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It's Showtime!

Issue 43Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #93! By the time you read this, the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest will have come and gone. We'll have a feature on the show in our next issue. Leading off, Larry Schenbeck schools...

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LCD Soundsystem

Issue 43SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

American Dream is arguably James Murphy’s best album yet. It had to be: complete, expansive and from the heart. After touring for This Is Happening, LCD Soundsystem had the blow-out show to end all blow-outs in...

Mashrou’ Leila

Issue 43AND INDIE FOR ALL

The name of this Lebanese band, Mashrou’ Leila, means “The Night Project.” Their sound is a blend of Arab pop and western electronica. But what really matters is what they are...

Tone Control (or lack of it)

Issue 43VINTAGE WHINE

I’ve previously mourned the death of tone in modern audio gear, and written about wood in audio gear. As far as I’m concerned, we’re talking about two sides of the same coin. There was...

Plus Ça Change….

Issue 43THE AUDIO CYNIC

 The full expression is of course, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. If your French is as bad as mine, that may be meaningless—but it translates literally (more or...

Classe' Closes; Focal CEO Passes Away

Issue 43INDUSTRY NEWS

As mentioned back in Copper #40, changes were afoot at Classe’, part of the B&W Group. It has since become clear that Classe’ will be shut down, effective this weekend. While this may...

The Most Remarkable Man

Issue 43

I’ve discussed a few of the heavyweight characters I encountered in my initial years as a player. But I didn’t yet talk about the man whose influence on me is...

The Agony of the Leaves

Issue 43FEATURED

I’d never heard the phrase “the agony of the leaves” until I landed a project for a specialty tea manufacturer (there’s the clue, in case you haven’t heard it either)....

Of Mirrors, and Combs

Issue 43QUIBBLES AND BITS

Mirror, mirror, on the wall… Here’s a quick challenge for you.  When you look at something in a mirror, why is the image always reversed left-to-right, and never top-to-bottom?  Think...

Classic Album Sundays

Issue 43FEATURED

The heart of Classic Album Sundays is built around a deep love for music, involving listening to entire albums on vinyl and on an amazing hi-fi. We feature vinyl for the warmth...

Analogic

Issue 43FEATURED

A wise man once said “the most difficult thing that there is to do in the world, is to separate a man from his suffering”. Had I heard that earlier...

RMAF Preview

Issue 43FEATURED

In a year that’s seen some ups and downs in the show world—a new show in LA, and longtime reliable venue THE Show cancelled, at least for this year—it’s good...

Revenge, Audio Style

Issue 43TWISTED SYSTEMS

I hope you all had a great summer. I missed you! This first story in my second season of writing for Copper is about… revenge. It is also about audio....

The Pleasure of Buying Bad Records

Issue 43HOBGOBLIN

One doesn’t generally expect a bargain at a Brooklyn flea market. After all, if it were any good, some hipster would have gotten it before I even got a chance....

Cairo

Issue 43MUSIC'AL NOTES

“Is Israel a good country?” asked the captain. I was the sole passenger on a fifty-seat tourist boat sailing the river Nile some miles north of Cairo. In 1991, accompanied...