Month: March 2025

Seven tape decks in The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards 2025

March 24, 2025

It’s good to see strong coverage of tape decks again in this month’s Editors’ Choice Awards 2025 in the March issue of US audio magazine The Absolute Sound. In 2024 we had six decks featured and this year it’s seven. The six are the same line-up as last year, which I guess isn’t too surprising … More Seven tape decks in The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards 2025

You really have to hear this: Jerome Sabbagh’s ‘Heart’ from Analog Tone Factory

March 7, 2025

Last summer I stumbled across an emerging New York-based tape label, Analog Tone Factory, run by saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh. Having checked it out and penned a brief introductory blog on what I discovered, a couple of months later I ordered one of their tapes, Vintage, and wrote a review. The review was glowing and the … More You really have to hear this: Jerome Sabbagh’s ‘Heart’ from Analog Tone Factory