2009 might not have been the greatest year in music, however it was a pretty good year for turntables. Especially, when it seems that the much talked about rumor of Technics shutting down has been quashed.
Here’s a recap of some of the most exciting turntable news in a year where turntables outsold CD players 5 [...]

The guys at Teenage Engineering have designed and engineered a low-cost do-it-yourself Turntable kit made out of high density styrofoam. Yes, styrofoam like you know it from coffee cups and cushioning material in packaging…
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Iconic turntable manufacturers Technics will most likely be stopping production on their universally loved Technics 1200s and Technics 1210s.
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Want to meet 14 of the most daring experimental turntablists in one place? Then you should really check out the TITO – The International Turntable Orchestra, a four-day fetival taking place in Berlin from October 22 to 25.
Put together by Ignaz Schick, the head of the Zangi Music label, TITO invites 14 of the world’s [...]

We have had a couple of posts about vintage turntables here earlier, ranging from beautiful classics to Soviet ones to the wonderfully weird ones. And here are some more cool-looking vintage turntables found via The Temporary Soundmuseum, who works for the preservation of the vinyl culture.
Sanyo Stereo Music Center

Wega Stereo Set by Verner Panton, 1963

Baird [...]

With our office located in the center of east Berlin we see the vanishing traces of DDR every day. The area has been thoroughly gentrified over the last years with buildings being renovated, fancy cafeterias opening up on every corner and the prices generally moving upwards. However, today we thought we should bring back some [...]

With the recent comeback of vinyl some quite impressive (and expensive) turntables have started to come out. As a follow up to last week’s post on vintage turntables we have put together a list with some of the most extraordinary turntables money can buy.
Continuum Caliburn

The  Continuum Caliburn should do the job for those aiming for [...]

Janek Schaefer has just been named British Composer of the Year for Sonic Art, with his interactive work “Extended Play: Triptych for the child surviors of war and conflict“.
In the installation, different portions of Schaefer’s composition are played on nine retro record players playing at various speeds. Schaefer and collaborator Michael Jennings wrote “Extended Play” [...]