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Mary Stone
Writer and sound engineer
United Kingdom
I write about music, technology, brands and people.
My background is in sound engineering, with over a decade of experience in live, location and studio sound mixing and editing.
United Kingdom
I write about music, technology, brands and people.
My background is in sound engineering, with over a decade of experience in live, location and studio sound mixing and editing.
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Thoughtful, frank and brimming with 90s pop culture references, speaking with local masked rapper and producer B of Briz is a lot like listening to her music - inciteful, inspiring and just a bit mysterious.
In the kitchen at Bianchis restaurant, surrounded by stainless steel, knives and meat slicers, Olly Harrison-Stock, in his chef's blacks, appears so comfortable and capable it would be easy to assume he had been working in hospitality since he was a teen.
What Hi-Fi?
It's that nostalgic time of year again when we get all misty-eyed reminiscing over the many seismic tech stories of the past 12 months. An unusual stop-start, will-they-won't-they sort of year, 2021 nevertheless managed to produce some fascinating developments in the audio and AV world.
(Image credit: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) Great production can often seem like a dark art. It might involve technical prowess, sculpting instruments into sonic bubbles of EQ. But it can also veer into mystical shamanism, gently coaxing out performances while unorthodox mic positions abound. Does a great-sounding album need unearthly sound effects?
Want to push your Dolby Atmos sound system with films that hit the heights? We have just what you need
Galdem of Eden
Combining pristine production, breezy vocals and glossy artwork, the new single from singer/songwriter DEJA , manages to brim with both irresistible charisma and sophisticated nuance. Ostensibly pure R&B pop, lyrically wry and knowing, 'ted talk' is a bright introduction to an artist who...
Producer and DJ Gnasha has recently dropped not one but two impressive tracks for us to feast our ears on while we live it up in isolation. Something of a wunderkind, she became hooked on electronic music after hearing 'Firestarter' at aged 6.
Dutch born singer-songwriter Val Maugenest has been making enthralling electro-soul since moving to London to study music in 2011.
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During a time of civil uprising, global pandemic and financial downturn, Louis Theroux, like many of us, turned to the internet seeking assurance. Looking for answers, distraction, connection or sometimes simply to Google himself, Theroux has discovered just how imperfect the internet is. Speaking this week at an event hosted by online brand specialist Yext,...
'Event Cancelled' may be the motto of summer 2020 but XpoNorth's annual conference is going ahead virtually and providing welcome support and guidance to Scottish arts and heritage companies. Content strategist Bridget McNulty opened the two-day festival this week with a storytelling clinic for independent businesses.