This weekend was a resounding success in post-industrial archaeo-acoustic studies, better than I could have even imagined. Thank you to the 800+ (!!!) people who attended and waited in the pouring rain to experience the Poughkeepsie Cistern, and sorry to those we ultimately had to turn away at the end. Thank you to my curatorial cohort Ethan Bourdeau, Lea Bertucci, Booker Stardrum, Michael Beharie, Man Bartlett, Raven Chacon, and all the other performers who answered the open call and brought their a-game. Thank you to PK City Planner Richard Distel, Chris Kroner and the entire MASS Design team for making this all happen and seeing the vision and trusting me to get weird. Serious thanks to Nando and the production team for recording *everything* and running boards in the dark from beginning to end. THANK YOU TO THE POWER KINGDOM THE CITY OF PK. And thank you to the cistern itself, for beyond its 15 second reverb was a resonant pitch that rang often uncontrollably when activated, long after all other sounds dispersed, and it sounded happy to sing.
Post industrial America and the world at large is filled with hidden cathedrals such as these, when you find them you must advocate for them to sing, people WILL show up and we proved that this weekend.
Open listening sessions are back! We’ve taken a moment to pause and transition into our new space and we’re excited for you to Come Hear!
Drop in, chill out, drift out anytime.
🗓 When: Every other Friday starting May 8th
🕰 Time: 12–4 PM
📍Where: @sound_temple_hv 59 O’Neil St 2B (2nd floor) Kingston, NY
💸 Cost: Free
May Sessions:
May 8 - @freakout.spot
May 22 - @_bourdeau
Bonus on May 8 🪵🦥
We’re also hosting a Community Scrap Wood Day in the parking lot from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Come browse and take home free materials, finishes, and more!
@sona___space it’s been a long journey 🎶🍵🌿
En el contexto denso y activo de la Ciudad de México, atravesado por múltiples capas sonoras, sona propone otra condición: un espacio donde escuchar se convierte en un acto consciente.
Ubicado en Cuernavaca 134, Condesa, Ciudad de México, este proyecto parte de una premisa simple pero exigente: prestar verdadera atención al sonido permite habitar el presente y generar formas de conexión más profundas. Lejos de entender la música como fondo, sona la sitúa en el centro de la experiencia.
Diseño espacial en colaboración con @panorama.rq y @_bourdeau 🙌🏽
NNNN @shyboy.hifi
Located at 1313 Main Street in Dallas, Shyboy is a modern hi-fi bar and listening room set inside the original vault of the historic Drakestone Bank, a site famously tied to Bonnie and Clyde.
Developed by The Headington Companies, the space is rooted in Japan’s jazz kissa culture, with an emphasis on sound and deep listening.
Jonathan Merla, Vice President of Marketing at Headington Companies and a devoted audiophile, played a key role in shaping and realizing the Shyboy concept. At Shyboy, equipment and world-class programming are about the only things taken seriously.
Sound sits at the heart of the project, with systems by NNNN playing a central role in the space. The main room features ON2 in a semi-gloss silvery finish, supported by seven Gage 125 units deployed without grilles to deliver a clean and direct presentation. In the DJ booth, two Gage 60s are paired with a Devor 40, creating a highly controlled and responsive monitoring environment.
The vault features a bespoke OJAS system by Devon Turnbull, offering an intimate, high-fidelity listening experience within the space.
The club system runs on a fully analogue signal chain, passing through carefully selected outboard gear from Rupert Neve Designs, delivering warmth and precision.
JT Donaldson leads music programming, bringing a deep, genre-spanning perspective to the bar’s listening-first approach.
Delivered in partnership with @globalavgroup , Shyboy reflects a shared commitment to advancing listening culture through technical excellence and a deep respect for music.
Now open, Shyboy introduces a new kind of venue to Dallas—one built for listening first.
#sound #design #music #culture #lifestyle
RESTAURANT & BAR | Space Talk by EBBA Architects x Charlotte Taylor
Sound takes the lead, space follows.
Here, architecture is tuned rather than built—every surface, curve, and junction calibrated to carry atmosphere.
Brushed metal meets softened wood tones, while layered acoustics dissolve sharp edges into a more intimate, immersive rhythm. The space doesn’t reveal itself all at once; it unfolds in sequences—each step subtly shifting light, texture, and sonic depth.
It’s a setting where silence matters as much as sound, and where design steps back just enough to let the experience resonate.
Design by @ebbaarchitects@benniallan x @charlottetaylr
Photography by @olliegtomlinson
#SAADE #restaurantdesign #bardesign
@spotifyuk just commissioned @friendly.pressure to build the sound system at the centre of its new London Listening Lounge, and the brief was clearly to do it properly.
The system runs on ALNICO magnet drivers. The same technology Abbey Road ran through the 60s and 70s when British audio engineering set the global standard. Every major manufacturer abandoned ALNICO in 1978 when a civil war in Zaire cut off the world’s cobalt supply. No commercial sound system brought it back at this level until now.
The room was designed by @cake.architecture around the speakers. Acoustics by Ethan Bordeau, who builds the OJAS listening spaces with Devon Turnbull. Kvadrat Soft Cells panels throughout. Spotify lossless running through a chain actually capable of resolving it.
EBBA published in latest @architectsjournal magazine with @spacetalk.ldn
A project designed alongside @charlottetaylr
‘Dedicated to sound, the space’s concept is around intimacy and creating a ‘sense of calm’, with the bar divided into four distinct zones, transitioning from muted clay colours deeper into the bar, where the palette intensifies into rich timber and darker tones. The design therefore uses adaptive lighting, neutral acoustic panelling and woodblock columns to replicate an atmosphere of warmth. All furniture was provided by @spazioleone , a design gallery based in east London, and the concealed acoustic panelling was created with acoustician @_bourdeau .
A bespoke speaker system by London-based
@friendly.pressure was integrated into the space, including several wood-clad units made in collaboration with designer @lewiskemmenoe in a patchwork style. An orange resin and woodblock DJ booth sits to the rear of the space, surrounded by large oval lights mimicking the colours of a sunset - core lighting being part of the architecture - and the bathroom features a bespoke green resin sink bank.
@olliegtomlinson photography
#ebba #spacetalk
March 3, I’ll have the great joy & honor of selecting records at @devonojas “HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3” at @cooperhewitt , Smithsonian Design Museum 1-4pm. I did this a few years ago at Devon’s room at SFMOMA and it was a true delight.
March 4, I’m playing live at @publicrecordsnyc with @ceellliiiia kicking off the night. Hope to see you at one of these sonic feasts! 🌀🎶
Our vault-turned-listening room is a love letter to the pursuit of high-fidelity sound. As you enter through the 1920’s safe door, you’ll pass through a vestibule holding a specially commissioned piece from American artist @lachlanturczan merging water, light, and sound.
Once inside—surrounded in a sea of blue—you’ll encounter our secondary sound system fully designed by the legendary @devonojas and super engineered for a peak acoustical experience.
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