A Wee Taste of our 40th Anniversary Celebrations
Enjoy a taste of our 40th Anniversary Celebrations which culminated in a fantastic day at the Linn Factory followed by an evening gig by Admiral Fallow in Glasgow's historic Merchant Square.
View ArticleMogwai - Rave Tapes
Best of all for an album imbued with a myriad styles and influences, Rave Tapes achieves a consistency and flow often lacking in the modern LP. Truly this is an album with a beginning, a middle and an...
View ArticleShare, don't broadcast
I am unhappy about non-stop, social-media-style "sharing" because I feel it demeans music, turning something that is first and foremost a deep, internal experience into a unyielding, external kind of...
View ArticleMy Favourite Record: John Frusciante - The Will To Death
My favourite record is the one that I keep coming back to the most. Since it's (relatively recent) release, a mere ten years ago in 2004, I have quite literally lost count of the number of times I've...
View ArticleAl's Classical Underdogs: Mozart, the lesser known masterpiece
In the first of our new video blog series, award-winning Linn Records pianist, Alisdair Hogarth, sheds light on one of Mozart’s classical underdogs - Piano Sonata in A Minor. Alisdair uncovers the...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Record: How Do You Like Yours Packaged?
We find little coverage of the aesthetics of the format; while I definitely find the sound of vinyl appealing to my ears in a slightly indefinable way, I also find the large format artwork and the...
View ArticleAlisdair Hogarth's Classical Underdogs: Rachmaninoff
In our new video blog series, award-winning Linn Records pianist, Alisdair Hogarth, tells us the story behind Rachmaninoff’s classical underdog - Liebeslied.
View ArticleVideo Therapy
Since the music video came into its own as an art form in the 1980s, it has heightened our experience of listening to music in myriad ways. From Massive Attack's in-utero synaesthesia on 'Teardrop',...
View ArticleTIDAL: The Times They Are A-Changing
Bob Dylan famously sang that “the times they are a-changing”, and it certainly seems that the tide has started to turn with the re-launch of TIDAL, the lossless music streaming service.
View ArticleAlisdair Hogarth Plays Chopin
In the third of our new video blog series, award-winning Linn Records pianist, Alisdair Hogarth, tells us the story behind Chopin’s ‘Minute Waltz’ before playing a stunning rendition himself.
View ArticleBuilding Products to Last a Lifetime
The Linn Sondek LP12 turntable was first unveiled to the world over four decades ago and is still the pinnacle of turntable design. Product Design Engineer, David Williamson explains what makes the new...
View ArticleRedefining Sound & Style with Linn & Timorous Beasties
Linn Series 5 music systems combine astonishing sound quality with exquisite style. This month we’re delighted to announce that the stunning Timorous Beasties Collection, featuring 10 distinctive...
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