Jacks is almost always late for work. Always. Chrysi was about to strangle Jacks before Filly came up with the idea to tell Jacks that his shift started half an hour earlier. He started showing up on time, miraculously! 

Chrysi is very well known around the office for always having a thermos full of a Drink. At first, everyone thought it was coffee. Then Pleck tried to make Chrysi coffee in an attempt to wake her up and she nearly died from how much she hated the flavor. 

Turns out she drinks the sweetest fruit-flavored things. Jacks makes fun of her until she finds out that he really, really likes apple juice. They are now at a stalemate. 

Lots of listeners will tune in purely to hear Jacks have an argument with Chrysi by the way. They never hear Chrysi’s side of the argument, but they know she’s winning. They know. 

(Lots of them also think that Jacks has a thing for Chrysi, which is true, but not even Jacks realizes it yet.)

Well, that is until Chrysi and Jacks kiss. Accidentally. Before the whole “kill is kiss” thing, even. 

Basically, don’t let Jacks get drunk around a very sleep-deprived Chrysi (she’d also gone through a recent med change, which didn’t help anything). Weirdest ending to an office party ever. 

Nobody else knows that they kissed, though Filly has a sneaking suspicion something happened, because Chrysi got a lot more sarcastic and snappy towards Jacks, and Jacks ended up being a little nicer to Chrysi. Only a little though. 

(Inwardly, Jacks is screaming, because he thought only Tella was immune to his kiss. Now his boss that barely tolerates him is also immune? What’s he supposed to do about this? Fall in love with her? That’s unlikely to happen.)

Chrysi is also vaguely alarmed by the fact that his kiss didn’t kill her. BUT, to be fair, she’s broken a lot of laws of nature before. What’s one more to add to the list? 

OH YEAH, Chrysi and Pleck will design the office decorations for the holidays :) The two of them sometimes will have little crafts parties where they make their holiday decorations. When Filly joins the crew, she begins joining them as well (Chrysi suspects this is in part due to Pleck being there and Filly having a major crush on him). 

The order of everyone joining the crew is Chrysi -> Faye -> Pleck -> Filly -> Jacks btw! Obviously other people had joined the radio and left in the meantime (like… lots of them), but the crew as it stands now is in that order of seniority! 

Chrysi used to be a really big person is journalism also! Like, international level of big! But after she had a huge breakdown, she decided to move back to her hometown. The ghosts of home are more comforting in the end. 

(So when the BBC calls their radio station during everything, they actually ask for Chrysi specifically, since that particular reporter knew her. Jacks is vaguely insulted. Fortunately, Chrysi had his back and told the BBC (via Jacks) that he was the host of the radio show and he was the one that broke the story. He was surprised and touched! Uh oh, his feelings are coming in hard.) 

I’m rambling, so I’ll stop, but I literally love the office camaraderie so much. Just little bits of dialogue come to me ( “Pleck calling in is actually beneficial because it drives up listener engagement. Otherwise nobody would want to talk to Jacks.” “That’s not very nice.” “Neither is Jacks. That’s why our listener engagement is low.” ) and I’m obsessed with Chrysi and Jacks constantly making faces at each other through the sound booth. They want to kiss again so bad (or should I say kill? 😏)

#.asks #m.filly✨ #s.chrysijacks #paper stars #pontypool au #also faye is a little mean to pleck (‘cause she’s a little mean to everybody) but they were also kinda close friends #so i think her death really rattled him. so much so that chrysi actually leapt across thesound booth to cover his eyes when she… #i guess when she imploded. #it didn’t really help bc pleck saw her body afterwards. guess he needs some comforting from a certain someone #:>

[reinaldosantiagodrummer]

Thanks @sacrosantocaffe Yesterday I had a lot of fun, with the big @toti.panzanelli, I put together a drumset for the occasion where I could explore new sounds and unpredictability! Long live the Jazz! 💭 #reinaldosantiago #cittadicastello #music #jazzindue #sacrosantocaffè #jazz #jazzmusic #thebest #thesound #soundwriter #drumset #drumsetup #freejazz (presso Città di Castello) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc98TTIsLfX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#reinaldosantiago #cittadicastello #music #jazzindue #sacrosantocaffè #jazz #jazzmusic #thebest #thesound #soundwriter #drumset #drumsetup #freejazz

[aguyandhisrec0rds]

The Sound

"From the lions mouth"

Korova

1981

PT:

Tropeçei no talento do Adrian Borland! Este disco foi amor á primeira vista, curiosamente foi a ultima cancao do disco que me fez apaixonar pelos The Sound e recolher toda a sua discografia.

Comprei este disco numa tarde de sol á porta do Tivoli depois de algumas mensagens trocadas no Discogs com o ex-dono, em boa hora o fiz, pois conheci um dos mais subvalorizados genios do lado negro dos anos 80. "Borland pega no que Ian Curtis deixou"...nao sei, é capaz, so sei que ha nos The Sound uma melancólica que me fascina ate hoje.

Vida longa a Borland!!

ENG:

I stumbled upon Adrian Borland's talent! This album was love at first sight, interestingly it was the last song on the album that made me fall in love with The Sound and collect their entire discography. I bought this album on a sunny afternoon outside the Tivoli (Lisboa) after some messages exchanged on Discogs with the former owner, at a good time, as I met one of the most undervalued geniuses of the dark side of the 80s. "Borland picks up on what Ian Curtis left "...I don't know, maybe... I just know that there is a melancholy in The Sound that fascinates me to this day.

Long live Borland!!

#thesound #adrian borland #post punk #gothic rock #alt rock #80s rock #indie rock #rock music #alternative rock #rock n roll #fromlionsmouth

[chaoticwastelandthing]

Queen of Apology

#youtube #music #Musique #musik #sounds #thesounds

[scottfraserphotography]

The Pursuit of The Sound

By Scott Fraser

April 04, 2023

In a place  far, far away, in a time long, long ago musicians pursued a quest for the search of what was referred to as “The Sound”. It started somewhere in the late 1950’s. During the 1960’s musicians around the globe would tweak, hack, and modify their guitars, amplifiers, microphones and even begin the creation of effect pedals in pursuit of “The Sound”. Each musician had  their own idea of what exactly the sound really was, and what it meant to them. Recording studios, sound engineers, guitar techs and even artists from other fields contributed to this pursuit. The album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is perhaps the greatest example of this during the 1960’s. Everyone from The Beatles to The Who to individuals such as Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Toni Iommie went to great lengths to produce their version of The Sound.

Maybe it was the drugs these artists were consuming. Maybe it was the technology that was emerging. Maybe it was the changing of the social constructs of the era. Whatever the reason music became something that would dominate western society. The impacts were scene and heard everyone - from fashion, to art such as paintings, photography and the graphic arts, movies and television, even the political ideals of the time were impacted.

Corporations were also parts of this pursuit as they were not immune to the quest for The Sound. Companies such as Marshall Amplifiers, Shure, Tascam, AKAI, and Foster would refocus their corporate goals to align themselves with the artists. On the home front corporations such as Yamaha, Marantz, Sony, Pioneer, Rotel, JVC and Techniques would join in on this quest by producing home audio equipment that was based in professional studio audio engineering equipment. Out with the basic mono single tube under 5 watt home stereo equipment and in with the high end hi fidelity equipment. 

The seventies would see the peak of this pursuit on the one audio front. The drive by engineers and geeks to reproduce to the frequency and exact note without distortion, the exact sound that the musicians had mastered in the studio became the defining goal. Every company had their own idea how to achieve this and some did it better than others. The seventies saw the rise of the home multi-channel equalizer, the home cassette player, high-end turn tables, multi-channel multi-speaker home amplifiers, pre-amps and a whole slew of tech that would enable the home listening to experience what the musician had intended when they recorded it.

Brand loyalty became a thing. Brand snobbery soon followed. Unknown to most who laid down their hard earned cash for high-end equipment, a large percentage of gear was actually made by only a few companies. C.E.C. manufactured audio equipment for companies including Marantz, Sony, Toshiba, Alpine, Teac, Kenwood and Grundig. Others such as Foster produced studio, recording and high-end home audio components for companies such as Realistic (yeah, Radio Shack). And yet others were rebrand to in-house brands such as LXI (for Sears) which in fact were produced by Pioneer. Magazines emerged to educate and inform the public, as well as a means to generate revenue and showcase the latest and greatest home equipment. Manufactures in turn upped the game by producing home equipment that were pieces of art in their aesthetic beauty.

Home stereo equipment went from costing tens of dollars to thousands of dollars. Out with the big console pieces which were as much furniture as audio device, in with equipment that looked like it belonged in a rack in a recording studio. Out with just a volume and tuning (radio) dials, in with a multitude of dials and switches that enabled the home user to have mastery over everything from High’s and Lows, loudness control, bass and treble control, etc. By the end of the 1970’s you could spend as much on a home stereo as you could a well equipment automobile of the era.

The early eighties was the end of the visually artistically stunning home units (unless one was buying uber high end brands such as McIntosh). By the mid-eighties tubes had been replaced by solid state and computers and embedded chipsets were integrated into home stereo equipment as the “home theatre” became a thing. The mini-system was born, bookshelf speakers became a thing, and the CD had been born and began to replace the warm rich sound of vinyl.

It wasn’t that the tech had become that much better, it was that modern systems were cheaper to produce. CDs were way way cheaper to produce than vinyl. Like many things, profits became more important in the end to the corporations than producing quality old school gear. The solid wood cases with shiny steel and alloy polished fronts were replaced with black everything, including as much plastic as was possible. The glow of lights on dials and the radio dial were replaced with cold digital digits.

In 1988 CDs outsold vinyl. Like reel to reel tapes and 8-track tapes, vinyl was on the way out. The modern computer chipset home amplifiers focused more on things like replicating the sound of this or that music hall, and less on sounding like what the musicians mastered in the recording studio.

Thankfully there were geeks, hackers, and music lovers who refused to compromise on sound quality and the under-ground era of “vintage sound” began. From flea markets to thrift stores purists searched high and low for older equipment, often restoring them to their former glory. Repairing and restoring music components from decades gone by became a hobby. With some basic soldering skills one could restore a high end amp for pennies, and the unit was normally acquired for little to no money as people gave them away or sold them at garage sales. Boxes of records could be had for free as they were left on the street as people gave them away as they had transitioned to CDs.

Like many of my Generation X peers I held onto to my vinyl. I shopped at used record stores. I recused boxes of records from people downsizing. To my ears vinyl has always sounded better. As someone who has spent his fair share in recording studios and jam spaces with bands as they record and practice I appreciate the warmth that digital music has never held. I bought one of the last series of turntables from the Sony store in Bonnie Doon mall in 1994 as a friend working there at the time advised me that it was the last model Sony was making. I still have that turntable. It’s mated to an early Yamaha Natural Sound amp that was designed to do one thing and one thing only - play music load and clear - no Dobly, no theatre modes, just play music clear and with power. The amp in turn is connected to two mid-seventies JBL loud speakers. The amp is new enough to have a CD selector and old enough to have tape 1, tape 2 and phone as well. There is nothing wrong with it. It’s not black, but it isn’t polished alloy. It has a digital dial for AM/FM, not the old school dial with lights of the earlier models. It’s case is all alloy, no wood. It has brought me countless hours of joy and happiness. It’s the amp my children grew up experiencing classic rock records being played through. I still remember the day I bought it and what I first played it through it (The Ramones for the record, no pun intended). 

I didn’t grow up with high end audiophile equipment in the family home. Yes my father purchased an LXI system in 1984 (I was never allowed to touch the family unit have blown a speaker when I was younger), but prior to that the family owned the ever common all in one (8-track, record player and AM/FM receiver) from Consumers Distributing. In my room I had a similar system except mine had a cassette deck, and not an 8-track. Quality of sound, pure clean replication of music was not what these units were about. I think it took me two weeks to blow one of my speakers when I got it for Christmas from Santa Clause at the age of 11 (thanks mom). As a result of said blown speaker I began my hobby or repairing building speakers. Radio Shack was my best friend during this era. One could score high quality tweeters and woofers for pennies on the dollars compared to the brand name stuff that I so couldn’t afford. I learned how to solder. I learned how to swap out capacitors and such in order to build my home-grown version of a high end speaker. I learned why speaker wire thickness was important as well as keeping the runs even length and as short as possible.

Ever year I would grab the newest Radio Shack catalog when it came out. I’d spend too much time hanging out there and asking questions. I also became a pest at the high-end stereo sales stores. I dreamed of one day owning one of those pieces or art that could produce that beautiful warm sound I knew existed. 

My Uncle Jimmy was the first to own an audiophile quality home system. In 1983 he purchased a full AKAI system after a settlement paid out (he had been hit by a drunk driver and barely lived). Jimmy was more than happy to let me use his system. He taught me all about it. He even sent to me with the manuals for each component so that I would truly understand how it worked. He’d let me bring over my records to hear them on that beautiful and expensive system. To this day I still have a sentimental attachment to the vintage AKAI systems.

In my bedroom as a thirteen year old I would look through the Radio Shack catalog and circle what I wanted. The folks at RS would list setups from good, to better, to best - they would also mate components together and show the buyer how much they would save buying all together at once VS buying individually. Not that my parents or Santa Clause was ever going to buy me said home setup but I could dream.   

The older we get the more sentimental we become. At least this has been my observation. For the past few years I have been keeping my eye on FB Marketplace as well as the local Used goods website watching for a pre-80’s Yamaha or Marantz (or maybe get lucky and see an AKAI system). This late winter (late January 2023) an AKAI amplifier (AM-2400) and receiver came up on FB Marketplace. I clicked the Save button on the ad and told myself if it was still there come by birthday in April I would make an offer. Last week I made my offer only to find out it had sold. Dave G replied that he had a Realistic STA-960 in cherry condition and sent photos.  It was beautiful. Visuals and aesthetic are really important to me but this is an amp, how would it sound? So I started my research on said amplifier. Sources I trust in the audiophile community ranked it better than a Marantz 2045 which is an amp I know well, and it was being offered at half to a third of the price. Dave then mentioned he has the matching turntable and loudspeakers for it. My research indicated it was in the higher end range of Radio Shack offerings and manufactured by Foster (whom I respect).

Time to make arrangements to go view and hear it. When I arrived at Dave’s place the first thing I noticed was the two Volvos. I smiled, because myself I am also a Volvo fan. My gut right then and there told me I could trust this guy.

It was beyond beautiful to look at and sounded even better mated to the matched loud speakers. The silver finish makes the unit look far more expensive than it really is, and the solid metal knobs feel like they were machined with precision. What makes it really work is the beveled glass front cover which allows the warm orange glow of the tuner dial and meters to really stand out. I turned the lights off multiple times just to enjoy the effect. The large solid metal volume dial has a notch to each point on the faceplate giving a very satisfying tactical feel when adjusting the volume. From the local FM station to Black Sabbath’s Paranoid (first pressing) it was everything an audiophile could hope for.

For my 53rd birthday I purchased the amp I had stared at in that 1981 Radio Shack catalog all those times as a child. I’ll be picking up the matching turntable and speakers in the weeks to come. I have no idea when I’ll be able to set up the whole system as currently the speakers won’t work in my current space, but I have a pair of bookshelf which should be fine. The first album that will be played on it will be my recently acquired first pressing of Iron Maiden’s Somewhere In Time.

Who says dreams can’t come true?

PS: In the infamous words of Darby Mills (and the Headpins) Turn it Loud

#audiophile #realistic #STA-960 #SFP #ScottFraserPhotography #ChildhoodDreams #TheSound #Music #stereo #VintageAmp #vintage stereo #1981 #RealisticSTA-960 #Vinyl

[felixethereal]

「Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "MANIAC" ENCORE in JAPAN」

Stray Kids JAPAN 1st Album『THE SOUND』オフィシャルグッズ事後通販中！

🗓販売期間: 3/16(木)13:00~3/26(日)23:59

🍮✨

https://www.straykidsjapan.com/info/archive/?550547

#Stray kids #bang chan #lee know #changbin #hyunjin #han jisung #felix #seungmin #I.N #skz #THESOUND #MANIAC_ENCORE #スキズ

[top-dog-advisor]

Are Dogs Ticklish?

#thesound #sweetspot