Journal — Sound Matters

Nathaniel Budzinski19JanJanuary192016

Music, People, Playlist

Experiments In Everyday Life

Listen to a mix by the artist and musician Benedict Drew, featuring sounds and music by Tod Dockstader, Eric Dolphy, Broadcast & The Focus Group, John Carpenter, Beatrice Dillon and others

Nathaniel Budzinski19JanJanuary192016

Music, People, Playlist

Nathaniel Budzinski15JanJanuary152016

Richard Skelton

"I walked myself into the landscape, and it into me." The UK artist Richard Skelton speaks to Luke Turner about music, landscape and creative ecosystems

Nathaniel Budzinski15JanJanuary152016

Nathaniel Budzinski11JanJanuary112016

Music, In the details

Happy Birthday... To Us!

This time back in 2012 we started rolling out some of the most beautiful looking and sounding headphones and speakers – so today we're celebrating our fourth birthday!

Nathaniel Budzinski11JanJanuary112016

Music, In the details

Nathaniel Budzinski27DecDecember272015

Full Spectrum

Listen to a mix by the UK based artist and musician Paul Purgas, looking at work that has made connections across different artistic disciplines and created a wider set of relationships between sound, performance, contemporary art and design and more.

Nathaniel Budzinski27DecDecember272015

Nathaniel Budzinski18DecDecember182015

Spiritual Breathing

"Frenzy, intensity, passion – those are manifestations of where I want to go," declares Arrington de Dionyso, a painter and musician who seeks the primal nature of sound and image.

Nathaniel Budzinski18DecDecember182015

Nathaniel Budzinski 3DecDecember 32015

Listening to Buildings

Listen to a playlist about music and architecture including folk song, vintage jazz, renaissance choral music, modern composition, electronic beats and the bioelectric sounds of fruit.

Nathaniel Budzinski 3DecDecember 32015

Nathaniel Budzinski19NovNovember192015

An interview with Ghostpoet

We braved the rain to meet up with the London musician and speak about his Mercury Prize nomination, collaborating with scientists and Instagramming the everyday.

Nathaniel Budzinski19NovNovember192015

Mikkel Inumineq13OctOctober132015

The Big Five

Five of the greatest rock and roll icons from the 1960s and 70s are still recording today. How did these cornerstones of popular music influence Danish icons?

Mikkel Inumineq13OctOctober132015

Victor Thoft 8OctOctober 82015

Music and the Brain

What happens in the brain when sound waves become music and
music becomes emotions.

Victor Thoft 8OctOctober 82015

Victor Thoft22SepSeptember222015

People, Music, Home Style

Pandora's Jukebox

Pandora’s jukebox holds residency at Cicciolina Paris, Cosey Club and Milagro in London. Her sonic assemblages offers hypnotic dreamscape with multi-textured take on electronic music.

Victor Thoft22SepSeptember222015

People, Music, Home Style

Victor Thoft 4AugAugust 42015

Lou Van

Copenhagen Fashion Week is about to kick-off and we hooked up with local DJ-Hero, Ludvig “Lou Van” Larsen to get an idea of what the Copenhagen Fashion Week sounds like.

Victor Thoft 4AugAugust 42015

Jakob Kahlen25FebFebruary252015

Lil Silva

TJ “Lil Silva” Carter was 10 years old when he first started making music at the family home in old Bedford, 60 miles north of London. Now, at the age of 24, he is hailed as one of the most exciting artists and producers in the UK.

Jakob Kahlen25FebFebruary252015

Victor Thoft 1JulJuly 12014

Wot u call it – Urban? A 25-year time trial in beats

A tour de force from 1989 to 2014: Charting the British music phenomenon: "Urban".

Victor Thoft 1JulJuly 12014

Wot u call it – Urban? A 25-year time trial in beats

Nathaniel Budzinski11JulJuly112013

Geoff Martin: The Tonmeister

It's an understatement to say that sound matters to B&O PLAY. Sound means everything. Meet Geoff “The Ear” Martin, the man behind the sound.

Nathaniel Budzinski11JulJuly112013

Nathaniel Budzinski 3JanJanuary 32013

Christian Raab

Eigentlich wollte er nach seinem letzten Studio ein Wohnmobil kaufen und durch Europa reisen ... Nun ist er aber in Berlin gelandet und schreibt in der Hauptstadt als Teil von „Haus2000“ Songs für Newcomer und etablierte Künstler.

Nathaniel Budzinski 3JanJanuary 32013